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41
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4925
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Karen D. Ersche publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen D. Ersche sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 152 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Karen D. Ersche D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen D. Ersche sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karen D. Ersche is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a total of 61, 48, and 44 publications respectively in these areas. The scientist's work encompasses detailed studies in cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, as well as experimental and clinical psychology.

Their research covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

They have authored several papers with notable publication venues and years as follows:

  • Brain networks underlying vulnerability and resilience to drug addiction, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reduced Glutamate Turnover in the Putamen Is Linked With Automatic Habits in Human Cocaine Addiction, 2020, published in Biological Psychiatry
  • Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study, 2022, published in Addiction
  • Cortical glutamate and GABA are related to compulsive behaviour in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and healthy controls, 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations, 2024, published in Brain

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research efforts include:

  • Trevor W. Robbins
  • Tsen Vei Lim
  • Barbara J. Sahakian
  • Hisham Ziauddeen
  • Liam J. Nestor

They have published extensively in several key journals, including:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Addiction Biology
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Best Publications

  • Neurocognitive endophenotypes of impulsivity and compulsivity: towards dimensional psychiatry

    Trevor W. Robbins;Claire M. Gillan;Dana G. Smith;Sanne de Wit

  • Hierarchical modularity in human brain functional networks.

    David Meunier;Renaud Lambiotte;Alexander Fornito;Alexander Fornito;Karen D Ersche

  • Abnormal Brain Structure Implicated in Stimulant Drug Addiction

    Karen D. Ersche;P. Simon Jones;Guy B. Williams;Abigail J Turton

  • Drug addiction and the memory systems of the brain.

    T.W. Robbins;K.D. Ersche;B.J. Everitt

  • Drug Addiction Endophenotypes: Impulsive Versus Sensation-Seeking Personality Traits

    Karen D. Ersche;Abigail J. Turton;Shachi Pradhan;Edward T. Bullmore;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Abnormal structure of frontostriatal brain systems is associated with aspects of impulsivity and compulsivity in cocaine dependence

    Karen D. Ersche;Anna Barnes;P. Simon Jones;Sharon Morein-Zamir

  • Reflection impulsivity in current and former substance users.

    Luke Clark;Trevor W. Robbins;Karen D. Ersche;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • A wavelet method for modeling and despiking motion artifacts from resting-state fMRI time series

    Ameera X. Patel;Prantik Kundu;Mikail Rubinov;P. Simon Jones

  • Profile of Executive and Memory Function Associated with Amphetamine and Opiate Dependence

    Karen D Ersche;Luke Clark;Mervyn London;Trevor W Robbins

  • Chronic cocaine but not chronic amphetamine use is associated with perseverative responding in humans

    Karen D. Ersche;Jonathan P. Roiser;Trevor W. Robbins;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • Cognitive Dysfunction and Anxious-Impulsive Personality Traits Are Endophenotypes for Drug Dependence

    Karen D. Ersche;Abigail J. Turton;Samuel R. Chamberlain;Ulrich Müller

  • Carrots and sticks fail to change behavior in cocaine addiction.

    Karen D. Ersche;Claire M. Gillan;Claire M. Gillan;P. Simon Jones;Guy B. Williams

  • Meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities associated with stimulant drug dependence and neuroimaging of addiction vulnerability and resilience.

    Karen D Ersche;Guy B Williams;Trevor W Robbins;Edward T Bullmore;Edward T Bullmore;Edward T Bullmore

  • Abnormal frontal activations related to decision-making in current and former amphetamine and opiate dependent individuals.

    K. D. Ersche;P. C. Fletcher;S. J. G. Lewis;L. Clark

  • The Neuropsychology of Amphetamine and Opiate Dependence: Implications for Treatment

    Karen D Ersche;Barbara J Sahakian

  • Creature of Habit: A self-report measure of habitual routines and automatic tendencies in everyday life.

    Karen D. Ersche;Tsen-Vei Lim;Laetitia H.E. Ward;Trevor W. Robbins

  • The Orbital Prefrontal Cortex and Drug Addiction in Laboratory Animals and Humans

    Barry J. Everitt;Daniel M. Hutcheson;Karen D. Ersche;Yann Pelloux

  • Response Perseveration in Stimulant Dependence Is Associated with Striatal Dysfunction and Can Be Ameliorated by a D2/3 Receptor Agonist

    Karen D. Ersche;Jonathan P. Roiser;Sanja Abbott;Kevin J. Craig

  • The Effects of Methylphenidate on Decision Making in Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Elise E. DeVito;Andrew D. Blackwell;Lindsey Kent;Karen D. Ersche

  • Distinctive personality traits and neural correlates associated with stimulant drug use versus familial risk of stimulant dependence.

    Karen D. Ersche;P. Simon Jones;Guy B. Williams;Dana G. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
John Suckling
John Suckling University of Cambridge
Guy B. Williams
Guy B. Williams University of Cambridge
Jan Stochl
Jan Stochl University of Cambridge
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Rebecca Elliott
Rebecca Elliott University of Manchester
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Anne Lingford-Hughes Imperial College London
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire

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