World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Best Scientists
2025
Award Badge
Neuroscience
UK
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Best Scientists

D-Index
269
Citations
237030
World Ranking
30
National Ranking
5

Neuroscience

D-Index
273
Citations
241076
World Ranking
4
National Ranking
2

Psychology

D-Index
273
Citations
240227
World Ranking
1
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation For their pioneering research on higher brain mechanisms underpinning such complex human functions as literacy, numeracy, motivated behaviour and social cognition, and for their efforts to understand cognitive and behavioural disorders
  • 2011 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1981 - Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Trevor W. Robbins is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research profile spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine, encompassing 220, 186, and 96 publications respectively.

Their subfields of specialization include Cognitive Neuroscience (135 publications), Clinical Psychology (88 publications), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (69 publications), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (65 publications), and Neurology (35 publications).

The main topics covered in their research are diverse and include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Trevor W. Robbins has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function" (2021), published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The transition to compulsion in addiction" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "The role of noradrenaline in cognition and cognitive disorders" (2021), published in Brain
  • "Biological and clinical characteristics of gene carriers far from predicted onset in the Huntington's disease Young Adult Study (HD-YAS): a cross-sectional analysis" (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Brain networks underlying vulnerability and resilience to drug addiction" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Barbara J. Sahakian (70 joint publications)
  • Tianye Jia (26 joint publications)
  • Jeffrey W. Dalley (25 joint publications)
  • Tobias Banaschewski (23 joint publications)
  • Frauke Nees (23 joint publications)

Trevor W. Robbins has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 28 publications, Neuropsychopharmacology (8 publications), Psychopharmacology (8 publications), Translational Psychiatry (8 publications), and Molecular Psychiatry (6 publications).

They have also authored a book published by Springer Science+Business Media titled "The Neurobiology and Treatment of OCD: Accelerating Progress" (2021).

The scientist's work has been recognized through several awards, including:

  • The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation (2014), awarded for pioneering research on higher brain mechanisms and cognitive and behavioural disorders
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology by the American Psychological Association (2011)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2005)
  • Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society (1981)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion

    Barry J Everitt;Trevor W Robbins

  • Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex.

    Adam R. Aron;Adam R. Aron;Trevor W. Robbins;Russell A. Poldrack

  • Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex: one decade on.

    Adam R. Aron;Trevor W. Robbins;Russell A. Poldrack

  • Stop-signal inhibition disrupted by damage to right inferior frontal gyrus in humans.

    Adam R Aron;Paul C Fletcher;Ed T Bullmore;Barbara J Sahakian

  • Inhibition and impulsivity: Behavioral and neural basis of response control

    Andrea Bari;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Dissociation in prefrontal cortex of affective and attentional shifts

    R. Dias;T. W. Robbins;A. C. Roberts

  • Impulsivity, compulsivity, and top-down cognitive control.

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC SYSTEMS AND COGNITION

    Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Planning and spatial working memory following frontal lobe lesions in man.

    Adrian M. Owen;John J. Downes;Barbara J. Sahakian;Charles E. Polkey

  • Prefrontal executive and cognitive functions in rodents: neural and neurochemical substrates

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Rudolf N. Cardinal;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Neurobehavioural mechanisms of reward and motivation

    Trevor W Robbins;Barry J Everitt

  • The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors.

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Elisa Wegmann;Rudolf Stark;Astrid Müller

  • Dissociable Deficits in the Decision-Making Cognition of Chronic Amphetamine Abusers, Opiate Abusers, Patients with Focal Damage to Prefrontal Cortex, and Tryptophan-Depleted Normal Volunteers: Evidence for Monoaminergic Mechanisms

    R D Rogers;B J Everitt;A Baldacchino;A J Blackshaw

  • The 5-choice serial reaction time task: behavioural pharmacology and functional neurochemistry

    Robbins Tw

  • Nucleus accumbens D2/3 receptors predict trait impulsivity and cocaine reinforcement.

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Tim D. Fryer;Laurent Brichard;Emma S. J. Robinson

  • Putting a spin on the dorsal–ventral divide of the striatum

    Pieter Voorn;Louk J.M.J Vanderschuren;Henk J Groenewegen;Trevor W Robbins

  • The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function.

    Naomi P Friedman;Trevor W Robbins

  • Drug Addiction: Updating Actions to Habits to Compulsions Ten Years On

    Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): a factor analytic study of a large sample of normal elderly volunteers.

    T.W. Robbins;M. James;A.M. Owen;B.J. Sahakian

  • Evolution of cognitive dysfunction in an incident Parkinson's disease cohort

    C. H. Williams-Gray;T. Foltynie;C. E. G. Brayne;T. W. Robbins

  • Impulsive choice induced in rats by lesions of the nucleus accumbens core

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;David R. Pennicott;C. Lakmali Sugathapala;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to

    Trevor W Robbins

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
Barry J. Everitt
Barry J. Everitt University of Cambridge
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Karen D. Ersche
Karen D. Ersche University of Cambridge
Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Samuel R. Chamberlain University of Southampton

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Considering a career in psychology opens doors to diverse opportunities, especially in social work and mental health services. Many students pursuing psychology degrees are interested in becoming social workers, counselors, or case managers. However, it’s important to note that educational requirements and pathways vary from state to state.

For instance, the Hawaii minimum degree requirement for social workers typically calls for at least a bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field. If you’re seeking work in the Pacific Northwest, the social worker education requirements in Idaho stress the importance of accredited programs and may include specific coursework or supervised experience.

Moving to the Midwest, the Illinois minimum degree requirement for social workers demands either a BSW or MSW, depending on your desired level of licensure. Meanwhile, the social worker degree requirements in Indiana set their own standards for coursework and supervised practice.

When considering online degrees or planning your career path, always research your state’s requirements to ensure you’re choosing the right program and meeting licensing standards.

Best Scientists Citing Trevor W. Robbins

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles