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D-Index
102
Citations
30800
World Ranking
7762
National Ranking
4046

Bernice Porjesz publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernice Porjesz sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 363 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Bernice Porjesz D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernice Porjesz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bernice Porjesz is affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Epidemiology, Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Bernice Porjesz has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine

Recent notable papers include:

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Multi-trait genome-wide association study of opioid addiction: OPRM1 and beyond, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Multi-omics integration analysis identifies novel genes for alcoholism with potential overlap with neurodegenerative diseases, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bernice Porjesz include:

  • Jacquelyn L. Meyers
  • Howard J. Edenberg
  • Chella Kamarajan
  • Danielle M. Dick
  • Kathleen K. Bucholz

Best Publications

  • Genome‐wide search for genes affecting the risk for alcohol dependence

    Theodore Reich;Howard J. Edenberg;Alison Goate;Jeff T. Williams

  • Event-related brain potentials in boys at risk for alcoholism

    Henri Begleiter;Bernice Porjesz;Bernard Bihari;Benjamin Kissin

  • Variations in GABRA2, Encoding the α2 Subunit of the GABAA Receptor, Are Associated with Alcohol Dependence and with Brain Oscillations

    Howard J. Edenberg;Danielle M. Dick;Xiaoling Xuei;Huijun Tian

  • Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Jerry A. Stitzel;Jen C. Wang;Anthony L. Hinrichs

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Familial transmission of substance dependence: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and habitual smoking: a report from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism.

    Laura Jean Bierut;Stephen H. Dinwiddie;Henri Begleiter;Raymond R. Crowe

  • A genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence

    Laura J. Bierut;Arpana Agrawal;Kathleen K. Bucholz;Kimberly F. Doheny

  • Beta power in the EEG of alcoholics.

    Madhavi Rangaswamy;Bernice Porjesz;David B Chorlian;Kongming Wang

  • Evidence of common and specific genetic effects: association of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 (CHRM2) gene with alcohol dependence and major depressive syndrome

    Jen C. Wang;Anthony L. Hinrichs;Heather Stock;John Budde

  • High Levels of Dopamine D2 Receptors in Unaffected Members of Alcoholic Families: Possible Protective Factors

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Henri Begleiter;Bernice Porjesz

  • Linkage disequilibrium between the beta frequency of the human EEG and a GABAA receptor gene locus.

    Bernice Porjesz;Laura Almasy;Howard J. Edenberg;Kongming Wang

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

    Emma C Johnson;Ditte Demontis;Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Raymond K Walters

  • The utility of neurophysiological markers in the study of alcoholism

    Bernice Porjesz;Madhavi Rangaswamy;Chella Kamarajan;Kevin A. Jones

  • What is inherited in the predisposition toward alcoholism? A proposed model.

    Henri Begleiter;B. Porjesz

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence implicates a region on chromosome 11

    Howard J. Edenberg;Daniel L. Koller;Xiaoling Xuei;Leah Wetherill

  • Event related potentials during object recognition tasks

    Xiao Lei Zhang;Henri Begleiter;Bernice Porjesz;Wenyu Wang

  • A Family Study of Alcohol Dependence Coaggregation of Multiple Disorders in Relatives of Alcohol-Dependent Probands

    John I. Nurnberger;Ryan Wiegand;Kathleen Bucholz;Sean O’Connor

  • Alcoholism susceptibility loci: confirmation studies in a replicate sample and further mapping.

    Tatiana Foroud;Howard J. Edenberg;Alison Goate;John Rice

  • The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism

    Henri Begleiter;Theodore Reich;Victor Hesselbrock;Bernice Porjesz

  • Association of alcohol dehydrogenase genes with alcohol dependence: a comprehensive analysis

    Howard J. Edenberg;Xiaoling Xuei;Hui Ju Chen;Huijun Tian

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Begleiter
Henri Begleiter SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Samuel Kuperman
Samuel Kuperman University of Iowa
Marc A. Schuckit
Marc A. Schuckit University of California, San Diego
Alison Goate
Alison Goate Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Danielle M. Dick
Danielle M. Dick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jay A. Tischfield
Jay A. Tischfield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis

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