Peter R. Schofield

66.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
343 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Peter R. Schofield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter R. Schofield has authored 343 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Molecular Biology, 91 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 67 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter R. Schofield's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (50 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers). Peter R. Schofield is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (50 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers). Peter R. Schofield collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Peter R. Schofield's co-authors include Peter H. Seeburg, Harald Sontheimer, John B. Kwok, Leanne M. Williams, Dolan B. Pritchett, Brenda D. Shivers, Justine M. Gatt, S. Ymer, Philip B. Mitchell and Helmut Kettenmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter R. Schofield

340 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sequence and functional expression of the GABAA receptor ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1996 1989 1988 400 800 1.2k
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. Sequence and functional expression of the GABAA receptor shows a ligand-gated receptor super-family
    1987 1.3k citations Peter R. Schofield et al. profile →
  2. Effect of oestrogen during menopause on risk and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease
    1996 1.3k citations Peter R. Schofield et al. profile →
  3. Importance of a novel GABAA receptor subunit for benzodiazepine pharmacology
    1989 1.1k citations Peter R. Schofield et al. profile →
  4. Structural and functional basis for GABAA receptor heterogeneity
    1988 521 citations Peter R. Schofield 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
Peter R. Schofield Australia 74 9.8k 8.3k 2.8k 2.5k 1.8k 343 20.6k
Alessandro Guidotti United States 94 11.9k 1.2× 13.6k 1.6× 3.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 400 26.6k
Martin Schalling Sweden 71 6.7k 0.7× 5.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 314 18.2k
Randy Blakely United States 86 10.7k 1.1× 11.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 2.3k 1.3× 326 22.7k
David A. Greenberg United States 90 11.1k 1.1× 9.0k 1.1× 5.4k 1.9× 3.5k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 435 30.5k
George R. Uhl United States 88 10.8k 1.1× 16.0k 1.9× 3.5k 1.2× 3.4k 1.4× 2.5k 1.4× 465 25.4k
Jacques Mallet France 73 9.6k 1.0× 7.2k 0.9× 4.1k 1.5× 2.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 367 18.7k
Steven M. Paul United States 73 8.9k 0.9× 11.8k 1.4× 1.3k 0.5× 2.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 238 22.9k
Joel E. Kleinman United States 79 8.4k 0.9× 6.5k 0.8× 3.8k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 3.8k 2.1× 323 19.7k
Bruno Giros France 71 10.7k 1.1× 14.1k 1.7× 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 3.7k 2.0× 212 22.0k
Howard J. Edenberg United States 76 7.8k 0.8× 4.0k 0.5× 4.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 425 19.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Karystianis, George, Armita Adily, Peter R. Schofield, et al.. (2022). Mental Illness Concordance Between Hospital Clinical Records and Mentions in Domestic Violence Police Narratives: Data Linkage Study. JMIR Formative Research. 6(10). e39373–e39373.
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Jamshidi, Javad, Peter R. Schofield, Justine M. Gatt, & Janice M. Fullerton. (2022). Phenotypic and genetic analysis of a wellbeing factor score in the UK Biobank and the impact of childhood maltreatment and psychiatric illness. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 113–113. 15 indexed citations
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Park, Haeme R. P., Leanne M. Williams, Mayuresh S. Korgaonkar, et al.. (2022). Negative association between anterior insula activation and resilience during sustained attention: an fMRI twin study. Psychological Medicine. 53(7). 3187–3199. 6 indexed citations
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Overs, Bronwyn J., Gloria Roberts, Claudio Toma, et al.. (2022). Epigenetic signatures relating to disease-associated genotypic burden in familial risk of bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 310–310. 7 indexed citations
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Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Nicola J. Armstrong, Margaret J. Wright, et al.. (2021). Investigating Olfactory Gene Variation and Odour Identification in Older Adults. Genes. 12(5). 669–669. 4 indexed citations
