John A. Sweeney

53.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
613 papers, 33.5k citations indexed

About

John A. Sweeney is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Sweeney has authored 613 papers receiving a total of 33.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 378 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 271 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 117 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in John A. Sweeney's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (247 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (184 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (106 papers). John A. Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (247 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (184 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (106 papers). John A. Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. John A. Sweeney's co-authors include Matcheri S. Keshavan, Beatríz Luna, Gretchen L. Haas, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Qiyong Gong, Carol A. Tamminga, Brett A. Clementz, Mani N. Pavuluri, Nancy J. Minshew and Matthew W. Mosconi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

John A. Sweeney

606 papers receiving 32.6k citations

Hit Papers

Maturation of Cognitive Processes From Late Childhood to ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2004 2007 2001 2015 2018 250 500 750
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.

  1. Maturation of Cognitive Processes From Late Childhood to Adulthood
    2004 924 citations John A. Sweeney et al. profile →
  2. White matter integrity and cognition in chronic traumatic brain injury: a diffusion tensor imaging study
    2007 770 citations John A. Sweeney et al. profile →
  3. Maturation of Widely Distributed Brain Function Subserves Cognitive Development
    2001 540 citations Matcheri S. Keshavan, John A. Sweeney et al. profile →
  4. Identification of Distinct Psychosis Biotypes Using Brain-Based Biomarkers
    2015 470 citations Brett A. Clementz, John A. Sweeney et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  5. Brain structure alterations in depression: Psychoradiological evidence
    2018 329 citations John A. Sweeney, Zhiyun Jia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Sweeney United States 97 18.4k 14.0k 5.4k 5.0k 4.7k 613 33.5k
Raquel E. Gur United States 107 22.0k 1.2× 13.5k 1.0× 7.4k 1.4× 6.0k 1.2× 7.8k 1.7× 620 42.3k
Matcheri S. Keshavan United States 98 16.5k 0.9× 18.0k 1.3× 5.7k 1.1× 8.9k 1.8× 6.5k 1.4× 911 42.0k
Christos Pantelis Australia 109 18.4k 1.0× 18.1k 1.3× 8.1k 1.5× 7.0k 1.4× 5.5k 1.2× 637 39.2k
René S. Kahn Netherlands 108 19.3k 1.1× 16.3k 1.2× 7.9k 1.5× 5.5k 1.1× 5.1k 1.1× 734 45.5k
Larry J. Seidman United States 107 19.1k 1.0× 26.3k 1.9× 5.1k 0.9× 7.3k 1.5× 5.4k 1.1× 558 40.3k
Tyrone D. Cannon United States 89 9.5k 0.5× 15.5k 1.1× 3.5k 0.7× 5.6k 1.1× 4.2k 0.9× 479 30.2k
Judith L. Rapoport United States 102 20.8k 1.1× 16.9k 1.2× 5.7k 1.1× 10.9k 2.2× 4.3k 0.9× 413 43.3k
Godfrey D. Pearlson United States 109 29.7k 1.6× 13.1k 0.9× 13.2k 2.5× 3.9k 0.8× 6.3k 1.3× 695 46.8k
F. Xavier Castellanos United States 107 34.5k 1.9× 19.3k 1.4× 9.1k 1.7× 5.1k 1.0× 6.4k 1.4× 350 47.1k
David C. Glahn United States 74 16.6k 0.9× 8.3k 0.6× 5.8k 1.1× 2.3k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 299 25.5k

