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Hermine H. Maes 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 Hermine H. Maes sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 216 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hermine H. Maes 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 Hermine H. Maes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hermine H. Maes is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work spans numerous topics and subfields that include genetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Maes's research addresses multiple complex themes, with a notable focus on genetic associations and epidemiology, cognitive abilities and testing, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, alcohol consumption and its health effects, epigenetics and DNA methylation, birth, development, and health, and smoking behavior and cessation.

The scientist has authored several recent papers published in high-impact venues. Some of these include:

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders, 2023, Nature Mental Health
  • Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology

The venues in which Maes most frequently publishes include:

  • Behavior Genetics
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Scientific Reports

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Maes's research. Frequent coauthors of their work consist of Judy L. Silberg, Jaakko Kaprio, Roseann E. Peterson, Michael C. Neale, and William Copeland, indicating a strong network within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Genetic and environmental factors in relative body weight and human adiposity.

    Hermine H. M. Maes;Michael C. Neale;Lindon J. Eaves

  • OpenMx: An Open Source Extended Structural Equation Modeling Framework

    Steven Boker;Michael Neale;Hermine Maes;Michael Wilde

  • OpenMx 2.0: Extended Structural Equation and Statistical Modeling

    Michael C. Neale;Michael D. Hunter;Joshua N. Pritikin;Mahsa Zahery

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

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

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Childhood adversity, monoamine oxidase a genotype, and risk for conduct disorder.

    Debra L. Foley;Lindon J. Eaves;Brandon Wormley;Judy L. Silberg

  • Genetics and Developmental Psychopathology: 2. The Main Effects of Genes and Environment on Behavioral Problems in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development

    Lindon J. Eaves;Judy L. Silberg;Joanne M. Meyer;Hermine H. Maes

  • 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

  • The Influence of Genetic Factors and Life Stress on Depression Among Adolescent Girls

    Judy L. Silberg;Andrew Pickles;Michael Rutter;John Hewitt

  • The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development: Influences of Age, Sex, and Impairment on Rates of Disorder

    Emily Simonoff;Andrew Pickles;Joanne M. Meyer;Judy L. Silberg

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Covariation Between Hyperactivity and Conduct Disturbance in Juvenile Twins

    Judy L. Silberg;Michael Rutter;Joanne Meyer;Hermine Maes

  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

    Emma C Johnson;Ditte Demontis;Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson;Raymond K Walters

  • Comparing the Biological and Cultural Inheritance of Personality and Social Attitudes in the Virginia 30 000 Study of Twins and Their Relatives

    Lindon Eaves;Andrew Heath;Nicholas Martin;Hermine Maes

  • A twin study of genetic and environmental influences on tobacco initiation, regular tobacco use and nicotine dependence.

    Hermine H. Maes;Patrick F. Sullivan;Cynthia M. Bulik;Michael C. Neale

  • Further evidence against the environmental transmission of individual differences in Neuroticism from a collaborative study of 45,850 twins and relatives on two continents

    Robert I. E. Lake;Lindon J. Eaves;Hermine H. M. Maes;Andrew C. Heath

  • Tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eight- to sixteen-year-old twins: the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development.

    Hermine H. Maes;Charlene E. Woodard;Lenn Murrelle;Joanne M. Meyer

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the transmission of parental depression to children’s depression and conduct disturbance: an extended Children of Twins study

    Judy L. Silberg;Hermine Maes;Lindon J. Eaves

  • Understanding biological and social influences on religious affiliation, attitudes, and behaviors: a behavior genetic perspective.

    Brian M. D’Onofrio;Lindon J. Eaves;Lenn Murrelle;Hermine H. Maes

  • Assortative mating for major psychiatric diagnoses in two population-based samples

    Hermine H. M. Maes;M. C. Neale;K. S. Kendler;J. K. Hewitt

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Inheritance of physical fitness in 10-yr-old twins and their parents

    Hermine H. M. Maes;Gaston P. Beunen;Robert F. Vlietinck;Michael C. Neale

Frequent Co-Authors

Judy L. Silberg
Judy L. Silberg Virginia Commonwealth University
Kenneth S. Kendler
Kenneth S. Kendler Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Catherine Derom
Catherine Derom Ghent University
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Paul Lichtenstein
Paul Lichtenstein Karolinska Institute
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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