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Veena Kumari 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 Veena Kumari sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 577 publications — 98th percentile

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

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

Veena Kumari 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 Veena Kumari sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Veena Kumari is affiliated with Brunel University London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to multiple fields including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their research integrates perspectives from clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their publication record spans a wide range of topics, with particular emphasis on functional brain connectivity studies, sleep disorders, and mental health in the context of COVID-19 and schizophrenia research. They have also addressed issues related to child abuse and trauma, as well as circadian rhythms and melatonin.

Among recent notable papers, Veena Kumari authored "Emotional abuse and neglect: time to focus on prevention and mental health consequences" published in 2020 in The British Journal of Psychiatry. Other relevant contributions in related fields include works such as "Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science" (2020, British Journal of Psychology), "Atypical social reward anticipation as a transdiagnostic characteristic of psychopathology: A meta-analytic review and critical evaluation of current evidence" (2020, Clinical Psychology Review), "Coping With COVID-19: Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Mitigating Mental Health Crisis" (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry), and "Beyond sleep: A multidimensional model of chronotype" (2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews).

Frequent coauthors in Veena Kumari's collaborations include:

  • Rakesh Pandey
  • Ulrich Ettinger
  • Preethi Premkumar
  • Martina Vanova
  • Jennifer Y. F. Lau

Their work is published regularly in journals such as:

  • European Psychiatry
  • The Professional Medical Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Brain Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist's research incorporates diverse subfields including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach to mental health and brain function.

Best Publications

  • Nicotine use in schizophrenia: the self medication hypotheses.

    Veena Kumari;Peggy Postma

  • Brain anatomy and sensorimotor gating in Asperger’s syndrome

    Grainne M McAlonan;Eileen Daly;Veena Kumari;Hugo D Critchley

  • The relationship between brain structure and neurocognition in schizophrenia: a selective review

    Elena Antonova;Tonmoy Sharma;Robin Morris;Veena Kumari

  • Longitudinal study of symptoms and cognitive function in chronic schizophrenia.

    Catherine Hughes;Veena Kumari;William Soni;Mrigendra Das

  • Normalization of Information Processing Deficits in Schizophrenia With Clozapine

    Veena Kumari;William Soni;Tonmoy Sharma

  • Identical, but not the same: Intra-site and inter-site reproducibility of fractional anisotropy measures on two 3.0 T scanners

    Christian Vollmar;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Gareth J. Barker;Mark R. Symms

  • Volumetric structural brain abnormalities in men with schizophrenia or antisocial personality disorder.

    Ian Barkataki;Veena Kumari;Mrigendra Das;Pamela Jane Taylor;Pamela Jane Taylor

  • The Antisocial Brain: Psychopathy Matters: A Structural MRI Investigation of Antisocial Male Violent Offenders

    Sarah Gregory;Dominic ffytche;Andrew Simmons;Veena Kumari

  • 160 h of chemical-looping combustion in a 10 kW reactor system with a NiO-based oxygen carrier

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  • Affective modulation of the startle response in depression: Influence of the severity of depression, anhedonia and anxiety

    H Kaviani;J A Gray;S A Checkley;P W Raven

  • Motor system hyperconnectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a cognitive functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Christian Vollmar;Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh;Gareth J. Barker;Mark R. Symms;Mark R. Symms

  • Cognitive effects of nicotine in humans: an fMRI study.

    Veena Kumari;Jeffrey A Gray;Dominic H ffytche;Martina T Mitterschiffthaler

  • Prepulse inhibition of the startle response in men with schizophrenia: effects of age of onset of illness, symptoms, and medication.

    Veena Kumari;William Soni;Vallakalil M. Mathew;Tonmoy Sharma

  • Neural abnormalities during cognitive generation of affect in treatment-resistant depression.

    Veena Kumari;Martina T Mitterschiffthaler;John D Teasdale;Gin S Malhi

  • Neural correlates of tactile prepulse inhibition: a functional MRI study in normal and schizophrenic subjects

    Veena Kumari;Jeffrey A Gray;Mark A Geyer;Dominic ffytche

  • Personality predicts brain responses to cognitive demands.

    Veena Kumari;Dominic H. ffytche;Steven C. R. Williams;Jeffrey A. Gray

  • Reliability of smooth pursuit, fixation, and saccadic eye movements.

    Ulrich Ettinger;Veena Kumari;Trevor J. Crawford;Robert E. Davis

  • Voltammetric studies of the oxygen-titanium binary system in molten calcium chloride

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  • The Relationship of Structural Alterations to Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

    Elena Antonova;Veena Kumari;Robin Morris;Rozmin Halari

  • Neural response to pleasant stimuli in anhedonia: an fMRI study.

    Martina T Mitterschiffthaler;Veena Kumari;Gin S Malhi;Richard G Brown

  • Focal structural changes and cognitive dysfunction in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

    Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;C. Vollmar;Gareth Barker;Veena Kumari

  • Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science.

    Daryl B. O'Connor;John P. Aggleton;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Cary L. Cooper

  • Schizoaffective disorder: diagnostic issues and future recommendations

    Gin S Malhi;Melissa Green;Andrea Fagiolini;Eric D Peselow

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Ettinger
Ulrich Ettinger University of Bonn
Elizabeth Kuipers
Elizabeth Kuipers King's College London
Alexander Sumich
Alexander Sumich Nottingham Trent University
Emmanuelle Peters
Emmanuelle Peters King's College London
Philip J. Corr
Philip J. Corr City, University of London
Dominic Ffytche
Dominic Ffytche King's College London
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Sophia Frangou
Sophia Frangou Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pamela J. Taylor
Pamela J. Taylor Cardiff University
Trevor J. Crawford
Trevor J. Crawford Lancaster University

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