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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award
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Overview

Richard P. Ebstein is affiliated with Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a significant focus on subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work covers multiple topics including:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Mental health research topics
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Mindfulness and compassion interventions

Recent publications by Richard P. Ebstein include:

  • Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A multilevel meta-analysis, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Risk variants and polygenic architecture of disruptive behavior disorders in the context of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Molecular genetics in psychology and personality neuroscience: On candidate genes, genome wide scans, and new research strategies, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Knowledge management and modern digital transformation of the property management industry in China, 2021, Journal of Knowledge Management
  • A Novel Role of CD38 and Oxytocin as Tandem Molecular Moderators of Human Social Behavior, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Soo Hong Chew
  • Poh San Lai
  • Serenella Tolomeo
  • Zhen Lei
  • Benjamin Becker

The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Economics Letters

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Dopamine D4 receptor (D4DR) exon III polymorphism associated with the human personality trait of Novelty Seeking.

    Richard P. Ebstein;Olga Novick;Roberto Umansky;Beatrice Priel

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1 and 16 other genes.

    K. Brookes;X. Xu;W. Chen;K. Zhou

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Philip Asherson

  • Genome-wide association scan of quantitative traits for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder identifies novel associations and confirms candidate gene associations

    Jessica Lasky-Su;Benjamin M. Neale;Barbara Franke;Richard J.L. Anney

  • Emotional lability in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): clinical correlates and familial prevalence.

    Esther Sobanski;Tobias Banaschewski;Philip Asherson;Jan Buitelaar

  • Parental oxytocin and early caregiving jointly shape children's oxytocin response and social reciprocity

    Ruth Feldman;Ilanit Gordon;Moran Influs;Tamar Gutbir

  • The molecular genetic architecture of human personality: beyond self-report questionnaires

    R P Ebstein;R P Ebstein

  • Sensitive parenting is associated with plasma oxytocin and polymorphisms in the OXTR and CD38 genes.

    Ruth Feldman;Orna Zagoory-Sharon;Omri Weisman;Inna Schneiderman;Inna Schneiderman

  • Genetics of Human Social Behavior

    Richard P. Ebstein;Richard P. Ebstein;Richard P. Ebstein;Salomon Israel;Soo Hong Chew;Soo Hong Chew;Songfa Zhong;Songfa Zhong

  • Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Josephine Elia;Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Nagahide Takahashi

  • D-serine efficacy as add-on pharmacotherapy to risperidone and olanzapine for treatment-refractory schizophrenia.

    Uriel Heresco-Levy;Daniel C. Javitt;Daniel C. Javitt;Richard Ebstein;Agnes Vass

  • Association between the oxytocin receptor ( OXTR ) gene and autism: relationship to Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and cognition

    E Lerer;S Levi;S Salomon;A Darvasi

  • Oxytocin Pathway Genes: Evolutionary Ancient System Impacting on Human Affiliation, Sociality, and Psychopathology.

    Ruth Feldman;Mikhail Monakhov;Maayan Pratt;Richard P. Ebstein

  • The Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Contributes to Prosocial Fund Allocations in the Dictator Game and the Social Value Orientations Task

    Salomon Israel;Elad Lerer;Idan Shalev;Florina Uzefovsky

  • Evaluation of a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia on chromosome 6p by multipoint affected sib–pair linkage analysis

    Sibylle G. Schwab;Margot Albus;Joachim Hallmayer;Sabine Hönig

  • A meta-analysis of the association between DRD4 polymorphism and novelty seeking.

    A N Kluger;Z Siegfried;R P Ebstein

  • Genome-wide association scan of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Benjamin M. Neale;Jessica Lasky-Su;Jessica Lasky-Su;Richard J.L. Anney;Barbara Franke

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Belmaker
Robert H. Belmaker Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Philip Asherson
Philip Asherson King's College London
Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
Ana Miranda
Ana Miranda University of Valencia
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
Salomon Israel
Salomon Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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