Susan Y. Bookheimer

43.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
335 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Susan Y. Bookheimer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Y. Bookheimer has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 97 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 57 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Susan Y. Bookheimer's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (98 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (56 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (39 papers). Susan Y. Bookheimer is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (98 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (56 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (39 papers). Susan Y. Bookheimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Susan Y. Bookheimer's co-authors include Mirella Dapretto, John C. Mazziotta, Gary W. Small, Ahmad R. Hariri, Barbara J. Knowlton, Mark S. Cohen, Stephen A. Engel, Paul M. Thompson, Marian Sigman and Jennifer Townsend and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Susan Y. Bookheimer

328 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfuncti... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2005 2002 2000 2000 2000 250 500 750 1000
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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. Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders
    2005 1.1k citations Mirella Dapretto, Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  2. Functional MRI of Language: New Approaches to Understanding the Cortical Organization of Semantic Processing
    2002 1.1k citations Susan Y. Bookheimer profile →
  3. Patterns of Brain Activation in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
    2000 1.0k citations Susan Y. Bookheimer, Mark S. Cohen et al. profile →
  4. Modulating emotional responses
    2000 970 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  5. Remembering episodes: a selective role for the hippocampus during retrieval
    2000 698 citations Barbara J. Knowlton, Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  6. Early developmental emergence of human amygdala–prefrontal connectivity after maternal deprivation
    2013 618 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  7. Cerebral metabolic and cognitive decline in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease
    2000 591 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  8. Changes in cortical activity during mental rotation A mapping study using functional MRI
    1996 549 citations Mark S. Cohen, Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →
  9. A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry
    2013 529 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  10. Form and Content
    1999 522 citations Mirella Dapretto, Susan Y. Bookheimer profile →
  11. PET of Brain Amyloid and Tau in Mild Cognitive Impairment
    2006 517 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer, Paul M. Thompson et al. profile →
  12. Brain health consequences of digital technology use
    2020 161 citations Susan Y. Bookheimer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susan Y. Bookheimer United States 82 16.4k 6.2k 3.4k 3.3k 3.3k 335 26.2k
Jordan Grafman United States 97 21.6k 1.3× 6.5k 1.0× 5.5k 1.6× 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 506 38.3k
Bernard Mazoyer France 77 20.7k 1.3× 5.3k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 7.3k 2.2× 280 32.0k
Paul C. Fletcher United Kingdom 89 20.7k 1.3× 6.4k 1.0× 4.2k 1.2× 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 266 30.3k
Carlo Caltagirone Italy 94 15.8k 1.0× 8.9k 1.4× 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 4.4k 1.4× 900 36.8k
Adrian M. Owen United Kingdom 90 25.2k 1.5× 7.3k 1.2× 5.1k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 352 38.9k
Christian Büchel Germany 93 21.5k 1.3× 5.0k 0.8× 6.8k 2.0× 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 315 32.5k
Donald T. Stuss Canada 82 15.8k 1.0× 8.8k 1.4× 4.4k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 242 28.8k
Richard G. Wise United Kingdom 85 16.1k 1.0× 2.6k 0.4× 3.1k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 6.0k 1.8× 285 26.1k
R. Todd Constable United States 99 20.7k 1.3× 3.8k 0.6× 4.7k 1.4× 4.5k 1.4× 8.3k 2.6× 397 32.4k
John C. Mazziotta United States 74 14.7k 0.9× 5.9k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 8.1k 2.5× 168 30.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sullivan, Catherine, Emily Neuhaus, Raphael Bernier, et al.. (2025). Number of Alpha Peaks in the Electroencephalogram Is Associated With Clinical Phenotype and Copy Number Variants in Youths With Autism. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 11(3). 300–309.
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Wenzel, Elizabeth, Beau M. Ances, Susan Y. Bookheimer, et al.. (2024). Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: the importance of social support in midlife women. Climacteric. 27(4). 373–381.
