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Researcher · National Institute on Drug Abuse · United States

Nora D. Volkow

Nora D. Volkow publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, on topics such as Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-6668-0908 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,384
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#4,676
of 1,627,098
Works
1,266
Citations
137k
Citations per work
108.5
h-index
173
i10-index 852Top 0.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Nora D. Volkow

What does Nora D. Volkow research?

Nora D. Volkow's work is mostly in Neuroscience (32%), Medicine (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Everything else: 581 works · 45.9% of their workLife Sciences: 489 works · 38.6% of their workNeuroscience: 410 works · 32.4% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 232 works · 18.3% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 179 works · 14.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 works · 6.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 78 works · 6.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 196 works · 15.5% of their workMedicine: 196 works · 15.5% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 82 works · 6.5% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 62 works · 4.9% of their workPharmacology: 52 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKNora D. Volkow1,266works
Life Sciences39%Health Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else58145.9%
    1. Neuroscience41032.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology786.2%
    1. Medicine19615.5%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience18% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience14% of their works
  3. 3Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Psychiatry and Mental health5% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nora D. Volkow's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Prefrontal Cortex, Dopamine, Serotonin, Neurological Disorders, Functional Connectivity, Resting-State fMRI, Substance Use Disorders and Neurotransmission.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Prefrontal Cortex5402 topics
  2. Dopamine4291 topic
  3. Serotonin4291 topic
  4. Neurological Disorders3422 topics
  5. Functional Connectivity1881 topic
  6. Resting-State fMRI1881 topic
  7. Substance Use Disorders1812 topics
  8. Neurotransmission1541 topic
  9. Synaptic Plasticity1541 topic
  10. Cognitive Control1111 topic
  11. Neural Mechanisms1111 topic
  12. ADHD1001 topic
  13. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder1001 topic
  14. Alcohol Dependence951 topic
  15. Motivational Interviewing951 topic
  16. Chronic Pain Management861 topic
  17. Opioid Prescribing861 topic
  18. Crystal Structure831 topic
  19. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors831 topic

Where does Nora D. Volkow work?

Nora D. Volkow's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States.

How many publications and citations does Nora D. Volkow have?

OpenAlex counts 1,266 works and 137,404 citations for Nora D. Volkow, an h-index of 173, ranking #13,384 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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