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D-Index
42
Citations
7066
World Ranking
7648
National Ranking
3288

Reza Momenan 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 Reza Momenan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 146 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reza Momenan 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 Reza Momenan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Reza Momenan is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and contributes extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, epidemiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, heart rate variability and autonomic control, mental health research topics, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Reza Momenan has published in numerous scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry (6 publications)
  • Human Brain Mapping (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (2 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (2 publications)

Recent notable publications include:

  • A Guide to Literature Informed Decisions in the Design of Real Time fMRI Neurofeedback Studies: A Systematic Review, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Addictions NeuroImaging Assessment (ANIA): Towards an integrative framework for alcohol use disorder, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of alcohol dependence: hippocampus and amygdala subregions in a sample of 966 people from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Epigenome-wide association study and multi-tissue replication of individuals with alcohol use disorder: evidence for abnormal glucocorticoid signaling pathway gene regulation, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • How do substance use disorders compare to other psychiatric conditions on structural brain abnormalities? A cross-disorder meta-analytic comparison using the ENIGMA consortium findings, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

They frequently collaborate with other researchers including Nancy Diazgranados, Melanie L. Schwandt, Samantha J. Fede, David Goldman, and Vijay A. Ramchandani. These collaborations facilitate multidisciplinary approaches within their research areas.

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal volume in patients with alcohol dependence

    Ingrid Agartz;Reza Momenan;Robert R. Rawlings;Michael J. Kerich

  • Evidence for a Gender-Related Effect of Alcoholism on Brain Volumes

    Daniel W. Hommer;Reza Momenan;Erica Kaiser;Robert R. Rawlings

  • Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment: A Neuroscience-Based Framework for Addictive Disorders.

    Laura E. Kwako;Reza Momenan;Raye Z. Litten;George F. Koob

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

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • Decreased Corpus Callosum Size Among Alcoholic Women

    Daniel Hommer;Reza Momenan;Robert Rawlings;Paul Ragan

  • Association of mouse Dlg4 (PSD-95) gene deletion and human DLG4 gene variation with phenotypes relevant to autism spectrum disorders and Williams' syndrome.

    Michael Feyder;Rose-Marie Karlsson;Poonam Mathur;Matthew Lyman

  • Effect of Acamprosate on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Measures of Central Glutamate in Detoxified Alcohol-Dependent Individuals A Randomized Controlled Experimental Medicine Study

    John C. Umhau;Reza Momenan;Melanie L. Schwandt;Erick Singley

  • Model-free functional connectivity and impulsivity correlates of alcohol dependence: a resting-state study

    Xi Zhu;Carlos R. Cortes;Karan Mathur;Dardo Tomasi

  • The Corticotropin Releasing Hormone-1 (CRH1) Receptor Antagonist Pexacerfont in Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Medicine Study

    Laura E Kwako;Primavera A Spagnolo;Melanie L Schwandt;Annika Thorsell

  • Delay discounting correlates with proportional lateral frontal cortex volumes.

    James M. Bjork;Reza Momenan;Daniel W. Hommer

  • The CRF1 Antagonist Verucerfont in Anxious Alcohol-Dependent Women: Translation of Neuroendocrine, But not of Anti-Craving Effects

    Melanie L Schwandt;Carlos R Cortes;Carlos R Cortes;Laura E Kwako;David T George

  • Neuroimaging in alcoholism: ethanol and brain damage.

    Karl Mann;Ingrid Agartz;Clive Harper;Susan Shoaf

  • Blunted Rostral Anterior Cingulate Response During a Simplified Decoding Task of Negative Emotional Facial Expressions in Alcoholic Patients

    Jasmin B. Salloum;Vijay A. Ramchandani;Jerzy Bodurka;Robert Rawlings

  • The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor as a potential treatment target in alcohol use disorder: evidence from human genetic association studies and a mouse model of alcohol dependence.

    P Suchankova;P Suchankova;J Yan;J Yan;M L Schwandt;B L Stangl

  • Negative association of neuroticism with brain volume ratio in healthy humans.

    Brian Knutson;Reza Momenan;Robert R Rawlings;Grace W Fong

  • Exogenous ghrelin administration increases alcohol self-administration and modulates brain functional activity in heavy-drinking alcohol-dependent individuals

    M Farokhnia;E N Grodin;M R Lee;E N Oot

  • Effects of alcohol dependence on cortical thickness as determined by magnetic resonance imaging

    Reza Momenan;Leah E. Steckler;Ziad S. Saad;Stefanie van Rafelghem

  • A select group of perpetrators of domestic violence: evidence of decreased metabolism in the right hypothalamus and reduced relationships between cortical/subcortical brain structures in position emission tomography

    David T George;Robert R Rawlings;Wendol A Williams;Monte J Phillips

  • Effects of m-Chlorophenylpiperazine on Regional Brain Glucose Utilization: A Positron Emission Tomographic Comparison of Alcoholic and Control Subjects

    Daniel Hommer;Paul Andreasen;Daniel Rio;Wendol Williams

  • Reduced anterior insula, enlarged amygdala in alcoholism and associated depleted von Economo neurons

    Vladimir V. Senatorov;Ruslan Damadzic;Claire L. Mann;Melanie L. Schwandt

  • Pattern recognition methods for optimizing multivariate tissue signatures in diagnostic ultrasound.

    Michael F. Insana;Robert F. Wagner;Brian S. Garra;Reza Momenan

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Hommer
Daniel W. Hommer National Institutes of Health
Melanie L. Schwandt
Melanie L. Schwandt National Institutes of Health
Markus Heilig
Markus Heilig Linköping University
Valentina Lorenzetti
Valentina Lorenzetti Australian Catholic University
Rajita Sinha
Rajita Sinha Yale University
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Michael F. Insana
Michael F. Insana University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Janna Cousijn
Janna Cousijn Erasmus University Rotterdam

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