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6432
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Julian G Simmons 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 Julian G Simmons sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 149 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Julian G Simmons 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 Julian G Simmons sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Julian G Simmons is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has a research focus spanning medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Their scholarly output includes 29 publications in medicine, 18 in psychology, and 17 in neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to complex biological and behavioral topics.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as behavioral neuroscience, clinical psychology, molecular biology, physiology, and biological psychiatry. This broad expertise supports research into mechanisms underlying brain function and behavior, as well as the physiological and molecular bases of mental health conditions.

Simmons's main research topics include stress responses and cortisol regulation, gut microbiota and health, tryptophan's role in brain disorders, diet and metabolism studies, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Frequent publication venues for Simmons include:

  • Body Image
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • NeuroImage
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Biological Psychiatry

Recent papers reflect a focus on the microbiota-brain axis and developmental neuroscience, including:

  • The gut microbiota in anxiety and depression - A systematic review (2020, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • Feeling down? A systematic review of the gut microbiota in anxiety/depression and irritable bowel syndrome (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Oral microbiome composition, but not diversity, is associated with adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms (2020, Physiology & Behavior)
  • A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development (2020, NeuroImage)
  • The effects of puberty and its hormones on subcortical brain development (2021, Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology)

Julian G Simmons has collaborated extensively with several researchers across overlapping fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sarah Whittle (16 joint works)
  • Orli Schwartz (13 joint works)
  • Nicholas B. Allen (9 joint works)
  • Nandita Vijayakumar (7 joint works)
  • Carra A. Simpson (6 joint works)

Best Publications

  • The gut microbiota in anxiety and depression - A systematic review.

    Carra A. Simpson;Carmela Diaz-Arteche;Djamila Eliby;Orli S. Schwartz

  • Emotional inertia prospectively predicts the onset of depressive disorder in adolescence

    Peter Kuppens;Lisa B Sheeber;Marie Bee Hui Yap;Sarah Whittle

  • Positive parenting predicts the development of adolescent brain structure: a longitudinal study.

    Sarah Whittle;Julian G Simmons;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • Brain development during adolescence: A mixed-longitudinal investigation of cortical thickness, surface area, and volume

    Nandita Vijayakumar;Nicholas B. Allen;George Youssef;Meg Dennison

  • Structural Brain Development and Depression Onset During Adolescence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

    Sarah Whittle;Renee Lichter;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Affect Brain Development During Adolescence

    Sarah Whittle;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar;Julian G. Simmons

  • Responsiveness to drug cues and natural rewards in opiate addiction: associations with later heroin use.

    Dan Lubman;Murat Yucel;Jonathan Walter Lisle Kettle;Antonietta Scaffidi

  • Role of Positive Parenting in the Association Between Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Brain Development Across Adolescence

    Sarah Whittle;Nandita Vijayakumar;Julian G. Simmons;Meg Dennison

  • Parental behaviors during family interactions predict changes in depression and anxiety symptoms during adolescence.

    Orli Schwartz;Paul L Dudgeon;Lisa B Sheeber;Marie Bee Hui Yap

  • Orbitofrontal Volumes in Early Adolescence Predict Initiation of Cannabis Use: A 4-Year Longitudinal and Prospective Study

    Ali Cheetham;Nicholas B. Allen;Sarah Whittle;Julian G. Simmons

  • A systematic review of adrenarche as a sensitive period in neurobiological development and mental health

    Michelle L. Byrne;Sarah Whittle;Nandita Vijayakumar;Meg Dennison

  • Mapping subcortical brain maturation during adolescence: evidence of hemisphere‐ and sex‐specific longitudinal changes

    Meg Dennison;Sarah Whittle;Murat Yucel;Murat Yucel;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • Feeling down? A systematic review of the gut microbiota in anxiety/depression and irritable bowel syndrome

    Carra A. Simpson;Andre Mu;Nick Haslam;Orli S. Schwartz

  • Maternal positive and negative interaction behaviors and early adolescents' depressive symptoms: Adolescent emotion regulation as a mediator

    Marie Bee Hui Yap;Orli Schwartz;Michelle L Byrne;Julian G Simmons

  • Prefrontal and amygdala volumes are related to adolescents' affective behaviors during parent–adolescent interactions

    Sarah Whittle;Marie Yap;Murat Yucel;Alexander Fornito

  • The SENSE study: Post intervention effects of a randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based group sleep improvement intervention among at-risk adolescents.

    Matthew Blake;Joanna M Waloszek;Orli Schwartz;Monika Raniti

  • Observed Measures of Negative Parenting Predict Brain Development during Adolescence.

    Sarah Whittle;Nandita Vijayakumar;Meg Dennison;Orli Schwartz

  • Hippocampal volume and sensitivity to maternal aggressive behavior: A prospective study of adolescent depressive symptoms

    Sarah Whittle;Marie Bee Hui Yap;Lisa B Sheeber;Paul L Dudgeon

  • Early adolescents' temperament, emotion regulation during mother–child interactions, and depressive symptomatology

    Marie Bee Hui Yap;Nicholas Brian Allen;Melissa Louise O'Shea;Patricia Di Parsia

  • Functional brain-imaging correlates of negative affectivity and the onset of first-episode depression.

    C. G. Davey;S. Whittle;B. J. Harrison;J. G. Simmons

  • Responsiveness to Drug Cues and Natural Rewards in Opiate Addiction

    Dan I. Lubman;Murat Yücel;Jonathan W. L. Kettle;Antonietta Scaffidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas B. Allen
Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon
Sarah Whittle
Sarah Whittle University of Melbourne
Murat Yücel
Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Lisa Sheeber
Lisa Sheeber Oregon Research Institute
George C. Patton
George C. Patton Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Marie Bee Hui Yap
Marie Bee Hui Yap Monash University
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Marc L. Seal
Marc L. Seal University of Melbourne
Paul Dudgeon
Paul Dudgeon University of Melbourne

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