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Stanley J. Watson 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 Stanley J. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 587 publications — 96th percentile

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

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

Stanley J. Watson 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 Stanley J. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 145 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Stanley J. Watson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, focusing particularly on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying mental health and neurological disorders.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, their work covers several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry

The primary topics they have investigated are:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Stanley J. Watson has published extensively, with articles appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of Stress
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Notable recent papers include:

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Single nucleus multiomics identifies ZEB1 and MAFB as candidate regulators of Alzheimer's disease-specific cis-regulatory elements, 2023, Cell Genomics
  • Mitochondria DNA copy number, mitochondria DNA total somatic deletions, Complex I activity, synapse number, and synaptic mitochondria number are altered in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Identification of potential blood biomarkers associated with suicide in major depressive disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Characterizing the behavioral and neuroendocrine features of susceptibility and resilience to social stress, 2022, Neurobiology of Stress

Frequent co-authors of Stanley J. Watson include:

  • Huda Akil
  • Megan Hastings Hagenauer
  • William E. Bunney
  • R Myers
  • Elaine K. Hebda-Bauer

Throughout their career, Stanley J. Watson has received recognition through several awards such as:

  • Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine, 2012
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1994

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

  • The rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates (2nd edn): by George Paxinos and Charles Watson, Academic Press, 1986. £40.00/$80.00 (264 pages) ISBN 012 547 6213

    James P. Herman;Stanley J. Watson

  • Endogenous Opioids: Biology and Function

    H Akil;S J Watson;E Young;M E Lewis

  • Opioid-receptor mRNA expression in the rat CNS: anatomical and functional implications

    Alfred Mansour;Charles A. Fox;Huda Akil;Stanley J. Watson

  • Anatomy of CNS opioid receptors

    Alfred Mansour;Henry Khachaturian;Michael E. Lewis;Huda Akil

  • Pattern and time course of immediate early gene expression in rat brain following acute stress.

    W.E. Cullinan;J.P. Herman;D.F. Battaglia;H. Akil

  • Autoradiographic differentiation of mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptors in the rat forebrain and midbrain

    A. Mansour;H. Khachaturian;M. E. Lewis;Huda Akil

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia

    Unknown

  • Mu, Delta, and Kappa Opioid Receptor mRNA Expression in the Rat CNS: An In Situ Hybridization Study

    Alfred Mansour;Charles A. Fox;Sharon Burke;Fan Meng

  • Molecular cloning, expression, and gene localization of a fourth melanocortin receptor.

    Unknown

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

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

  • Altered cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic signal transmission with glial involvement in depression

    Prabhakara V Choudary;M. Molnar;S. J. Evans;H. Tomita

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

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

  • Molecular cloning of a novel melanocortin receptor.

    Unknown

  • Regulation of Serotonin1A, Glucocorticoid, and Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Rat and Human Hippocampus: Implications for the Neurobiology of Depression

    Juan F López;Derek T Chalmers;Karley Y Little;Stanley J Watson

  • Circadian patterns of gene expression in the human brain and disruption in major depressive disorder

    Jun Z. Li;Blynn G. Bunney;Fan Meng;Megan H. Hagenauer

  • Ventral subicular interaction with the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus : evidence for a relay in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

    William E. Cullinan;James P. Herman;Stanley J. Watson

  • Cloning and pharmacological characterization of a rat μ opioid receptor

    Robert C. Thompson;Alfred Mansour;Huda Akil;Stanley J. Watson

  • Anatomy of the CNS opioid systems

    Henry Khachaturian;Michael E. Lewis;Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Stanley J. Watson

  • Evidence for hippocampal regulation of neuroendocrine neurons of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis

    J. P. Herman;M.-K.-H. Schafer;E. A. Young;R. Thompson

  • Comparative anatomical distribution of 5-HT1A receptor mRNA and 5-HT1A binding in rat brain - a combined in situ hybridisation/in vitro receptor autoradiographic study

    Derek T. Chalmers;Stanley J. Watson

  • Localization of dopamine D2 receptor mRNA and D1 and D2 receptor binding in the rat brain and pituitary: an in situ hybridization- receptor autoradiographic analysis

    Alfred Mansour;James H. Meador-Woodruff;James R. Bunzow;Olivier Civelli

  • Dopamine D1 and adenosine A1 receptors form functionally interacting heteromeric complexes

    Silvia Ginés;Joëlle Hillion;Maria Torvinen;Stèphane Le Crom

Frequent Co-Authors

Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William E. Bunney
William E. Bunney University of California, Irvine
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jack D. Barchas
Jack D. Barchas Cornell University
Robert C. Thompson
Robert C. Thompson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan F. Schatzberg
Alan F. Schatzberg Stanford University
Alfred Mansour
Alfred Mansour University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James H. Meador-Woodruff
James H. Meador-Woodruff University of Alabama at Birmingham
Shelly B. Flagel
Shelly B. Flagel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jun Li
Jun Li University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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