David Cotter

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

David Cotter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cotter has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 28 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in David Cotter's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (38 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (16 papers). David Cotter is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (38 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (16 papers). David Cotter collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. David Cotter's co-authors include Ian Everall, Shankar Subramaniam, Eoin Fahy, Manish Sud, Sabine Landau, Mary Cannon, Michael J. Dünn, Carmine M. Pariante, Melanie Föcking and Clare L. Beasley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Cotter

156 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. LMSD: LIPID MAPS structure database
    2006 999 citations Manish Sud, Eoin Fahy et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. LIPID MAPS online tools for lipid research
    2007 701 citations Eoin Fahy, Manish Sud et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. Reduced Glial Cell Density and Neuronal Size in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Major Depressive Disorder
    2001 604 citations David Cotter, Daniel Mackay et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Cotter 3.5k 1.9k 1.7k 1.5k 1.0k 160 8.8k
Sabine Bahn 3.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 803 0.8× 176 8.3k
Paul C. Guest 3.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 610 0.6× 322 8.5k
Andrea Schmitt 3.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 254 8.6k
F. Markus Leweke 1.7k 0.5× 2.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 159 8.6k
Brian Dean 5.7k 1.6× 4.6k 2.4× 2.2k 1.3× 2.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.3× 363 12.7k
Kim Q. 2.9k 0.8× 3.8k 2.0× 3.3k 2.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 189 11.0k
Sanford P. Markey 4.2k 1.2× 4.3k 2.3× 2.2k 1.3× 969 0.6× 973 0.9× 188 14.9k
Michel Cuénod 3.4k 1.0× 4.9k 2.6× 2.7k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 169 10.3k
Andrew J. Dwork 3.5k 1.0× 3.0k 1.6× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.6× 140 10.4k
Toru Nishikawa 3.9k 1.1× 4.1k 2.2× 593 0.4× 812 0.5× 865 0.8× 238 9.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Cotter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Cotter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Cotter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Cotter based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Cotter. David Cotter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Healy, Colm, et al.. (2025). Developmental stage of childhood trauma exposure and markers of inflammation at age 24. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 126. 225–234.
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Kelleher, Eric, David Mothersill, April Hargreaves, et al.. (2025). Cognitive outcomes and performance of patients diagnosed and treated for N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antibody-mediated (NMDAR) encephalitis compared with patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 349. 111983–111983. 1 indexed citations
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Dooley, Niamh, et al.. (2024). Examining the association between prenatal and perinatal adversity and the psychotic experiences in childhood. Psychological Medicine. 54(9). 2087–2098. 6 indexed citations
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Mongan, David, et al.. (2024). Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases in early psychosis, anxiety and depression: Evidence from the ALSPAC cohort. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 124. 137–143. 2 indexed citations
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Mongan, David, Colm Healy, Brian O’Donoghue, et al.. (2024). Associations between soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) concentration and psychiatric disorders – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 120. 327–338. 9 indexed citations
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Santa, Cátia, Sandra I. Anjo, Vera M. Mendes, et al.. (2023). Chronic treatment with D2-antagonist haloperidol leads to inhibitory/excitatory imbalance in striatal D1-neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 312–312. 7 indexed citations
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Dooley, Niamh, Brendan Kennelly, Louise Arseneault, et al.. (2023). Functional Outcomes Among Young People With Trajectories of Persistent Childhood Psychopathology. JAMA Network Open. 6(9). e2336520–e2336520. 5 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, David Mongan, Meike Heurich, et al.. (2023). Association of Complement and Coagulation Pathway Proteins With Treatment Response in First-Episode Psychosis: A Longitudinal Analysis of the OPTiMiSE Clinical Trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 49(4). 893–902. 9 indexed citations
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Tanskanen, Antti, Heidi Taipale, Mary Cannon, David Cotter, & Jari Tiihonen. (2021). Incidence of schizophrenia and influence of prenatal and infant exposure to viral infectious diseases. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 143(6). 487–494. 8 indexed citations
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Beasley, Clare L., Mrinalini Honavar, Ian Everall, & David Cotter. (2009). Two-dimensional assessment of cytoarchitecture in the superior temporal white matter in schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Research. 115(2-3). 156–162. 34 indexed citations
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Beasley, Clare L., Kyla Pennington, Áine Behan, et al.. (2006). Proteomic analysis of the anterior cingulate cortex in the major psychiatric disorders: Evidence for disease‐associated changes. PROTEOMICS. 6(11). 3414–3425. 242 indexed citations
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Sud, Manish, Eoin Fahy, David Cotter, et al.. (2006). LMSD: LIPID MAPS structure database. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(Database). D527–D532. 999 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cotter, David, Lance Hudson, & Sabine Landau. (2005). Evidence for orbitofrontal pathology in bipolar disorder and major depression, but not in schizophrenia. Bipolar Disorders. 7(4). 358–369. 109 indexed citations
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Cotter, David, Daniel Mackay, Clare L. Beasley, Ian Everall, & Sabine Landau. (2002). The density, size and spatial pattern distribution of neurons and glia in area 9 prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Schizophrenia Research. 53(3). 107–108. 7 indexed citations
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Beasley, Charles M., David Cotter, & Ian Everall. (2001). Are abnormalities of the Wnt signalling pathway present in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 49. 50–50. 1 indexed citations
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Beasley, Clare L., et al.. (2000). Visualisation of areas of brain damage via SCIP. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 217–217. 1 indexed citations

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