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Overs, Bronwyn J., Rhoshel Lenroot, Gloria Roberts, et al.. (2021). Cortical mediation of relationships between dopamine receptor D2 and cognition is absent in youth at risk of bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 309. 111258–111258. 9 indexed citations
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Jamshidi, Javad, Leanne M. Williams, Peter R. Schofield, et al.. (2020). Diverse phenotypic measurements of wellbeing: Heritability, temporal stability and the variance explained by polygenic scores. Genes Brain & Behavior. 19(8). e12694–e12694. 20 indexed citations
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Karystianis, George, Armita Adily, Peter R. Schofield, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of Mental Illnesses in Domestic Violence Police Records: Text Mining Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(12). e23725–e23725. 13 indexed citations
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Wong, Matthew Wai Kin, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Nady Braidy, et al.. (2020). Genetic and environmental determinants of variation in the plasma lipidome of older Australian twins. eLife. 9. 12 indexed citations
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Yanes, Tatiane, Bettina Meiser, Rajneesh Kaur, et al.. (2020). Exploration of experiences with and understanding of polygenic risk scores for bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 265. 342–350. 16 indexed citations
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Toma, Claudio, Alex D. Shaw, Richard J. N. Allcock, et al.. (2018). An examination of multiple classes of rare variants in extended families with bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 65–65. 28 indexed citations
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Fullerton, Janice M., Paul Klauser, Rhoshel Lenroot, et al.. (2018). Differential effect of disease-associated ST8SIA2 haplotype on cerebral white matter diffusion properties in schizophrenia and healthy controls. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 21–21. 9 indexed citations
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Sabouri, Zahra, Peter R. Schofield, Keisuke Horikawa, et al.. (2014). Redemption of autoantibodies on anergic B cells by variable-region glycosylation and mutation away from self-reactivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(25). E2567–75. 181 indexed citations
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Gatt, Justine M., Karen Burton, Peter R. Schofield, Richard A. Bryant, & Leanne M. Williams. (2014). The heritability of mental health and wellbeing defined using COMPAS-W, a new composite measure of wellbeing. Psychiatry Research. 219(1). 204–213. 71 indexed citations
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Wilde, Alex, Philip B. Mitchell, Bettina Meiser, & Peter R. Schofield. (2012). IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF GENETIC TESTS IN PSYCHIATRY, WITH A FOCUS ON MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: A REVIEW. Depression and Anxiety. 30(3). 267–275. 12 indexed citations
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Meiser, Bettina, Nadine A. Kasparian, Philip B. Mitchell, et al.. (2008). Attitudes to Genetic Testing in Families with Multiple Cases of Bipolar Disorder. Genetic Testing. 12(2). 233–243. 43 indexed citations
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Karl, Tim, Liesl Duffy, Anna Scimone, Richard P. Harvey, & Peter R. Schofield. (2006). Altered motor activity, exploration and anxiety in heterozygous neuregulin 1 mutant mice: implications for understanding schizophrenia. Genes Brain & Behavior. 6(7). 677–687. 133 indexed citations
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Graham, Brett A., Peter R. Schofield, Pankaj Sah, Troy W. Margrie, & Robert J. Callister. (2006). Distinct Physiological Mechanisms Underlie Altered Glycinergic Synaptic Transmission in the Murine Mutantsspastic,spasmodic, andoscillator. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(18). 4880–4890. 51 indexed citations
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Mascia, Maria Paola, S. John Mihic, C. Fernando Valenzuela, Peter R. Schofield, & R. Adron Harris. (1996). A single amino acid determines differences in ethanol actions on strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors.. Molecular Pharmacology. 50(2). 402–406. 129 indexed citations
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Rajendra, Sundran, Robert J. Vandenberg, Kerrie D. Pierce, et al.. (1995). The unique extracellular disulfide loop of the glycine receptor is a principal ligand binding element.. The EMBO Journal. 14(13). 2987–2998. 79 indexed citations

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