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Robert W. McCarley 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 Robert W. McCarley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 721 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. McCarley 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 Robert W. McCarley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 145 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert W. McCarley was affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research spanned neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's main topics of study included functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, neurological disorders and treatments, advanced MRI techniques and applications, sleep and wakefulness research, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Among recent publications attributed to or associated with their research field are:

  • Basal Forebrain Parvalbumin Neurons Mediate Arousals from Sleep Induced by Hypercarbia or Auditory Stimuli, 2020, Current Biology
  • Auditory Cortex Volume and Gamma Oscillation Abnormalities in Schizophrenia, 2020, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
  • Baseline Cortical Thickness Reductions in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Brain Regions Associated with Conversion to Psychosis Versus Non-Conversion as Assessed at One-Year Follow-Up in the Shanghai-At-Risk-for-Psychosis (SHARP) Study, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Abnormal Function in Dentate Nuclei Precedes the Onset of Psychosis: A Resting-State fMRI Study in High-Risk Individuals, 2021, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Altered P3a Modulations to Emotional Faces in Male Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia, 2020, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors included Martha E. Shenton, Larry J. Seidman, Margaret Niznikiewicz, William S. Stone, and Matcheri S. Keshavan.

Robert W. McCarley published frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, and Current Biology.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

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  • A review of MRI findings in schizophrenia

    Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Chandlee C. Dickey;Melissa Frumin;Robert William McCarley

  • Control of Sleep and Wakefulness

    Ritchie E. Brown;Radhika Basheer;James T. McKenna;Robert E. Strecker

  • Hyperactivity and hyperconnectivity of the default network in schizophrenia and in first-degree relatives of persons with schizophrenia

    S. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Heidi Wencel Thermenos;Snezana M. Milanovic;Ming T. Tsuang

  • The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

    J A Hobson;R W McCarley

  • Brainstem control of wakefulness and sleep

    Mircea Steriade;Robert W. McCarley

  • Sleep cycle oscillation: reciprocal discharge by two brainstem neuronal groups.

    JA Hobson;RW McCarley;PW Wyzinski

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Abnormalities of the left temporal lobe and thought disorder in schizophrenia. A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Ron Kikinis;Ferenc A. Jolesz;Seth D. Pollak

  • Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Robert E. Strecker;Mahesh Thakkar;Alvhild A. Bjørkum

  • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia

    M. I. Herz;R. P. Liberman;T. H. McGlashan;J. A. Lieberman

  • Activation of Ventrolateral Preoptic Neurons During Sleep

    J. E. Sherin;P. J. Shiromani;R. W. McCarley;C. B. Saper

  • Magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal volume in chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Tamara V. Gurvits;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Hiroto Hokama;Hiroto Hokama;Hirokazu Ohta;Hirokazu Ohta

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • A review of diffusion tensor imaging studies in schizophrenia.

    Marek R. Kubicki;Robert William McCarley;Carl-Fredrik Westin;H Park;H Park;H Park

  • MRI anatomy of schizophrenia.

    Robert William McCarley;Cynthia Gayle Wible;Melissa Frumin;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • Abnormal Neural Synchrony in Schizophrenia

    Kevin M. Spencer;Paul Gerard Nestor;Margaret A. Niznikiewicz;Dean F. Salisbury

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Gamma frequency-range abnormalities to auditory stimulation in schizophrenia

    Jun Soo Kwon;Jun Soo Kwon;Brian F. O'Donnell;Gene V. Wallenstein;Robert W. Greene

  • Neuronal excitability modulation over the sleep cycle: a structural and mathematical model

    RW McCarley;JA Hobson

  • Neural synchrony indexes disordered perception and cognition in schizophrenia.

    Kevin M. Spencer;Paul Gerard Nestor;R. Perlmutter;Margaret A. Niznikiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Paul G. Nestor
Paul G. Nestor University of Massachusetts Boston
Margaret A. Niznikiewicz
Margaret A. Niznikiewicz Harvard University
Larry J. Seidman
Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dean F. Salisbury
Dean F. Salisbury University of Pittsburgh
Marek Kubicki
Marek Kubicki Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ron Kikinis
Ron Kikinis Brigham and Women's Hospital
James J. Levitt
James J. Levitt Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System
Ferenc A. Jolesz
Ferenc A. Jolesz Brigham and Women's Hospital

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