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Scott C. Matthews

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5829
World Ranking
8132
National Ranking
3486

Scott C. Matthews 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 Scott C. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 78 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott C. Matthews 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 Scott C. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Scott C. Matthews is primarily affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research is grounded mainly in the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to several subfields including Epidemiology, Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers multiple specialized topics, among which are:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management

Recent published papers by Scott C. Matthews include:

  • Lithium Treatment in the Prevention of Repeat Suicide-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Global knowledge base for municipal solid waste management: Framework development and application in waste generation prediction, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Detection of Chronic Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Support Vector Machines, 2022, Diagnostics
  • Resting-state magnetoencephalography source magnitude imaging with deep-learning neural network for classification of symptomatic combat-related mild traumatic brain injury, 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity on Body Composition Analysis is a Significant Predictor of Mortality in Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Longitudinal Observational Study, 2023, World Journal of Surgery

The frequent publication venues for their research are diverse and include:

  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Diagnostics
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • World Journal of Surgery

Scott C. Matthews has collaborated multiple times with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Michael J. Ostacher, Deborah L. Harrington, Annemarie Angeles-Quinto, Ashley Robb-Swan, and Sharon Nichols.

Best Publications

  • Association of major depressive disorder with altered functional brain response during anticipation and processing of heat pain.

    Irina A Strigo;Alan N Simmons;Scott C Matthews;Arthur D Bud Craig

  • Functional subdivisions within anterior cingulate cortex and their relationship to autonomic nervous system function.

    Scott C Matthews;Martin P Paulus;Alan N Simmons;Richard A Nelesen

  • Anticipation of aversive visual stimuli is associated with increased insula activation in anxiety-prone subjects.

    Alan Simmons;Irina Strigo;Scott C. Matthews;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus

  • Anticipation of emotionally aversive visual stimuli activates right insula.

    Alan Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Murray B. Stein;Martin P. Paulus

  • Functional Activation and Neural Networks in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Related to Intimate Partner Violence

    Alan N. Simmons;Martin P. Paulus;Steven R. Thorp;Scott C. Matthews

  • Decreased functional coupling of the amygdala and supragenual cingulate is related to increased depression in unmedicated individuals with current major depressive disorder.

    Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Irina A. Strigo;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Tony T. Yang

  • Adolescents With Major Depression Demonstrate Increased Amygdala Activation

    Tony T. Yang;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Susan F. Tapert

  • Selective activation of the nucleus accumbens during risk-taking decision making.

    Scott C. Matthews;Alan N. Simmons;Scott D. Lane;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus

  • Intolerance of uncertainty correlates with insula activation during affective ambiguity

    Alan Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Martin P. Paulus;Murray B. Stein

  • A multimodal imaging study in U.S. veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom with and without major depression after blast-related concussion.

    Scott C. Matthews;Irina A. Strigo;Alan N. Simmons;Ryan M. O'Connell;Ryan M. O'Connell

  • Altered insula activation during pain anticipation in individuals recovered from anorexia nervosa: evidence of interoceptive dysregulation.

    Irina A. Strigo;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Alan N. Simmons;Tyson Oberndorfer

  • Neural correlates of altered pain response in women with posttraumatic stress disorder from intimate partner violence.

    Irina A. Strigo;Alan N. Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Erin M. Grimes

  • Neural circuitry of PTSD with or without mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis.

    Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews

  • Interoceptive sensitivity deficits in women recovered from bulimia nervosa.

    Megan Klabunde;Dean T. Acheson;Kerri N. Boutelle;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews

  • Dissociation of inhibition from error processing using a parametric inhibitory task during functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Scott C. Matthews;Alan N. Simmons;Estibaliz Arce;Martin P. Paulus

  • Demand-specific alteration of medial prefrontal cortex response during an inhibition task in recovered anorexic women.

    Tyson A. Oberndorfer;Walter H. Kaye;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Irina A. Strigo

  • Increased amygdala activation is related to heart rate during emotion processing in adolescent subjects

    Tony T. Yang;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons;Scott C. Matthews;Scott C. Matthews;Susan F. Tapert;Susan F. Tapert

  • Cortical and subcortical brain regions involved in rule-based category learning.

    J. Vincent Filoteo;CA W. Todd Maddox;Alan N. Simmons;A. David Ing

  • Depressive symptoms are associated with increased systemic vascular resistance to stress.

    Scott C. Matthews;Richard A. Nelesen;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Increased affective bias revealed using experimental graded heat stimuli in young depressed adults: evidence of "emotional allodynia".

    Irina A Strigo;Alan N Simmons;Scott C Matthews;Arthur D Bud Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan N. Simmons
Alan N. Simmons University of California, San Diego
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Irina A. Strigo
Irina A. Strigo University of California, San Francisco
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Joel E. Dimsdale
Joel E. Dimsdale University of California, San Diego
Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
Deborah L. Harrington
Deborah L. Harrington Veterans Health Administration
Mingxiong Huang
Mingxiong Huang University of California, San Diego
Roland R. Lee
Roland R. Lee Veterans Health Administration

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Laureate Institute for Brain Research

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W. Todd Maddox

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Israel Liberzon

Israel Liberzon

Texas A&M University

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Christina E. Wierenga

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