Hot papers in psychiatry and psychology 2006-2008

	Paper%3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s), Journal	Citations
1	Randomized controlled trial of the effect on quality of life of second- vs first-generation antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenia: Cost utility of the latest antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenia study (Cutlass 1) P. B. Jones, T. R. E. Barnes, L. Davies, G. Dunn, H. Lloyd, K. P. Hayhurst, R. M. Murray, A. Markwick, S. W. Lewis Archives of General Psychiatry, 63 (10): 1079, October 2006	98
2	A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory T. F. Pettigrew, L. R. Tropp Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90 (5): 751-783 May 2006	67
3	Proof-of-concept trial of an alpha 7 nicotinic agonist in schizophrenia A. Olincy, J. G. Harris, L. L. Johnson, V. Pender, S. Kongs, D. Allensworth, J. Ellis, G. O. Zerbe, S. Leonard, K. E. Stevens, J. O. Stevens, L. Martin, L. E. Adler, F. Soti, W. R. Kem, R. Freedman Archives of General Psychiatry, 63 (6): 630-638 June 2006	5
4	Genetics of emotional regulation: The role of serotonin transporter in neural function A. R. Hariri, A. Holmes Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10 (4): 182-191 April 2006	51
5	Association between obesity and psychiatric disorders in the US adult population G. E. Simon, M. Von Korff, K. Saunders, D. L. Miglioretti, P. K. Crane, G. Van Belle, R. C. Kessler Archives of General Psychiatry, 63 (7): 824-830 July 2006	44

The data above were extracted from Thomson Reuters’s Essential Science Indicators database. This database, currently covering the period January 1998 to April 2008, surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by Thomson Reuters. Articles are assigned to a category based on the journals in which they were published and Thomson Reuters’s journal-to-category field-definition scheme. Both articles tabulated and citation counts to those articles are for the period indicated. Hot papers are limited to those articles published in the past two years. A paper is selected as a hot paper if it meets a citation frequency threshold determined for its field and bi-monthly group. Citation frequency distributions are compiled for each field and cohort. Thresholds are set by finding the closest citation count that would select the top fraction of papers in each field and period. The fraction is set to retrieve about 0.1 per cent of papers. For more information on Thomson Reuters’s Essential Science Indicators, see http://scientific.thomson.com/products/esi. Also see: http://scientific.thomson.com.