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Paul Lichtenstein

Paul Lichtenstein

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
162
Citations
111155
World Ranking
706
National Ranking
16

Paul Lichtenstein 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 Paul Lichtenstein sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 959 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Paul Lichtenstein 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 Paul Lichtenstein sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 162 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Paul Lichtenstein is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry. The subfields of study emphasize clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Lichtenstein has been involved in a substantial number of publications, often appearing in venues such as UNC Libraries, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Henrik Larsson
  • Ralf Kuja-Halkola
  • Brian M. D'Onofrio
  • Sebastian Lundström
  • David Mataix-Cols

Examples of recent scholarly papers linked to Lichtenstein's research encompass:

  • "Violence and mental disorders: a structured review of associations by individual diagnoses, risk factors, and risk assessment" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • "Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Autistic Traits Over Time" (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Predicting mental health problems in adolescence using machine learning techniques" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Risk of Subjection to Violence and Perpetration of Violence in Persons With Psychiatric Disorders in Sweden" (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Mapping phenotypic and aetiological associations between ADHD and physical conditions in adulthood in Sweden: a genetically informed register study" (2021, The Lancet Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

    Paul Lichtenstein;Niels V. Holm;Pia K. Verkasalo;Anastasia Iliadou

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • 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

  • Common genetic determinants of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Swedish families: a population-based study.

    Paul Lichtenstein;Benjamin H Yip;Camilla Björk;Yudi Pawitan

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

    Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • The familial risk of autism.

    Sven Sandin;Paul Lichtenstein;Ralf Kuja-Halkola;Henrik Larsson

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

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Premature mortality in autism spectrum disorder.

    Tatja Hirvikoski;Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz;Marcus Boman;Henrik Larsson

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Prevalence, Heritability, and Prospective Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa

    Cynthia M. Bulik;Patrick F. Sullivan;Federica Tozzi;Helena Furberg

  • The Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Childhood

    Paul Lichtenstein;Eva Carlström;Maria Råstam;Christopher Gillberg

  • Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime.

    Seena Fazel;Niklas Långström;Anders Hjern;Martin Grann

  • Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden

    Cecilia Dhejne;Paul Lichtenstein;Marcus Boman;Anna L. V. Johansson

  • The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies.

    P. Lichtenstein;U. De faire;B. Floderus;M. Svartengren

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

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson Karolinska Institute
Brian M. D’Onofrio
Brian M. D’Onofrio Indiana University
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Niklas Långström
Niklas Långström Karolinska Institute
Sebastian Lundström
Sebastian Lundström University of Gothenburg
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Ralf Kuja-Halkola
Ralf Kuja-Halkola Karolinska Institute
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Christina M. Hultman
Christina M. Hultman Karolinska Institute

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