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Deborah Gorman-Smith

Deborah Gorman-Smith

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
10397
World Ranking
7436
National Ranking
4019

Deborah Gorman-Smith publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah Gorman-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 82 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deborah Gorman-Smith 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 Deborah Gorman-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Deborah Gorman-Smith is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with particular work in clinical psychology, general health professions, health, sociology and political science, and safety research.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentrated effort on youth violence prevention and community health. Selected recent papers include:

  • Social and Structural Determinants of Health and Youth Violence: Shifting the Paradigm of Youth Violence Prevention, 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • Developing and Implementing Community-Level Strategies for Preventing Youth Violence in the United States, 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • A Model for Effective Community-Academic Partnerships for Youth Violence Prevention, 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • The Implications of Executive Functioning on Community Adversity and Violence and Mental Health Outcomes, 2021, Youth & Society
  • Youth Firearm Injury Prevention: Applications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Funded Youth Violence Prevention Centers, 2021, American Journal of Public Health

Frequent coauthors in their research include Rachel C. Garthe, Franklin Cosey-Gay, Michael Schoeny, Terri N. Sullivan, and Beverly Kingston.

Their major publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Youth & Society
  • Social Service Review
  • Prevention Science
  • Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

The main areas of study for this scientist cover 13 publications in social sciences and 7 in psychology. Subfields include 7 publications in clinical psychology, 6 in general health professions, 5 in health, 3 in sociology and political science, and 3 in safety research.

Their work addresses a range of interconnected topics, with multiple publications covering themes such as:

  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Community Health and Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Best Publications

  • The role of exposure to community violence and developmental problems among inner-city youth.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick Tolan

  • The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Arnaldo Zelli;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation.

    Denise C. Gottfredson;Thomas D. Cook;Frances E. M. Gardner;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Exposure to community violence and violence perpetration: the protective effects of family functioning.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan

  • The developmental ecology of urban males' youth violence.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;David B. Henry

  • Cluster analysis in family psychology research.

    David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Witnessed community violence and antisocial behavior in high-risk, urban boys.

    Laurie S. Miller;Gail A. Wasserman;Richard Neugebauer;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • A Developmental-Ecological Model of the Relation of Family Functioning to Patterns of Delinquency

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;David B. Henry

  • Longitudinal family and peer group effects on violence and nonviolent delinquency.

    David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Relation of Family Problems to Patterns of Delinquent Involvement Among Urban Youth

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Rolf Loeber;David B. Henry

  • Assessment of family relationship characteristics: A measure to explain risk for antisocial behavior and depression among urban youth

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;L. Rowell Huesmann;Arnaldo Zelli

  • Development of Serious and Violent Offending Careers

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Supporting families in a high-risk setting: proximal effects of the SAFEChildren preventive intervention.

    Patrick Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;David Henry

  • Family processes and risk for externalizing behavior problems among African American and Hispanic boys.

    Paul Florsheim;Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Family and community characteristics: Risk factors for violence exposure in inner-city youth

    Ashli J. Sheidow;Deborah Gorman‐Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;David B. Henry

  • The Relation of Patterns of Coping of Inner–City Youth to Psychopathology Symptoms

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman–Smith;David Henry;Kyu–suk Chung

  • Patterns of family functioning and adolescent outcomes among urban African American and Mexican American families.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;David B. Henry;Paul Florsheim

  • Are Developmental Pathways in Disruptive Behaviors the Same for Girls and Boys

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Rolf Loeber

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  • Family Relationships, Parenting Practices, the Availability of Male Family Members, and the Behavior of Inner‐City Boys in Single‐Mother and Two‐Parent Families

    Paul Florsheim;Patrick Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Parent and peer predictors of physical dating violence perpetration in early adolescence: tests of moderation and gender differences.

    Shari Miller;Deborah Gorman-Smith;Terri Sullivan;Pamela Orpinas

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick H. Tolan
Patrick H. Tolan University of Virginia
David Henry
David Henry Bond University
Terri N. Sullivan
Terri N. Sullivan Virginia Commonwealth University
Thomas R. Simon
Thomas R. Simon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
David L. Rabiner
David L. Rabiner Duke University
Emilie Phillips Smith
Emilie Phillips Smith University of Georgia
Johnny L. Matson
Johnny L. Matson Louisiana State University
Steven R. Asher
Steven R. Asher Duke University
Kevin P. Haggerty
Kevin P. Haggerty University of Washington

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