Minding the Mind: The Top 20
Institutions in Psychiatry &
Psychology
A featured institution selection from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
This month, ScienceWatch.com presents a
listing of the top 20 institutions which, as of the
fourth bimonthly update of Essential Science
Indicators (January 1, 1998-August 31, 2008)
attracted the highest total citations to their papers
published inThomson
Reuters-indexed Psychiatry &
Psychology journals. These institutions are the top 20
out of a pool of 360 institutions comprising the top 1%
ranked by total citation count in this field.
The Psychiatry & Psychology field includes journals that cover all
areas of study:
applied
biological
clinical
developmental
educational
mathematical
organizational
personal
social
diagnosis and treatment
The top 20 institutions in this field are overwhelmingly academic.
Seventeen of the institutions are US-based; the other three are made up of
two British institutions and one Canadian university. Of the 17 US-based
institutions, three are in California, two are in Pennsylvania, and two are
in North Carolina.
At the top of the list, with a lead in excess of 30,000 cites, is Harvard
University, with 4,937 papers cited a total of 88,802 times. Among
Harvard's highly cited papers are
Ronald Kessler's
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Study among other paper. Kessler is a coauthor on seven of the top 20
papers for Harvard in this field, and has also been named a Highly Cited
Researcher 1717. Another highly cited Harvard author is Martha Shenton,
who is one of the top-ranking researchers in schizophrenia, and who has
spoken with ScienceWatch.com on several occasions
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[see also], and most recently in
December of last year. Other topics of prevalence
for Harvard include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and
olanzapine for the treatment of mania.
The #2 slot belongs to Columbia University, with 3,372 papers cited a total
of 57,841 times. Antipsychotic-induced weight gain, ADHD trials, the
influence of neighborhoods on children's psychological development, and
female sexual function indices are among Columbia's highly cited topics.
Columbia researcher
Suniya S. Luthar's paper "The construct of
resilience: A critical evaluation and guidelines for future work,"
(Child Develop. 71: 543-62, May-June 2000) was a Fast-Breaking
Paper in 2002, and is now a Highly Cited Paper in this field.
The University of California, Los Angeles, ranks at #3, with 3,224 papers
cited a total of 55,400 times. ADHD, schizophrenia, and the behaviors of
females under stress are among UCLA's highly cited topics. Several UCLA
researchers have spoken with ScienceWatch.com about their work,
including
Stephen Marder,
Alexander Young, and
Adam Aron. Marder is also a
Highly Cited Researcher.com.
Kings College London holds the #4 position, with 3,312 papers cited a total
of 54,103 times. The most-cited paper for Kings in this field is the 2003
Science paper by Avshalom Caspi and
Terrie E. Moffitt, "Influence of life stress on
depression: moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene," which the
authors, who are also affiliated with another institution in the top 20,
the University of Wisconsin (#17), spoke with us about in 2004 when the
paper was named a Fast-Breaking Paper. Other highly cited topics
undertaken by Kings researchers include the role of genes in violence,
and brain studies using fMRI. Kings researcher
Robin
Murray, a
ISIHighlyCited.com who ranks among the top five
scientists in schizophrenia, spoke with us this year about his
work.
Coming in at #5 is Yale University, with 2,994 papers with a total of
52,258 citations. Yale's prevalent papers appear to focus on brain-region
activity as it relates to facial recognition by people with
autism and Asperger syndrome, striatial dopamine
transmission in schizophrenia, diagnostic criteria for children, and the
role of multiple risk factors.
The University of Pittsburgh ranks at #6, with 2,693 papers cited a total
of 51,348 times. Among Pitt's highly cited papers are such topics as
violence in neighborhoods as a result of the release of psychiatric
inpatients, remission rates in major depressive disorder treated with
venlafaxine or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and the development
of aggression and violence in juveniles.
The second California institute ranks at #7 – it's Stanford
University with 2,226 papers cited a total of 45,378 times. Stanford's
researchers are interested in a variety of topics, from psychological risk
factors for children of depressed mothers to social cognitive theory.
The University of Michigan ranks at #8 with 2,434 papers cited a total of
39,560 times. Among Michigan's highly cited papers are topics including the
accuracy of self-reporting, racism as a stressor, and the psychology of
positive emotions. Michigan researcher
Daphna
Oyserman spoke with ScienceWatch.com about her paper on
individualism and collectivism.
The University of Illinois comes in at #9, with 2,764 papers cited a total
of 37,996 times. Subjective well-being, memory, event-related potentials,
and the consistency of personality traits throughout a person's lifetime
are just a few of the topics getting Illinois researchers noticed.
Rounding out the top 10 is the University of Toronto, with 2,767 papers
garnering a total of 37,398 citations. Toronto's researchers are
particularly concerned with a variety of aspects dealing with
antipsychotics. Researchers
Shitij Kapur and Philip Seeman have Toronto's
most-cited paper in this field, the March 2001 Amer. J. Psychiat.
paper, "Does fast dissociation from the dopamine D-2 receptor
explain the action of atypical antipsychotics? A new hypothesis," which
was named a New Hot Paper by ScienceWatch.com in 2002.
Seeman was also named a top schizophrenia researcher
by Special Topics, and is a
Highly Cited Researcher.
The 10 remaining institutions on this list include one more from California
(the University of California, San Diego at #11), one more from
Pennsylvania (the University of Pennsylvania at #14), two from North
Carolina (Duke University at #12 and the University of North Carolina at
#15), one more from England (University College London at #13). The US's
National Institute of Mental Health ranks at #18, with 1,136 papers cited a
total of 30,091.
Scientists from the remaining institutions in the top 20 who have spoken
with us about their work include UCSD's
Robert Heaton, Duke's
Roberto Cabeza, and two collaborators on a
highly cited paper: the University of Maryland's
(#20) Todd Gould and the University of Minnesota's (#19) Irving
Gottesman.
The Top 20 Institutions in Psychiatry & Psychology are listed in
full in the table below:
Ranked by Citations
Rank
Field
Papers
Citations
Cites
Per Paper
1
HARVARD UNIV
4,937
88,802
17.99
2
COLUMBIA UNIV
3,372
57,841
17.15
3
UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES
3,224
55,400
17.18
4
KINGS COLL LONDON
3,312
54,103
16.34
5
YALE UNIV
2,994
52,258
17.45
6
UNIV PITTSBURGH
2,693
51,348
19.07
7
STANFORD UNIV
2,226
45,378
20.39
8
UNIV MICHIGAN
2,434
39,560
16.25
9
UNIV ILLINOIS
2,764
37,996
13.75
10
UNIV TORONTO
2,767
37,398
13.52
11
UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO
2,189
37,076
16.94
12
DUKE UNIV
1,963
37,004
18.85
13
UCL
2,465
36,070
14.63
14
UNIV PENN
2,252
35,085
15.58
15
UNIV N CAROLINA
2,579
32,826
12.73
16
UNIV WASHINGTON
2,139
32,707
15.29
17
UNIV WISCONSIN
1,979
30,145
15.23
18
NIMH
1,136
30,091
26.49
19
UNIV MINNESOTA
2,194
29,583
13.48
20
UNIV MARYLAND
2,055
27,817
13.54
SOURCE: Essential Science
Indicators from the September 1, 2008 update
covering a 10-year + 8-month period, 1998-August 31,
2008.
Full citation details of all of these institutions can be seen in
Essential Science Indicators.