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104
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517
National Ranking
328

David L. Penn publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Penn sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 340 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

David L. Penn D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. Penn is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work focuses on a variety of topics within mental health and cognitive research. These topics include schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, mental health and psychiatry broadly, autism spectrum disorder research, and digital mental health interventions.

David L. Penn has authored numerous papers published in a wide range of venues. The most frequent publication venues include UNC Libraries, Schizophrenia Research, Journal of Mental Health, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Selected recent papers include:

  • The Horyzons project: a randomized controlled trial of a novel online social therapy to maintain treatment effects from specialist first-episode psychosis services, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • Diabetes Insipidus After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An NIMH Workshop on Definitions, Assessment, and Research Opportunities, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Baseline Results From the RAISE-ETP Study, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Autistic Symptoms and Social Cognition Predict Real-World Outcomes in Patients With Schizophrenia, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Amy E. Pinkham
  • Philip D. Harvey
  • Diana O. Perkins
  • Kim T. Mueser
  • Mario Álvarez-Jiménez

The body of work by David L. Penn provides extensive insights into schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders, particularly exploring social cognition and treatment outcomes. Their research also addresses broader concerns in mental health access and intervention strategies, including digital mental health.

Best Publications

  • Lessons from social psychology on discrediting psychiatric stigma.

    Patrick W. Corrigan;David L. Penn

  • The relationship between neurocognition and social cognition with functional outcomes in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

    Anne Kathrin J. Fett;Wolfgang Viechtbauer;Maria de Gracia Dominguez;David L. Penn

  • The Functional Significance of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Review

    Shannon M. Couture;David L. Penn;David L. Roberts

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An NIMH Workshop on Definitions, Assessment, and Research Opportunities

    Michael F. Green;David L. Penn;Richard Bentall;William T. Carpenter;William T. Carpenter

  • Upward Spirals of Positive Emotions Counter Downward Spirals of Negativity: Insights from the Broaden-and-Build Theory and Affective Neuroscience on The Treatment of Emotion Dysfunctions and Deficits in Psychopathology

    Eric L. Garland;Barbara Fredrickson;Ann M. Kring;David P. Johnson

  • Three Strategies for Changing Attributions about Severe Mental Illness

    Patrick W. Corrigan;L. Philip River;Robert K. Lundin;David L. Penn

  • Prejudice, Social Distance, and Familiarity with Mental Illness

    Patrick W. Corrigan;Annette Backs Edwards;Amy Green;Sarah Lickey Diwan

  • Comprehensive Versus Usual Community Care for First-Episode Psychosis: 2-Year Outcomes From the NIMH RAISE Early Treatment Program

    John M. Kane;Delbert G. Robinson;Nina R. Schooler;Kim T. Mueser

  • Deficits in Domains of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence

    Gauri N. Savla;Lea Vella;Casey C. Armstrong;David L. Penn

  • Social cognition in schizophrenia

    Penn Dl;Corrigan Pw;Bentall Rp;Racenstein Jm

  • Familiarity With and Social Distance From People Who Have Serious Mental Illness

    Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy Green;Robert Lundin;Mary Ann Kubiak

  • Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression

    Christoph U. Correll;Britta Galling;Britta Galling;Aditya Pawar;Anastasia Krivko

  • Interpersonal contact and the stigma of mental illness: A review of the literature

    Shannon M. Couture;David L. Penn

  • Dispelling the Stigma of Schizophrenia: What Sort of Information Is Best?

    David L. Penn;Kim Guynan;Tamara Daily;William D. Spaulding

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An Overview

    David L. Penn;Lawrence J. Sanna;David L. Roberts

  • Implications for the Neural Basis of Social Cognition for the Study of Schizophrenia

    Amy E. Pinkham;David L. Penn;Diana O. Perkins;Jeffrey Lieberman

  • Research update on the psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia

    David L. Penn;Kim T. Mueser

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: Recommendations from the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia New Approaches Conference

    Michael F Green;Michael F Green;Berend Olivier;Jacqueline N Crawley;David L Penn

  • The Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation Study: Results of the Expert Survey and RAND Panel

    Amy E. Pinkham;David L. Penn;Michael F. Green;Benjamin Buck

  • Emotion recognition and social competence in chronic schizophrenia.

    Kim T. Mueser;Robert Doonan;Robert Doonan;David L. Penn;David L. Penn;Jack J. Blanchard;Jack J. Blanchard

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy E. Pinkham
Amy E. Pinkham The University of Texas at Dallas
Philip D. Harvey
Philip D. Harvey University of Miami
Kim T. Mueser
Kim T. Mueser Boston University
Diana O. Perkins
Diana O. Perkins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jean Addington
Jean Addington University of Calgary
Dennis R. Combs
Dennis R. Combs The University of Texas at Tyler
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Delbert G. Robinson
Delbert G. Robinson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Patrick W. Corrigan
Patrick W. Corrigan Illinois Institute of Technology
John M. Kane
John M. Kane Zucker Hillside Hospital

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