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Walter A. Brown publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter A. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 183 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Walter A. Brown D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter A. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Walter A. Brown is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has an active research portfolio spanning medicine, psychology, and social sciences. Their work includes a focus on education and social psychology within these broader fields.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics, demonstrating engagement with clinical trials, mental health, and educational research. Notable papers include:

  • Adverse events of active and placebo groups in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine randomized trials: A systematic review, 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Consistently Modest Antidepressant Effects in Clinical Trials: the Role of Regulatory Requirements, 2025, Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • Suicide Risk Analysis Among Patients Assigned to Psychotropics and Placebo, 2025, Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • How a Psychopharmacology Clinical Trial Site in the Seattle Area Managed Clinical Trials and Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • The Perceived Impact of Online Course Design on the Persistence of Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2023, Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

Several research topics emerge from Walter A. Brown's portfolio, highlighting areas such as higher education research studies, mentoring and academic development, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, pain management and placebo effect, pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions, treatment of major depression, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Walter A. Brown frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Arif Khan
  • Martina Amanzio
  • Dimos D. Mitsikostas
  • Fabio Giovannelli
  • Massimo Bartoli

Their work is published in various journals, with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
  • Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Their interdisciplinary approach integrates knowledge from subfields such as education, social psychology, infectious diseases, cognitive neuroscience, and toxicology, reflecting a comprehensive research profile across both clinical and social domains.

Best Publications

  • Symptom Reduction and Suicide Risk in Patients Treated With Placebo in Antidepressant Clinical Trials: An Analysis of the Food and Drug Administration Database

    Arif Khan;Heather A. Warner;Walter A. Brown

  • Severity of depression and response to antidepressants and placebo: an analysis of the Food and Drug Administration database.

    Arif Khan;Robyn M Leventhal;Shirin R Khan;Walter A Brown

  • Suicide Rates in Clinical Trials of SSRIs, Other Antidepressants, and Placebo: Analysis of FDA Reports

    Arif Khan;Shirin Khan;Russell Kolts;Walter A. Brown

  • A systematic review of comparative efficacy of treatments and controls for depression

    Arif Khan;James Faucett;Pesach Lichtenberg;Irving Kirsch;Irving Kirsch

  • The 24-hour dexamethasone suppression test in a clinical setting: relationship to diagnosis, symptoms, and response to treatment.

    Walter Armin Brown;Robert Johnston;Demmie Mayfield

  • Suicide risk in patients with anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of the FDA database.

    Arif Khan;Robyn M Leventhal;Shirin Khan;Walter A Brown

  • Response to Dexamethasone and Subtype of Depression

    Walter Armin Brown;Iris Shuey

  • Sex differences in antidepressant response in recent antidepressant clinical trials.

    Arif Khan;Amy E. Brodhead;Kelly A. Schwartz;Russell L. Kolts

  • Issues for DSM-5: whither melancholia? The case for its classification as a distinct mood disorder.

    Gordon Parker;Max Fink;Edward Shorter;Michael Alan Taylor

  • Antidepressants versus placebo in major depression: an overview.

    Arif Khan;Walter A. Brown

  • Comparison of fluoxetine, bupropion, and placebo in the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder

    Teri B. Pearlstein;Andrea B. Stone;Sally A. Lund;Harriet Scheft

  • Are placebo controls necessary to test new antidepressants and anxiolytics

    Arif Khan;Shirin Khan;Walter A. Brown

  • Fluoxetine in the treatment of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder.

    Stone Ab;Pearlstein Tb;Brown Wa

  • Symptom reduction and suicide risk among patients treated with placebo in antipsychotic clinical trials: an analysis of the food and drug administration database.

    Arif Khan;Shirin R. Khan;Robyn M. Leventhal;Walter A. Brown

  • Magnitude of placebo response and drug-placebo differences across psychiatric disorders.

    Arif Khan;Russell L. Kolts;Mark H. Rapaport;K. Ranga Rama Krishnan

  • Severity of depressive symptoms and response to antidepressants and placebo in antidepressant trials

    Arif Khan;Amy E. Brodhead;Russell L. Kolts;Walter A. Brown

  • Symptom reduction and suicide risk in patients treated with placebo in antidepressant clinical trials: a replication analysis of the Food and Drug Administration Database.

    Arif Khan;Shirin R. Khan;Robyn M. Leventhal;Walter A. Brown

  • Serum testosterone and aggressiveness in hockey players

    Thomas J. Scaramella;Walter Armin Brown

  • Placebo as a Treatment for Depression

    Walter A. Brown

  • Research Design Features and Patient Characteristics Associated With the Outcome of Antidepressant Clinical Trials

    Arif Khan;Russell L Kolts;Michael E Thase;K Ranga Rama Krishnan

  • The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age

    Walter A. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan W. Miller
Ivan W. Miller Brown University
Peter M. Monti
Peter M. Monti Brown University
Robert T. Rubin
Robert T. Rubin University of California, Los Angeles
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Rush University Medical Center
German E. Berrios
German E. Berrios University of Cambridge
Richard J. Haier
Richard J. Haier University of California, Irvine
Hagop S. Akiskal
Hagop S. Akiskal University of California, San Diego
Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirsch Harvard University

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