Kerry J. Ressler

56.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
444 papers, 35.0k citations indexed

About

Kerry J. Ressler is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry J. Ressler has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 35.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Clinical Psychology, 155 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 100 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kerry J. Ressler's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (155 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (90 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (70 papers). Kerry J. Ressler is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (155 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (90 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (70 papers). Kerry J. Ressler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Kerry J. Ressler's co-authors include Bekh Bradley, Charles B. Nemeroff, Tanja Jovanović, Linda B. Buck, Susan L. Sullivan, Michael Davis, Brian Dias, Helen S. Mayberg, Elisabeth B. Binder and Seth D. Norrholm and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kerry J. Ressler

428 papers receiving 34.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene–childhood trauma interactions

2012 999 citations Torsten Klengel, Divya Mehta et al. profile →
Information coding in the olfactory system: Evidence for a stereotyped and highly organized epitope map in the olfactory bulb

1994 967 citations Kerry J. Ressler et al. profile →
A zonal organization of odorant receptor gene expression in the olfactory epithelium

1993 840 citations Kerry J. Ressler et al. profile →
Cognitive Enhancers as Adjuncts to Psychotherapy

2004 798 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Barbara O. Rothbaum et al. profile →
Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations

2013 790 citations Brian Dias, Kerry J. Ressler profile →
Targeting abnormal neural circuits in mood and anxiety disorders: from the laboratory to the clinic

2007 780 citations Kerry J. Ressler et al. profile →
Role of serotonergic and noradrenergic systems in the pathophysiology of depression and anxiety disorders

2000 757 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Charles B. Nemeroff profile →
Facilitation of Conditioned Fear Extinction by Systemic Administration or Intra-Amygdala Infusions of d-Cycloserine as Assessed with Fear-Potentiated Startle in Rats

2002 674 citations Kerry J. Ressler et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor

2011 617 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Kristina B. Mercer et al. profile →
Hippocampus-specific deletion of BDNF in adult mice impairs spatial memory and extinction of aversive memories

2007 567 citations Kerry J. Ressler et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
Inflammation in Fear- and Anxiety-Based Disorders: PTSD, GAD, and Beyond

2016 509 citations Vasiliki Michopoulos, Charles F. Gillespie et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Lifetime stress accelerates epigenetic aging in an urban, African American cohort: relevance of glucocorticoid signaling

2015 313 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Charles B. Nemeroff et al. profile →
Post-traumatic stress disorder: clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits

2022 215 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Isabelle M. Rosso et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kerry J. Ressler United States	99	9.8k	9.7k	9.5k	8.4k	5.8k	444	35.0k
Klaus‐Peter Lesch Germany	101	6.5k 0.7×	18.0k 1.9×	7.3k 0.8×	8.1k 1.0×	10.4k 1.8×	635	42.3k
Mark A. Geyer United States	98	3.9k 0.4×	18.4k 1.9×	5.0k 0.5×	9.5k 1.1×	9.4k 1.6×	443	34.5k
John H. Krystal United States	133	6.5k 0.7×	20.5k 2.1×	11.5k 1.2×	17.0k 2.0×	7.8k 1.3×	651	60.2k
David Goldman United States	102	3.8k 0.4×	14.5k 1.5×	7.6k 0.8×	8.6k 1.0×	12.8k 2.2×	651	48.6k
J. John Mann United States	104	4.5k 0.5×	9.6k 1.0×	15.8k 1.7×	6.6k 0.8×	7.1k 1.2×	640	47.3k
Wayne C. Drevets United States	109	7.4k 0.8×	10.0k 1.0×	5.9k 0.6×	19.6k 2.3×	3.8k 0.7×	352	47.0k
René Hen United States	116	7.8k 0.8×	23.6k 2.4×	2.5k 0.3×	10.6k 1.3×	14.5k 2.5×	326	49.2k
Dennis L. Murphy United States	104	3.8k 0.4×	17.3k 1.8×	9.5k 1.0×	7.1k 0.8×	9.8k 1.7×	572	40.9k
Rajita Sinha United States	90	4.8k 0.5×	7.1k 0.7×	7.5k 0.8×	6.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.3×	349	26.5k
Marian Joëls Netherlands	89	20.1k 2.1×	6.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.3×	5.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	337	32.5k

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Kas, Martien J., Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Gitte M. Knudsen, et al.. (2025). Precision psychiatry roadmap: towards a biology-informed framework for mental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(8). 3846–3855. 7 indexed citations

Neylan, Thomas C., et al.. (2025). PACAP associated with precise PTSD and fear extinction response in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 173. 107375–107375.

