2026 Robert C. Young: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	95	9913	9301	5100	4711	329	43574

Research.com Recognitions

1955 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert C. Young is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, supported by subfields such as Pharmacology, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their research covers several topics which include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies, Treatment of Major Depression, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Stuttering Research and Treatment, and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies.

Young's recent publications reflect this range of interests. Notable papers include:

Longitudinal Neurocognitive Effects of Combined Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Pharmacotherapy in Major Depressive Disorder in Older Adults: Phase 2 of the PRIDE Study (2021), published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Consistency checks to improve measurement with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) (2023), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
Challenges in defining treatment-resistant mania in adults: A systematic review (2023), published in Bipolar Disorders
10310 Stepwise Approach to Laparoscopic Trachelectomy Following Supracervical Hysterectomy (2023), published in Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Frequent co-authors contributing to Young's research include Sarah H. Lisanby, Shawn M. McClintock, W. Vaughn McCall, Rebecca G. Knapp, and C. Munro Cullum.

Their work has been published in various scholarly venues, the most frequent being:

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of Affective Disorders
Bipolar Disorders
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Robert C. Young was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1955.

Best Publications

Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia.

George S. Alexopoulos;Robert C. Abrams;Robert C. Young;Charles A. Shamoian

3597
Citations
'Vascular depression' hypothesis.

George S. Alexopoulos;Barnett S. Meyers;Robert C. Young;Scott Campbell

2490
Citations
Report of a committee convened to discuss the evaluation and staging of patients with Hodgkin's disease: Cotswolds meeting.

T A Lister;D Crowther;S B Sutcliffe;E Glatstein

2173
Citations
Cholecystokinin decreases food intake in rats.

James Gibbs;Robert C. Young;Gerard P. Smith

2101
Citations
Adriamycin: the role of lipid peroxidation in cardiac toxicity and tumor response

Charles E. Myers;William P. McGuire;Robert H. Liss;Ina Ifrim

1632
Citations
The national lung screening trial: Overview and study design

Constantine A. Gatsonis;Denise R. Aberle;Christine D. Berg;William C. Black

1314
Citations
The anthracycline antineoplastic drugs.

Robert C. Young;Robert F. Ozols;Charles E. Myers

1141
Citations
Cholecystokinin elicits the complete behavioral sequence of satiety in rats.

Joseph Antin;James Gibbs;Jonathan Holt;Robert C. Young

882
Citations
Augmentation of adriamycin, melphalan, and cisplatin cytotoxicity in drug-resistant and -sensitive human ovarian carcinoma cell lines by buthionine sulfoximine mediated glutathione depletion

Thomas C. Hamilton;Margaret A. Winker;Karen G. Louie;Gerald Batist

778
Citations
Cholecystokinin elicits Satiety in Rats with Open Gastric Fistulas

James Gibbs;Robert C. Young;Gerard P. Smith

759
Citations
Clinically Defined Vascular Depression

George S. Alexopoulos;Barnett S. Meyers;Robert C. Young;Tatsu Kakuma

719
Citations
The Course of Geriatric Depression With "Reversible Dementia": A Controlled Study

George S. Alexopoulos;Barnett S. Meyers;Robert C. Young;Steven Mattis

657
Citations
Curability of advanced Hodgkin's disease with chemotherapy. Long-term follow-up of MOPP-treated patients at the National Cancer Institute.

Vincent T. Devita;Richard M. Simon;Susan M. Hubbard;Robert C. Young

626
Citations
Executive dysfunction and long-term outcomes of geriatric depression.

George S. Alexopoulos;Barnett S. Meyers;Robert C. Young;Balu Kalayam

608
Citations
Twenty years of MOPP therapy for Hodgkin's disease.

D L Longo;R C Young;M Wesley;S M Hubbard

585
Citations
Verapamil and adriamycin in the treatment of drug-resistant ovarian cancer patients.

Robert F. Ozols;Robert E. Cunnion;Raymond W. Klecker;Thomas C. Hamilton

584
Citations
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late life.

Dennis S. Charney;Charles F. Reynolds;Lydia Lewis;Barry D. Lebowitz

564
Citations
Reversal of adriamycin resistance by verapamil in human ovarian cancer

Alfred M. Rogan;Thomas C. Hamilton;Robert C. Young;Raymond W. Klecker

556
Citations
Malignant Pheochromocytoma: Effective Treatment with a Combination of Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, and Dacarbazine

Steven D. Averbuch;Caryn S. Steakley;Robert C. Young;Edward P. Gelmann

546
Citations
Diffuse aggressive lymphomas: increased survival after alternating flexible sequences of proMACE and MOPP chemotherapy.

Richard I. Fisher;Vincent T. DeVITA;Susan M. Hubbard;Dan L. Longo

542
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George S. Alexopoulos Cornell University

Vincent T. DeVita Yale University

Robert F. Ozols Fox Chase Cancer Center

Benoit H. Mulsant Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Richard I. Fisher Fox Chase Cancer Center

Bruce A. Chabner Harvard University

Sarah H. Lisanby Arizona State University

Thomas C. Hamilton Fox Chase Cancer Center

George P. Canellos Harvard University

Charles E. Myers University of Virginia

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