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Neuhaus, Emily, Catherine Sullivan, Raphael Bernier, et al.. (2024). A common genetic variant in the Neurexin family member CNTNAP2 is related to language but not communication skills in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research. 18(5). 898–908. 1 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Taylor, Norman M. Spivak, Sergio Becerra, et al.. (2023). Transcranial focused ultrasound selectively increases perfusion and modulates functional connectivity of deep brain regions in humans. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 17. 1120410–1120410. 25 indexed citations
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Young, Katherine S., Kelly Chen, Susan Y. Bookheimer, et al.. (2022). Individual differences in threat and reward neural circuitry activation: Testing dimensional models of early adversity, anxiety and depression. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(9-10). 2739–2753. 11 indexed citations
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Okada, Nana J., Janelle Liu, Tawny Tsang, et al.. (2021). Atypical cerebellar functional connectivity at 9 months of age predicts delayed socio‐communicative profiles in infants at high and low risk for autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63(9). 1002–1016. 17 indexed citations
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McQuaid, Goldie A., Kevin A. Pelphrey, Susan Y. Bookheimer, et al.. (2021). The gap between IQ and adaptive functioning in autism spectrum disorder: Disentangling diagnostic and sex differences. Autism. 25(6). 1565–1579. 39 indexed citations
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Nair, Aarti, Janelle Liu, Tawny Tsang, et al.. (2021). Altered Thalamocortical Connectivity in 6-Week-Old Infants at High Familial Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Cerebral Cortex. 31(9). 4191–4205. 25 indexed citations
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Neuhaus, Emily, Elizabeth Aylward, Raphael Bernier, et al.. (2021). Language and Aggressive Behaviors in Male and Female Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52(1). 454–462. 17 indexed citations
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Wood, Emily T., Geneviève Patterson, Nana J. Okada, et al.. (2021). Sensory over-responsivity is related to GABAergic inhibition in thalamocortical circuits. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 39–39. 45 indexed citations
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Liu, Janelle, Nana J. Okada, Geneviève Patterson, et al.. (2020). Emerging atypicalities in functional connectivity of language-related networks in young infants at high familial risk for ASD. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 45. 100814–100814. 27 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Katherine E., Leanna M. Hernandez, Allison Jack, et al.. (2020). Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD. Cerebral Cortex. 30(9). 5107–5120. 54 indexed citations
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Walkley, Steven U., Leonard Abbeduto, Mark L. Batshaw, et al.. (2019). Intellectual and developmental disabilities research centers: Fifty years of scientific accomplishments. Annals of Neurology. 86(3). 332–343. 2 indexed citations
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Dennis, Emily L., Neda Jahanshad, Jeffrey D. Rudie, et al.. (2011). Altered Structural Brain Connectivity in Healthy Carriers of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2. Brain Connectivity. 1(6). 447–459. 80 indexed citations
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Townsend, Jennifer, Nicole K. Eberhart, Susan Y. Bookheimer, et al.. (2010). fMRI activation in the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex in unmedicated subjects with major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 183(3). 209–217. 89 indexed citations
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Harris, Sam, et al.. (2010). Correction: The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief. PLoS ONE. 5(1). 3 indexed citations
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Foerde, Karin, Russell A. Poldrack, Barbara J. Knowlton, et al.. (2008). Selective corticostriatal dysfunction in schizophrenia: Examination of motor and cognitive skill learning.. Neuropsychology. 22(1). 100–109. 55 indexed citations
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Prakash, Neal, et al.. (2008). Current trends in intraoperative optical imaging for functional brain mapping and delineation of lesions of language cortex. NeuroImage. 47. T116–T126. 26 indexed citations
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Ekstrom, Arne D. & Susan Y. Bookheimer. (2007). Spatial and temporal episodic memory retrieval recruit dissociable functional networks in the human brain. Learning & Memory. 14(10). 645–654. 114 indexed citations
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Poldrack, Russell A., Fred W. Sabb, Karin Foerde, et al.. (2005). The Neural Correlates of Motor Skill Automaticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(22). 5356–5364. 392 indexed citations

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