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Cynthia Shannon Weickert

Cynthia Shannon Weickert

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
31207
World Ranking
8998
National Ranking
271

Cynthia Shannon Weickert 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 Cynthia Shannon Weickert sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 374 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cynthia Shannon Weickert 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 Cynthia Shannon Weickert sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cynthia Shannon Weickert is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including biological psychiatry, molecular biology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, focusing particularly on tryptophan and brain disorders, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, schizophrenia research and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, as well as diet and metabolism studies.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Cynthia Shannon Weickert are:

  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA (2020, NeuroImage)
  • Brain ageing in schizophrenia: evidence from 26 international cohorts via the ENIGMA Schizophrenia consortium (2022, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: the role of nuclear factor kappa B (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Spatial and temporal diversity of glycome expression in mammalian brain (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Increased Macrophages and C1qA, C3, C4 Transcripts in the Midbrain of People With Schizophrenia (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Thomas W. Weickert, Maree J. Webster, Christos Pantelis, Jason Bruggemann, and Adam K. Walker. These collaborations span numerous studies and contribute to the depth of research output.

Publications by Cynthia Shannon Weickert frequently appear in specialized journals and venues such as Molecular Psychiatry, Brain Behavior and Immunity, Schizophrenia Bulletin, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Translational Psychiatry. Molecular Psychiatry and Brain Behavior and Immunity are the venues with the highest number of their publications.

This profile reflects Cynthia Shannon Weickert's engagement in advancing understanding of complex neurobiological processes, particularly related to psychiatric disorders and brain function, based on a broad and interdisciplinary approach within neuroscience and medicine.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor in prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia

    C S Weickert;T M Hyde;B K Lipska;M M Herman

  • Increased inflammatory markers identified in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia

    S G Fillman;S G Fillman;N Cloonan;V S Catts;V S Catts;L C Miller

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in schizophrenia: a systematic review with meta-analysis

    M J Green;S L Matheson;A Shepherd;C S Weickert;C S Weickert

  • Regional specificity of brain glucocorticoid receptor mRNA alterations in subjects with schizophrenia and mood disorders.

    M J Webster;M B Knable;J O'Grady;J Orthmann

  • Neuregulin 1 transcripts are differentially expressed in schizophrenia and regulated by 5′ SNPs associated with the disease

    Amanda J. Law;Barbara K. Lipska;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Thomas M. Hyde

  • Human dysbindin (DTNBP1) gene expression in normal brain and in schizophrenic prefrontal cortex and midbrain.

    Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Richard E. Straub;Benjamin W. McClintock;Mitsuyuki Matsumoto

  • Disease-associated intronic variants in the ErbB4 gene are related to altered ErbB4 splice-variant expression in the brain in schizophrenia

    Amanda J. Law;Joel E. Kleinman;Daniel R. Weinberger;Cynthia Shannon Weickert

  • Transcriptional neoteny in the human brain

    Mehmet Somel;Henriette Franz;Zheng Yan;Anna Lorenc

  • Decreased BDNF, trkB-TK+ and GAD67 mRNA expression in the hippocampus of individuals with schizophrenia and mood disorders.

    Mia Thompson Ray;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Eugene Wyatt;Maree J. Webster

  • Expression of interneuron markers in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the developing human and in schizophrenia.

    Samantha J. Fung;Maree J. Webster;Sinthuja Sivagnanasundaram;Carlotta Duncan

  • Expression analysis of neuregulin-1 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia.

    R Hashimoto;R E Straub;C S Weickert;T M Hyde

  • Critical factors in gene expression in postmortem human brain: Focus on studies in schizophrenia.

    Barbara K. Lipska;Amy Deep-Soboslay;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Thomas M. Hyde

  • Elevated peripheral cytokines characterize a subgroup of people with schizophrenia displaying poor verbal fluency and reduced Broca’s area volume

    S G Fillman;S G Fillman;T W Weickert;T W Weickert;R K Lenroot;R K Lenroot;S V Catts;S V Catts;S V Catts

  • Molecular evidence of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia.

    C S Weickert;S J Fung;S J Fung;V S Catts;V S Catts;P R Schofield;P R Schofield

  • Role of ATP-binding cassette transporters in brain lipid transport and neurological disease.

    Woojin Scott Kim;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Brett Garner;Brett Garner

  • Decreased glutamic acid decarboxylase67 mRNA expression in multiple brain areas of patients with schizophrenia and mood disorders

    Mia Thompson;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Eugene Wyatt;Maree J. Webster

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Weickert
Thomas W. Weickert SUNY Upstate Medical University
Rhoshel K. Lenroot
Rhoshel K. Lenroot University of New South Wales
Joel E. Kleinman
Joel E. Kleinman Johns Hopkins University
Christos Pantelis
Christos Pantelis University of Melbourne
Vanessa Cropley
Vanessa Cropley University of Melbourne
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Stanley V. Catts
Stanley V. Catts University of Queensland
Thomas M. Hyde
Thomas M. Hyde Johns Hopkins University
Mary M. Herman
Mary M. Herman National Institutes of Health

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