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146
Citations
85855
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90
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Matt McGue 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 Matt McGue sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 674 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Matt McGue 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 Matt McGue sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 146 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Matt McGue is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to genetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their work addresses various topics, including genetic associations and epidemiology, cognitive abilities and testing, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, health disparities and outcomes, and intergenerational and educational inequality studies.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Matt McGue include:

  • Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Associations between adolescent cannabis use and young-adult functioning in three longitudinal twin studies, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study, 2022, Addiction
  • Uncovering the genetic architecture of broad antisocial behavior through a genome-wide association study meta-analysis, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Matt McGue include:

  • William G. Iacono
  • Scott Vrieze
  • Robin P. Corley
  • Sylia Wilson
  • Jaakko Kaprio

Matt McGue has published extensively in several journals and venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Addiction
  • Intelligence
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Behavior Genetics

Best Publications

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Sources of human psychological differences: the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart.

    Thomas J. Bouchard;David T. Lykken;Matthew McGue;Nancy L. Segal

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Familial Studies of Intelligence: A Review

    Thomas J. Bouchard;Matthew McGue

  • Etiologic connections among substance dependence, antisocial behavior, and personality: Modeling the externalizing spectrum

    Robert F. Krueger;Brian M. Hicks;Christopher J. Patrick;Scott R. Carlson

  • Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences.

    Thomas J. Bouchard;Matt McGue

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • The heritability of human longevity: A population-based study of 2872 Danish twin pairs born 1870–1900

    Anne Maria Herskind;Matthew McGue;Niels V. Holm;Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Adjustment of twin data for the effects of age and sex

    Matt McGue;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • A Developmental Perspective on Alcohol and Youths 16 to 20 Years of Age

    Sandra A. Brown;Matthew McGue;Jennifer Maggs;John Schulenberg

  • The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood

    Claire M. A. Haworth;M. J. Wright;M. Luciano;N. G. Martin

  • Heterogeneity in the inheritance of alcoholism: A study of male and female twins.

    Roy W. Pickens;Dace S. Svikis;Matt McGue;David T. Lykken

  • Behavioral disinhibition and the development of substance-use disorders: findings from the Minnesota Twin Family Study.

    William G. Iacono;Scott R. Carlson;Jeanette Taylor;Irene J. Elkins

  • Childhood externalizing and internalizing psychopathology in the prediction of early substance use.

    Serena M. King;William G. Iacono;Matt McGue

  • Personality Stability and Change in Early Adulthood: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis

    Matt McGue;Steven Bacon;David T. Lykken

  • Handbook of Aging and Cognition

    M. McGue;W. Johnson

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Brian M. Hicks
Brian M. Hicks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
S. Alexandra Burt
S. Alexandra Burt Michigan State University
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh

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