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Karin J. H. Verweij

Karin J. H. Verweij

University of Amsterdam
Netherlands

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
8321
World Ranking
5490
National Ranking
262

Karin J. H. Verweij publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 173 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karin J. H. Verweij 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 Karin J. H. Verweij sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karin J. H. Verweij is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on genetics and medicine, with particular attention to genetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pharmacology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The research topics covered by Verweij include genetic associations and epidemiology, cannabis and cannabinoid research, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, functional brain connectivity studies, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals.

Verweij has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • 15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise (2023), The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction (2021), Nature Neuroscience
  • Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect (2021), Nature Genetics
  • Gene-environment correlations across geographic regions affect genome-wide association studies (2022), Nature Genetics
  • Dissecting polygenic signals from genome-wide association studies on human behaviour (2021), Nature Human Behaviour

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Abdel Abdellaoui, Jorien L. Treur, Dirk J. A. Smit, Joëlle A. Pasman, and Jacqueline M. Vink.

Verweij's work appears in key publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Nature Human Behaviour, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Psychological Medicine.

Best Publications

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

    Andrea Ganna;Karin J. H. Verweij;Michel G. Nivard;Robert Maier;Robert Maier

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

    Marleen H.M. De Moor;Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Genetic and environmental influences on cannabis use initiation and problematic use: a meta‐analysis of twin studies

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Michael T. Lynskey;Sarah E. Medland

  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction.

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Travis T Mallard;Peter B Barr;Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Sandra Sanchez-Roige

  • Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect

    Rafik Tadros;Rafik Tadros;Catherine Francis;Catherine Francis;Xiao Xu;Alexa M.C. Vermeer

  • The genetics of addiction-a translational perspective.

    Arpana Agrawal;K. J.H. Verweij;K. J.H. Verweij;N. A. Gillespie;Andrew Heath

  • Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

    Abdel Abdellaoui;David Hugh-Jones;Loic Yengo;Kathryn E. Kemper

  • Genetic predisposition to schizophrenia associated with increased use of cannabis

    Robert A. Power;Karin J.H. Verweij;Mohamed Zuhair;Grant W. Montgomery

  • Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding.

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

    Stephanie M. van den Berg;Marleen H. M. de Moor;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Genome-wide association study of lifetime cannabis use based on a large meta-analytic sample of 32 330 subjects from the International Cannabis Consortium

    S Stringer;C.C. Minică;Karin J. H. Verweij;H Mbarek

  • Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: An application of item response theory

    Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Marleen H.M. De Moor;Matt McGue;Matt McGue;Erik Pettersson

  • Genetic factors predisposing to homosexuality may increase mating success in heterosexuals

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Katherine I. Morley;Sri N. Shekar;Karin J.H. Verweij

  • Variation in human mate choice: simultaneously investigating heritability, parental influence, sexual imprinting, and assortative mating.

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Karin J. H. Verweij;Andrew C. Heath;Nicholas G. Martin

  • A genome-wide association study of Cloninger's temperament scales: Implications for the evolutionary genetics of personality

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Brendan P. Zietsch;Brendan P. Zietsch;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Scott D. Gordon

  • Overlapping genetic and environmental influences on nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation: different outcomes, same etiology?

    Dominique F. Maciejewski;Hanneke E. Creemers;Michael T. Lynskey;Pamela A. F. Madden

  • Do shared etiological factors contribute to the relationship between sexual orientation and depression

    Brendan P. Zietsch;Karin J. H. Verweij;Andrew C. Heath;Pamela A. F. Madden

  • Is the relationship between early-onset cannabis use and educational attainment causal or due to common liability?

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Anja C. Huizink;Arpana Agrawal;Nicholas G. Martin

  • Unraveling the genetic etiology of adult antisocial behavior: a genome-wide association study.

    Jorim J. Tielbeek;Sarah E. Medland;Beben Benyamin;Enda M. Byrne

  • Erratum: The genetics of addiction - a translational perspective (Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2 (e140) DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.54)

    A. Agrawal;K. J. H. Verweij;N. A. Gillespie;A. C. Heath

  • MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan P. Zietsch
Brendan P. Zietsch University of Queensland
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Abdel Abdellaoui
Abdel Abdellaoui University of Amsterdam
Jacqueline M. Vink
Jacqueline M. Vink Radboud University
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michel G. Nivard
Michel G. Nivard University of Bristol
Pamela A. F. Madden
Pamela A. F. Madden Washington University in St. Louis
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Jouke-Jan Hottenga Hamad bin Khalifa University
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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