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October 4, 2021
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Social dysfunction is transdiagnostically associated with default mode network dysconnectivity in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease

Publicated to:WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 23 (4): 264-277 - 2022-01-01 23(4), DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2021.1966714

Authors: Saris IMJ, Aghajani M, Reus LM, Visser PJ, Pijnenburg Y, van der Wee NJA, Bilderbeck AC, Raslescu A, Malik A, Mennes M, Koops S, Arrango C, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Dawson GR, Marston H, Kas MJ, Penninx BWJH, PRISM consortium

Affiliations

Amsterdam Public Health - Author
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & - Author
CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Mental Health) - Author
Co. KG - Author
Eli Lilly and Company - Author
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón - Author
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa - Author
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition - Author
Leiden University - Author
Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC - Author
P1vital Limited - Author
SBGneuro Ltd - Author
University of Groningen - Author
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen - Author
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Author
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Abstract

Objectives: Social dysfunction is one of the most common signs of major neuropsychiatric disorders. The Default Mode Network (DMN) is crucially implicated in both psychopathology and social dysfunction, although the transdiagnostic properties of social dysfunction remains unknown. As part of the pan-European PRISM (Psychiatric Ratings using Intermediate Stratified Markers) project, we explored cross-disorder impact of social dysfunction on DMN connectivity. Methods: We studied DMN intrinsic functional connectivity in relation to social dysfunction by applying Independent Component Analysis and Dual Regression on resting-state fMRI data, among schizophrenia (SZ; N=48), Alzheimer disease (AD; N=47) patients and healthy controls (HC; N=55). Social dysfunction was operationalised via the Social Functioning Scale (SFS) and De Jong-Gierveld Loneliness Scale (LON). Results: Both SFS and LON were independently associated with diminished DMN connectional integrity within rostromedial prefrontal DMN subterritories (pcorrected range=0.02–0.04). The combined effect of these indicators (Mean.SFS + LON) on diminished DMN connectivity was even more pronounced (both spatially and statistically), independent of diagnostic status, and not confounded by key clinical or sociodemographic effects, comprising large sections of rostromedial and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (pcorrected =0.01). Conclusions: These findings pinpoint DMN connectional alterations as putative transdiagnostic endophenotypes for social dysfunction and could aid personalised care initiatives grounded in social behaviour.

Keywords

alzheimer’sdmnschizophreniasocial dysfunctionAlzheimer’sDmnSchizophreniaSocial dysfunctionTransdiagnostic

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medicine (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.61. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.82 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.41 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 8
  • Scopus: 8

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 54.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 54 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 15.2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 12 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/701022

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States of America.