William G. Iacono

61.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
594 papers, 29.5k citations indexed

About

William G. Iacono is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Iacono has authored 594 papers receiving a total of 29.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Clinical Psychology, 216 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 124 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William G. Iacono's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (175 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (135 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (76 papers). William G. Iacono is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (175 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (135 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (76 papers). William G. Iacono collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William G. Iacono's co-authors include Matt McGue, Robert F. Krueger, Brian M. Hicks, Christopher J. Patrick, Stephen M. Malone, Irene J. Elkins, Scott R. Carlson, S. Alexandra Burt, Morton Beiser and Naomi R. Marmorstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

William G. Iacono

587 papers receiving 28.3k citations

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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.

Etiologic connections among substance dependence, antisocial behavior and personality: Modeling the externalizing spectrum.

2002 1.1k citations Robert F. Krueger, Brian M. Hicks et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
Risk for recurrence in depression

2007 770 citations William G. Iacono et al. profile →
Neurobehavioral Aspects of Affective Disorders

1989 530 citations William G. Iacono et al. profile →
Behavioral disinhibition and the development of substance-use disorders: Findings from theMinnesota Twin Family Study

1999 506 citations William G. Iacono, Jeanette Taylor et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William G. Iacono United States	89	14.9k	7.4k	6.4k	6.1k	3.8k	594	29.5k
C. Robert Cloninger United States	85	18.3k 1.2×	6.4k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	3.8k 0.6×	4.7k 1.2×	412	36.6k
Matt McGue United States	89	12.2k 0.8×	7.8k 1.1×	3.6k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	3.7k 1.0×	507	28.4k
Robert Jin United States	24	13.4k 0.9×	7.2k 1.0×	8.5k 1.3×	4.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	46	30.4k
Jouko Lönnqvist Finland	90	10.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	9.6k 1.5×	3.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	471	30.3k
Michael W. Otto United States	85	12.5k 0.8×	10.6k 1.4×	7.9k 1.2×	4.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	459	28.4k
Ian B. Hickie Australia	98	8.4k 0.6×	8.3k 1.1×	12.0k 1.9×	8.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.3×	937	37.0k
Ellen Frank United States	95	14.0k 0.9×	7.9k 1.1×	14.0k 2.2×	4.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	508	35.0k
Murray B. Stein United States	122	33.4k 2.2×	18.9k 2.6×	7.4k 1.2×	10.1k 1.7×	4.3k 1.1×	823	58.2k
Gustavo Turecki Canada	88	11.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.3×	5.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	587	33.2k
Andreas Heinz Germany	99	7.6k 0.5×	6.0k 0.8×	8.6k 1.3×	13.4k 2.2×	3.5k 0.9×	907	36.3k

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Iacono, William G.. (2024). Psychology and the lie detector industry: A fifty-year perspective. Biological Psychology. 190. 108808–108808.

Malone, Stephen M., Jeremy Harper, Ruskin H. Hunt, et al.. (2024). Cognitive abilities are associated with rapid dynamics of electrophysiological connectome states. Network Neuroscience. 8(4). 1089–1104. 1 indexed citations

Malone, Stephen M., Jeremy Harper, Ruskin H. Hunt, et al.. (2024). Rapid dynamics of electrophysiological connectome states are heritable. Network Neuroscience. 8(4). 1065–1088. 2 indexed citations

Harper, Jeremy, Jonathan D. Schaefer, Kayla M. Nelson, et al.. (2023). Pubertal timing and adolescent outcomes: investigating explanations for associations with a genetically informed design. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 64(8). 1232–1241. 7 indexed citations

Lacroix, Emilie, Sylia Wilson, Matt McGue, William G. Iacono, & Kristin M. von Ranson. (2023). Trajectories and Personality Predictors of Eating-Pathology Development in Girls From Preadolescence to Adulthood. Clinical Psychological Science. 12(4). 644–662. 3 indexed citations

