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Nelly Alia-Klein publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelly Alia-Klein sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 132 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Nelly Alia-Klein D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelly Alia-Klein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nelly Alia-Klein is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within neuroscience and medicine, focusing particularly on cognitive neuroscience and the neural mechanisms underlying behavior and substance use disorders.

The main fields of study addressed by Alia-Klein include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their work further concentrates on subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Epidemiology

Key research topics explored include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Nelly Alia-Klein's recent publications demonstrate a focus on addiction, neural responses to stimuli, and neuropsychopharmacology. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Overdose mortality rates for opioids and stimulant drugs are substantially higher in men than in women: state-level analysis" (2023, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • "The Human Affectome" (2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • "Association of Cortico-Striatal Engagement During Cue Reactivity, Reappraisal, and Savoring of Drug and Non-Drug Stimuli With Craving in Heroin Addiction" (2023, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Attention bias modification in drug addiction: Enhancing control of subsequent habits" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "A double-blind sham-controlled phase 1 clinical trial of tDCS of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in cocaine inpatients: Craving, sleepiness, and contemplation to change" (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)

The frequent coauthors with whom Alia-Klein has collaborated include:

  • Rita Z. Goldstein
  • Sarah G. King
  • Ahmet O. Ceceli
  • Pierre-Olivier Gaudreault
  • Yuefeng Huang

Their work is published primarily in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Demographic, physical and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Rationale and description

    M Deanna;Matthew D. Albaugh;Shelli Avenevoli;Linda Chang

  • Neuroimaging Impaired Response Inhibition and Salience Attribution in Human Drug Addiction: A Systematic Review.

    Anna Zilverstand;Anna S. Huang;Nelly Alia-Klein;Rita Z. Goldstein

  • Inverse Association Between BMI and Prefrontal Metabolic Activity in Healthy Adults

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Frank Telang;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Role of the anterior cingulate and medial orbitofrontal cortex in processing drug cues in cocaine addiction.

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Dardo Tomasi;Suparna Rajaram;Lisa A. Cottone

  • Brain Monoamine Oxidase A Activity Predicts Trait Aggression

    Nelly Alia-Klein;Rita Z. Goldstein;Aarti Kriplani;Jean Logan

  • Is decreased prefrontal cortical sensitivity to monetary reward associated with impaired motivation and self-control in cocaine addiction?

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Nelly Alia-Klein;Dardo Tomasi;Lei Zhang

  • Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • Decreased dopamine activity predicts relapse in methamphetamine abusers.

    G J Wang;G J Wang;L Smith;N D Volkow;N D Volkow;F Telang

  • The Neuropsychology of Cocaine Addiction: Recent Cocaine Use Masks Impairment

    Patricia A Woicik;Scott J Moeller;Nelly Alia-Klein;Thomas Maloney

  • Anterior cingulate cortex hypoactivations to an emotionally salient task in cocaine addiction

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Nelly Alia-Klein;Dardo Tomasi;Jean Honorio Carrillo

  • Motivated attention to cocaine and emotional cues in abstinent and current cocaine users – an ERP study

    Jonathan P. Dunning;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Greg Hajcak;Thomas Maloney

  • Widespread disruption in brain activation patterns to a working memory task during cocaine abstinence.

    D. Tomasi;R.Z. Goldstein;F. Telang;T. Maloney

  • Evidence that brain MAO A activity does not correspond to MAO A genotype in healthy male subjects.

    Joanna S. Fowler;Joanna S. Fowler;Nelly Alia-Klein;Aarti Kriplani;Jean Logan

  • Subjective sensitivity to monetary gradients is associated with frontolimbic activation to reward in cocaine abusers.

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Dardo Tomasi;Nelly Alia-Klein;Lisa A. Cottone

  • Neuroimaging for drug addiction and related behaviors

    Muhammad A. Parvaz;Nelly Alia-Klein;Patricia A. Woicik;Nora D. Volkow

  • Oral methylphenidate normalizes cingulate activity in cocaine addiction during a salient cognitive task

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Patricia A. Woicik;Thomas Maloney;Dardo Tomasi

  • Vascular disease in cocaine addiction

    Keren Bachi;Venkatesh Mani;Devi Jeyachandran;Zahi A. Fayad

  • Disrupted functional connectivity with dopaminergic midbrain in cocaine abusers.

    Dardo Tomasi;Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Ruiliang Wang;Jean H. Carrillo;Jean H. Carrillo

  • Insight into illness and adherence to psychotropic medications are separately associated with violence severity in a forensic sample.

    Nelly Alia-Klein;Thomas M. O'Rourke;Rita Z. Goldstein;Dolores Malaspina

  • Dopaminergic Response to Drug Words in Cocaine Addiction

    Rita Z. Goldstein;Dardo Tomasi;Nelly Alia-Klein;Jean Honorio Carrillo

  • Gene x disease interaction on orbitofrontal gray matter in cocaine addiction.

    Nelly Alia-Klein;Muhammad A. Parvaz;Patricia A. Woicik;Anna B. Konova

Frequent Co-Authors

Rita Z. Goldstein
Rita Z. Goldstein Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Frank Telang
Frank Telang National Institutes of Health
Scott J. Moeller
Scott J. Moeller Stony Brook University
Dardo Tomasi
Dardo Tomasi National Institutes of Health
Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Thomas Maloney
Thomas Maloney Cornell University
Jean Logan
Jean Logan New York University
Anat Biegon
Anat Biegon Stony Brook University

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