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Harriet de Wit 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 Harriet de Wit sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 349 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.

Harriet de Wit 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 Harriet de Wit sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harriet de Wit is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has focused their research primarily within the field of neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, pharmacology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research explores key topics such as neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, psychedelics and drug studies, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Harriet de Wit has contributed to multiple recent papers, including the following:

  • Subjective Responses to Alcohol in the Development and Maintenance of Alcohol Use Disorder, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo-controlled, dose-response study, 2022, Addiction Biology
  • Low doses of LSD reduce broadband oscillatory power and modulate event-related potentials in healthy adults, 2021, Psychopharmacology
  • Low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) increase reward-related brain activity, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Using pharmacological manipulations to study the role of dopamine in human reward functioning: A review of studies in healthy adults, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in a selection of known venues, including:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among frequent collaborators are Anissa Abi-Dargham, New York, Deanna M. Barch, St Louis, and Edward T. Bullmore.

Harriet de Wit has also contributed to book literature, with a publication titled Recent Advances in Research on Impulsivity and Impulsive Behaviors (2020) released by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • The reinstatement model of drug relapse: history, methodology and major findings.

    Yavin Shaham;Uri Shalev;Lin Lu;Harriet de Wit

  • Impulsivity as a determinant and consequence of drug use: a review of underlying processes

    Harriet de Wit

  • Role of unconditioned and conditioned drug effects in the self-administration of opiates and stimulants.

    Jane Stewart;Harriet de Wit;Roelof Eikelboom

  • Dimensions of impulsive behavior: Personality and behavioral measures

    Brady Reynolds;Amanda Ortengren;Jerry B. Richards;Harriet de Wit

  • Reinstatement of cocaine-reinforced responding in the rat

    Harriet de Wit;Jane Stewart

  • DELAY OR PROBABILITY DISCOUNTING IN A MODEL OF IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR: EFFECT OF ALCOHOL

    Jerry B. Richards;Lan Zhang;Suzanne H. Mitchell;Harriet de Wit

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Preference for Immediate over Delayed Rewards Is Associated with Magnitude of Ventral Striatal Activity

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Sarah M. Brown;Douglas E. Williamson;Janine D. Flory;Janine D. Flory

  • Acute administration of d-amphetamine decreases impulsivity in healthy volunteers.

    Harriet de Wit;Justin L Enggasser;Jerry B Richards

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • IQ and nonplanning impulsivity are independently associated with delay discounting in middle-aged adults

    Harriet de Wit;Janine D. Flory;Janine D. Flory;Ashley Acheson;Michael McCloskey

  • Effects of THC on Behavioral Measures of Impulsivity in Humans

    Jennifer McDonald;Laura Schleifer;Jerry B Richards;Harriet de Wit

  • Rewarding, stimulant, and sedative alcohol responses and relationship to future binge drinking.

    Andrea C. King;Harriet de Wit;Patrick J. McNamara;Dingcai Cao

  • Effects of dopaminergic drugs on delayed reward as a measure of impulsive behavior in rats.

    Tammy R. Wade;Harriet de Wit;Jerry B. Richards

  • Effects of d-amphetamine and alcohol on a measure of behavioral inhibition in rats.

    Tyler W. Feola;Harriet de Wit;Jerry B. Richards

  • Association between A2a receptor gene polymorphisms and caffeine-induced anxiety.

    Karen Alsene;Jürgen Deckert;Philipp Sand;Harriet de Wit

  • The latent structure of impulsivity: impulsive choice, impulsive action, and impulsive personality traits

    James MacKillop;James MacKillop;Jessica Weafer;Joshua C Gray;Joshua C Gray;Assaf Oshri

  • Genetics of caffeine consumption and responses to caffeine

    Amy Yang;Abraham A. Palmer;Harriet de Wit

  • Behavioral and Biological Indicators of Impulsivity in the Development of Alcohol Use, Problems, and Disorders

    C. W. Lejuez;Jessica F. Magidson;Suzanne H. Mitchell;Ranjana Sinha

  • Priming Effects With Drugs and Other Reinforcers

    Harriet de Wit

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Pierre Fontanillas
Pierre Fontanillas 23andMe (United States)
K. Luan Phan
K. Luan Phan The Ohio State University
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

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