Philip J. Cowen

42.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
608 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Philip J. Cowen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip J. Cowen has authored 608 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 181 papers in Pharmacology and 157 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Philip J. Cowen's work include Treatment of Major Depression (163 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (148 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (86 papers). Philip J. Cowen is often cited by papers focused on Treatment of Major Depression (163 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (148 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (86 papers). Philip J. Cowen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Philip J. Cowen's co-authors include Catherine J. Harmer, Guy M. Goodwin, Zubin Bhagwagar, Ann L. Sharpley, David Nutt, Michael Browning, Ian Anderson, Trevor Sharp, Paul M. Grasby and Ray Norbury and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Philip J. Cowen

598 papers receiving 28.2k citations

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Brain Serotonin1A Receptor Binding Measured by Positron Emission Tomography With [11C]WAY-100635

2000 507 citations Philip J. Cowen et al. profile →
Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

2015 481 citations Carmine M. Pariante, Philip J. Cowen et al. Journal of Psychopharmacology profile →
How do antidepressants work? New perspectives for refining future treatment approaches

2017 395 citations Catherine J. Harmer, Philip J. Cowen et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
Comparative effects of pharmacological interventions for the acute and long-term management of insomnia disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

2022 222 citations Edoardo G. Ostinelli, Anneka Tomlinson et al. profile →
An analysis on the role of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in cognitive and mental health disorders

2025 17 citations Philip J. Cowen, Catherine J. Harmer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip J. Cowen United Kingdom	87	8.3k	7.9k	6.6k	6.5k	5.2k	608	29.2k
Siegfried Kasper Austria	91	5.1k 0.6×	5.6k 0.7×	8.0k 1.2×	6.3k 1.0×	10.1k 1.9×	1.0k	34.8k
David Nutt United Kingdom	91	11.1k 1.3×	6.0k 0.8×	4.8k 0.7×	5.2k 0.8×	4.7k 0.9×	701	33.7k
Alan F. Schatzberg United States	87	3.3k 0.4×	10.8k 1.4×	7.4k 1.1×	7.7k 1.2×	6.8k 1.3×	421	34.1k
Helen S. Mayberg United States	88	6.1k 0.7×	18.0k 2.3×	4.8k 0.7×	6.8k 1.1×	5.5k 1.0×	304	36.0k
J.F.W. Deakin United Kingdom	73	6.2k 0.8×	7.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.4×	3.3k 0.5×	4.3k 0.8×	389	19.4k
Guy M. Goodwin United Kingdom	100	4.6k 0.6×	9.0k 1.1×	5.4k 0.8×	6.6k 1.0×	14.3k 2.7×	476	35.0k
Robert M. Post United States	106	6.9k 0.8×	7.0k 0.9×	4.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	20.1k 3.8×	586	37.3k
Alessandro Serretti Italy	75	4.3k 0.5×	3.2k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	5.3k 0.8×	9.0k 1.7×	738	26.4k
J. John Mann United States	104	9.6k 1.2×	6.6k 0.8×	6.6k 1.0×	4.3k 0.7×	10.4k 2.0×	640	47.3k
Wayne C. Drevets United States	109	10.0k 1.2×	19.6k 2.5×	9.2k 1.4×	9.4k 1.5×	10.8k 2.1×	352	47.0k

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Lombardo, Giulia, Valeria Mondelli, Maria Antonietta Nettis, et al.. (2024). - Individuals with major depressive disorder and inflammation exhibited sex hormone imbalance: new insights from the Biomarker in Depression (BIODEP) study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106807–106807. 1 indexed citations

Ostinelli, Edoardo G., Marcel Schulze, Caroline Zangani, et al.. (2024). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological, psychological, and neurostimulatory interventions for ADHD in adults: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 12(1). 32–43. 12 indexed citations

Hurducas, Cristina, Keith Hawton, Styliani Spyridi, et al.. (2021). Ketamine and other glutamate receptor modulators for depression in adults with unipolar major depressive disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021(11). CD011612–CD011612. 59 indexed citations

Pulcu, Erdem, et al.. (2021). A translational perspective on the anti-anhedonic effect of ketamine and its neural underpinnings. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(1). 81–87. 24 indexed citations

