Valerie Voon

29.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
237 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

About

Valerie Voon is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valerie Voon has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 92 papers in Clinical Psychology and 84 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Valerie Voon's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (61 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (61 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (49 papers). Valerie Voon is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (61 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (61 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (49 papers). Valerie Voon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Valerie Voon's co-authors include Anthony E. Lang, Andrés M. Lozano, Marc N. Potenza, David A. Seminowicz, Clement Hamani, Jason M. Schwalb, Sidney H. Kennedy, Heather E. McNeely, Helen S. Mayberg and Mark Hallett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Valerie Voon

232 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression

2005 2.7k citations Valerie Voon et al. profile →
Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson Disease

2010 971 citations Daniel Weintraub, Marc N. Potenza et al. Archives of Neurology profile →
Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders

2018 449 citations Anthony E. Lang, Valerie Voon et al. profile →
Disorders of compulsivity: a common bias towards learning habits

2014 428 citations Valerie Voon et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction?

2016 246 citations Valerie Voon, Marc N. Potenza et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valerie Voon United Kingdom	70	8.3k	6.0k	6.0k	4.6k	3.9k	237	19.4k
Benjamin D. Greenberg United States	51	3.1k 0.4×	5.9k 1.0×	4.4k 0.7×	4.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	184	15.0k
Alain Dagher Canada	70	4.0k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	9.0k 1.5×	4.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	275	20.5k
Damiaan Denys Netherlands	65	3.0k 0.4×	6.9k 1.1×	5.9k 1.0×	2.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	394	14.3k
Suzanne N. Haber United States	72	5.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	10.6k 1.8×	9.5k 2.1×	1.9k 0.5×	150	20.7k
Julie C. Stout Australia	66	6.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.2×	3.5k 0.6×	8.4k 1.8×	2.2k 0.6×	264	16.7k
Gene‐Jack Wang United States	83	2.0k 0.2×	4.8k 0.8×	9.6k 1.6×	11.2k 2.5×	5.2k 1.3×	304	28.1k
Helen S. Mayberg United States	88	7.7k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	18.0k 3.0×	6.1k 1.3×	5.5k 1.4×	304	36.0k
Michael Trimble United Kingdom	71	2.2k 0.3×	3.3k 0.6×	8.0k 1.3×	3.4k 0.7×	9.6k 2.5×	335	19.8k
Darin D. Dougherty United States	56	2.3k 0.3×	3.3k 0.5×	4.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	225	10.7k
Jane S. Paulsen United States	73	8.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.2×	3.7k 0.6×	11.0k 2.4×	4.9k 1.3×	336	20.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valerie Voon

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Cui, Hailun, et al.. (2025). A novel dual-site OFC-dlPFC accelerated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression: a pilot randomized controlled study. Brain stimulation. 18(1). 555–555. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yuhan, Yingying Zhang, Shuo Ma, et al.. (2024). Auditory entrainment coordinates cortical-BNST-NAc triple time locking to alleviate the depressive disorder. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114474–114474. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Qiong, et al.. (2024). Reward recalibrates rule representations in human amygdala and hippocampus intracranial recordings. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9518–9518. 2 indexed citations

Shi, Changzheng, et al.. (2024). The Abnormal N-Acetylaspartate to Creatine Ratio of the Right Putamen is Linked to Wakefulness in Patients with Insomnia Disorder. Nature and Science of Sleep. Volume 16. 1407–1418.

Sonkusare, Saurabh, Qiong Ding, Linbin Wang, et al.. (2023). Time-locked acute alpha-frequency stimulation of subthalamic nuclei during the evaluation of emotional stimuli and its effect on power modulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17. 1181635–1181635. 4 indexed citations

Chendo, Inês, Margherita Fabbri, Catarina Godinho, et al.. (2022). High frequency of Depressive Disorders and Suicidal Phenomena in Late-Stage Parkinson´s Disease – A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 36(4). 336–346. 1 indexed citations

Sonkusare, Saurabh, Qiong Ding, Linbin Wang, et al.. (2022). Power signatures of habenular neuronal signals in patients with bipolar or unipolar depressive disorders correlate with their disease severity. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 72–72. 13 indexed citations

Peng, Shiyu, Zhe Shi, Dongsheng Zhou, et al.. (2021). Reduced motor cortex GABABR function following chronic alcohol exposure. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(2). 383–395. 11 indexed citations

Lin, Zhengyu, Chencheng Zhang, Yingying Zhang, et al.. (2020). Deep brain stimulation telemedicine programming during the COVID-19 pandemic: treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 49(6). E11–E11. 9 indexed citations

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Mandali, Alekhya, Yijie Zhao, Chencheng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Acute Time-Locked Alpha Frequency Subthalamic Stimulation Reduces Negative Emotional Bias in Parkinson’s Disease. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 6(5). 568–578. 12 indexed citations

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Groefsema, Martine, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Valerie Voon, et al.. (2019). Brain responses to anticipating and receiving beer: Comparing light, at‐risk, and dependent alcohol users. Addiction Biology. 25(3). e12766–e12766. 9 indexed citations

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Evans, Andrew, David Okai, Daniel Weintraub, et al.. (2019). Scales to assess impulsive and compulsive behaviors in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations. Movement Disorders. 34(6). 791–798. 51 indexed citations

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Ma, Shuo, et al.. (2019). Neurosurgical treatment for addiction: lessons from an untold story in China and a path forward. National Science Review. 7(3). 702–712. 17 indexed citations

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Power, Jonathan D., Mark Plitt, Stephen J. Gotts, et al.. (2018). Ridding fMRI data of motion-related influences: Removal of signals with distinct spatial and physical bases in multiecho data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(9). E2105–E2114. 187 indexed citations

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Kohl, Sina, Ricci Hannah, Lorenzo Rocchi, et al.. (2018). Cortical Paired Associative Stimulation Influences Response Inhibition: Cortico-cortical and Cortico-subcortical Networks. Biological Psychiatry. 85(4). 355–363. 38 indexed citations

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Dudas, Robert B., Tom B. Mole, Laurel Morris, et al.. (2016). Amygdala and dlPFC abnormalities, with aberrant connectivity and habituation in response to emotional stimuli in females with BPD. Journal of Affective Disorders. 208. 460–466. 20 indexed citations

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Voon, Valerie. (2015). Cognitive biases in binge eating disorder: the hijacking of decision making. CNS Spectrums. 20(6). 566–573. 57 indexed citations

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Joutsa, Juho, Kirsti Martikainen, Tero Vahlberg, Valerie Voon, & Valtteri Kaasinen. (2011). Impulse control disorders and depression in Finnish patients with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 18(2). 155–160. 94 indexed citations

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Voon, Valerie, Mandy Sohr, Anthony E. Lang, et al.. (2011). Impulse control disorders in parkinson disease: A multicenter case–control study. Annals of Neurology. 69(6). 986–996. 284 indexed citations

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Voon, Valerie, Teri Thomsen, Janis M. Miyasaki, et al.. (2007). Factors Associated With Dopaminergic Drug–Related Pathological Gambling in Parkinson Disease. Archives of Neurology. 64(2). 212–212. 254 indexed citations

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