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Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd

Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd

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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
112
Citations
37792
World Ranking
823
National Ranking
500

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
38853
World Ranking
5199
National Ranking
2810

Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd 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 Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 440 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd 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 Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, and neurology.

Their research topics predominantly cover traumatic brain injury research, suicide and self-harm studies, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced MRI techniques and applications, bipolar disorder and treatment, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, as well as traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances.

Key recent papers by Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd include:

  • Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury in Females: A State-of-the-Art Summary and Future Directions, 2020, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Lithium Treatment in the Prevention of Repeat Suicide-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Anatomical and fMRI-network comparison of multiple DLPFC targeting strategies for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment of depression, 2021, Brain Stimulation
  • Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children, 2021, JAMA Neurology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Perry F. Renshaw
  • Erin McGlade
  • Punitha Subramaniam
  • Chandni Sheth
  • Rebekah S. Huber

Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd has published multiple papers in notable venues, including:

  • Biological Psychiatry (13 publications)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (4 publications)
  • Brain Stimulation (2 publications)
  • Journal of Neurotrauma (2 publications)

Their work spans major topics in clinical and neuropsychiatric research, combining advanced imaging techniques with clinical interventions to address conditions such as traumatic brain injury and mood disorders. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates epidemiological data with neuroimaging and psychiatric analysis to explore complex brain-behavior relationships.

Best Publications

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Emotional and cognitive changes during adolescence

    Deborah Yurgelun-Todd

  • Neuropsychological Performance in Long-term Cannabis Users

    Harrison G. Pope;Amanda J. Gruber;James I. Hudson;Marilyn A. Huestis

  • Demographic, physical and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Rationale and description

    M Deanna;Matthew D. Albaugh;Shelli Avenevoli;Linda Chang

  • The residual cognitive effects of heavy marijuana use in college students.

    Harrison G. Pope;Deborah Yurgelun-Todd

  • Early-onset cannabis use and cognitive deficits: what is the nature of the association?

    Harrison G Pope;Amanda J Gruber;James I Hudson;Geoffrey Cohane

  • Cortical and limbic activation during viewing of high- versus low-calorie foods.

    William D.S Killgore;Ashley D Young;Lisa A Femia;Piotr Bogorodzki

  • Neural Correlates of Different Types of Deception: An fMRI Investigation

    Giorgi Ganis;S. M. Kosslyn;S. Stose;W. L. Thompson

  • Bulimia treated with imipramine: A placebo-controlled, double-blind study

    Harrison G. Pope;James I. Hudson;Jeffrey M. Jonas;Deborah Yurgelun-Todd

  • Progressive Decrease of Left Superior Temporal Gyrus Gray Matter Volume in Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia

    Kiyoto Kasai;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • Activation of the amygdala and anterior cingulate during nonconscious processing of sad versus happy faces

    William D.S Killgore;Deborah A Yurgelun-Todd

  • Progressive decrease of left Heschl gyrus and planum temporale gray matter volume in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Kiyoto Kasai;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • fMRI during affect discrimination in bipolar affective disorder

    Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd;Staci A. Gruber;Gen Kanayama;William D.S. Killgore

  • Hippocampal volume in primary unipolar major depression: a magnetic resonance imaging study

    Khashayar Vakili;Srinivasan S Pillay;Srinivasan S Pillay;Beny Lafer;Maurizio Fava

  • Comparative Effect of Atypical and Conventional Antipsychotic Drugs on Neurocognition in First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Olanzapine Versus Low Doses of Haloperidol

    Richard S E Keefe;Larry J Seidman;Bruce K Christensen;Robert M Hamer

  • Family history study of anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

    James I. Hudson;Harrison G. Pope;Jeffrey M. Jonas;Deborah Yurgelun-Todd

  • Phenomenologic relationship of eating disorders to major affective disorder

    James I. Hudson;James I. Hudson;Harrison G. Pope;Harrison G. Pope;Jeffrey M. Jonas;Jeffrey M. Jonas;Deborah Yurgelun-Todd;Deborah Yurgelun-Todd

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Facial Affect Recognition in Children and Adolescents

    Abigail A. Baird;Staci A. Gruber;Deborah A. Fein;Luis C. Maas

  • Subgenual cingulate cortex volume in first-episode psychosis.

    Yoshio Hirayasu;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Jun Soo Kwon

  • Functional anatomy of impaired selective attention and compensatory processing in autism

    Matthew K Belmonte;Deborah A Yurgelun-Todd;Deborah A Yurgelun-Todd

Frequent Co-Authors

Perry F. Renshaw
Perry F. Renshaw University of Utah
Staci A. Gruber
Staci A. Gruber Harvard University
Harrison G. Pope
Harrison G. Pope Harvard University
Bruce M. Cohen
Bruce M. Cohen Harvard University
William D.S. Killgore
William D.S. Killgore University of Arizona
James I. Hudson
James I. Hudson Harvard University
Dean F. Salisbury
Dean F. Salisbury University of Pittsburgh
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Mauricio Tohen
Mauricio Tohen University of New Mexico

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