Douglas Blackwood

36.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
166 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Douglas Blackwood is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Blackwood has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Genetics, 61 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Douglas Blackwood's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (43 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (29 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (28 papers). Douglas Blackwood is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (43 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (29 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (28 papers). Douglas Blackwood collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Douglas Blackwood's co-authors include Walter Muir, David J. Porteous, David M. St. Clair, Ben Pickard, Maura T. Walker, Daniel J. Smıth, Pippa A. Thomson, I. M. Blackburn, J. Kirsty Millar and Alison Fordyce and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Blackwood

164 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders—Cosegregation with a Translocation at Chromosome 1q42 That Directly Disrupts Brain-Expressed Genes: Clinical and P300 Findings in a Family

2001 557 citations Douglas Blackwood, Alison Fordyce et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness

1990 557 citations David St Clair, Douglas Blackwood et al. profile →
DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling

2005 507 citations J. Kirsty Millar, Ben Pickard et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas Blackwood United Kingdom	51	3.4k	2.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.6k	166	8.6k
Fabìo Macciardi Italy	52	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	206	7.8k
Walter Muir United Kingdom	42	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	116	6.2k
Herbert M. Lachman United States	43	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	107	7.4k
Ryota Hashimoto Japan	52	3.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.7×	314	10.0k
Sven Cichon Germany	50	2.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	217	8.8k
Peter Holmans United Kingdom	55	3.8k 1.1×	4.3k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	209	9.4k
George Kirov United Kingdom	62	4.1k 1.2×	5.4k 2.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	198	11.3k
Peter Propping Germany	68	6.0k 1.8×	3.7k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	4.3k 2.8×	329	16.1k
Richard E. Straub United States	60	5.0k 1.5×	4.5k 1.8×	2.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.5×	3.7k 2.4×	129	12.9k
Roel A. Ophoff Netherlands	51	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	166	9.6k

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Blackwood, Douglas, et al.. (2024). The evolving role of advanced clinical practitioners: challenges and opportunities. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 85(2). 1–3.

Walker, Rosie M., Andrea Christoforou, Daniel L. McCartney, et al.. (2016). DNA methylation in a Scottish family multiply affected by bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Clinical Epigenetics. 8(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations

Fernandez-Pujals, Ana Maria, Mark J. Adams, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2015). Epidemiology and Heritability of Major Depressive Disorder, Stratified by Age of Onset, Sex, and Illness Course in Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS). PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142197–e0142197. 70 indexed citations

Whalley, Heather C., Emma Sprooten, Lynsey S. Hall, et al.. (2013). Polygenic Risk and White Matter Integrity in Individuals at High Risk of Mood Disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 74(4). 280–286. 72 indexed citations

Bossche, Maarten Van Den, Mandy Johnstone, Mojca Stražišar, et al.. (2012). Rare copy number variants in neuropsychiatric disorders: Specific phenotype or not?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 159B(7). 812–822. 26 indexed citations

Whalley, Heather C., Ben Pickard, Andrew M. McIntosh, et al.. (2009). Modulation of hippocampal activation by genetic variation in the GRIK4 gene. Molecular Psychiatry. 14(5). 465–465. 4 indexed citations

Muir, Walter, Ben Pickard, & Douglas Blackwood. (2008). Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1. Current Psychiatry Reports. 10(2). 140–147. 37 indexed citations

Blackwood, Douglas, Ben Pickard, Pippa A. Thomson, et al.. (2007). Are some genetic risk factors common to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression? evidence fromDISC1, GRIK4 andNRG1. Neurotoxicity Research. 11(1). 73–83. 54 indexed citations

Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, A. Christoforou, et al.. (2006). Cytogenetic and genetic evidence supports a role for the kainate-type glutamate receptor gene, GRIK4, in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(9). 847–857. 92 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, Andrew A. Pieper, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2006). TheNPAS3gene—emerging evidence for a role in psychiatric illness. Annals of Medicine. 38(6). 439–448. 37 indexed citations

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Pickard, Ben, M. P. Malloy, David J. Porteous, Douglas Blackwood, & Walter Muir. (2005). Disruption of a brain transcription factor, NPAS3, is associated with schizophrenia and learning disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 136B(1). 26–32. 62 indexed citations

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Millar, J. Kirsty, Ben Pickard, Shaun Mackie, et al.. (2005). DISC1 and PDE4B Are Interacting Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia That Regulate cAMP Signaling. Science. 310(5751). 1187–1191. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomson, Pippa A., Naomi R. Wray, J. Kirsty Millar, et al.. (2005). Association between the TRAX/DISC locus and both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the Scottish population. Molecular Psychiatry. 10(7). 616–616. 17 indexed citations

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Smıth, Daniel J., et al.. (2005). High harm avoidance and low self-directedness in euthymic young adults with recurrent, early-onset depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 87(1). 83–89. 111 indexed citations

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Mackie, Shaun, Ben Pickard, Rachel James, et al.. (2004). DISC1: Progress from discovery towards an understanding. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 3 indexed citations

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Blackwood, Douglas, Alison Fordyce, Maura T. Walker, et al.. (2001). Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders—Cosegregation with a Translocation at Chromosome 1q42 That Directly Disrupts Brain-Expressed Genes: Clinical and P300 Findings in a Family. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(2). 428–433. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clair, David St, et al.. (1994). Molecular biology of schizophrenia. PubMed. 4. 160–172. 1 indexed citations

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Blackwood, Douglas, W.J. Muir, Michael F. Glabus, et al.. (1992). THE PHYSIOLOGIC SUBTYPING OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: GENETIC APPROACHES. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15. 29A–30A. 1 indexed citations

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Kutcher, Stan, et al.. (1989). Auditory P300 does not differentiate borderline personality disorder from schizotypal personality disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 26(8). 766–774. 44 indexed citations

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Whalley, Lawrence J., J. E. Christie, J. Bennie, et al.. (1985). Selective increase in plasma luteinising hormone concentrations in drug free young men with mania.. BMJ. 290(6462). 99–102. 32 indexed citations

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