Divya Mehta

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Divya Mehta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Divya Mehta has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Clinical Psychology and 16 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Divya Mehta's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (16 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Divya Mehta is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (16 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Divya Mehta collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Divya Mehta's co-authors include Elisabeth B. Binder, Torsten Klengel, Monika Rex‐Haffner, Kerry J. Ressler, Bekh Bradley, Kristina B. Mercer, Naomi R. Wray, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, Andreas Menke and Charles B. Nemeroff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Divya Mehta

71 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene–childhood trauma interactions

2012 999 citations Torsten Klengel, Divya Mehta et al. profile →
Research Review: Polygenic methods and their application to psychiatric traits

2014 432 citations Naomi R. Wray, Divya Mehta et al. profile →
Lifetime stress accelerates epigenetic aging in an urban, African American cohort: relevance of glucocorticoid signaling

2015 313 citations Janine Arloth, Tania Carrillo‐Roa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Divya Mehta Australia	26	1.6k	1.0k	958	802	681	72	4.5k
Torsten Klengel United States	31	2.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	648 1.0×	62	5.7k
Joseph F. Cubells United States	38	1.3k 0.8×	747 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	418 0.5×	800 1.2×	109	5.4k
Karen N. Conneely United States	40	3.5k 2.3×	577 0.6×	908 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.4k 2.1×	116	6.6k
Monika Rex‐Haffner Germany	19	1.1k 0.7×	741 0.7×	591 0.6×	524 0.7×	288 0.4×	40	2.8k
Bertram Müller‐Myhsok Germany	50	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	799 0.8×	533 0.7×	1.7k 2.5×	197	8.7k
Benjamin Williams United States	44	1.1k 0.7×	563 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	903 1.1×	972 1.4×	73	7.2k
Stephan Claes Belgium	42	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	458 0.6×	601 0.9×	196	7.2k
Marco P. Boks Netherlands	49	2.1k 1.4×	856 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	913 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	204	8.4k
Gary S. Wand United States	53	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 2.3×	814 0.8×	634 0.8×	389 0.6×	178	8.8k
Günter Schumann United Kingdom	40	1.1k 0.7×	676 0.6×	899 0.9×	267 0.3×	453 0.7×	159	6.4k

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Pandey, Rajiv, et al.. (2024). Quantifying habitat and biodiversity services and hotspots of Indian forests: A GIS-Based assessment. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 23. 100442–100442. 1 indexed citations

Pandey, Rajiv, et al.. (2024). Quantifying soil erosion and soil organic carbon conservation services in indian forests: A RUSLE-SDR and GIS-based assessment. Ecological Indicators. 163. 112086–112086. 9 indexed citations

Mehta, Divya, et al.. (2023). The association of epigenetic age acceleration and depressive and anxiety symptom severity among children recently exposed to substantiated maltreatment. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 165. 7–13. 4 indexed citations

Mehta, Divya, et al.. (2023). Chilling Hours and Growing Degree Days of Himalayan Wild Pomegranate. 1 indexed citations

Mehta, Divya, et al.. (2022). Integrative multi-omic analysis identifies genetically influenced DNA methylation biomarkers for breast and prostate cancers. Communications Biology. 5(1). 594–594. 3 indexed citations

Doyle, Frances L., Valsamma Eapen, Paul J. Frick, et al.. (2022). Towards Preventative Psychiatry: Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Postnatal Maternal-Infant Bonding. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 54(6). 1723–1736. 7 indexed citations

Mehta, Divya, Karen Grewen, Brenda Pearson, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide gene expression changes in postpartum depression point towards an altered immune landscape. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 155–155. 22 indexed citations

Garrett, Melanie E., Xuejun Qin, Divya Mehta, et al.. (2021). Gene Expression Analysis in Three Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Cohorts Implicates Inflammation and Innate Immunity Pathways and Uncovers Shared Genetic Risk With Major Depressive Disorder. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 678548–678548. 14 indexed citations

Mehta, Divya, et al.. (2021). Recalibrating the epigenetic clock after exposure to trauma: The role of risk and protective psychosocial factors. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 149. 374–381. 24 indexed citations

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Shakespeare‐Finch, Jane, et al.. (2020). DNA methylation of NR3C1 and FKBP5 is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, posttraumatic growth, and resilience.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 12(7). 750–755. 38 indexed citations

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Lebow, Maya, M. Schroeder, Michael Tsoory, et al.. (2019). Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper “quantifies” stressors and increases male susceptibility to PTSD. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 178–178. 21 indexed citations

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Voisey, Joanne, Bruce R. Lawford, Dagmar Bruenig, et al.. (2019). Differential BDNF methylation in combat exposed veterans and the association with exercise. Gene. 698. 107–112. 24 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Elise Pelzer, Dagmar Bruenig, et al.. (2019). DNA methylation from germline cells in veterans with PTSD. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 116. 42–50. 18 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Dagmar Bruenig, Bruce R. Lawford, et al.. (2018). Accelerated DNA methylation aging and increased resilience in veterans: The biological cost for soldiering on. Neurobiology of Stress. 8. 112–119. 40 indexed citations

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Akóṣílè, Wọlé, et al.. (2018). The inflammasome NLRP12 is associated with both depression and coronary artery disease in Vietnam veterans. Psychiatry Research. 270. 775–779. 13 indexed citations

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Voisey, Joanne, Bruce R. Lawford, C. Phillip Morris, et al.. (2017). Epigenetic analysis confirms no accelerated brain aging in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia. 3(1). 26–26. 33 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Carlene Petes, Katrina Gee, & Sameh Basta. (2015). The Role of Virus Infection in Deregulating the Cytokine Response to Secondary Bacterial Infection. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 35(12). 925–934. 23 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Torsten Klengel, Karen N. Conneely, et al.. (2013). Childhood maltreatment is associated with distinct genomic and epigenetic profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(20). 8302–8307. 365 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Katharina Heim, Christian Herder, et al.. (2012). Impact of common regulatory single-nucleotide variants on gene expression profiles in whole blood. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(1). 48–54. 25 indexed citations

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Menke, Andreas, Janine Arloth, Benno Pütz, et al.. (2012). Dexamethasone Stimulated Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood is a Sensitive Marker for Glucocorticoid Receptor Resistance in Depressed Patients. Neuropsychopharmacology. 37(6). 1455–1464. 130 indexed citations

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