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10280
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Julio Licinio 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 Julio Licinio sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 465 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Julio Licinio 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 Julio Licinio sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Julio Licinio is affiliated with SUNY Upstate Medical University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Medicine and Neuroscience, contributing notably to the subfields of Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Physiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Julio Licinio has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genomic psychiatry:
  • Brain medicine:
  • Discover Mental Health
  • Psychedelics.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Licinio include:

  • "Edaravone ameliorates depressive and anxiety-like behaviors via Sirt1/Nrf2/HO-1/Gpx4 pathway" (2022) in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Landscapes of bacterial and metabolic signatures and their interaction in major depressive disorders" (2020) in Science Advances
  • "The gut microbiome modulates gut-brain axis glycerophospholipid metabolism in a region-specific manner in a nonhuman primate model of depression" (2020) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Gut Microbial Signatures Can Discriminate Unipolar from Bipolar Depression" (2020) in Advanced Science
  • "The gut microbiome and mental health: advances in research and emerging priorities" (2022) in Molecular Psychiatry

Julio Licinio collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors in their research projects, including:

  • Ma-Li Wong
  • Seth W. Perry
  • Peng Zheng
  • Yifan Li
  • Yu Huang

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations

    D M Altshuler;R A Gibbs;L Peltonen

  • Gut microbiome remodeling induces depressive-like behaviors through a pathway mediated by the host's metabolism

    P Zheng;B Zeng;C Zhou;M Liu

  • From gut dysbiosis to altered brain function and mental illness: mechanisms and pathways

    Rogers Gb;Keating Dj;Young Rl;Wong Ml

  • Human Leptin Deficiency Caused by a Missense Mutation: Multiple Endocrine Defects, Decreased Sympathetic Tone, and Immune System Dysfunction Indicate New Targets for Leptin Action, Greater Central than Peripheral Resistance to the Effects of Leptin, and Spontaneous Correction of Leptin-Mediated Defects

    M Ozata;I C Ozdemir;J Licinio

  • Elevated CSF Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Concentrations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    J. Douglas Bremner;Julio Licinio;Adam Darnell;John H. Krystal

  • Pharmacogenetics of antidepressants and antipsychotics: the contribution of allelic variations to the phenotype of drug response

    Kirchheiner J;Nickchen K;Bauer M;Wong Ml

  • Research and treatment approaches to depression

    Ma Li Wong;Julio Licinio

  • Human leptin levels are pulsatile and inversely related to pituitary-adrenal function.

    Julio Licinio;Christos Mantzoros;André B. Negråo;Giovanni Cizza

  • Pronounced and sustained central hypernoradrenergic function in major depression with melancholic features: relation to hypercortisolism and corticotropin-releasing hormone.

    Ma Li Wong;Mitchel A. Kling;Peter J. Munson;Samuel Listwak

  • Phenotypic effects of leptin replacement on morbid obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypogonadism, and behavior in leptin-deficient adults

    Julio Licinio;Sinan Caglayan;Metin Ozata;Bulent O. Yildiz

  • Circadian interleukin-6 secretion and quantity and depth of sleep.

    Alexandros N. Vgontzas;Dimitris A. Papanicolaou;Edward O. Bixler;Angela Lotsikas

  • The gut microbiome from patients with schizophrenia modulates the glutamate-glutamine-GABA cycle and schizophrenia-relevant behaviors in mice

    Peng Zheng;Benhua Zeng;Meiling Liu;Jianjun Chen

  • Inflammasome signaling affects anxiety- and depressive-like behavior and gut microbiome composition

    M.-L. Wong;A. Inserra;M. D. Lewis;C. A. Mastronardi

  • Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine adjustment to public speaking and mental arithmetic stressors

    Mustafa Al'absi;Stephan Bongard;Tony Buchanan;Gwendolyn A. Pincomb

  • The role of inflammatory mediators in the biology of major depression: Central nervous system cytokines modulate the biological substrate of depressive symptoms, regulate stress-responsive systems, and contribute to neurotoxicity and neuroprotection

    J. Licinio;M. L. Wong

  • Plasma Leptin Levels Are Increased in Survivors of Acute Sepsis: Associated Loss of Diurnal Rhythm in Cortisol and Leptin Secretion

    S.R. Bornstein;J. Licinio;R. Tauchnitz;L. Engelmann

  • Major Depression Is Associated with Significant Diurnal Elevations in Plasma Interleukin-6 Levels, a Shift of Its Circadian Rhythm, and Loss of Physiological Complexity in Its Secretion: Clinical Implications

    Salvatore Alesci;Pedro E. Martinez;Sujata Kelkar;Ioannis Ilias

  • Metagenomic sequencing of the human gut microbiome before and after bariatric surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes: correlation with inflammatory and metabolic parameters

    J Graessler;Y Qin;H Zhong;J Zhang

  • Alterations in the dynamics of circulating ghrelin, adiponectin, and leptin in human obesity

    Bulent O. Yildiz;Marc A. Suchard;Ma-Li Wong;Samuel M. McCann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ma-Li Wong
Ma-Li Wong SUNY Upstate Medical University
Philip W. Gold
Philip W. Gold National Institutes of Health
Mauricio Arcos-Burgos
Mauricio Arcos-Burgos University of Antioquia
George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Geraint B. Rogers
Geraint B. Rogers Flinders University
Dennis S. Charney
Dennis S. Charney Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Peng Xie
Peng Xie Chongqing Medical University

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