Erkan Alkan

512 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 335 citations indexed

About

Erkan Alkan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Erkan Alkan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 335 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Erkan Alkan's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (8 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers). Erkan Alkan is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (8 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers). Erkan Alkan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and United States. Erkan Alkan's co-authors include Simon Evans, Terry Ng‐Knight, Harriet R. Tenenbaum, Geoff Davies, Kathryn Greenwood, Malcolm von Schantz, Homero Vallada, André Brooking Negrão, Annette Sterr and José Eduardo Krieger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Schizophrenia Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Erkan Alkan

14 papers receiving 333 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health, wellbeing, sleep, and alcohol use in a UK student sample
    2021 227 citations Simon Evans, Erkan Alkan et al. Psychiatry Research profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erkan Alkan United Kingdom 6 184 72 72 59 50 16 335
Cornelia Pocnet Switzerland 11 171 0.9× 88 1.2× 55 0.8× 38 0.6× 102 2.0× 15 367
Jingyuan Lin China 9 93 0.5× 71 1.0× 44 0.6× 66 1.1× 24 0.5× 32 369
Jean Gagnon Canada 11 217 1.2× 110 1.5× 79 1.1× 75 1.3× 36 0.7× 41 412
Zdeňa Op de Macks United States 3 89 0.5× 56 0.8× 48 0.7× 73 1.2× 34 0.7× 6 295
V. Henkel Germany 9 137 0.7× 146 2.0× 61 0.8× 63 1.1× 91 1.8× 17 476
Bernardo Nardi Italy 10 117 0.6× 43 0.6× 47 0.7× 51 0.9× 35 0.7× 41 302
Helen Sawaya Lebanon 4 200 1.1× 67 0.9× 71 1.0× 39 0.7× 30 0.6× 5 338
Weixi Kang United Kingdom 10 102 0.6× 77 1.1× 53 0.7× 54 0.9× 37 0.7× 52 340
Ayako Kanie Japan 10 159 0.9× 70 1.0× 123 1.7× 54 0.9× 50 1.0× 27 311
Jessica Black United States 10 103 0.6× 51 0.7× 63 0.9× 44 0.7× 26 0.5× 21 379

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erkan Alkan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erkan Alkan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erkan Alkan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erkan Alkan 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 Erkan Alkan. Erkan Alkan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Drennan, Vari, et al.. (2025). Successful Retention Strategies for Nurses in Home Visiting Nursing Services: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 82(4). 2539–2550.
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Alkan, Erkan, Veena Kumari, & Simon Evans. (2024). Frontal brain volume correlates of impaired executive function in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 178. 397–404. 2 indexed citations
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Evans, Simon & Erkan Alkan. (2024). Personality Risk Factors for Vape Use amongst Young Adults and Its Consequences for Sleep and Mental Health. Healthcare. 12(4). 423–423. 1 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, et al.. (2024). Effects of glycaemic control on memory performance, hippocampal volumes and depressive symptomology. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 16(1). 219–219. 2 indexed citations
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Evans, Simon, et al.. (2023). The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 News Reporting: A Longitudinal Study Using Natural Language Processing. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 2023. 1–16. 6 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan & Simon Evans. (2022). Relationships between cognitive performance, clinical insight and regional brain volumes in schizophrenia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 33–33. 2 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan & Simon Evans. (2022). Clustering of cognitive subtypes in schizophrenia patients and their siblings: relationship with regional brain volumes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 50–50. 4 indexed citations
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Evans, Simon, Mario André Leocádio-Miguel, Andréa R. V. R. Horimoto, et al.. (2021). Evening preference correlates with regional brain volumes in the anterior occipital lobe. Chronobiology International. 38(8). 1135–1142. 8 indexed citations
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Evans, Simon, et al.. (2021). Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health, wellbeing, sleep, and alcohol use in a UK student sample. Psychiatry Research. 298. 113819–113819. 227 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alkan, Erkan, Geoff Davies, & Simon Evans. (2021). Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: relationships with cortical thickness in fronto-temporal regions, and dissociability from symptom severity. Schizophrenia. 7(1). 20–20. 37 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, Geoff Davies, & Simon Evans. (2020). M175. BRAIN STRUCTURAL CORRELATES OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46(Supplement_1). S203–S203.
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Alkan, Erkan, Geoff Davies, Kathryn Greenwood, & Simon Evans. (2020). Brain structural correlates of functional capacity in first-episode psychosis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17229–17229. 4 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, Annette Sterr, Malcolm von Schantz, et al.. (2019). Metabolic syndrome alters relationships between cardiometabolic variables, cognition and white matter hyperintensity load. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4356–4356. 14 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, Geoff Davies, & Simon Evans. (2019). F105. BRAIN STRUCTURAL CORRELATES OF METACOGNITIVE ACCURACY IN FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 45(Supplement_2). S293–S293. 2 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, Geoff Davies, Kathryn Greenwood, & Simon Evans. (2019). Brain Structural Correlates of Metacognition in First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46(3). 552–561. 24 indexed citations
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Alkan, Erkan, et al.. (2014). BİR MİT OLARAK İYİMSERLİK; KIZLAR MI YOKSA ERKEKLER Mİ DAHA İYİMSER?. Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 50(50). 2 indexed citations

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