2026 Lianne Schmaal: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	70	2493	2277	64	59	271	20424

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Overview

Lianne Schmaal is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, with specific interests in the subfields of cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Mental Health Research Topics
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Treatment of Major Depression
Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Schmaal has contributed to various recent publications, including the following papers:

"ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing" (2020) published in Translational Psychiatry
"Comorbidity between major depressive disorder and physical diseases: a comprehensive review of epidemiology, mechanisms and management" (2023) published in World Psychiatry
"Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups" (2020) published in American Journal of Psychiatry
"Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium" (2020) published in Human Brain Mapping
"Structural brain imaging studies offer clues about the effects of the shared genetic etiology among neuropsychiatric disorders" (2021) published in Molecular Psychiatry

They have frequently published in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biological Psychiatry
Human Brain Mapping
Molecular Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry

Collaborations have involved regular co-authors such as:

Paul M. Thompson
Neda Jahanshad
Dick J. Veltman
Dan J. Stein
Sophia I. Thomopoulos

Best Publications

Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

1300
Citations
Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder : findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

Tiffany C. Ho;Boris Gutman;Elena Pozzi;Hans J. Grabe

1241
Citations
Cortical Brain Abnormalities in 4474 Individuals With Schizophrenia and 5098 Control Subjects via the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium

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1124
Citations
Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

933
Citations
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

838
Citations
The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

824
Citations
ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

649
Citations
ENIGMA and Global Neuroscience: A Decade of Large-Scale Studies of the Brain in Health and Disease Across More Than 40 Countries

Paul Thompson

443
Citations
Distinct Subcortical Volume Alterations in Pediatric and Adult OCD: A Worldwide Meta- and Mega-Analysis.

Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Stephanie H. Ameis

364
Citations
Evaluating the evidence for biotypes of depression: Methodological replication and extension of Drysdale et al. (2017)

Richard Dinga;Lianne Schmaal;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Marie Jose van Tol

362
Citations
White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group

Laura S. van Velzen;Sinead Kelly;Sinead Kelly;Dmitry Isaev;Andre Aleman

355
Citations
Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

343
Citations
Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

342
Citations
Imaging suicidal thoughts and behaviors: a comprehensive review of 2 decades of neuroimaging studies

Lianne Schmaal;Anne-Laura van Harmelen;Vasiliki Chatzi;Elizabeth T. C. Lippard

324
Citations
Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

309
Citations
Cortical Abnormalities Associated With Pediatric and Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Working Group

Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

287
Citations
Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

279
Citations
The relationship between impulsive choice and impulsive action: a cross-species translational study

Nienke Broos;Lianne Schmaal;Joost Wiskerke;Lennard Kostelijk

275
Citations
Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

272
Citations
Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

264
Citations
Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

262
Citations