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Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

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Psychology
Ireland
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
13573
World Ranking
5141
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Michael Fitzgerald is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research contributions span multiple fields related to cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, mental health, psychology, and education. The scientist's work engages with a variety of topics, including autism spectrum disorder research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cognitive abilities and testing, family and disability support, child development and digital technology, as well as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

The recent publications by Michael Fitzgerald illustrate a diverse and interdisciplinary research focus. These include:

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder (2021), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • PSC volume 55 issue 3 Cover and Front matter (2022), published in PS Political Science & Politics
  • Fate of fertiliser nitrogen in a ryegrass-kikuyu dairy pasture system (2023), published in Crop and Pasture Science
  • Issue Information: Astron. Nachr. 08/2023 (2023), published in Astronomische Nachrichten
  • How was it for us? Experiences of Co-researchers in a Palliative Care Case Study Research Evaluation (2025), published in International Journal of Integrated Care

Their publications appear in a range of scholarly venues, confirming the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequently publishing venues include:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Crop and Pasture Science
  • Astronomische Nachrichten
  • International Journal of Integrated Care

Michael Fitzgerald collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Sylvain Cetre
  • Andrew Skemer
  • Stephen V. Faraone
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • David Coghill

Their research intersects with key subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and education. This indicates a broad interest in both applied and theoretical aspects of human behavior, development, and mental health.

The scientist's focus on topics like autism spectrum disorder research and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder highlights significant engagement in developmental neuropsychiatric conditions. Additionally, research on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics reflects an interest in environmental science, demonstrating multidisciplinary expertise.

Best Publications

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • European consensus statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD: The European Network Adult ADHD.

    Sandra J J Kooij;Susanne Bejerot;Andrew Blackwell;Herve Caci

  • CONFIRMATION OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND A DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER POLYMORPHISM

    Michael Gill;G. Daly;S. Heron;Z. Hawi

  • Updated European Consensus Statement on Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult ADHD

    J.J.S. Kooij;D. Bijlenga;L. Salerno;R. Jaeschke

  • Mapping susceptibility loci in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: preferential transmission of parental alleles at DAT1, DBH and DRD5 to affected children

    G Daly;Z Hawi;M Fitzgerald;M Gill

  • Good Metabolic Control Is Associated With Better Quality of Life in 2,101 Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

    Hilary Hoey;Henk-Jan Aanstoot;Francesco Chiarelli;Denis Daneman

  • Evidence for a susceptibility gene for autism on chromosome 2 and for genetic heterogeneity

    Joseph D. Buxbaum;Jeremy M. Silverman;Christopher J. Smith;Mario Kilifarski

  • Dissociation in performance of children with ADHD and high-functioning autism on a task of sustained attention

    Katherine A. Johnson;Ian H. Robertson;Simon P. Kelly;Timothy J. Silk;Timothy J. Silk

  • Dopaminergic System Genes in ADHD: Toward a Biological Hypothesis

    Aiveen Kirley;Ziarih Hawi;Grainne Daly;Mary McCarron

  • Autism symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Familial trait which Correlates with Conduct, Oppositional Defiant, Language and Motor Disorders

    Aisling Mulligan;Richard J. L. Anney;Myra O'Regan;Wai Chen

  • Autism and Creativity: Is There a Link between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?

    Michael Fitzgerald

  • Plasma Amino Acid Levels in Children with Autism and Their Families

    Sarah Aldred;Kieran M. Moore;Michael Fitzgerald;Rosemary H. Waring

  • European adolescent substance use: the roles of family structure, function and gender.

    Paul McArdle;Auke Wiegersma;Eilish Gilvarry;Birgitta Kolte

  • Serotonergic system and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a potential susceptibility locus at the 5-HT(1B) receptor gene in 273 nuclear families from a multi-centre sample.

    Z Hawi;M Dring;A Kirley;D Foley

  • Evidence that variation at the serotonin transporter gene influences susceptibility to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): analysis and pooled analysis.

    L. Kent;U. Doerry;E. Hardy;R. Parmar

  • Synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Evidence of linkage and association in the Irish population

    K. Brophy;Z. Hawi;A. Kirley;M Fitzgerald

  • Asperger (1906–1980) and Kanner (1894–1981), the two pioneers of autism

    Viktoria Lyons;Michael Fitzgerald

  • Association of the 480 bp DAT1 allele with methylphenidate response in a sample of Irish children with ADHD.

    Aiveen Kirley;Naomi Lowe;Ziarih Hawi;Celine Mullins

  • Linkage disequilibrium mapping at DAT1, DRD5 and DBH narrows the search for ADHD susceptibility alleles at these loci

    Z. Hawi;N. Lowe;A. Kirley;F. Gruenhage

  • The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts

    Michael Fitzgerald

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
Ziarih Hawi
Ziarih Hawi Monash University
Louise Gallagher
Louise Gallagher Trinity College Dublin
Nicholas John Craddock
Nicholas John Craddock Cardiff University
Fiona McNicholas
Fiona McNicholas University College Dublin
Ian H. Robertson
Ian H. Robertson Trinity College Dublin
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University

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