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Herbert Y. Meltzer 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 Herbert Y. Meltzer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,316 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Herbert Y. Meltzer 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 Herbert Y. Meltzer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 169 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award

Overview

Herbert Y. Meltzer is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. The researcher's work primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these fields, Meltzer's subfields of study include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics covered by Meltzer's research include Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Mental Health and Psychiatry, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Recent publications by Herbert Y. Meltzer demonstrate a focus on psychiatry and neuroscience with an emphasis on schizophrenia and psychopharmacology. Selected papers include:

  • Respiratory Microbial Co-infection With SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Lurasidone Improves Psychopathology and Cognition in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia, 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Contrasting Typical and Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs, 2021, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • Clozapine Optimization: A Delphi Consensus Guideline From the Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis Working Group, 2023, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Depolarizing GABA A current in the prefrontal cortex is linked with cognitive impairment in a mouse model relevant for schizophrenia, 2021, Science Advances

The frequent coauthors contributing to Meltzer's research output include:

  • Lakshmi Rajagopal
  • James L. Kennedy
  • Arun K. Tiwari
  • Jeffrey A. Lieberman
  • Mei Huang

Meltzer has published recurrently in several academic venues. Most notable publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Clozapine for the treatment-resistant schizophrenic. A double-blind comparison with chlorpromazine

    John Kane;Gilbert Honigfeld;Jack Singer;Herbert Meltzer

  • Morphometric evidence for neuronal and glial prefrontal cell pathology in major depression

    Grazyna Rajkowska;José J Miguel-Hidalgo;Jinrong Wei;Ginny Dilley

  • Classification of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on the basis of dopamine D-1, D-2 and serotonin2 pKi values.

    H Y Meltzer;S Matsubara;J C Lee

  • Clozapine treatment for suicidality in schizophrenia: International Suicide Prevention Trial (InterSePT).

    Herbert Y. Meltzer;Larry Alphs;Alan I. Green;A. Carlo Altamura

  • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia: Baseline results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial and comparison with national estimates from NHANES III.

    Joseph Patrick McEvoy;Jonathan M. Meyer;Donald C. Goff;Henry A. Nasrallah

  • The Effects of Clozapine, Risperidone, and Olanzapine on Cognitive Function in Schizophrenia

    Herbert Y. Meltzer;Susan R. McGurk

  • Neurocognitive Effects of Antipsychotic Medications in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia in the CATIE Trial

    Richard S.E. Keefe;Robert M. Bilder;Sonia M. Davis;Philip D. Harvey

  • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia

    M. I. Herz;R. P. Liberman;T. H. McGlashan;J. A. Lieberman

  • The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia: A Review*

    Herbert Y. Meltzer;Stephen M. Stahl

  • Effectiveness of Clozapine Versus Olanzapine, Quetiapine, and Risperidone in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia Who Did Not Respond to Prior Atypical Antipsychotic Treatment

    Joseph Patrick McEvoy;Jeffrey A. Lieberman;T. Scott Stroup;Sonia M. Davis

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • H1-Histamine Receptor Affinity Predicts Short-Term Weight Gain for Typical and Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs

    Wesley Kars Kroeze;Sandra J. Hufeisen;Beth A. Popadak;Sean M. Renock

  • Serotonin receptors: their key role in drugs to treat schizophrenia.

    Herbert Y Meltzer;Zhu Li;Yasuhiro Kaneda;Junji Ichikawa

  • The role of serotonin in antipsychotic drug action

    Herbert Y Meltzer

  • Binding of typical and atypical antipsychotic agents to 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 and 5-hydroxytryptamine-7 receptors.

    B L Roth;S C Craigo;M S Choudhary;A Uluer

  • Clinical studies on the mechanism of action of clozapine: the dopamine-serotonin hypothesis of schizophrenia.

    Herbert Y. Meltzer

  • Cellular changes in the postmortem hippocampus in major depression.

    Craig A. Stockmeier;Craig A. Stockmeier;Gouri J. Mahajan;Lisa C. Konick;James C. Overholser

  • A novel augmentation strategy for treating resistant major depression.

    Richard C. Shelton;Gary D. Tollefson;Mauricio Tohen;Stephen Stahl

  • Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-6, soluble interleukin-6, soluble interleukin-2 and transferrin receptor in major depression

    Michael Maes;Herbert Y. Meltzer;Eugène Bosmans;Raf Bergmans

  • A meta-analysis of neuropsychological change to clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in schizophrenia

    Neil D. Woodward;Scot E. Purdon;Herbert Y. Meltzer;David H. Zald

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University
Michael Maes
Michael Maes University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Craig A. Stockmeier
Craig A. Stockmeier University of Mississippi Medical Center
Gary Remington
Gary Remington Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Steven G. Potkin
Steven G. Potkin University of California, Irvine
James C. Overholser
James C. Overholser Case Western Reserve University
Aristotle N. Voineskos
Aristotle N. Voineskos Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lee Friedman
Lee Friedman Texas State University
Joseph R. Calabrese
Joseph R. Calabrese Case Western Reserve University

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