James L. Kennedy

58.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
678 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

James L. Kennedy is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Kennedy has authored 678 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 198 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 187 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James L. Kennedy's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (122 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (117 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (83 papers). James L. Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (122 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (117 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (83 papers). James L. Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. James L. Kennedy's co-authors include Vincenzo De Luca, Cathy L. Barr, Daniel J. Müller, Clement C. Zai, Nicole King, Fabìo Macciardi, Herbert Y. Meltzer, Robert D. Levitan, Arun K. Tiwari and Jeffrey A. Lieberman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James L. Kennedy

663 papers receiving 25.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Serotonin Transporter Promoter Gain-of-Function Genotypes Are Linked to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2006 920 citations Margaret A. Richter, James L. Kennedy et al. profile →
A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11

1993 723 citations James L. Kennedy et al. profile →
Role of Translocator Protein Density, a Marker of Neuroinflammation, in the Brain During Major Depressive Episodes

2015 685 citations Alan A. Wilson, James L. Kennedy et al. profile →
Dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphism is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

1996 560 citations James M. Swanson, S.B. Wigal et al. PubMed profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James L. Kennedy Canada	76	9.1k	7.9k	6.2k	5.8k	5.0k	678	26.7k
Joel Gelernter United States	91	3.7k 0.4×	7.9k 1.0×	6.8k 1.1×	5.9k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	589	26.7k
Ole A. Andreassen Norway	80	10.2k 1.1×	3.8k 0.5×	6.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.7×	6.4k 1.3×	936	31.0k
Anil K. Malhotra United States	75	8.1k 0.9×	4.3k 0.5×	3.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	5.4k 1.1×	584	21.9k
Michael Egan United States	60	6.3k 0.7×	8.2k 1.0×	4.3k 0.7×	3.1k 0.5×	10.5k 2.1×	142	24.1k
Bhaskar Kolachana United States	55	5.1k 0.6×	8.1k 1.0×	4.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.5×	8.9k 1.8×	104	22.6k
Mark A. Geyer United States	98	6.3k 0.7×	18.4k 2.3×	9.4k 1.5×	5.0k 0.9×	9.5k 1.9×	443	34.5k
Gustavo Turecki Canada	88	5.7k 0.6×	4.3k 0.5×	8.8k 1.4×	11.6k 2.0×	2.9k 0.6×	587	33.2k
Terry E. Goldberg United States	81	11.9k 1.3×	6.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	12.5k 2.5×	285	27.5k
Oliver Howes United Kingdom	85	11.8k 1.3×	6.8k 0.9×	4.4k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	7.5k 1.5×	435	27.7k
Klaus‐Peter Lesch Germany	101	7.8k 0.8×	18.0k 2.3×	10.4k 1.7×	7.3k 1.3×	8.1k 1.6×	635	42.3k

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Zai, Clement C., et al.. (2024). Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores Across Youth With Bipolar Disorder, Youth at High Risk for Bipolar Disorder, and Controls. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 63(11). 1149–1157. 4 indexed citations

Hosang, Georgina M., Sania Shakoor, Nicole King, et al.. (2024). Interplay between polygenic risk for mood disorders and stressful life events in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 350. 565–572. 1 indexed citations

Beroncal, Erika L., Heather Brooks, James L. Kennedy, et al.. (2024). Exploring mitochondrial blood-based and genetic markers in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and remitted major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 457–457. 2 indexed citations

Zai, Clement C., et al.. (2024). Investigating the association of anxiety disorders with heart rate variability measured using a wearable device. Journal of Affective Disorders. 351. 569–578. 7 indexed citations

Zai, Clement C., et al.. (2023). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Polymorphism rs699947 Is Associated with Neurostructural Phenotypes in Youth with Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 33(6). 243–254. 1 indexed citations

Zai, Clement C., et al.. (2021). Supporting pharmacogenetic-guided opioid prescriptions for post-operative pain: The design, protocol and preliminary results of the OTP study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 138. 24–33. 1 indexed citations

Zai, Clement C., Chiara Fabbri, Georgina M. Hosang, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide association study of suicidal behaviour severity in mood disorders. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 22(9). 722–731. 8 indexed citations

Fıksenbaum, Lisa, Clement C. Zai, Maria Tampakeras, et al.. (2021). Structural neuroimaging phenotypes of a novel multi-gene risk score in youth bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 289. 135–143. 2 indexed citations

Zai, Clement C., et al.. (2019). Copy number variant syndromes are frequent in schizophrenia: Progressing towards a CNV-schizophrenia model. Schizophrenia Research. 209. 171–178. 5 indexed citations

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Lisoway, Amanda, Clement C. Zai, Arun K. Tiwari, & James L. Kennedy. (2017). DNA methylation and clinical response to antidepressant medication in major depressive disorder: A review and recommendations. Neuroscience Letters. 669. 14–23. 41 indexed citations

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Maciukiewicz, Małgorzata, Victoria Marshe, Arun K. Tiwari, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide association studies of placebo and duloxetine response in major depressive disorder. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 18(3). 406–412. 18 indexed citations

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Kiss, Enikö, Ildikó Baji, Ágnes Fehér, et al.. (2015). BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and stressful life events in melancholic childhood-onset depression. Psychiatric Genetics. 25(6). 249–255. 6 indexed citations

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Lobo, Daniela S. S., Lena C. Quilty, Sílvia S. Martins, et al.. (2014). Pathological gambling subtypes: A comparison of treatment-seeking and non-treatment-seeking samples from Brazil and Canada. Addictive Behaviors. 39(7). 1172–1175. 20 indexed citations

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Voineskos, Aristotle N., Daniel Felsky, Nataša Žunić Kovačević, et al.. (2012). Oligodendrocyte Genes, White Matter Tract Integrity, and Cognition in Schizophrenia. Cerebral Cortex. 23(9). 2044–2057. 59 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Arun K., Clement C. Zai, Gautam Sajeev, et al.. (2012). Analysis of 34 candidate genes in bupropion and placebo remission. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 16(4). 771–781. 32 indexed citations

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Zai, Clement C., Mirko Manchia, Vincenzo De Luca, et al.. (2010). Association study of BDNF and DRD3 genes in schizophrenia diagnosis using matched case–control and family based study designs. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 34(8). 1412–1418. 17 indexed citations

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Labrie, Viviane, Ryutaro Fukumura, Laura J. Fick, et al.. (2009). Serine racemase is associated with schizophrenia susceptibility in humans and in a mouse model. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(17). 3227–3243. 140 indexed citations

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Meyer, Jeffrey H., Sylvain Houle, Sandra Sagrati, et al.. (2004). Brain Serotonin Transporter Binding Potential Measured With Carbon11–Labeled DASB Positron Emission Tomography. Archives of General Psychiatry. 61(12). 1271–1271. 200 indexed citations

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Swanson, James M., et al.. (1996). Dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphism is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.. PubMed. 1(2). 121–4. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Merklinger, Harold M., et al.. (1981). LNG Carrier Underwater Noise Study for Baffin Bay. Canadian acoustics. 9(4). 31–51. 2 indexed citations

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