2026 Marc L. Seal: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	53	5046	4636	140	132	212	12773

Overview

Marc L. Seal is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, focusing primarily on medical research with a significant emphasis on advanced neuroimaging and developmental neuroscience.

Seal's research covers several main fields of study, including:

Medicine

Within these, Seal's subfields of study are:

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cognitive Neuroscience
Epidemiology
Neurology

Their work spans major topics within neuroscience and brain health, such as:

Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Seal has contributed to a number of research papers, including:

Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA, 2020, NeuroImage
Tracking regional brain growth up to age 13 in children born term and very preterm, 2020, Nature Communications
A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development, 2020, NeuroImage
Parcellation of the neonatal cortex using Surface-based Melbourne Children's Regional Infant Brain atlases (M-CRIB-S), 2020, Scientific Reports
Individual variation underlying brain age estimates in typical development, 2021, NeuroImage

The most frequent publication venues for Seal's work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
NeuroImage
Journal of Neuroscience Research
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Seal collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notably:

Richard Beare
Gareth Ball
Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang
Deanne K. Thompson
Claire E. Kelly

Best Publications

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
Opposite effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on human brain function and psychopathology.

Sagnik Bhattacharyya;Paul D Morrison;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Rocio Martin-Santos

837
Citations
Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

707
Citations
Distinct effects of {delta}9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on neural activation during emotional processing.

Paolo Fusar-Poli;José Alexandre de Souza Crippa;Sagnik Bhattacharyya;Stefan J. Borgwardt

575
Citations
Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia: a multimodal voxelwise meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis.

Emre Bora;Alex Fornito;Joaquim Radua;Mark Walterfang

524
Citations
Disrupted Axonal Fiber Connectivity in Schizophrenia

Andrew Zalesky;Alex Fornito;Alex Fornito;Marc L Seal;Luca Cocchi

494
Citations
Effect of long-term cannabis use on axonal fibre connectivity

Andrew Zalesky;Nadia Solowij;Murat Yucel;Dan I Lubman

406
Citations
Evidence of a dimensional relationship between schizotypy and schizophrenia: A systematic review

M.T. Nelson;M.L. Seal;M.L. Seal;C. Pantelis;L.J. Phillips

400
Citations
Acute Effects of a Single, Oral dose of d9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) Administration in Healthy Volunteers

R. Martin-Santos;J. A. Crippa;J. A. Crippa;A. Batalla;Sagnik Bhattacharyya

326
Citations
Modulation of mediotemporal and ventrostriatal function in humans by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol: a neural basis for the effects of Cannabis sativa on learning and psychosis.

Sagnik Bhattacharyya;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Stefan Borgwardt;Rocio Martin-Santos

306
Citations
Compelling imagery, unanticipated speech and deceptive memory: Neurocognitive models of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia

Marc L Seal;Andre Aleman;Philip K McGuire

271
Citations
Neuroimaging in cannabis use: a systematic review of the literature

R. Martin-Santos;A. B. Fagundo;J. A. Crippa;Z. Atakan

261
Citations
Induction of psychosis by Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol reflects modulation of prefrontal and striatal function during attentional salience processing.

Sagnik Bhattacharyya;José Alexandre Crippa;Paul Allen;Rocio Martin-Santos

259
Citations
Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA.

Joaquim Radua;Eduard Vieta;Russell Shinohara;Peter Kochunov

251
Citations
Neural Basis of Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol: Effects During Response Inhibition

Stefan J. Borgwardt;Stefan J. Borgwardt;Paul Allen;Sagnik Bhattacharyya;Paolo Fusar-Poli

236
Citations
A functional MRI study of working memory task in euthymic bipolar disorder: evidence for task-specific dysfunction

Paul J Monks;Jill M Thompson;Edward T Bullmore;John Suckling

226
Citations
Modulation of effective connectivity during emotional processing by Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol.

Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paul Allen;Sagnik Bhattacharyya;José A. Crippa;José A. Crippa

205
Citations
Modulation of Auditory and Visual Processing by Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol: an fMRI Study

Toby T. Winton-Brown;Paul Allen;Sagnik Bhattacharrya;Stefan J. Borgwardt;Stefan J. Borgwardt

173
Citations
Cortical activation associated with the experience of auditory hallucinations and perception of human speech in schizophrenia: a PET correlation study.

David Leon Copolov;Marc L Seal;Marc L Seal;Paul Maruff;Paul Maruff;Recep Ulusoy;Recep Ulusoy

165
Citations
Functional Connectivity in Brain Networks Underlying Cognitive Control in Chronic Cannabis Users

Ian H Harding;Nadia Solowij;Ben J Harrison;Michael Takagi

150
Citations
An event related functional magnetic resonance imaging study of facial emotion processing in Asperger syndrome.

Quinton Deeley;Eileen M. Daly;Simon Surguladze;Lisa Page

124
Citations