Rachel Lees

996 total citations
27 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Rachel Lees is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Lees has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Pharmacology, 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Lees's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (24 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (6 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers). Rachel Lees is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (24 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (6 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers). Rachel Lees collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Rachel Lees's co-authors include Tom P. Freeman, Chandni Hindocha, Kat Petrilli, Michael Bloomfield, Valerie H. Curran, Abigail M. Freeman, Claire Mokrysz, Matthew B. Wall, Rob Saunders and Sebastian F Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Lees

24 papers receiving 653 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachel Lees United Kingdom 11 541 190 130 122 102 27 670
Kat Petrilli United Kingdom 10 490 0.9× 149 0.8× 107 0.8× 117 1.0× 96 0.9× 24 587
Nicolas J. Schlienz United States 17 594 1.1× 170 0.9× 76 0.6× 129 1.1× 124 1.2× 34 873
Shanna Babalonis United States 17 728 1.3× 284 1.5× 93 0.7× 95 0.8× 104 1.0× 37 1.1k
Liat Shbiro Israel 12 583 1.1× 146 0.8× 118 0.9× 118 1.0× 89 0.9× 18 815
Dino Zagic Australia 7 633 1.2× 126 0.7× 141 1.1× 94 0.8× 172 1.7× 11 811
Mark Montebello Australia 10 386 0.7× 175 0.9× 114 0.9× 64 0.5× 84 0.8× 34 574
Jack Wilson Australia 10 468 0.9× 96 0.5× 101 0.8× 63 0.5× 110 1.1× 23 657
Ravi K. Das United Kingdom 6 426 0.8× 124 0.7× 65 0.5× 61 0.5× 88 0.9× 8 469
Ashley M. Schnakenberg Martin United States 14 401 0.7× 273 1.4× 196 1.5× 189 1.5× 126 1.2× 35 746
Mallory Loflin United States 15 846 1.6× 109 0.6× 117 0.9× 109 0.9× 231 2.3× 24 968

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Lees

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jones, Donald R., Claire Mokrysz, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal study of risk factors predicting cannabis use disorder in UK young adults and adolescents. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 300–300.
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Lees, Rachel, Will Lawn, Kat Petrilli, et al.. (2024). Persistent increased severity of cannabis use disorder symptoms in adolescents compared to adults: a one-year longitudinal study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 275(2). 397–406. 6 indexed citations
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Lawn, Will, Claire Mokrysz, Tom P. Freeman, et al.. (2023). Associations between regular cannabis use and brain resting-state functional connectivity in adolescents and adults. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 37(9). 904–919. 6 indexed citations
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Hindocha, Chandni, Gianluca Baio, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2023). Effects of cannabidiol on anandamide levels in individuals with cannabis use disorder: findings from a randomised clinical trial for the treatment of cannabis use disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 131–131. 14 indexed citations
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Lees, Rachel, Lindsey A. Hines, Chandni Hindocha, et al.. (2023). Effect of four-week cannabidiol treatment on cognitive function: secondary outcomes from a randomised clinical trial for the treatment of cannabis use disorder. Psychopharmacology. 240(2). 337–346. 13 indexed citations
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Bloomfield, Michael, Chandni Hindocha, Ben Statton, et al.. (2022). The acute effects of cannabidiol on emotional processing and anxiety: a neurocognitive imaging study. Psychopharmacology. 239(5). 1539–1549. 15 indexed citations
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Lawn, Will, Claire Mokrysz, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2022). The CannTeen study: verbal episodic memory, spatial working memory, and response inhibition in adolescent and adult cannabis users and age-matched controls. Psychopharmacology. 239(5). 1629–1641. 9 indexed citations
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Mokrysz, Claire, Tom P. Freeman, Matthew B. Wall, et al.. (2022). Neural responses to reward anticipation and feedback in adult and adolescent cannabis users and controls. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(11). 1976–1983. 15 indexed citations
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Borissova, Anna, Elizabeth R. Aston, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2022). Age differences in the behavioural economics of cannabis use: Do adolescents and adults differ on demand for cannabis and discounting of future reward?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 238. 109531–109531. 6 indexed citations
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Mokrysz, Claire, Tom P. Freeman, Vincent Valton, et al.. (2022). Anhedonia, Apathy, Pleasure, and Effort-Based Decision-Making in Adult and Adolescent Cannabis Users and Controls. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 26(1). 9–19. 12 indexed citations
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Thomsen, Kristine Rømer, Birgitte Thylstrup, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2021). Cannabinoids for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: New avenues for reaching and helping youth?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 132. 169–180. 9 indexed citations
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Bloomfield, Michael, Kat Petrilli, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2021). The Effects of Acute Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Striatal Glutamatergic Function: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 6(6). 660–667. 3 indexed citations
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Lees, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Cannabis and cannabidiol use among autistic and non-autistic adults in the UK: a propensity score-matched analysis. BMJ Open. 11(12). e053814–e053814. 4 indexed citations
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Lees, Rachel, Lindsey A. Hines, Deepak Cyril D’Souza, et al.. (2021). Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for cannabis use disorder and mental health comorbidities: a narrative review. Psychological Medicine. 51(3). 353–364. 26 indexed citations
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Freeman, Tom P., Chandni Hindocha, Gianluca Baio, et al.. (2020). Cannabidiol for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: a phase 2a, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, adaptive Bayesian trial. The Lancet Psychiatry. 7(10). 865–874. 139 indexed citations
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Freeman, Abigail M., Kat Petrilli, Rachel Lees, et al.. (2019). How does cannabidiol (CBD) influence the acute effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in humans? A systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 107. 696–712. 153 indexed citations
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Bloomfield, Michael, Chandni Hindocha, Sebastian F Green, et al.. (2018). The neuropsychopharmacology of cannabis: A review of human imaging studies. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 195. 132–161. 167 indexed citations
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Barker, Helen M. & Rachel Lees. (1996). Nutrition and dietetics for health care.. Coventry University Open Collections (Coventry university). 28 indexed citations

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