Newman, Emily L., et al.. (2025). Chronic Social Defeat Stress in Early Adolescent Male Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Harnett, Nathaniel G., et al.. (2024). Affective Visual Circuit Dysfunction in Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders. Biological Psychiatry. 97(4). 405–416. 7 indexed citations

Muhie, Seid, Aarti Gautam, Ruoting Yang, et al.. (2023). Molecular signatures of post-traumatic stress disorder in war-zone-exposed veteran and active-duty soldiers. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(5). 101045–101045. 14 indexed citations

Maihofer, Adam X., Chia‐Yen Chen, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, et al.. (2023). INTEGRATION OF -OMICS DATA INTO PTSD GWAS PRIORITIZES 126 TARGET GENES. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 75. S39–S39. 1 indexed citations

Folorunso, Oluwarotimi, Elizabeth A. Olson, Diego A. Pizzagalli, et al.. (2022). Building an intentional and impactful summer research experience to increase diversity in mental health research. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(13). 2189–2193. 2 indexed citations

Delaney, Scott, Yllza Xerxa, Ryan L. Muetzel, et al.. (2022). Long-term associations between early-life family functioning and preadolescent white matter microstructure. Psychological Medicine. 53(10). 4528–4538.

Michopoulos, Vasiliki, Rebecca Hinrichs, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, et al.. (2022). Sex-dependent risk factors for PTSD: a prospective structural MRI study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(13). 2213–2220. 12 indexed citations

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Wuchty, Stefan, Amanda Myers, Manuel Ramirez‐Restrepo, et al.. (2021). Integration of peripheral transcriptomics, genomics, and interactomics following trauma identifies causal genes for symptoms of post-traumatic stress and major depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(7). 3077–3092. 16 indexed citations

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Gould, Felicia, Mackenzie T. Jones, Philip D. Harvey, et al.. (2021). The relationship between substance use, prior trauma history, and risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder in the immediate aftermath of civilian trauma. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 144. 345–352. 5 indexed citations

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Ressler, Kerry J., et al.. (2019). A review of epigenetic contributions  to post-traumatic stress disorder. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 21(4). 417–428. 59 indexed citations

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Lebow, Maya, M. Schroeder, Michael Tsoory, et al.. (2019). Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper “quantifies” stressors and increases male susceptibility to PTSD. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 178–178. 21 indexed citations

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Heldt, Scott A., et al.. (2014). Correction: Heldt et al., Bdnf Deletion or TrkB Impairment in Amygdala Inhibits Both Appetitive and Aversive Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(13). 4756–4756. 1 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Torsten Klengel, Karen N. Conneely, et al.. (2013). Childhood maltreatment is associated with distinct genomic and epigenetic profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(20). 8302–8307. 365 indexed citations

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Andero, Raül, Shaun P. Brothers, Tanja Jovanović, et al.. (2013). Amygdala-Dependent Fear Is Regulated by Oprl1 in Mice and Humans with PTSD. Science Translational Medicine. 5(188). 188ra73–188ra73. 118 indexed citations

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Dias, Brian, Sunayana B. Banerjee, Jared V. Goodman, & Kerry J. Ressler. (2013). Towards new approaches to disorders of fear and anxiety. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(3). 346–352. 60 indexed citations

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Gafford, Georgette M., Jidong Guo, Elizabeth I. Flandreau, et al.. (2012). Cell-type specific deletion of GABA(A)α1 in corticotropin-releasing factor-containing neurons enhances anxiety and disrupts fear extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16330–16335. 86 indexed citations

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Weiss, Tamara, Kelly Skelton, Justine Phifer, et al.. (2011). Posttraumatic stress disorder is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in an impoverished urban population. General Hospital Psychiatry. 33(2). 135–142. 63 indexed citations

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Hague, Chris, Michelle A. Uberti, Zhongjian Chen, et al.. (2004). Olfactory receptor surface expression is driven by association with the β ₂ -adrenergic receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(37). 13672–13676. 94 indexed citations

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