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Marlene Oscar-Berman

Marlene Oscar-Berman

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
63
Citations
12501
World Ranking
3151
National Ranking
1787

Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
12551
World Ranking
3421
National Ranking
1585

Marlene Oscar-Berman publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marlene Oscar-Berman sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 200 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marlene Oscar-Berman 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 Marlene Oscar-Berman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Marlene Oscar-Berman is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience, focusing extensively on substance abuse treatment, neural mechanisms, and brain function.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

They have contributed to several subfields, notably:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Physiology

Their work covers various primary research topics, including:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Opioid-induced structural and functional plasticity of medium-spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens" (2020) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of alcohol use disorder" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Chronic Pain in Relation to Depressive Disorders and Alcohol Abuse" (2020) in Brain Sciences
  • "Intrinsic brain functional connectivity patterns in alcohol use disorder" (2022) in Brain Communications
  • "Brain responsivity to emotional faces differs in men and women with and without a history of alcohol use disorder" (2021) in PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Kayle S. Sawyer
  • Gordon J. Harris
  • Nasim Maleki
  • Ben Thompson
  • Susan Mosher Ruiz

Publication venues where their work most frequently appears are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Brain Communications

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol: Effects on Neurobehavioral Functions and the Brain

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Ksenija Marinković

  • Relationship between dopaminergic neurotransmission, alcoholism, and Reward Deficiency syndrome.

    Abdalla Bowirrat;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Decreased volume of the brain reward system in alcoholism.

    Nikos Makris;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Sharon Kim Jaffin;Steven M. Hodge

  • Alcoholism and the brain: an overview.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Ksenija Marinkovic

  • Bilateral frontal lobe disease and selective delayed response deficits in humans.

    Morris Freedman;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Reward Deficiency Syndrome

    Kenneth Blum;Amanda Lih Chuan Chen;Eric R. Braverman;David E. Comings

  • Memory deficits in Alzheimer's patients: a comprehensive review.

    Giovanni A. Carlesimo;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • “Liking” and “Wanting” Linked to Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS): Hypothesizing Differential Responsivity in Brain Reward Circuitry

    Kenneth Blum;Eliot Gardner;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Mark Gold

  • Impairments of brain and behavior: the neurological effects of alcohol.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Barbara Shagrin;Denise L Evert;Charles Epstein

  • Alcoholism, aging, and functional cerebral asymmetries.

    Ronald J. Ellis;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Measures of prefrontal system dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Karestan C. Koenen;Kelly L. Driver;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Jessica Wolfe;Jessica Wolfe

  • Frontal white matter and cingulum diffusion tensor imaging deficits in alcoholism.

    Gordon J. Harris;Sharon Kim Jaffin;Steven M. Hodge;David Kennedy

  • Comparisons of Korsakoff and Non-Korsakoff Alcoholics on Neuropsychological Tests of Prefrontal Brain Functioning

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Shalene M. Kirkley;David A. Gansler;Ashley Couture

  • Profiles of impaired, spared, and recovered neuropsychologic processes in alcoholism.

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Mary M. Valmas;Kayle S. Sawyer;Susan Mosher Ruiz

  • Activation instead of blocking mesolimbic dopaminergic reward circuitry is a preferred modality in the long term treatment of reward deficiency syndrome (RDS): a commentary.

    Kenneth Blum;Amanda Lih Chuan Chen;Thomas J. H. Chen;Eric R. Braverman

  • Selective Delayed Response Deficits in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease

    Morris Freedman;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Comparative neuropsychology and Korsakoff's syndrome. II—Two-choice visual discrimination learning

    Marlene Oscar-Berman;Stuart M. Zola-Morgan

  • Hypothesis testing and focusing behavior during concept formation by amnesic Korsakoff patients

    Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS): Molecular Neurogenetic Evidence for Predisposition to Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

    Kenneth Blum;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Zsolt Demetrovics;Debmalya Barh

  • Lack of association between angiotensin-converting enzyme and dementia of the Alzheimer’s type in an elderly Arab population in Wadi Ara, Israel

    Abdalla Bowirrat;Jing Cui;Kristin Waraska;Robert P Friedland

  • Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobe

    Marlene Oscar-Berman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Blum
Kenneth Blum University of Florida
Mark S. Gold
Mark S. Gold Washington University in St. Louis
Ksenija Marinkovic
Ksenija Marinkovic San Diego State University
Marcelo Febo
Marcelo Febo University of Florida
Nikos Makris
Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital
Morris Freedman
Morris Freedman University of Toronto
Zsolt Demetrovics
Zsolt Demetrovics Flinders University
Larry J. Seidman
Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Yijun Liu
Yijun Liu University of Florida
Tomás Palomo
Tomás Palomo Complutense University of Madrid

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