Renata Smieskova

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Renata Smieskova is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Renata Smieskova has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Renata Smieskova's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (33 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (30 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (20 papers). Renata Smieskova is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (33 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (30 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (20 papers). Renata Smieskova collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Germany. Renata Smieskova's co-authors include Stefan Borgwardt, Paolo Fusar‐Poli, Anita Riecher‐Rössler, Philip McGuire, Kerstin Bendfeldt, André Schmidt, Undine E. Lang, Matthew J. Kempton, Nancy C. Andreasen and Beng‐Choon Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, Scientific Reports and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Renata Smieskova

48 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Cognitive Functioning in Prodromal Psychosis 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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. Cognitive Functioning in Prodromal Psychosis
    2012 548 citations Paolo Fusar‐Poli, Giacomo Deste et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
  2. Progressive brain changes in schizophrenia related to antipsychotic treatment? A meta-analysis of longitudinal MRI studies
    2013 368 citations Paolo Fusar‐Poli, Renata Smieskova et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Renata Smieskova Switzerland 27 1.7k 1.6k 852 363 327 48 2.8k
Isabel Valli United Kingdom 22 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 575 0.7× 294 0.8× 335 1.0× 49 2.7k
Gemma Modinos United Kingdom 27 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 485 0.6× 443 1.2× 180 0.6× 63 2.3k
Raquelle I. Mesholam‐Gately United States 24 2.4k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 761 0.9× 645 1.8× 706 2.2× 64 3.7k
Bridget Soulsby Australia 22 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 855 1.0× 170 0.5× 291 0.9× 26 2.5k
Ute Gschwandtner Switzerland 27 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 449 0.5× 231 0.6× 387 1.2× 80 2.7k
Giacomo Deste Italy 24 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 463 0.5× 454 1.3× 526 1.6× 69 2.9k
Anne L. Hoff United States 29 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 867 1.0× 243 0.7× 325 1.0× 46 3.4k
Naomi Driesen United States 23 865 0.5× 2.2k 1.4× 635 0.7× 543 1.5× 232 0.7× 30 3.7k
Debra M. Montrose United States 33 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 376 0.4× 615 1.7× 414 1.3× 72 3.3k
P. Tabraham United Kingdom 20 1.4k 0.8× 914 0.6× 299 0.4× 299 0.8× 522 1.6× 30 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harrisberger, Fabienne, André Schmidt, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2019). Association of antidepressants with brain morphology in early stages of psychosis: an imaging genomics approach. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8516–8516. 10 indexed citations
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Harrisberger, Fabienne, Renata Smieskova, Andor E. Simon, et al.. (2018). Impact on the Onset of Psychosis of a Polygenic Schizophrenia-Related Risk Score and Changes in White Matter Volume. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 48(3). 1201–1214. 8 indexed citations
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Huber, Christian G., Renata Smieskova, Laura Egloff, et al.. (2018). Voxel-Based Morphometry Correlates of an Agitated-Aggressive Syndrome in the At-Risk Mental State for Psychosis and First Episode Psychosis. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16516–16516. 3 indexed citations
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Dukart, Juergen, Renata Smieskova, Fabienne Harrisberger, et al.. (2017). Age-related brain structural alterations as an intermediate phenotype of psychosis. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 42(5). 307–319. 19 indexed citations
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Walter, Anna, Claudia Suenderhauf, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2016). Altered Insular Function during Aberrant Salience Processing in Relation to the Severity of Psychotic Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 7. 189–189. 20 indexed citations
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Harrisberger, Fabienne, Renata Smieskova, Christian Vogler, et al.. (2016). Impact of polygenic schizophrenia-related risk and hippocampal volumes on the onset of psychosis. Translational Psychiatry. 6(8). e868–e868. 32 indexed citations
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Schmidt, André, Lena Palaniyappan, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2016). Dysfunctional insular connectivity during reward prediction in patients with first-episode psychosis. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 41(6). 367–376. 36 indexed citations
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Bendfeldt, Kerstin, Renata Smieskova, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, et al.. (2015). Classifying individuals at high-risk for psychosis based on functional brain activity during working memory processing. NeuroImage Clinical. 9. 555–563. 22 indexed citations
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Schmidt, André, Claudia Lenz, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2015). Brain Diffusion Changes in Emerging Psychosis and the Impact of State-Dependent Psychopathology. Neurosignals. 23(1). 71–83. 25 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Anelis, Renata Smieskova, Stefan Borgwardt, et al.. (2015). Age of second language acquisition in multilinguals has an impact on gray matter volume in language-associated brain areas. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 638–638. 16 indexed citations
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Harrisberger, Fabienne, Klara Spalek, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2014). The association of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and the hippocampal volumes in healthy humans: A joint meta-analysis of published and new data. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 42. 267–278. 51 indexed citations
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Walter, Anna, et al.. (2014). Pituitary gland volume in at-risk mental state for psychosis: a longitudinal MRI analysis. CNS Spectrums. 20(2). 122–129. 12 indexed citations
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Koutsouleris, Nikolaos, Anita Riecher‐Rössler, Eva Meisenzahl, et al.. (2014). Detecting the Psychosis Prodrome Across High-Risk Populations Using Neuroanatomical Biomarkers. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 41(2). 471–482. 109 indexed citations
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Fusar‐Poli, Paolo, Renata Smieskova, Matthew J. Kempton, et al.. (2013). Progressive brain changes in schizophrenia related to antipsychotic treatment? A meta-analysis of longitudinal MRI studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 37(8). 1680–1691. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smieskova, Renata, André Schmidt, Kerstin Bendfeldt, et al.. (2013). Do Subjects at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Differ from those with a Genetic High Risk? - A Systematic Review of Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 20(3). 467–481. 53 indexed citations
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Schmidt, André, Marc Walter, Hana Gerber, et al.. (2013). Inferior Frontal Cortex Modulation with an Acute Dose of Heroin During Cognitive Control. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(11). 2231–2239. 45 indexed citations
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Borgwardt, Stefan, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Jacqueline Aston, et al.. (2012). Distinguishing Prodromal From First-Episode Psychosis Using Neuroanatomical Single-Subject Pattern Recognition. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 39(5). 1105–1114. 54 indexed citations
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Walter, Anna, Erich Studerus, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2012). Hippocampal volume in subjects at high risk of psychosis: A longitudinal MRI study. Schizophrenia Research. 142(1-3). 217–222. 44 indexed citations
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Fusar‐Poli, Paolo, Giacomo Deste, Renata Smieskova, et al.. (2012). Cognitive Functioning in Prodromal Psychosis. Archives of General Psychiatry. 69(6). 562–71. 548 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smieskova, Renata, Paolo Fusar‐Poli, Paul Allen, et al.. (2009). The Effects of Antipsychotics on the Brain: What Have We Learnt from Structural Imaging of Schizophrenia? – A Systematic Review. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 15(22). 2535–2549. 171 indexed citations

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