2026 Barry J. Everitt: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	155	133	119	21	20	491	91956
Medicine	155	966	888	101	95	482	91828

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
2011 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Barry J. Everitt is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of neuroscience with a focus on various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, behavioral neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to brain function and behavior, including:

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Recent notable publications include:

"The transition to compulsion in addiction," 2020, published in Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
"Opposing roles for striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons in dorsolateral striatum in consolidating new instrumental actions," 2021, published in Nature Communications
"The Basolateral Amygdala to Nucleus Accumbens Core Circuit Mediates the Conditioned Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine-Paired Cues on Cocaine Seeking," 2020, published in Biological Psychiatry
"Environment-dependent behavioral traits and experiential factors shape addiction vulnerability," 2020, published in European Journal of Neuroscience
"Baclofen decreases compulsive alcohol drinking in rats characterized by reduced levels of GAT-3 in the central amygdala," 2021, published in Addiction Biology

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's work include:

David Belin
Mickaël Puaud
Maxime Fouyssac
Aude Belin-Rauscent
Chiara Giuliano

Publications have frequently appeared in journals such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biological Psychiatry
European Journal of Neuroscience
Addiction Biology
Nature Reviews. Neuroscience

Barry J. Everitt has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

"Medical Statistics from A to Z," 2021

The scientist has received several awards and honors throughout their career, including:

APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2011
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2007
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion

Barry J Everitt;Trevor W Robbins

4500
Citations
Emotion and motivation: the role of the amygdala, ventral striatum, and prefrontal cortex

Rudolf N. Cardinal;John A. Parkinson;Jeremy Hall;Barry J. Everitt

2764
Citations
Impulsivity, compulsivity, and top-down cognitive control.

Jeffrey W. Dalley;Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

1814
Citations
CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC SYSTEMS AND COGNITION

Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

1712
Citations
Neurobehavioural mechanisms of reward and motivation

Trevor W Robbins;Barry J Everitt

1581
Citations
Dissociable Deficits in the Decision-Making Cognition of Chronic Amphetamine Abusers, Opiate Abusers, Patients with Focal Damage to Prefrontal Cortex, and Tryptophan-Depleted Normal Volunteers: Evidence for Monoaminergic Mechanisms

R D Rogers;B J Everitt;A Baldacchino;A J Blackshaw

1567
Citations
Nucleus accumbens D2/3 receptors predict trait impulsivity and cocaine reinforcement.

Jeffrey W. Dalley;Tim D. Fryer;Laurent Brichard;Emma S. J. Robinson

1437
Citations
Drug Addiction: Updating Actions to Habits to Compulsions Ten Years On

Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

1351
Citations
High Impulsivity Predicts the Switch to Compulsive Cocaine-Taking

David Belin;Adam C. Mar;Jeffrey W. Dalley;Trevor W. Robbins

1155
Citations
Impulsive choice induced in rats by lesions of the nucleus accumbens core

Rudolf N. Cardinal;David R. Pennicott;C. Lakmali Sugathapala;Trevor W. Robbins

1154
Citations
Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction

Barry J Everitt;David Belin;Daina Economidou;Yann Pelloux

1132
Citations
Independent Cellular Processes for Hippocampal Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation

Jonathan L.C. Lee;Barry J. Everitt;Kerrie Lorraine Thomas

1047
Citations
Effects of lesions to ascending noradrenergic neurones on performance of a 5-choice serial reaction task in rats; implications for theories of dorsal noradrenergic bundle function based on selective attention and arousal

M. Carli;T.W. Robbins;J.L. Evenden;B.J. Everitt

1040
Citations
The neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviour.

Barry J Everitt;Anthony Dickinson;Trevor W Robbins

1025
Citations
Differential co-existence of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity with catecholamines in the central nervous system of the rat.

B.J. Everitt;T. Hökfelt;L. Terenius;K. Tatemoto

983
Citations
Psychomotor Stimulant Addiction: A Neural Systems Perspective

Barry J. Everitt;Marina E. Wolf

920
Citations
Associative processes in addiction and reward. The role of amygdala-ventral striatal subsystems

Barry J. Everitt;John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Mercedes Arroyo

906
Citations
Different types of fear-conditioned behaviour mediated by separate nuclei within amygdala

Simon Killcross;Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

877
Citations
Drug Seeking Becomes Compulsive After Prolonged Cocaine Self-Administration

Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren;Barry J. Everitt

860
Citations
From the ventral to the dorsal striatum: Devolving views of their roles in drug addiction

Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

856
Citations
Drug addiction: bad habits add up.

Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

827
Citations