Murray B. Stein

140.1k total citations · 21 hit papers
823 papers, 58.2k citations indexed

About

Murray B. Stein is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray B. Stein has authored 823 papers receiving a total of 58.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 523 papers in Clinical Psychology, 297 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 136 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Murray B. Stein's work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (267 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (216 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (202 papers). Murray B. Stein is often cited by papers focused on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (267 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (216 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (202 papers). Murray B. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Murray B. Stein's co-authors include Martin P. Paulus, Laura Campbell‐Sills, Jitender Sareen, Michelle G. Craske, Ronald C. Kessler, John R. Walker, Alan N. Simmons, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, David R. Forde and Peter Roy‐Byrne and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Murray B. Stein

791 papers receiving 55.7k citations

Hit Papers

Psychometric analysis and refinement of the connor–davids... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2007 2006 2005 1997 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Psychometric analysis and refinement of the connor–davidson resilience scale (CD‐RISC): Validation of a 10‐item measure of resilience
    2007 2.4k citations Laura Campbell‐Sills, Murray B. Stein profile →
  2. An Insular View of Anxiety
    2006 1.0k citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  3. Relationship of resilience to personality, coping, and psychiatric symptoms in young adults
    2005 920 citations Laura Campbell‐Sills, Murray B. Stein et al. Behaviour Research and Therapy profile →
  4. Full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from a community survey
    1997 788 citations Murray B. Stein, David R. Forde et al. profile →
  5. Social anxiety disorder
    2008 748 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  6. Quality of Life in Individuals With Anxiety Disorders
    2000 737 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  7. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale: a comparison of the psychometric properties of self-report and clinician-administered formats
    2001 691 citations Richard G. Heimberg, Michael R. Liebowitz et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  8. Increased Amygdala and Insula Activation During Emotion Processing in Anxiety-Prone Subjects
    2007 670 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  9. Interoception in anxiety and depression
    2010 658 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  10. Anxiety Disorders and Risk for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts
    2005 647 citations Jitender Sareen, Brian J. Cox et al. profile →
  11. Social fears and social phobia in the USA: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    2007 600 citations Jitender Sareen, Murray B. Stein et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  12. Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism
    2003 596 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  13. Social fears and social phobia in a community sample of adolescents and young adults: prevalence, risk factors and co-morbidity
    1999 555 citations Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Murray B. Stein et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  14. Incidence of Social Anxiety Disorder and the Consistent Risk for Secondary Depression in the First Three Decades of Life
    2007 547 citations Murray B. Stein, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen et al. profile →
  15. Development and validation of an Overall Anxiety Severity And Impairment Scale (OASIS)
    2006 518 citations Sonya B. Norman, Murray B. Stein et al. Depression and Anxiety profile →
  16. Executive function and PTSD: Disengaging from trauma
    2011 490 citations Murray B. Stein et al. profile →
  17. Assessment of Bidirectional Relationships Between Physical Activity and Depression Among Adults
    2019 475 citations Karmel W. Choi, Chia‐Yen Chen et al. profile →
  18. Anxiety
    2016 439 citations Michelle G. Craske, Murray B. Stein profile →
  19. Anxiety disorders
    2017 347 citations Michelle G. Craske, Murray B. Stein et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
  20. Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions
    2021 215 citations Murray B. Stein, Hang Zhou et al. profile →
  21. Mental Health Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury
    2021 158 citations Lindsay D. Nelson, Murray B. Stein 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
Murray B. Stein United States 122 33.4k 18.9k 10.1k 9.4k 7.4k 823 58.2k
Kenneth S. Kendler United States 127 27.4k 0.8× 15.9k 0.8× 8.2k 0.8× 8.6k 0.9× 12.8k 1.7× 1.2k 67.3k
Kathleen R. Merikangas United States 105 31.4k 0.9× 14.3k 0.8× 6.7k 0.7× 11.4k 1.2× 17.2k 2.3× 419 68.4k
Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen Germany 130 31.6k 0.9× 20.2k 1.1× 6.8k 0.7× 13.0k 1.4× 14.2k 1.9× 807 67.4k
David V. Sheehan United States 53 19.7k 0.6× 13.3k 0.7× 9.2k 0.9× 6.4k 0.7× 14.0k 1.9× 208 47.7k
Edna B. Foa United States 104 40.9k 1.2× 11.5k 0.6× 8.2k 0.8× 5.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 372 49.7k
Ellen E. Walters United States 46 28.9k 0.9× 12.4k 0.7× 6.3k 0.6× 15.2k 1.6× 12.2k 1.7× 68 59.9k
Olga Demler United States 29 17.4k 0.5× 9.0k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 9.0k 1.0× 9.3k 1.3× 52 39.3k
Richie Poulton New Zealand 94 18.1k 0.5× 8.0k 0.4× 5.7k 0.6× 6.2k 0.7× 7.6k 1.0× 354 49.2k
Robert A. Steer United States 66 28.7k 0.9× 15.8k 0.8× 6.5k 0.6× 9.1k 1.0× 10.2k 1.4× 218 51.4k
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 138 17.3k 0.5× 12.9k 0.7× 6.1k 0.6× 8.0k 0.9× 10.5k 1.4× 989 74.1k

