Murat Yücel

38.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
394 papers, 26.1k citations indexed

About

Murat Yücel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Murat Yücel has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 26.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 127 papers in Clinical Psychology and 89 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Murat Yücel's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (100 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (71 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (58 papers). Murat Yücel is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (100 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (71 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (58 papers). Murat Yücel collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Murat Yücel's co-authors include Christos Pantelis, Emre Bora, Dan I. Lubman, Alex Fornito, Nicholas B. Allen, Ben J. Harrison, Sarah Whittle, Stephen J. Wood, Nadia Solowij and Valentina Lorenzetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Murat Yücel

383 papers receiving 25.6k 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.

Pathways underlying neuroprogression in bipolar disorder: Focus on inflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic factors

2010 932 citations Murat Yücel et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
Whole-brain anatomical networks: Does the choice of nodes matter?

2009 888 citations Murat Yücel, Edward T. Bullmore et al. profile →
Cognitive endophenotypes of bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis of neuropsychological deficits in euthymic patients and their first-degree relatives

2008 767 citations Murat Yücel et al. profile →
Gray matter abnormalities in Major Depressive Disorder: A meta-analysis of voxel based morphometry studies

2011 582 citations Murat Yücel et al. profile →
Theory of mind impairment in schizophrenia: Meta-analysis

2009 580 citations Murat Yücel et al. profile →
An evaluation of the efficacy, reliability, and sensitivity of motion correction strategies for resting-state functional MRI

2017 535 citations Linden Parkes, Murat Yücel et al. profile →
Acute and Chronic Effects of Cannabinoids on Human Cognition—A Systematic Review

2015 468 citations Murat Yücel, Nadia Solowij et al. profile →
Cognitive impairment in euthymic major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis

2012 410 citations Murat Yücel et al. profile →
The anticipation and outcome phases of reward and loss processing: A neuroimaging meta‐analysis of the monetary incentive delay task

2018 298 citations Stuart Oldham, Murat Yücel et al. profile →
Key influences on university students’ physical activity: a systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework and the COM-B model of human behaviour

2024 46 citations Karyn Richardson, Lou Atkins et al. BMC Public Health profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Murat Yücel	12.1k	8.2k	5.8k	4.5k	4.1k	394	26.1k
Helen S. Mayberg	18.0k 1.5×	5.5k 0.7×	5.3k 0.9×	6.8k 1.5×	4.8k 1.2×	304	36.0k
Deborah Yurgelun‐Todd	8.6k 0.7×	6.0k 0.7×	4.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	332	19.9k
John A. Sweeney	18.4k 1.5×	14.0k 1.7×	5.0k 0.9×	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	613	33.5k
Leanne M. Williams	14.5k 1.2×	5.8k 0.7×	5.6k 1.0×	6.6k 1.5×	2.0k 0.5×	415	26.5k
Mark S. George	16.9k 1.4×	7.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	587	35.3k
Christos Pantelis	18.4k 1.5×	18.1k 2.2×	7.0k 1.2×	5.5k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	637	39.2k
Stefan Borgwardt	6.7k 0.6×	7.7k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	352	23.7k
Mary L. Phillips	15.6k 1.3×	10.1k 1.2×	7.3k 1.3×	8.2k 1.8×	1.7k 0.4×	314	28.1k
Peter Falkai	8.6k 0.7×	9.0k 1.1×	3.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	725	26.1k
René S. Kahn	19.3k 1.6×	16.3k 2.0×	5.5k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	734	45.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murat Yücel

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Albertella, Lucy, Alexandra Ghiţă, Chao Suo, et al.. (2025). Effect of stress on the relationship between relief-seeking and cue-induced alcohol craving and anxiety: A virtual reality cue exposure study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 142. 152624–152624.

Hendrikse, Joshua, Nigel C. Rogasch, Murat Yücel, et al.. (2025). Default mode and motor networks facilitate early learning of implicit motor sequences: a multimodal MR spectroscopy and fMRI study. The Journal of Physiology. 603(22). 7071–7087.

Tiego, Jeggan, Lucy Albertella, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, et al.. (2025). Profiles of problematic pornography use and religiosity-based moral incongruence using latent profile analysis: A two-sample study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 14(2). 1021–1039.

Liu, Chang, et al.. (2025). Emotion Regulation and Coping in Active Military Personnel: A Systematic Review. Stress and Health. 41(3). e70036–e70036.

Richardson, Karyn, et al.. (2024). Key influences on university students’ physical activity: a systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework and the COM-B model of human behaviour. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 418–418. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Hendrikse, Joshua, Karyn Richardson, Rebecca Segrave, et al.. (2024). White matter alterations associated with chronic cannabis use disorder: a structural network and fixel-based analysis. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 429–429.

Albertella, Lucy, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Chao Suo, et al.. (2024). Cognitive inflexibility moderates the relationship between relief-driven drinking motives and alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 20. 100559–100559. 3 indexed citations

Jong, Peter J. de, Janna Cousijn, Ingmar H. A. Franken, et al.. (2024). Attentional Biases and Their Association with Substance-Use-Related Problems and Addictive Behaviors: The Utility of a Gamified Value-Modulated Attentional Capture Task. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 19. 100534–100534.

Albertella, Lucy, Chang Liu, Jeggan Tiego, et al.. (2024). Problematic pornography use and novel patterns of escalating use: A cross-sectional network analysis with two independent samples. Addictive Behaviors. 156. 108048–108048. 4 indexed citations

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Myles, Dan, Adrian Carter, Murat Yücel, & Stefan Bode. (2024). Losses disguised as wins evoke the reward positivity event‐related potential in a simulated machine gambling task. Psychophysiology. 61(6). e14541–e14541. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Lei Ren, Kristian Rotaru, et al.. (2023). Bridging the links between Big Five personality traits and problematic smartphone use: A network analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 12(1). 128–136. 26 indexed citations

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Myles, Dan, Kerry O’Brien, Murat Yücel, & Adrian Carter. (2023). Three Contrasting Accounts of Electronic Gambling Machine Related Harm: Impacts on Community Views Towards Gambling Policy and Responsibility. Journal of Gambling Studies. 40(1). 29–49.

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Brydevall, Maja, et al.. (2023). Neurocognitive predictors of addiction-related outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 152. 105295–105295. 14 indexed citations

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Suo, Chao, Lucy Albertella, Lisa‐Marie Greenwood, et al.. (2022). Transdiagnostic phenotypes of compulsive behavior and associations with psychological, cognitive, and neurobiological affective processing. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 10–10. 10 indexed citations

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Chamberlain, Samuel R., Jeggan Tiego, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, et al.. (2019). Fractionation of impulsive and compulsive trans-diagnostic phenotypes and their longitudinal associations. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 53(9). 896–907. 30 indexed citations

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Greenwood, Lisa‐Marie, et al.. (2019). A Psychophysiological and Behavioural Study of Slot Machine Near-Misses Using Immersive Virtual Reality. Journal of Gambling Studies. 35(3). 929–944. 14 indexed citations

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Chye, Yann, et al.. (2019). Cannabis Use in Adolescence: A Review of Neuroimaging Findings. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 16(1). 83–105. 25 indexed citations

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Kahriman, Nuran, et al.. (2012). Chemical Constituents and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil from Vicia dadianorum Extracted by Hydro and Microwave Distillations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Solowij, Nadia, Katy A. Jones, Megan Rozman, et al.. (2010). Verbal learning and memory in adolescent cannabis and alcohol users. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Solowij, Nadia, et al.. (2008). Visuospatial memory deficits in long term heavy cannabis users: relation to psychotic symptoms and regional brain volumes. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 2 indexed citations

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