Deak, Joseph D., David A. Clark, Mengzhen Liu, et al.. (2021). Alcohol and nicotine polygenic scores are associated with the development of alcohol and nicotine use problems from adolescence to young adulthood. Addiction. 117(4). 1117–1127. 9 indexed citations

Brislin, Sarah J., David A. Clark, Mary M. Heitzeg, et al.. (2021). Co‐development of alcohol use problems and antisocial peer affiliation from ages 11 to 34: selection, socialization and genetic and environmental influences. Addiction. 116(8). 1999–2007. 3 indexed citations

Harper, Jeremy, Stephen M. Malone, Sylia Wilson, et al.. (2021). The Effects of Alcohol and Cannabis Use on the Cortical Thickness of Cognitive Control and Salience Brain Networks in Emerging Adulthood: A Co-twin Control Study. Biological Psychiatry. 89(10). 1012–1022. 21 indexed citations

Lowe, Michael R., Naomi R. Marmorstein, William G. Iacono, et al.. (2019). Body concerns and BMI as predictors of disordered eating and body mass in girls: An 18-year longitudinal investigation.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 128(1). 32–43. 14 indexed citations

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Wilson, Sylia, Christopher J. Hopwood, Matt McGue, & William G. Iacono. (2019). Personality heterogeneity in adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders. Journal of Research in Personality. 82. 103851–103851. 4 indexed citations

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Foster, Katherine T., Brooke J. Arterberry, William G. Iacono, Matt McGue, & Brian M. Hicks. (2017). Psychosocial functioning among regular cannabis users with and without cannabis use disorder. Psychological Medicine. 48(11). 1853–1861. 27 indexed citations

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Marmorstein, Naomi R. & William G. Iacono. (2016). Associations Between Depression and Obesity in Parents and Their Late-Adolescent Offspring: A Community-Based Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(7). 861–866. 20 indexed citations

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Vaidyanathan, Uma, Scott Vrieze, & William G. Iacono. (2015). The Power of Theory, Research Design, and Transdisciplinary Integration in Moving Psychopathology Forward. Psychological Inquiry. 26(3). 209–230. 21 indexed citations

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Vaidyanathan, Uma, Stephen M. Malone, Michael B. Miller, Matt McGue, & William G. Iacono. (2014). Heritability and molecular genetic basis of acoustic startle eye blink and affectively modulated startle response: A genome‐wide association study. Psychophysiology. 51(12). 1285–1299. 27 indexed citations

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Wilson, Sylia, Uma Vaidyanathan, Michael B. Miller, Matt McGue, & William G. Iacono. (2014). Premorbid risk factors for major depressive disorder: Are they associated with early onset and recurrent course?. Development and Psychopathology. 26(4pt2). 1477–1493. 54 indexed citations

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Silverman, Merav H., Robert F. Krueger, William G. Iacono, et al.. (2014). Quantifying familial influences on brain activation during the monetary incentive delay task: An adolescent monozygotic twin study. Biological Psychology. 103. 7–14. 14 indexed citations

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Bornovalova, Marina A., Brooke M. Huibregtse, Brian M. Hicks, et al.. (2012). Tests of a direct effect of childhood abuse on adult borderline personality disorder traits: A longitudinal discordant twin design.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 122(1). 180–194. 95 indexed citations

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Malone, Stephen M., Jeanette Taylor, Naomi R. Marmorstein, Matt McGue, & William G. Iacono. (2004). Genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior and alcohol dependence from adolescence to early adulthood. Development and Psychopathology. 16(4). 943–66. 55 indexed citations

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Marmorstein, Naomi R. & William G. Iacono. (2003). Major Depression and Conduct Disorder in a Twin Sample: Gender, Functioning, and Risk for Future Psychopathology. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 42(2). 225–233. 71 indexed citations

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Iacono, William G., et al.. (2002). Cohort effects on gender differences in alcohol dependence. Addiction. 97(8). 1025–1036. 75 indexed citations

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