2026 Keith H. Nuechterlein: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	110	393	345	249	215	490	50054

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology
1995 - Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award

Overview

Keith H. Nuechterlein is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on understanding and treating schizophrenia through various cognitive and psychiatric approaches. The scientist has contributed significantly to studies exploring cognitive training, functional gains, and the clinical characterization of psychosis.

The scientist's work spans several fields of study, including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Within these broad fields, they specifically contribute to Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Philosophy.

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

Schizophrenia research and treatment
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Mental Health Research Topics
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Frequent collaborators in their research include Joseph Ventura, Kenneth L. Subotnik, Michael F. Green, David Braff, and William S. Stone, indicating a networked approach to psychiatric and cognitive research.

The primary venues where the scientist has published reflect their focus on psychiatric disorders and cognitive studies. These venues include:

Schizophrenia Research
Psychological Medicine
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Keith H. Nuechterlein represent core research areas:

"Aerobic exercise enhances cognitive training effects in first-episode schizophrenia: randomized clinical trial demonstrates cognitive and functional gains," 2022, Psychological Medicine
"A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation and long-acting injectable risperidone after a first episode of schizophrenia: improving cognition and work/school functioning," 2020, Psychological Medicine
"Relationship of poor insight to neurocognition, social cognition, and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis," 2020, Schizophrenia Research
"The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management," 2021, World Psychiatry
"Anticholinergic Medication Burden-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia," 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry

The scientist has been recognized with awards including the Joseph Zubin Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology in 2012 and the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award in 1995. These honors reflect their contribution to psychopathology research.

Best Publications

The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part 1: Test Selection, Reliability, and Validity

Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael F. Green;Robert S. Kern;Lyle E. Baade

2671
Citations
Identification of separable cognitive factors in schizophrenia.

Keith H. Nuechterlein;M Deanna;James M. Gold;Terry E. Goldberg

1665
Citations
Information Processing and Attentional Functioning in the Developmental Course of Schizophrenic Disorders

Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael E. Dawson

1590
Citations
A Heuristic Vulnerability/Stress Model of Schizophrenic Episodes

Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael E. Dawson

1488
Citations
Approaching a consensus cognitive battery for clinical trials in schizophrenia: The NIMH-MATRICS conference to select cognitive domains and test criteria

Michael F. Green;Keith H. Nuechterlein;James M. Gold;M Deanna

1148
Citations
Cortical glucose metabolic rate correlates of abstract reasoning and attention studied with positron emission tomography

Richard J. Haier;Benjamin V. Siegel;Keith H. Nuechterlein;Erin Hazlett

958
Citations
Family factors and the course of bipolar affective disorder.

David J. Miklowitz;Michael J. Goldstein;Keith H. Nuechterlein;Karen S. Snyder

926
Citations
The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, part 2: co-norming and standardization.

Robert S. Kern;Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael F. Green;Lyle E. Baade

885
Citations
Age-related changes in frontal and temporal lobe volumes in men: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

George Bartzokis;Mace Beckson;Po H. Lu;Keith H. Nuechterlein

853
Citations
Symptom Monitoring in the Rehabilitation of Schizophrenic Patients

David Lukoff;Robert Paul Liberman;Keith H. Nuechterlein

706
Citations
Symptoms as mediators of the relationship between neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

Joseph Ventura;Gerhard S. Hellemann;April D. Thames;Vanessa Koellner

662
Citations
Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders: Longitudinal Studies of Vulnerability and Stress

Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael E. Dawson;Michael Gitlin;Joseph Ventura

653
Citations
Neuroleptic withdrawal in schizophrenic patients. A review of the literature.

P L Gilbert;M J Harris;L A McAdams;D V Jeste

632
Citations
Signal detection in vigilance tasks and behavioral attributes among offspring of schizophrenic mothers and among hyperactive children.

Keith H. Nuechterlein

593
Citations
Should Schizophrenia Be Treated as a Neurocognitive Disorder

Michael Foster Green;Keith H. Nuechterlein

589
Citations
Visual sustained attention: image degradation produces rapid sensitivity decrement over time

Keith H. Nuechterlein;Raja Parasuraman;Qiyuan Jiang

581
Citations
White Matter Structural Integrity in Healthy Aging Adults and Patients With Alzheimer Disease: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

George Bartzokis;Jeffrey L. Cummings;David Sultzer;Victor W. Henderson

573
Citations
A Summary of the FDA-NIMH-MATRICS Workshop on Clinical Trial Design for Neurocognitive Drugs for Schizophrenia

Robert W Buchanan;Miriam Davis;Donald Goff;Michael F Green

571
Citations
Aerobic Exercise Improves Cognitive Functioning in People With Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Joseph Firth;Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Simon Rosenbaum;Davy Vancampfort

560
Citations
Heterogeneous age-related breakdown of white matter structural integrity: implications for cortical "disconnection" in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

George Bartzokis;George Bartzokis;David Sultzer;David Sultzer;Po H Lu;Po H Lu;Keith H Nuechterlein

537
Citations
Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, Part 1: Performance Across Phase of Illness

Michael F. Green;Carrie E. Bearden;Tyrone D. Cannon;Alan P. Fiske

513
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles

Kenneth L. Subotnik University of California, Los Angeles

Joseph Ventura University of California, Los Angeles

Robert F. Asarnow University of California, Los Angeles

Larry J. Siever Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert S. Kern University of California, Los Angeles

Allen D. Radant University of Washington

Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania

Michael E. Dawson University of Southern California

Gerhard Hellemann University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

Personal website of Keith H. Nuechterlein

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