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Valentina Lorenzetti 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 Valentina Lorenzetti sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 132 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valentina Lorenzetti 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 Valentina Lorenzetti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Valentina Lorenzetti is a researcher affiliated with the Australian Catholic University in Australia. Their work spans several areas within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on pharmacology and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research interests are reflected in publications focusing on cannabis use, brain health, and substance abuse treatment outcomes. Key topics include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Lorenzetti has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a large volume of publications in pharmacology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, epidemiology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Adolescent cannabis use, cognition, brain health and educational outcomes: A review of the evidence," 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit): a multidisciplinary expert consensus on minimum standards for measuring cannabis use," 2021, Addiction
  • "Focused attention meditation in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional functional MRI studies," 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Resting-state neuroimaging in social anxiety disorder: a systematic review," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of alcohol dependence: hippocampus and amygdala subregions in a sample of 966 people from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group," 2021, Translational Psychiatry

Lorenzetti has collaborated frequently with several researchers across the cannabis and neuroscience research communities, including:

  • Murat Yücel
  • Tom P. Freeman
  • Nadia Solowij
  • Janna Cousijn
  • Chao Suo

The venues where Lorenzetti regularly publishes include:

  • Addiction
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Structural brain abnormalities in major depressive disorder: A selective review of recent MRI studies

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Nicholas Brian Allen;Alexander Fornito;Murat Yucel

  • The anticipation and outcome phases of reward and loss processing: a neuroimaging meta-analysis of the monetary incentive delay task

    Stuart Oldham;Carsten Murawski;Alex Fornito;George J. Youssef

  • Effect of long-term cannabis use on axonal fibre connectivity

    Andrew Zalesky;Nadia Solowij;Murat Yucel;Dan I Lubman

  • Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study

    Murat Yücel;Erin Oldenhof;Serge H. Ahmed;David Belin

  • The Role of Cannabinoids in Neuroanatomic Alterations in Cannabis Users

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Valentina Lorenzetti;Nadia Solowij;Murat Yücel;Murat Yücel

  • 'Standard THC units': a proposal to standardize dose across all cannabis products and methods of administration.

    Tom P Freeman;Tom P Freeman;Tom P Freeman;Valentina Lorenzetti

  • Hippocampal harms, protection and recovery following regular cannabis use

    Murat Yucel;Valentina Lorenzetti;C Suo;Andrew Zalesky

  • Adolescent cannabis use, cognition, brain health and educational outcomes : A review of the evidence

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Eva Hoch;Wayne Hall

  • Functional Connectivity in Brain Networks Underlying Cognitive Control in Chronic Cannabis Users

    Ian H Harding;Nadia Solowij;Ben J Harrison;Michael Takagi

  • Structural MRI Findings in Long-Term Cannabis Users: What Do We Know?

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Dan I. Lubman;Sarah Whittle;Nadia Solowij

  • Gross morphological brain changes with chronic, heavy cannabis use.

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Nadia Solowij;Sarah Whittle;Alex Fornito

  • Does regular cannabis use affect neuroanatomy? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of structural neuroimaging studies

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Yann Chye;Pedro Silva;Nadia Solowij

  • Volumetric MRI study of the insular cortex in individuals with current and past major depression.

    Tsutomu Takahashi;Tsutomu Takahashi;Murat Yucel;Valentina Lorenzetti;Ryoichiro Tanino

  • Defining Compulsive Behavior

    Judy Luigjes;Valentina Lorenzetti;Sanneke de Haan;George J. Youssef;George J. Youssef

  • The Association between Regular Cannabis Exposure and Alterations of Human Brain Morphology: An Updated Review of the Literature

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Nadia Solowij;Alex Fornito;Dan Ian Lubman

  • From Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Obesity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress and Emotional Eating

    Jade Spinosa;Paul Christiansen;Joanne M. Dickson;Valentina Lorenzetti

  • An MRI study of the superior temporal subregions in patients with current and past major depression.

    Tsutomu Takahashi;Murat Yucel;Valentina Lorenzetti;Mark Walterfang

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the neural correlates of psychological therapies in major depression

    Anjali Sankar;Alice Melin;Valentina Lorenzetti;Paul Horton

  • Focused attention meditation in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional functional MRI studies

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  • Amygdala volumes in a sample of current depressed and remitted depressed patients and healthy controls.

    Valentina Lorenzetti;Nicholas Brian Allen;Sarah Whittle;Murat Yucel

Frequent Co-Authors

Murat Yücel
Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Nadia Solowij
Nadia Solowij University of Wollongong
Christos Pantelis
Christos Pantelis University of Melbourne
Janna Cousijn
Janna Cousijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Nicholas B. Allen
Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon
Mark Walterfang
Mark Walterfang University of Melbourne
Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Leonardo F. Fontenelle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Sarah Whittle
Sarah Whittle University of Melbourne
Alex Fornito
Alex Fornito Monash University

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