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David C.S. Roberts

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
70
Citations
16600
World Ranking
2290
National Ranking
1330

David C.S. Roberts publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 139 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

David C.S. Roberts D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C.S. Roberts sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

David C.S. Roberts is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including arts and humanities, medicine, and physics and astronomy. Their work also touches on various subfields such as literature and literary theory, museology, orthopedics and sports medicine, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and language and linguistics.

The scientist's scholarly contributions include several topics of study, notably German literature and culture studies, libraries and information services, theoretical and computational physics, tendon structure and treatment, sports injuries and prevention, shoulder injury and treatment, and ecology, conservation, and geographical studies.

Roberts has produced numerous publications across a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Medicina
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Sensors

The scientist has coauthored work with several frequent collaborators. These include Christine Magerski, Aashish A. Clerk, Håkan Alfredson, Markus Waldén, and Christoph Spang.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Roberts cover a range of disciplines and topics:

  • Exact Solution of the Infinite-Range Dissipative Transverse-Field Ising Model, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • Hold-down as an alternative to unit dose in cocaine self-administration experiments: Characterization using a progressive ratio schedule, 2020, Psychopharmacology

Other notable recent papers relevant to the broader research network include:

  • End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Evaluation of Activated Carbon and Platinum Black as High-Capacitance Materials for Platinum Electrodes, 2022, Sensors
  • The not-so-natural herb: a case of exogenous Cushing syndrome, 2023, The Medical Journal of Australia

Roberts has also contributed to book publications with various academic presses. Titles include:

  • An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal, 2022, Cambridge University Press
  • Science Fiction and Narrative Form, 2023, Bloomsbury Academic eBooks
  • Umgekehrte Mimesis, 2023, Velbrück Wissenschaft eBooks

Best Publications

  • Progressive ratio schedules in drug self-administration studies in rats: a method to evaluate reinforcing efficacy

    Nicole R. Richardson;David C.S. Roberts

  • Extinction and recovery of cocaine self-administration following 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the nucleus accumbens.

    D.C.S. Roberts;G.F. Koob;P. Klonoff;H.C. Fibiger

  • On the role of ascending catecholaminergic systems in intravenous self-administration of cocaine.

    David C.S. Roberts;Michael E. Corcoran;Hans C. Fibiger

  • Disruption of cocaine self-administration following 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the ventral tegmental area in rats

    David C.S. Roberts;George F. Koob

  • A critique of fixed and progressive ratio schedules used to examine the neural substrates of drug reinforcement.

    Jennifer M Arnold;David C.S Roberts

  • The estrous cycle affects cocaine self-administration on a progressive ratio schedule in rats

    D. C. S. Roberts;S. A. L. Bennett;G. J. Vickers

  • GABAB receptor agonists for the treatment of drug addiction: a review of recent findings

    Michael S. Cousins;David C.S. Roberts;Harriet de Wit

  • Disruption of cocaine and heroin self-administration following kainic acid lesions of the nucleus accumbens

    Kathy A. Zito;G. Vickers;David C.S. Roberts

  • Dopaminergic antagonism within the nucleus accumbens or the amygdala produces differential effects on intravenous cocaine self-administration under fixed and progressive ratio schedules of reinforcement

    Alison McGregor;David C.S. Roberts

  • Self-administration of cocaine on a progressive ratio schedule in rats: dose-response relationship and effect of haloperidol pretreatment

    David C. S. Roberts;Elliot A. Loh;Gary Vickers

  • Break-points on a progressive ratio schedule reinforced by intravenous cocaine increase following depletion of forebrain serotonin.

    Elliot A. Loh;David C. S. Roberts

  • The hypocretin–orexin system regulates cocaine self‐administration via actions on the mesolimbic dopamine system

    Rodrigo A. España;Erik B. Oleson;Jason L. Locke;Bethany R. Brookshire

  • The dorsal tegmental noradrenergic projection: an analysis of its role in maze learning.

    David C. Roberts;Marion T. Price;Hans C. Fibiger

  • Baclofen attenuates the reinforcing effects of cocaine in rats

    David C.S. Roberts;Monique M. Andrews;Gary J. Vickers

  • A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR GABAB AGONISTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOSTIMULANT ADDICTION

    Karen Brebner;Anna Rose Childress;David C. S. Roberts

  • Atypical neuroleptics increase self-administration of cocaine: An evaluation of a behavioural screen for antipsychotic activity

    David C. S. Roberts;Gary Vickers

  • Receptor–receptor interactions within receptor mosaics. Impact on neuropsychopharmacology

    K. Fuxe;D. Marcellino;A. Rivera;Z. Diaz-Cabiale

  • Fluoxetine pretreatment reduces breaking points on a progressive ratio schedule reinforced by intravenous cocaine self-administration in the rat.

    Nicole R. Richardson;David C.S. Roberts

  • Effect of baclofen on cocaine self-administration in rats reinforced under fixed-ratio 1 and progressive-ratio schedules.

    Karen Brebner;Rachel Phelan;David C. S. Roberts

  • Hypocretin 1/orexin A in the ventral tegmental area enhances dopamine responses to cocaine and promotes cocaine self-administration

    Rodrigo A. España;James R. Melchior;David C. S. Roberts;Sara R. Jones

  • How fast and how often: The pharmacokinetics of drug use are decisive in addiction.

    Florence Allain;Ellie-Anna Minogianis;David C.S. Roberts;Anne-Noël Samaha

  • Baclofen suppression of cocaine self-administration: demonstration using a discrete trials procedure.

    D. C. S. Roberts;Monique M. Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Drake Morgan
Drake Morgan University of Florida
Hans C. Fibiger
Hans C. Fibiger University of British Columbia
Sara R. Jones
Sara R. Jones Wake Forest University
Rodrigo A. España
Rodrigo A. España Drexel University
Erin S. Calipari
Erin S. Calipari Vanderbilt University
Anna Rose Childress
Anna Rose Childress University of Pennsylvania
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Charles P. O'Brien
Charles P. O'Brien University of Pennsylvania
Glen B. Baker
Glen B. Baker University of Alberta
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute

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