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Kerstin J. Plessen

Kerstin J. Plessen

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
14314
World Ranking
5647
National Ranking
135

Kerstin J. Plessen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kerstin J. Plessen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 217 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Kerstin J. Plessen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kerstin J. Plessen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kerstin J. Plessen is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans across psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and public health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, schizophrenia research and treatment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and treatment, and child nutrition and feeding issues.

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part III: pharmacological treatment, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets, 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy Compared With Management as Usual for Youth With Common Mental Health Problems, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Tic disorders in children and adolescents: does the clinical presentation differ in males and females? A report by the EMTICS group, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Kerstin J. Plessen frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Merete Nordentoft
  • Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup
  • Birgitte Klee Burton
  • Nicoline Hemager
  • Aja Neergaard Greve

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, such as:

  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Revue Médicale Suisse
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research

Kerstin J. Plessen's involvement in both research and publication reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach. The combination of clinical psychology and psychiatry with genetics and public health topics indicates integration of diverse methodologies and perspectives in their work. Their focus on neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, particularly in child and adolescent populations, situates their research within critical areas of mental health and developmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part II: pharmacological treatment

    Veit Roessner;Kerstin J. Plessen;Aribert Rothenberger;Andrea G. Ludolph

  • HHS Public Access

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Psychiatric disorders in Norwegian 8- to 10-year-olds: an epidemiological survey of prevalence, risk factors, and service use.

    Einar Heiervang;Kjell M. Stormark;Astri J. Lundervold;Mikael Heimann

  • Hippocampus and Amygdala Morphology in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Kerstin J. Plessen;Kerstin J. Plessen;Ravi Bansal;Hongtu Zhu;Ronald Whiteman

  • Brain Imaging of the Cortex in ADHD: A Coordinated Analysis of Large-Scale Clinical and Population-Based Samples

    Martine Hoogman;Ryan Muetzel;Joao P. Guimaraes;Elena Shumskaya

  • The Danish 22q11 research initiative.

    Henriette Schmock;Henriette Schmock;Anders Vangkilde;Anders Vangkilde;Kit Melissa Larsen;Elvira Fischer

  • An fMRI Study of the Effects of Psychostimulants on Default-Mode Processing During Stroop Task Performance in Youths With ADHD

    Bradley S. Peterson;Marc N. Potenza;Zhishun Wang;Hongtu Zhu

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups

    Premika S W Boedhoe;Daan van Rooij;Martine Hoogman;Jos W R Twisk

  • De Novo Coding Variants Are Strongly Associated with Tourette Disorder.

    A. J. Willsey;T. V. Fernandez;D. Yu;R. A. King

  • Psychosocial outcome and psychiatric comorbidity in older adolescents with Tourette syndrome: controlled study

    Daniel A. Gorman;Nancy Thompson;Kerstin J. Plessen;Mary M. Robertson

  • Altered interhemispheric connectivity in individuals with Tourette's disorder.

    Kerstin J Plessen;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Kenneth Hugdahl;Patricia Feineigle

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part III: pharmacological treatment.

    Veit Roessner;Heike Eichele;Heike Eichele;Jeremy S. Stern;Liselotte Skov

  • Mortality Among Persons With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Denmark.

    Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Manuel Mattheisen;Manuel Mattheisen;Ole Mors;Ole Mors;Diana E. Schendel;Diana E. Schendel

  • Imaging evidence for anatomical disturbances and neuroplastic compensation in persons with Tourette syndrome

    Kerstin J. Plessen;Ravi Bansal;Bradley S. Peterson

  • Reduced white matter connectivity in the corpus callosum of children with Tourette syndrome.

    Kerstin J. Plessen;Renate Grüner;Arvid Lundervold;Jochen G. Hirsch

  • Sex, Age, and Cognitive Correlates of Asymmetries in Thickness of the Cortical Mantle Across the Life Span

    Kerstin J. Plessen;Kerstin J. Plessen;Kenneth Hugdahl;Kenneth Hugdahl;Ravi Bansal;Ravi Bansal;Xuejun Hao;Xuejun Hao

  • Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure

    Martine Hoogman;Daan van Rooij;Marieke Klein;Marieke Klein;Premika Boedhoe

Frequent Co-Authors

Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Pieter J. Hoekstra
Pieter J. Hoekstra University Medical Center Groningen
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Jan Haavik
Jan Haavik University of Bergen
Astri J. Lundervold
Astri J. Lundervold University of Bergen
Klaus-Peter Lesch
Klaus-Peter Lesch University of Würzburg
Veit Roessner
Veit Roessner TU Dresden
Bradley S. Peterson
Bradley S. Peterson University of Southern California
Andrea Dietrich
Andrea Dietrich University of Groningen

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