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All Works

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Zhang, Lianqing, Lingxiao Cao, Yingxue Gao, et al.. (2024). Divergent effects of sex on hippocampal subfield alterations in drug-naive patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 354. 173–180. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Lauren, Lauren E. Ethridge, Paul S. Horn, et al.. (2024). Results from a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Dose, Crossover Trial of Lovastatin or Minocycline in Fragile X Syndrome. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 35(4). 211–221.
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Li, Qian, Youjin Zhao, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Linked patterns of symptoms and cognitive covariation with functional brain controllability in major depressive disorder. EBioMedicine. 106. 105255–105255. 23 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuan, Na Hu, Lu Lu, et al.. (2023). Hippocampal subfield alterations in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of anatomic MRI studies. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 48(1). E34–E49. 17 indexed citations
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Lei, Du, Maxwell J. Tallman, Yuan Ai, et al.. (2022). Pretreatment Alterations and Acute Medication Treatment Effects on Brain Task–Related Functional Connectivity in Youth With Bipolar Disorder: A Neuroimaging Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 61(8). 1023–1033. 12 indexed citations
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Albizua, Igor, Krista Charen, Lisa Shubeck, et al.. (2022). Descriptive analysis of seizures and comorbidities associated with fragile X syndrome. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 10(8). e2001–e2001. 4 indexed citations
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Lei, Du, Wenbin Li, Maxwell J. Tallman, et al.. (2021). Changes in the brain structural connectome after a prospective randomized clinical trial of lithium and quetiapine treatment in youth with bipolar disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 46(7). 1315–1323. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenjing, John A. Sweeney, Yao Li, et al.. (2020). Brain structural correlates of familial risk for mental illness: a meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry studies in relatives of patients with psychotic or mood disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(8). 1369–1379. 31 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Lauren, Stormi P. White, Michael E. Ragozzino, et al.. (2019). Familiality of behavioral flexibility and response inhibition deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Molecular Autism. 10(1). 47–47. 22 indexed citations
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Nelson, Courtney, James L. Reilly, Cherise Rosen, et al.. (2018). Beneficial and adverse effects of antipsychotic medication on cognitive flexibility are related to COMT genotype in first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research. 202. 212–216. 5 indexed citations
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Ji, Jie Lisa, Caroline Diehl, Charles Schleifer, et al.. (2018). Schizophrenia Exhibits Bi-directional Brain-Wide Alterations in Cortico-Striato-Cerebellar Circuits. Cerebral Cortex. 29(11). 4463–4487. 27 indexed citations
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Lei, Du, Fuqin Chen, Ying Chen, et al.. (2018). Disrupted grey matter network morphology in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder. NeuroImage Clinical. 18. 943–951. 28 indexed citations
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Stevenson, James M., James L. Reilly, Margret S.H. Harris, et al.. (2016). Antipsychotic pharmacogenomics in first episode psychosis: a role for glutamate genes. Translational Psychiatry. 6(2). e739–e739. 42 indexed citations
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Chen, Ziqi, Huawei Zhang, Zhiyun Jia, et al.. (2015). Magnetization Transfer Imaging of Suicidal Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9670–9670. 25 indexed citations
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Qiu, Lihua, Su Lui, Weihong Kuang, et al.. (2014). Regional increases of cortical thickness in untreated, first-episode major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 4(4). e378–e378. 134 indexed citations
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Keefe, Richard S.E., John A. Sweeney, Hongbin Gu, et al.. (2007). Effects of Olanzapine, Quetiapine, and Risperidone on Neurocognitive Function in Early Psychosis: A Randomized, Double-Blind 52-Week Comparison. American Journal of Psychiatry. 164(7). 1061–1071. 210 indexed citations
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Pavuluri, Mani N., Philip G. Janicak, Michael W. Naylor, & John A. Sweeney. (2003). Early Recognition and Differentiation of Pediatric Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. 27. 117–134. 3 indexed citations
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Sweeney, John A., Julie Kmiec, & David J. Kupfer. (2000). Neuropsychologic impairments in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders on the CANTAB neurocognitive battery. Biological Psychiatry. 48(7). 674–684. 376 indexed citations
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Keilp, John G., et al.. (1988). Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: Specific relations to ventricular size and negative symptomatology. Biological Psychiatry. 24(1). 47–55. 48 indexed citations

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