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Patricia A. Brennan

Patricia A. Brennan

Emory University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
72
Citations
18953
World Ranking
2068
National Ranking
1201

Medicine

D-Index
70
Citations
18215
World Ranking
20090
National Ranking
9999

Patricia A. Brennan 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 Patricia A. Brennan sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 184 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Patricia A. Brennan 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 Patricia A. Brennan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Patricia A. Brennan is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has made contributions primarily within the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their research spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics, prominently featuring Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Birth, Development, and Health, Child Abuse and Trauma, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

Patricia A. Brennan has published in various venues with multiple contributions in UNC Libraries, ISEE Conference Abstracts, JAMA Network Open, Environmental Research, and Pediatric Research. Their frequent collaborators include Anne L. Dunlop, Elizabeth J. Corwin, Dana Boyd Barr, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, and Amy J. Elliott.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Patricia A. Brennan include:

  • The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort, 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Oxytocin and postpartum depression: A systematic review, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Connectivity at the origins of domain specificity in the cortical face and place networks, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Maternal Childhood Adversity Associates With Frontoamygdala Connectivity in Neonates, 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Maternal prenatal depression and epigenetic age deceleration: testing potentially confounding effects of prenatal stress and SSRI use, 2020, Epigenetics

Among recognitions received, Patricia A. Brennan was named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2020 and became a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Major mental disorders and criminal violence in a Danish birth cohort.

    Patricia A. Brennan;Sarnoff A. Mednick;Sheilagh Hodgins

  • Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms: Relationships with child outcomes at age 5.

    Patricia A. Brennan;Constance Hammen;Margaret J. Andersen;William Bor

  • Mental disorder and crime. Evidence from a Danish birth cohort.

    Sheilagh Hodgins;Sarnoff A. Mednick;Patricia A. Brennan;Fini Schulsinger

  • Birth Complications Combined With Early Maternal Rejection at Age 1 Year Predispose to Violent Crime at Age 18 Years

    Adrian Raine;Patricia Brennan;Sarnoff A. Mednick

  • Severity, chronicity, and timing of maternal depression and risk for adolescent offspring diagnoses in a community sample.

    Constance Hammen;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Health Outcomes Related to Early Adolescent Depression

    Danielle Keenan-Miller;Constance L. Hammen;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Intergenerational transmission of depression: test of an interpersonal stress model in a community sample.

    Constance Hammen;Josephine H. Shih;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Differential exposure and reactivity to interpersonal stress predict sex differences in adolescent depression.

    Josephine H. Shih;Nicole K. Eberhart;Constance L. Hammen;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Adult Male Criminal Outcomes

    Patricia A. Brennan;Emily R. Grekin;Sarnoff A. Mednick

  • Chronic and acute stress and the prediction of major depression in women

    Constance L. Hammen;Eunice Y. Kim;Nicole K. Eberhart;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Maternal depression, paternal psychopathology, and adolescent diagnostic outcomes.

    Patricia A. Brennan;Constance Hammen;Anna R. Katz;Robyne M. Le Brocque

  • Helping Adolescents at Risk: Prevention of Multiple Problem Behaviors

    A Biglan;PA Brennan;SL Foster;HD Holder

  • Depressed adolescents of depressed and nondepressed mothers: Tests of an Interpersonal Impairment Hypothesis.

    Constance Hammen;Patricia A. Brennan

  • Maternal depression, parent-child relationships, and resilient outcomes in adolescence.

    Patricia A. Brennan;Robyne Le Brocque;Constance Hammen

  • Interaction between birth complications and early maternal rejection in predisposing individuals to adult violence: specificity to serious, early-onset violence

    Adrian Raine;Patricia Brennan;Sarnoff A. Mednick

  • Parental anxiety disorders, child anxiety disorders, and the perceived parent-child relationship in an Australian high-risk sample.

    Erin B. McClure;Patricia A. Brennan;Constance Hammen;Robyne M. Le Brocque

  • The Infant Microbiome: Implications for Infant Health and Neurocognitive Development.

    Irene Yang;Elizabeth J. Corwin;Patricia A. Brennan;Sheila Jordan

  • Maternal depression and infant cortisol: Influences of timing, comorbidity and treatment

    Patricia A. Brennan;Rebecca Pargas;Elaine F. Walker;Paula Green

  • Impact of Antenatal and Postpartum Maternal Mental Illness: How are the Children?

    Sarah R. Brand;Patricia A. Brennan

  • An epigenetic clock for gestational age at birth based on blood methylation data.

    Anna K. Knight;Jeffrey M. Craig;Christiane Theda;Marie Bækvad-Hansen

  • Family Discord and Stress Predictors of Depression and Other Disorders in Adolescent Children of Depressed and Nondepressed Women

    Constance Hammen;Patricia A. Brennan;Josephine H. Shih

  • Mental Disorder and Crime

    Sheilagh Hodgins;Sarnoff Mednick;Patricia A. Brennan;Fini Schulsinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Constance Hammen
Constance Hammen University of California, Los Angeles
Jake M. Najman
Jake M. Najman University of Queensland
Sarnoff A. Mednick
Sarnoff A. Mednick University of Southern California
Christopher C. Conway
Christopher C. Conway Fordham University
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania
Karen N. Conneely
Karen N. Conneely Emory University
Sheilagh Hodgins
Sheilagh Hodgins University of Montreal
William Bor
William Bor University of Queensland
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Frances A. Tylavsky
Frances A. Tylavsky University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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