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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 469 59 61 9
Psychology 712 65 69 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 189
Documents by Best Scientists*: 158
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.9

Top Publications

  • What is the prevalence of and trend in opioid use disorder in the United States from 2010 to 2019? Using multiplier approaches to estimate prevalence for an unknown population size

    (2022)
    183 Citations
  • Substance use patterns in 9 to 13-year-olds: Longitudinal findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • History of the discovery, development, and FDA-approval of buprenorphine medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder

    (2023)
    35 Citations
  • Sex-specific and generational effects of alcohol and tobacco use on epigenetic age acceleration in the Michigan longitudinal study

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Stigmatization of people with addiction by health professionals: Current knowledge. A scoping review

    (2023)
    18 Citations
  • The influence of race, sexual orientation and gender identity on mental health, substance use, and academic persistence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study from a national sample of college students in the healthy minds study

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • The policy landscape for naloxone distribution in four states highly impacted by fatal opioid overdoses

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • The role of flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems in smoking cessation: A systematic review.

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Specific polysubstance use patterns predict relapse among patients entering opioid use disorder treatment

    (2022)
    13 Citations

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