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All Works

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Stein, Murray B., J. Hampton Atkinson, Ronald J. Ellis, et al.. (2025). Beyond total depressive symptoms: Differential associations between depressive domains, HIV status and disease characteristics. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 196. 112311–112311.
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Gasperi, Marianna, et al.. (2024). Migraine Prevalence, Environmental Risk, and Comorbidities in Men and Women Veterans. JAMA Network Open. 7(3). e242299–e242299. 6 indexed citations
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Stein, Murray B., Sonia Jain, Santiago Papini, et al.. (2024). Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk. Journal of Affective Disorders. 351. 671–682. 1 indexed citations
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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
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Overstreet, Cassie, Daniel Levey, Hang Zhou, et al.. (2022). Factor structure of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist (PCL-17) in 279,897 million veteran program participants. Psychiatry Research. 319. 114994–114994. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, Lindsay D., Mark D. Kramer, Keanan J. Joyner, et al.. (2021). Relationship between transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology and traumatic brain injury (TBI): A TRACK-TBI study.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 130(5). 423–434. 18 indexed citations
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Rauch, Sheila A. M., Naomi M. Simon, Hyungjin Myra Kim, et al.. (2017). Integrating biological treatment mechanisms into randomized clinical trials: Design of PROGrESS (PROlonGed ExpoSure and Sertraline Trial). Contemporary Clinical Trials. 64. 128–138. 26 indexed citations
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Craske, Michelle G., Murray B. Stein, Thalia C. Eley, et al.. (2017). Anxiety disorders. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 3(1). 17024–17024. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petkus, Andrew J., Julie Loebach Wetherell, Murray B. Stein, et al.. (2017). Age Differences in Death and Suicidal Ideation in Anxious Primary Care Patients. Clinical Gerontologist. 41(4). 271–281. 10 indexed citations
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Polimanti, Renato, Chia‐Yen Chen, Robert J. Ursano, et al.. (2016). Cross-Phenotype Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms in U.S. Army Soldiers with Deployment-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 34(4). 781–789. 20 indexed citations
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Stein, Murray B. & Jitender Sareen. (2015). Generalized Anxiety Disorder. New England Journal of Medicine. 373(21). 2059–2068. 258 indexed citations
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Heimberg, Richard G., Stefan G. Hofmann, Michael R. Liebowitz, et al.. (2014). SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER IN DSM-5. Depression and Anxiety. 31(6). 472–479. 109 indexed citations
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Zbozinek, Tomislav D., Raphael D. Rose, Kate Wolitzky‐Taylor, et al.. (2012). DIAGNOSTIC OVERLAP OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER AND MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN A PRIMARY CARE SAMPLE. Depression and Anxiety. 29(12). 1065–1071. 174 indexed citations
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Campbell‐Sills, Laura, David R. Forde, & Murray B. Stein. (2009). Demographic and childhood environmental predictors of resilience in a community sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 43(12). 1007–1012. 339 indexed citations
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Cox, Brian J., et al.. (2004). Self-criticism and social phobia in the US national comorbidity survey. Journal of Affective Disorders. 82(2). 227–234. 135 indexed citations
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Iketani, Toshiya, et al.. (2002). Personality disorder comorbidity in panic disorder patients with or without current major depression. Depression and Anxiety. 15(4). 176–182. 18 indexed citations
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McQuaid, John R., Paola Pedrelli, Margaret E. McCahill, & Murray B. Stein. (2001). Reported trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression among primary care patients. Psychological Medicine. 31(7). 1249–1257. 74 indexed citations

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