2026 Barry S. Brown: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	43	7273	6782	3932	3574	138	7564

Overview

Barry S. Brown is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States. Their research activity is focused predominantly within the field of Medicine, with specific emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Health.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, covering diverse areas such as COVID-19 clinical research studies, viral infections and vectors, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, viral infections and outbreaks research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and animal virus infections studies.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Philippa C. Matthews, Koen B. Pouwels, A. Sarah Walker, Emma Pritchard, and Karina-Doris Vihta.

Their research outputs have been published in a range of venues, with the most common publishers including Preprints.org, Nature Communications, Exploration of Immunology, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Barry S. Brown include:

Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in 45,965 adults from the general population of the United Kingdom, 2021, Nature Microbiology
Antibody responses and correlates of protection in the general population after two doses of the ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2 vaccines, 2022, Nature Medicine
Community prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in England from April to November, 2020: results from the ONS Coronavirus Infection Survey, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
Anti-spike antibody response to natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population, 2021, Nature Communications
T cell assays differentiate clinical and subclinical SARS-CoV-2 infections from cross-reactive antiviral responses, 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

Treatment retention and follow-up outcomes in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS).

D. Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Barry S. Brown

728
Citations
Reliability of Self-Reported HIV Risk Behaviors of Drug Users

Richard Needle;Dennis G. Fisher;Norman Weatherby;Dale Chitwood

591
Citations
An Evaluation of Drug Treatments for Adolescents in 4 US Cities

Yih-Ing Hser;Christine E. Grella;Robert L. Hubbard;Shih-Chao Hsieh

500
Citations
Changes in Mood, Craving, and Sleep During Short-term Abstinence Reported by Male Cocaine Addicts: A Controlled, Residential Study

William W. Weddington;Barry S. Brown;Charles A. Haertzen;Edward J. Cone

390
Citations
Co-occurring disorders in substance abuse treatment: issues and prospects.

Patrick M. Flynn;Barry S. Brown

262
Citations
Handbook on risk of AIDS : injection drug users and sexual partners

Barry S. Brown;George M. Beschner

217
Citations
Recovery from opioid addiction in DATOS.

Patrick M Flynn;George W Joe;Kirk M Broome;D.Dwayne Simpson

201
Citations
Why don't out-of-treatment individuals enter methadone treatment programmes?

James A. Peterson;Robert P. Schwartz;Shannon Gwin Mitchell;Heather Schacht Reisinger

187
Citations
Prior treatment experience related to process and outcomes in DATOS.

Yih-Ing Hser;Christine E Grella;Shih-Chao Hsieh;M.Douglas Anglin

182
Citations
Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS): Treatment Evaluation Research in the United States.

Bennett W. Fletcher;Frank M. Tims;Barry S. Brown

181
Citations
Predictors of methadone treatment retention from a multi-site study: a survival analysis.

Sharon M. Kelly;Kevin E. O’Grady;Shannon Gwin Mitchell;Barry S. Brown

179
Citations
Comparison of amantadine and desipramine combined with psychotherapy for treatment of cocaine dependence.

William W. Weddington;Barry S. Brown;Charles A. Haertzen;Judith M. Hess

176
Citations
Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

170
Citations
A treatment crisis: cocaine use by clients in methadone maintenance programs.

Kolar Af;Brown Bs;Weddington Ww;Ball Jc

161
Citations
Looking back on cocaine dependence: reasons for recovery.

Patrick M. Flynn;George W. Joe;Kirk M. Broome;D. Dwayne Simpson

150
Citations
Attitudes Toward Buprenorphine and Methadone Among Opioid-Dependent Individuals

Robert P. Schwartz;Sharon M. Kelly;Kevin E. O'Grady;Shannon Gwin Mitchell

147
Citations
In Their Own Words: Addicts' Reasons for Initiating and Withdrawing from Heroin

Barry S. Brown;Susan K. Gauvey;Marilyn B. Meyers;Steven D. Stark

145
Citations
Children of substance abusers: the life experiences of children of opiate addicts in methadone maintenance

Anne F. Kolar;Barry S. Brown;Charles A. Haertzen;Barry S. Michaelson

135
Citations
Premature Discharge from Methadone Treatment: Patient Perspectives

Heather Schacht Reisinger;Robert P. Schwartz;Shannon Gwin Gwin Mitchell;James A. Peterson

124
Citations
The federal role in drug abuse technology transfer: a history and perspective.

Barry S. Brown;Patrick M. Flynn

124
Citations
Uses of Diverted Methadone and Buprenorphine by Opioid-Addicted Individuals in Baltimore, Maryland

Shannon Gwin Mitchell;Sharon M. Kelly;Barry S. Brown;Heather Schacht Reisinger

117
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin E. O'Grady University of Maryland, College Park

Patrick M. Flynn Texas Christian University

Shannon Gwin Mitchell Friends Research Institute

D. Dwayne Simpson Texas Christian University

George W. Joe Texas Christian University

John R. Knight Boston Children's Hospital

Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia

David C. Atkins University of Washington

Rinad S. Beidas University of Pennsylvania

Carol M. Mangione University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

Personal website of Barry S. Brown

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