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Melanie L. Schwandt publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie L. Schwandt sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Melanie L. Schwandt D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie L. Schwandt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Melanie L. Schwandt is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on epidemiology, clinical psychology, pathology and forensic medicine, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The research topics addressed by Schwandt include alcohol consumption and health effects, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, diet and metabolism studies, tryptophan and brain disorders, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

Recent published papers by Schwandt include:

  • Ketogenic diet reduces alcohol withdrawal symptoms in humans and alcohol intake in rodents, 2021, Science Advances
  • Epigenome-wide association study and multi-tissue replication of individuals with alcohol use disorder: evidence for abnormal glucocorticoid signaling pathway gene regulation, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Brain Network Segregation and Glucose Energy Utilization: Relevance for Age-Related Differences in Cognitive Function, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Lower Serum Magnesium Concentrations are associated With Specific Heavy Drinking Markers, Pro-Inflammatory Response and Early-Stage Alcohol-associated Liver Injury§, 2020, Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • An exploratory study of pro-inflammatory cytokines in individuals with alcohol use disorder: MCP-1 and IL-8 associated with alcohol consumption, sleep quality, anxiety, depression, and liver biomarkers, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Schwandt frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Nancy Diazgranados
  • Vijay A. Ramchandani
  • David Goldman
  • Jeremy W. Luk
  • B Stangl

Common publication venues for Schwandt's work are:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Addiction Biology
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Best Publications

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Rearing condition and rh5-HTTLPR interact to influence limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to stress in infant macaques

    Christina S Barr;Timothy K Newman;Courtney Shannon;Clarissa Parker

  • Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire

    Kai MacDonald;Michael L. Thomas;Andres F. Sciolla;Beacher Schneider

  • A genetic determinant of the striatal dopamine response to alcohol in men

    Vijay A. Ramchandani;John Umhau;Francisco J. Pavon;Victor Ruiz-Velasco

  • Sexual dichotomy of an interaction between early adversity and the serotonin transporter gene promoter variant in rhesus macaques

    Christina S. Barr;Timothy K. Newman;Melanie Schwandt;Courtney Shannon

  • Variation at the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) influences attachment behavior in infant primates

    Christina S. Barr;Melanie L. Schwandt;Stephen G. Lindell;J. Dee Higley

  • Childhood Trauma Exposure and Alcohol Dependence Severity in Adulthood: Mediation by Emotional Abuse Severity and Neuroticism

    Melanie L. Schwandt;Markus Heilig;Daniel W. Hommer;David T. George

  • Effect of Acamprosate on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Measures of Central Glutamate in Detoxified Alcohol-Dependent Individuals A Randomized Controlled Experimental Medicine Study

    John C. Umhau;Reza Momenan;Melanie L. Schwandt;Erick Singley

  • Maternal absence and stability of individual differences in CSF 5-HIAA concentrations in rhesus monkey infants.

    Courtney Shannon;Melanie L. Schwandt;Maribeth Champoux;Susan E. Shoaf

  • The Corticotropin Releasing Hormone-1 (CRH1) Receptor Antagonist Pexacerfont in Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Medicine Study

    Laura E Kwako;Primavera A Spagnolo;Melanie L Schwandt;Annika Thorsell

  • The CRF1 Antagonist Verucerfont in Anxious Alcohol-Dependent Women: Translation of Neuroendocrine, But not of Anti-Craving Effects

    Melanie L Schwandt;Carlos R Cortes;Carlos R Cortes;Laura E Kwako;David T George

  • Association of a functional polymorphism in the μ-opioid receptor gene with alcohol response and consumption in male rhesus macaques

    Christina S. Barr;Melanie Schwandt;Stephen G. Lindell;Scott A. Chen

  • Impact of Multiple Types of Childhood Trauma Exposure on Risk of Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Alcoholic Inpatients

    Ming-Chyi Huang;Melanie L Schwandt;Vijay A Ramchandani;David T George

  • The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor as a potential treatment target in alcohol use disorder: evidence from human genetic association studies and a mouse model of alcohol dependence.

    P Suchankova;P Suchankova;J Yan;J Yan;M L Schwandt;B L Stangl

  • The novel ghrelin receptor inverse agonist PF-5190457 administered with alcohol: preclinical safety experiments and a phase 1b human laboratory study.

    Mary R. Lee;Jenica D. Tapocik;Mwlod Ghareeb;Melanie L. Schwandt

  • Neurofunctional Domains Derived From Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Alcohol Use Disorder.

    Laura E Kwako;Melanie L Schwandt;Vijay A Ramchandani;Nancy Diazgranados

  • The Use of Adolescent Nonhuman Primates to Model Human Alcohol Intake: Neurobiological, Genetic, and Psychological Variables

    Christina S. Barr;Melanie L. Schwandt;Timothy K. Newman;J Dee Higley

  • Association between the recombinant human serotonin transporter linked promoter region polymorphism and behavior in rhesus macaques during a separation paradigm.

    Simona Spinelli;Melanie L. Schwandt;Stephen G. Lindell;Timothy K. Newman

  • Functional CRH variation increases stress-induced alcohol consumption in primates.

    Christina S. Barr;Rachel L. Dvoskin;Manisha Gupte;Wolfgang Sommer

  • Exogenous ghrelin administration increases alcohol self-administration and modulates brain functional activity in heavy-drinking alcohol-dependent individuals

    M Farokhnia;E N Grodin;M R Lee;E N Oot

  • Coordinated dysregulation of mRNAs and microRNAs in the rat medial prefrontal cortex following a history of alcohol dependence.

    Jenica D. Tapocik;Matthew Solomon;Meghan Flanigan;Marcus Meinhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Heilig
Markus Heilig Linköping University
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Reza Momenan
Reza Momenan National Institutes of Health
Stephen J. Suomi
Stephen J. Suomi National Institutes of Health
Craig J. McClain
Craig J. McClain University of Louisville
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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