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2026
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Australia
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
137
Citations
86562
World Ranking
126
National Ranking
7

Medicine

D-Index
139
Citations
91540
World Ranking
1727
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Ian B. Hickie is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, general health professions, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use, 2022, Nature
  • From Basic Science to Clinical Application of Polygenic Risk Scores, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health, 2024, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature, 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian B. Hickie include:

  • Elizabeth Scott
  • Frank Iorfino
  • Jacob J. Crouse
  • Yun Ju Christine Song
  • Sarah E. Medland

They have published extensively in various venues, with their most frequent publication outlets being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Directions Depression
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Ian B. Hickie has been recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science since 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Approach to Its Definition and Study

    Keiji Fukuda;Stephen E. Straus;Ian Hickie;Michael C. Sharpe

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

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  • 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

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Adam J. Guastella;Stewart L. Einfeld;Kylie M. Gray;Nicole J. Rinehart

  • Clinical staging of psychiatric disorders: a heuristic framework for choosing earlier, safer and more effective interventions

    Patrick D. McGorry;Ian B. Hickie;Alison R. Yung;Christos Pantelis

  • A systematic review of the impact of adherence on the effectiveness of e-therapies.

    Liesje Donkin;Helen Christensen;Sharon L Naismith;Bruce Neal

  • Post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: prospective cohort study

    Ian Hickie;Tracey Davenport;Denis Wakefield;Ute Vollmer-Conna

  • "Stress" and coronary heart disease: psychosocial risk factors.

    Stephen J Bunker;David M Colquhoun;Murray D Esler;Ian B Hickie

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis of executive function

    E A Demetriou;A Lampit;D S Quintana;D S Quintana;S L Naismith

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

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

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • Prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in an Australian population.

    A R Lloyd;I Hickie;C R Boughton;O Spencer

  • Genome-wide association study of major depressive disorder: new results, meta-analysis, and lessons learned

    N. R. Wray;M. L. Pergadia;D. H.R. Blackwood;B. W.J.H. Penninx

  • Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in psychiatric disorders and the impact of psychotropic medications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Gail A. Alvares;Daniel S. Quintana;Ian B. Hickie;Adam J. Guastella

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon L. Naismith
Sharon L. Naismith University of Sydney
Daniel F. Hermens
Daniel F. Hermens University of the Sunshine Coast
Jim Lagopoulos
Jim Lagopoulos University of the Sunshine Coast
Tracey A Davenport
Tracey A Davenport University of Sydney
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Patrick D. McGorry
Patrick D. McGorry University of Melbourne
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Philip B. Mitchell
Philip B. Mitchell University of New South Wales
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales

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