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Russell Schachar

Russell Schachar

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
104
Citations
47136
World Ranking
515
National Ranking
20

Neuroscience

D-Index
105
Citations
49245
World Ranking
644
National Ranking
28

Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
49232
World Ranking
6698
National Ranking
257

Russell Schachar publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Russell Schachar sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 339 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Russell Schachar D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Russell Schachar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Russell Schachar is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with a notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Genetics, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their scientific contributions concentrate on several core topics, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Russell Schachar's publication record features papers in prominent venues, among which are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Mostly worse, occasionally better: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Canadian children and adolescents, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Integration of brain and behavior measures for identification of data-driven groups cutting across children with ASD, ADHD, or OCD, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Inattention and hyperactive/impulsive component scores do not differentiate between autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a clinical sample, 2020, Molecular Autism
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: distinct associations with DNA methylation and genetic variation, 2020, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Frequent coauthors with whom Russell Schachar has collaborated extensively include:

  • Jennifer Crosbie
  • Evdokia Anagnostou
  • Paul Arnold
  • Rob Nicolson
  • Christie L. Burton

Best Publications

  • Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis

    Jordan W. Smoller;Kenneth Kendler;Nicholas John Craddock;Phil Hyoun Lee

  • 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

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Impulsivity and Inhibitory Control

    Gordon D. Logan;Russell J. Schachar;Rosemary Tannock

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

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

  • Development of Inhibitory Control Across the Life Span

    Benjamin R. Williams;Jonathan S. Ponesse;Russell J. Schachar;Gordon D. Logan

  • Why IQ is not a covariate in cognitive studies of neurodevelopmental disorders.

    Maureen Dennis;David J. Francis;Paul T. Cirino;Russell Schachar

  • A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task

    Frederick Verbruggen;Adam R. Aron;Guido Ph Band;Christian Beste

  • The Ecological Validity of Delay Aversion and Response Inhibition as Measures of Impulsivity in AD/HD: A Supplement to the NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study of AD/HD

    Mary V. Solanto;Howard Abikoff;Howard Abikoff;Edmund Sonuga-Barke;Russell Schachar

  • Impulsivity and Inhibitory Control in Normal Development and Childhood Psychopathology

    Russell Schachar;Gordon D. Logan

  • Inhibitory control and psychopathology: a meta-analysis of studies using the stop signal task.

    Jonathan Lipszyc;Russell Schachar

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

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

  • Confirmation of an inhibitory control deficit in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Russell Schachar;Victor L. Mota;Gordon D. Logan;Rosemary Tannock

  • Deficient inhibitory control in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Russell Schachar;Rosemary Tannock;Michael Marriott;Gordon Logan

  • Inhibitory control, impulsiveness, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Russell J. Schachar;Rosemary Tannock;Gordon Logan

  • THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SITUATIONALLY AND PERVASIVELY HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS FOR SYNDROME DEFINITION

    Russell Schachar;Michael Rutter;Alan Smith

  • The development of selective inhibitory control across the life span.

    Anne-Claude Bedard;Shana Nichols;José A Barbosa;Russell Schachar

  • Differential Effects of Methylphenidate on Working Memory in ADHD Children with and without Comorbid Anxiety

    Rosemary Tannock;Abel Ickowicz;Russell Schachar

  • Use of Self-Ratings in the Assessment of Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults

    Patricia Murphy;Russell Schachar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer Crosbie
Jennifer Crosbie University of Toronto
Cathy L. Barr
Cathy L. Barr University Health Network
Rosemary Tannock
Rosemary Tannock University of Toronto
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Evdokia Anagnostou
Evdokia Anagnostou Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Maureen Dennis
Maureen Dennis University of Toronto
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Wendy Roberts
Wendy Roberts University of Toronto
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto
Gordon D. Logan
Gordon D. Logan Vanderbilt University

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