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Susan L. Andersen

Susan L. Andersen

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
19641
World Ranking
4267
National Ranking
1927

Susan L. Andersen 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 Susan L. Andersen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 110 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan L. Andersen 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 Susan L. Andersen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susan L. Andersen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans key areas within medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on pharmacology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their work also covers subfields such as biological psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, and general health professions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of cannabis and cannabinoid research, along with investigations into neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior. Other significant topics include tryptophan and brain disorders, stress responses and cortisol, health policy implementation science, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, and forensic toxicology and drug analysis.

Frequent publication venues for Andersen include the Journal of Cannabis Research and Prevention Science, each with two publications. Other venues include Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Biomolecules, and Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andersen cover a range of topics within neuroscience and pharmacology:

  • This is your teen brain on drugs: In search of biological factors unique to dependence toxicity in adolescence, 2020, Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • Potency and safety analysis of hemp delta-9 products: the hemp vs. cannabis demarcation problem, 2023, Journal of Cannabis Research
  • Novelty preferences and cocaine-associated cues influence regions associated with the salience network in juvenile female rats, 2021, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Electromagnetic immune phosphor-tipped fibre-optic thermometers, 2022, Measurement Science and Technology
  • Increasing CB2 Receptor Activity after Early Life Stress Prevents Depressive Behavior in Female Rats, 2024, Biomolecules

Andersen frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Lee Johnson, Marc Malone, Erik K. Paulson, Josh Swider, and David Marelius, each with multiple joint publications.

Their contributions also include book publications; notably, they authored a book titled Neuroscience of Social Stress, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022, which has gathered citations in related fields.

Best Publications

  • The neurobiological consequences of early stress and childhood maltreatment

    Martin H. Teicher;Susan L. Andersen;Susan L. Andersen;Ann Polcari;Carl M. Anderson;Carl M. Anderson

  • Trajectories of brain development: point of vulnerability or window of opportunity?

    Susan L Andersen

  • Stress, sensitive periods and maturational events in adolescent depression.

    Susan L. Andersen;Martin H. Teicher

  • Developmental neurobiology of childhood stress and trauma

    Martin H Teicher;Susan L Andersen;Susan L Andersen;Ann Polcari;Carl M Anderson;Carl M Anderson

  • Preliminary Evidence for Sensitive Periods in the Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Regional Brain Development

    Susan L. Andersen;Akemi Tomada;Evelyn S. Vincow;Elizabeth Valente

  • Childhood neglect is associated with reduced corpus callosum area

    Martin H Teicher;Nathalie L Dumont;Yutaka Ito;Catherine Vaituzis

  • Evidence for dopamine receptor pruning between adolescence and adulthood in striatum but not nucleus accumbens

    Martin H. Teicher;Susan L. Andersen;John C. Hostetter

  • Dopamine receptor pruning in prefrontal cortex during the periadolescent period in rats

    Susan L. Andersen;Andrew T. Thompson;Mark Rutstein;John C. Hostetter

  • Neurobiological consequences of early stress and childhood maltreatment: are results from human and animal studies comparable?

    Martin H. Teicher;Akemi Tomoda;Susan L. Andersen

  • Sex differences in dopamine receptors and their relevance to ADHD.

    S.L. Andersen;M.H. Teicher

  • Sensitive periods of substance abuse: Early risk for the transition to dependence.

    Chloe J. Jordan;Susan L. Andersen

  • Delayed effects of early stress on hippocampal development.

    Susan L Andersen;Martin H Teicher;Martin H Teicher

  • Sex differences in dopamine receptor overproduction and elimination.

    Susan L. Andersen;Mark Rutstein;José M. Benzo;John C. Hostetter

  • Developmental trajectories during adolescence in males and females: A cross-species understanding of underlying brain changes

    Heather C. Brenhouse;Susan L. Andersen;Susan L. Andersen

  • Gene expression profiling of substantia nigra dopamine neurons: further insights into Parkinson's disease pathology

    Filip Simunovic;Ming Yi;Yulei Wang;Laurel Macey

  • Desperately Driven and No Brakes: Developmental Stress Exposure and Subsequent Risk for Substance Abuse

    Susan L. Andersen;Martin H. Teicher

  • Preliminary Evidence for Abnormal Cortical Development in Physically and Sexually Abused Children Using EEG Coherence and MRI

    Martin H. Teicher;Yutaka Ito;Carol A. Glod;Susan L. Andersen

  • Transient D1 Dopamine Receptor Expression on Prefrontal Cortex Projection Neurons: Relationship to Enhanced Motivational Salience of Drug Cues in Adolescence

    Heather C. Brenhouse;Kai C. Sonntag;Susan L. Andersen

  • Altered responsiveness to cocaine in rats exposed to methylphenidate during development.

    Susan L. Andersen;Andreas Arvanitogiannis;Andrea M. Pliakas;Celeste LeBlanc

  • Neurobiology of the development of motivated behaviors in adolescence: a window into a neural systems model.

    Monique Ernst;Russell D. Romeo;Susan L. Andersen

  • Enduring behavioral effects of early exposure to methylphenidate in rats.

    William A. Carlezon;Stephen D. Mague;Susan L. Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin H. Teicher
Martin H. Teicher Harvard University
Ross J. Baldessarini
Ross J. Baldessarini Harvard University
William A. Carlezon
William A. Carlezon Harvard University
Bruce G. Jenkins
Bruce G. Jenkins Harvard University
Giovanni Laviola
Giovanni Laviola Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Michael K. Suvak
Michael K. Suvak Suffolk University
Julian D. Ford
Julian D. Ford University of Connecticut
Hilde M. Geurts
Hilde M. Geurts University of Amsterdam
Robert M. Stephens
Robert M. Stephens National Institutes of Health
Judith Berman
Judith Berman Tel Aviv University

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