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Myrna M. Weissman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Myrna M. Weissman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 847 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Myrna M. Weissman D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Myrna M. Weissman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 185 D-Index — 99th percentile

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

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Research.com Recognitions

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Overview

Myrna M. Weissman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans across multiple disciplines primarily within Psychology and Medicine, with 104 and 101 publications respectively. The subfields of study reflect focus areas including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to mental health, neurobiology, and epidemiology. Prominent topics include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Mental Health Research Topics, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Treatment of Major Depression, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Among recent notable papers are:

  • Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • An electroencephalographic signature predicts antidepressant response in major depression (2020, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Social connectedness as a determinant of mental health: A scoping review (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Extracting social determinants of health from electronic health records using natural language processing: a systematic review (2021, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association)
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders (2021, Biological Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors contributing to the scientist's body of work include Ardesheer Talati, Priya Wickramaratne, Marc J. Gameroff, Jonathan Posner, and Milenna T. van Dijk.

The scientist has published extensively in several journals and venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Biological Psychiatry (23 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (8 publications)
  • Psychological Medicine (7 publications)
  • JAMA Psychiatry (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Lifetime Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders in Three Sites

    Lee N. Robins;John E. Helzer;Myrna M. Weissman;Helen Orvaschel

  • Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder

    M. M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;C. Faravelli

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Sex differences and the epidemiology of depression.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Gerald L. Klerman

  • ASSESSING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN FIVE PSYCHIATRIC POPULATIONS: A VALIDATION STUDY

    Myrna M. Weissman;Diane Sholomskas;Margaret Pottenger;Brigitte A. Prusoff

  • Conceptualization and Rationale for Consensus Definitions of Terms in Major Depressive Disorder: Remission, Recovery, Relapse, and Recurrence

    Ellen Frank;Robert F. Prien;Robin B. Jarrett;Martin B. Keller

  • Assessment of Social Adjustment by Patient Self-Report

    Myrna M. Weissman;Sallye Bothwell

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Six-Month Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Three Communities: 1980 to 1982

    Jerome K. Myers;Myrna M. Weissman;Gary L. Tischler;Charles E. Holzer

  • Social Phobia: Comorbidity and Morbidity in an Epidemiologic Sample

    Franklin R. Schneier;Jim Johnson;Christopher D. Hornig;Michael R. Liebowitz

  • Best estimate of lifetime psychiatric diagnosis: a methodological study.

    James F. Leckman;Diane Sholomskas;Douglas Thompson;Arthur Belanger

  • Depressed Adolescents Grown Up

    Myrna M. Weissman;Susan Wolk;Risë B. Goldstein;Donna Moreau

  • Increasing rates of depression.

    Gerald L. Klerman;Myrna M. Weissman

  • Comprehensive Guide To Interpersonal Psychotherapy

    Myrna M. Weissman;John C. Markowitz;Gerald L. Klerman

  • Cross-National Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Myrna M. Weissman

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Offspring of depressed parents: 20 years later.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;M.P.H. Virginia Warner

Frequent Co-Authors

Priya Wickramaratne
Priya Wickramaratne Columbia University
Gerald L. Klerman
Gerald L. Klerman Cornell University
Madhukar H. Trivedi
Madhukar H. Trivedi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Maurizio Fava
Maurizio Fava Harvard University
Virginia Warner
Virginia Warner Columbia University
Marc J. Gameroff
Marc J. Gameroff Columbia University
Patrick J. McGrath
Patrick J. McGrath Columbia University
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark Olfson
Mark Olfson Columbia University
Douglas F. Levinson
Douglas F. Levinson Stanford University

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