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Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

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Psychology
UK
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
127
Citations
76202
World Ranking
191
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans psychology and medicine, with a focus on psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of study include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, autism spectrum disorder research, functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, child welfare and adoption, and children's physical and motor development.

Among recent publications associated with their field are:

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, 2020, The Lancet
  • Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children 1: a systematic and integrative review of evidence regarding effects on development, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • ADHD management during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance from the European ADHD Guidelines Group, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke include:

  • Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • Jan K. Buitelaar
  • David Daley
  • Emily Simonoff

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed frequently include:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • JCPP Advances

The volume of publications distributed among various subfields highlights expertise in psychiatry and mental health (82 publications), clinical psychology (71), and cognitive neuroscience (53).

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis

    Jordan W. Smoller;Kenneth Kendler;Nicholas John Craddock;Phil Hyoun Lee

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Default-mode brain dysfunction in mental disorders: A systematic review

    Samantha J. Broyd;Charmaine Demanuele;Stefan Debener;Suzannah K. Helps

  • Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

    Donna McCann;Angelina Barrett;Alison Cooper;Debbie Crumpler

  • Characterizing cognition in ADHD: beyond executive dysfunction.

    F. Xavier Castellanos;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Michael P. Milham;Rosemary Tannock

  • Nonpharmacological Interventions for ADHD: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Dietary and Psychological Treatments

    Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke;Daniel Brandeis;Samuele Cortese;David Daley

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Unknown

  • Causal Models of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: From Common Simple Deficits to Multiple Developmental Pathways

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

  • Psychological heterogeneity in AD/HD—a dual pathway model of behaviour and cognition

    Edmund J.S Sonuga-Barke

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • Causal heterogeneity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: do we need neuropsychologically impaired subtypes?

    Joel T. Nigg;Erik G. Willcutt;Alysa E. Doyle;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

  • The dual pathway model of AD/HD: An elaboration of neuro-developmental characteristics.

    Edmund J.S Sonuga-Barke

  • Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder

    J M Swanson;J A Sergeant;E Taylor;E J S Sonuga-Barke

  • Cingulate-Precuneus Interactions : A New Locus of Dysfunction in Adult Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

    F. Xavier Castellanos;F. Xavier Castellanos;Daniel S. Margulies;Clare Kelly;Lucina Q. Uddin

  • Spontaneous attentional fluctuations in impaired states and pathological conditions: a neurobiological hypothesis.

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;F. Xavier Castellanos

  • European clinical guidelines for hyperkinetic disorder-first upgrade

    Eric Taylor;Manfred Döpfner;Joseph Sergeant;Philip Asherson

  • The Ecological Validity of Delay Aversion and Response Inhibition as Measures of Impulsivity in AD/HD: A Supplement to the NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study of AD/HD

    Mary V. Solanto;Howard Abikoff;Howard Abikoff;Edmund Sonuga-Barke;Russell Schachar

  • Hyperactivity and delay aversion--I. The effect of delay on choice.

    Edmund J. Sonuga-Barke;E. Taylor;S. Sembi;J. Smith

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Unknown

  • Varieties of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Related Intra-Individual Variability

    F. Xavier Castellanos;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Anouk Scheres;Adriana Di Martino

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
Margaret Thompson
Margaret Thompson University of Southampton
Aribert Rothenberger
Aribert Rothenberger University of Göttingen
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
David Coghill
David Coghill University of Melbourne
Ana Miranda
Ana Miranda University of Valencia
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin

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