Jauhar, Sameer, Joseph Hayes, Guy M. Goodwin, et al.. (2019). Antidepressants, withdrawal, and addiction; where are we now?. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 33(6). 655–659. 19 indexed citations

Furukawa, Toshi A., Andrea Cipriani, Philip J. Cowen, et al.. (2019). Optimal dose of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, venlafaxine, and mirtazapine in major depression: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(7). 601–609. 196 indexed citations

Godlewska, Beata R., Michael Browning, Ray Norbury, Philip J. Cowen, & Catherine J. Harmer. (2016). Early changes in emotional processing as a marker of clinical response to SSRI treatment in depression. Translational Psychiatry. 6(11). e957–e957. 106 indexed citations

Bayliss, Andrew P., Steven P. Tipper, Judi Wakeley, Philip J. Cowen, & Robert D. Rogers. (2016). Vulnerability to depression is associated with a failure to acquire implicit social appraisals. Cognition & Emotion. 31(4). 825–833. 14 indexed citations

Norbury, Ray, Beata R. Godlewska, & Philip J. Cowen. (2013). When less is more: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of verbal working memory in remitted depressed patients. Psychological Medicine. 44(6). 1197–1203. 19 indexed citations

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Taylor, Matthew, Beata R. Godlewska, Ray Norbury, et al.. (2012). Early increase in marker of neuronal integrity with antidepressant treatment of major depression: 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy of N-acetyl-aspartate. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 15(10). 1541–1546. 29 indexed citations

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Pringle, A., et al.. (2012). Experimental medicine model shows no depressogenic effects of varenicline. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 15. 153–153. 1 indexed citations

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Taylor, Matthew, Zola Mannie, Ray Norbury, Jamie Near, & Philip J. Cowen. (2010). Elevated cortical glutamate in young people at increased familial risk of depression. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 14(2). 255–259. 27 indexed citations

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Miskowiak, Kamilla Woznica, Elisa Favaron, Sepehr Hafizi, et al.. (2009). Effects of erythropoietin on emotional processing biases in patients with major depression: an exploratory fMRI study. Psychopharmacology. 207(1). 133–142. 46 indexed citations

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Norbury, Ray, Sudhakar Selvaraj, Matthew Taylor, Catherine J. Harmer, & Philip J. Cowen. (2009). Increased neural response to fear in patients recovered from depression: a 3T functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychological Medicine. 40(3). 425–432. 54 indexed citations

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Mannie, Zola, James Barnes, Greg C. Bristow, Catherine J. Harmer, & Philip J. Cowen. (2008). Memory impairment in young women at increased risk of depression: influence of cortisol and 5-HTT genotype. Psychological Medicine. 39(5). 757–762. 31 indexed citations

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Mannie, Zola, Greg C. Bristow, Catherine J. Harmer, & Philip J. Cowen. (2007). Impaired emotional categorisation in young people at increased familial risk of depression. Neuropsychologia. 45(13). 2975–2980. 40 indexed citations

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Bhagwagar, Zubin, Philip J. Cowen, Guy M. Goodwin, & Catherine J. Harmer. (2004). Normalization of Enhanced Fear Recognition by Acute SSRI Treatment in Subjects With a Previous History of Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 161(1). 166–168. 155 indexed citations

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Morris, J. S., Katharine Smith, Philip J. Cowen, Karl Friston, & Raymond J. Dolan. (1999). Covariation of Activity in Habenula and Dorsal Raphé Nuclei Following Tryptophan Depletion. NeuroImage. 10(2). 163–172. 224 indexed citations

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Cowen, Philip J., et al.. (1985). CHANGES IN IMIPRAMINE AND ALPHA-2-ADRENOCEPTOR BINDING-SITES IN THE EARLY PUERPERIUM. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 19. 1 indexed citations

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Cowen, Philip J. & T.A. Connors. (1985). MULTIPLE HAMARTOMA SYNDROME WITH TRICHOEPITHELIOMAS AND BASAL CELL CARCINOMAS. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 26(3). 118–120. 1 indexed citations

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