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David L. Braff 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 David L. Braff sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 371 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David L. Braff 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 David L. Braff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 117 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David L. Braff is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, genetics, and psychiatry, with a focus on disorders such as schizophrenia and related psychiatric conditions.

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement in understanding the genetic and cognitive aspects of mental health disorders. Notable papers include:

  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Anticholinergic Medication Burden-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in a Diverse Cohort of US Veterans, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Hierarchical Pathways from Sensory Processing to Cognitive, Clinical, and Functional Impairments in Schizophrenia, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Abnormal Spontaneous Gamma Power Is Associated With Verbal Learning and Memory Dysfunction in Schizophrenia, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors in Braff's scholarly network include Raquel E. Gur, Daniel H. Geschwind, Elisabeth B. Binder, Joel Gelernter, and Anissa Abi-Dargham, indicating collaborations in both clinical and genetic neuroscience areas.

Publication venues commonly associated with Braff's research are:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Their work covers subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Key research topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Best Publications

  • Neurocognitive Deficits and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia: Are We Measuring the “Right Stuff”?

    Michael Foster Green;Robert S. Kern;David L. Braff;Jim Mintz

  • Human studies of prepulse inhibition of startle: normal subjects, patient groups, and pharmacological studies.

    David L. Braff;Mark A. Geyer;Neal R. Swerdlow

  • Pharmacological studies of prepulse inhibition models of sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia: a decade in review.

    Mark A. Geyer;Kirsten Krebs-Thomson;David L. Braff;Neal R. Swerdlow

  • Sensorimotor Gating and Schizophrenia: Human and Animal Model Studies

    David L. Braff;Mark A. Geyer

  • Prestimulus Effects on Human Startle Reflex in Normals and Schizophrenics

    David Braff;Claudia Stone;Enoch Callaway;Mark Geyer

  • Gating and habituation of the startle reflex in schizophrenic patients.

    David L. Braff;Christian Grillon;Mark A. Geyer

  • Neural circuit regulation of prepulse inhibition of startle in the rat: current knowledge and future challenges.

    N R Swerdlow;M A Geyer;D L Braff

  • Assessing the Validity of an Animal Model of Deficient Sensorimotor Gating in Schizophrenic Patients

    Neal R. Swerdlow;David L. Braff;Navid Taaid;Mark A. Geyer

  • Dopaminergic stimulation disrupts sensorimotor gating in the rat.

    Robert S. Mansbach;Mark A. Geyer;David L. Braff

  • Is it possible to be schizophrenic yet neuropsychologically normal

    Barton W. Palmer;Robert K. Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Julie Kuck

  • The Generalized Pattern of Neuropsychological Deficits in Outpatients With Chronic Schizophrenia With Heterogeneous Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Results

    David L. Braff;Robert K. Heaton;Julie Kuck;Munro Cullum

  • Realistic expectations of prepulse inhibition in translational models for schizophrenia research

    Neal R. Swerdlow;Martin Weber;Ying Qu;Gregory A. Light

  • Spatial and Temporal Mapping of De Novo Mutations in Schizophrenia to a Fetal Prefrontal Cortical Network

    Suleyman Gulsuner;Tom Walsh;Amanda C. Watts;Ming K. Lee

  • Deconstructing Schizophrenia: An Overview of the Use of Endophenotypes in Order to Understand a Complex Disorder

    David L. Braff;Robert Freedman;Nicholas J. Schork;Irving I. Gottesman

  • Neuropsychological Deficits in Schizophrenics: Relationship to Age, Chronicity, and Dementia

    Robert Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Lou Ann McAdams;Julie Kuck

  • Startle response models of sensorimotor gating and habituation deficits in schizophrenia.

    Mark A. Geyer;Neal R. Swerdlow;Robert S. Mansbach;David L. Braff

  • Impaired prepulse inhibition of acoustic and tactile startle response in patients with Huntington's disease.

    N R Swerdlow;J Paulsen;D L Braff;N Butters

  • A preliminary assessment of sensorimotor gating in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder

    N.R. Swerdlow;C.H. Benbow;S. Zisook;M.A. Geyer

  • Social cognition in schizophrenia: relationships with neurocognition and negative symptoms.

    Mark J. Sergi;Yuri Rassovsky;Clifford Widmark;Clifford Widmark;Christopher Reist;Christopher Reist

  • Modulation of the startle response and startle laterality in relatives of schizophrenic patients and in subjects with schizotypal personality disorder: evidence of inhibitory deficits.

    Kristin S. Cadenhead;Neal R. Swerdlow;Kathleen M. Shafer;Martha Diaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory A. Light
Gregory A. Light University of California, San Diego
Neal R. Swerdlow
Neal R. Swerdlow University of California, San Diego
Mark A. Geyer
Mark A. Geyer University of California, San Diego
Larry J. Siever
Larry J. Siever Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ming T. Tsuang
Ming T. Tsuang University of California, San Diego
Jeremy M. Silverman
Jeremy M. Silverman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Allen D. Radant
Allen D. Radant University of Washington
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Larry J. Seidman
Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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