I. Nicol Ferrier

25.5k citations

112 papers · 6.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 41

Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Pharmacology top 0.5%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 2%
Molecular Biology top 10%

Co-authors: Jan Scott Timothy J. Crow Allan H. Young Peter Gallagher Salma Ayis A.J. Cross R. Hamish McAllister‐Williams Stuart Watson
Topics: Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (37 papers)Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers)Schizophrenia research and treatment (18 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Psychiatry and Mental health
Journals: The Lancet American Journal of Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry
Partner nations: United Kingdom Australia United States

In The Last Decade

I. Nicol Ferrier

111 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

2015 481 citations Allan H. Young, Ian Anderson et al. Journal of Psychopharmacology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A UK clinical audit addressing the quality of prescribing of sodium valproate for bipolar disorder in women of childbearing age 2018 ·BMJ Open ·Carol Paton,John Cookson,I. Nicol Ferrier,(unknown),Elizabeth A. Fagan,Thomas R. E. Barnes	20
2	A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression 2016 ·Psychological Medicine ·John T. O’Brien,Peter Gallagher,Daniel Stow,Nils Hammerla,Thomas Ploetz,Michael Firbank,Cassim Ladha,Karim S. Ladha,Dan Jackson,Róisín McNaney,I. Nicol Ferrier,Patrick Olivier	56
3	The Impact of Target Frequency on Intra-Individual Variability in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder: A Comparison of Two Sustained Attention Tasks 2016 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·Rachel Moss,Andreas Finkelmeyer,Lucy J. Robinson,Jill M. Thompson,Stuart Watson,I. Nicol Ferrier,Peter Gallagher	7
4	Study protocol for the randomised controlled trial: Antiglucocorticoid augmentation of anti-Depressants in Depression (The ADD Study) 2013 ·BMC Psychiatry ·R. Hamish McAllister‐Williams,Eleanor Smith,Ian Anderson,(unknown),Peter Gallagher,Heinz Grunze,Peter Haddad,Allan House,Tom Hughes,Adrian J. Lloyd,Elaine McColl,Simon H. S. Pearce,Najma Siddiqi,(unknown),Chris Speed,I Nick Steen,(unknown),Stuart Watson,(unknown),I. Nicol Ferrier	10
5	Pituitary volume and third ventricle width in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder 2010 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·David A. Cousins,P. Brian Moore,Stuart Watson,(unknown),I. Nicol Ferrier,Allan H. Young,Adrian J. Lloyd	18
6	Metabolic disease and cardiovascular risk in people treated with antipsychotics in the community 2007 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Paul Mackin,D. Timothy Bishop,Helen Watkinson,Peter Gallagher,I. Nicol Ferrier	93
7	Executive and visuospatial sketchpad resources in euthymic bipolar disorder: Implications for visuospatial working memory architecture 2006 ·Memory ·Jill M. Thompson,Colin Hamilton,John Gray,J. G. Quinn,Paul Mackin,Allan H. Young,I. Nicol Ferrier	40
8	The dex/CRH test—Is it better than the DST? 2006 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Stuart Watson,Peter Gallagher,Margaret S. Smith,I. Nicol Ferrier,Allan H. Young	68
9	A study of the serotonin transporter in the prefrontal cortex in late‐life depression and Alzheimer's disease with and without depression 2006 ·Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology ·Alan Thomas,Mariëlle Hendriksen,Margaret A. Piggott,I. Nicol Ferrier,Elaine Perry,Paul G. Ince,John T. O’Brien	40
10	Cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder 2003 ·Current Opinion in Psychiatry ·(unknown),I. Nicol Ferrier,(unknown)	19
11	Cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder 2003 ·Current Opinion in Psychiatry ·Rumana Chowdhury,I. Nicol Ferrier,Jill M. Thompson	22
12	The Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder: Practice Is Improving but Could Still be Better 2003 ·Journal of Psychopharmacology ·Adrian J. Lloyd,(unknown),I. Nicol Ferrier,Allan H. Young	21
13	Absorption of Aluminium-26 in Alzheimer’s Disease, Measured Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 2000 ·Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders ·P. Brian Moore,J. Philip Day,Geoffrey A. Taylor,I. Nicol Ferrier,L.K. Fifield,J.A. Edwardson	61
14	The relationship between premorbid neuroticism, cognitive dysfunction and persistence of depression: a 1-year follow-up 1995 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Jan Scott,Jane Williams,Andrew Brittlebank,I. Nicol Ferrier	62
15	Autobiographical Memory in Depression: State or Trait Marker? 1993 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Andrew Brittlebank,Jan Scott,(unknown),Gail Williams,I. Nicol Ferrier	347
16	Alterations in Neuropeptides in Aging and Disease 1993 ·Drugs & Aging ·A. Leake,I. Nicol Ferrier	17
17	Neocortical concentrations of neuropeptides in senile dementia of the alzheimer and lewy body type: Comparison with parkinson's disease and severity correlations 1991 ·Biological Psychiatry ·A. Leake,Elaine K. Perry,Robert H. Perry,Sabiha Jabeen,Andrew Fairbairn,Ian G. McKeith,I. Nicol Ferrier	26
18	Cortical concentrations of corticotropin-releasing hormone and its receptor in Alzheimer type dementia and major depression 1990 ·Biological Psychiatry ·A. Leake,Elaine K. Perry,Robert H. Perry,Andrew Fairbairn,I. Nicol Ferrier	39
19	Peptides in the neocortex in Alzheimer's disease and ageing 1990 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·I. Nicol Ferrier,A. Leake	12
20	Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis abnormalities in depression: a review and a model 1989 ·Psychological Medicine ·Bruce G. Charlton,I. Nicol Ferrier	43

About I. Nicol Ferrier

I. Nicol Ferrier is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 112 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (37 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (811 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (610 citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (2.5k citations). I. Nicol Ferrier has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jan Scott, Timothy J. Crow, Allan H. Young, Peter Gallagher, Salma Ayis, A.J. Cross, R. Hamish McAllister‐Williams, Stuart Watson, Biba Stanton and Thomas P. Kelly. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry.

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