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Eric C. Donny

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
11896
World Ranking
4507
National Ranking
2038

Eric C. Donny publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric C. Donny sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 199 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Eric C. Donny D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Eric C. Donny is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Noise Effects and Management

Frequent publication venues for Eric C. Donny include:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Preventive Medicine
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent coauthors they have collaborated with are:

  • Dorothy K. Hatsukami
  • Rachel Denlinger-Apte
  • Jennifer W. Tidey
  • Tracy T. Smith
  • Joseph S. Koopmeiners

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric C. Donny include:

  • "The Impact of Exclusive Use of Very Low Nicotine Cigarettes on Compensatory Smoking: An Inpatient Crossover Clinical Trial" (2020), published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "A review of the evidence on cigarettes with reduced addictiveness potential" (2021), published in International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "Relationships between the Nicotine Metabolite Ratio and a Panel of Exposure and Effect Biomarkers: Findings from Two Studies of U.S. Commercial Cigarette Smokers" (2020), published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Reappraising Choice in Addiction: Novel Conceptualizations and Treatments for Tobacco Use Disorder" (2021), published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • "Preliminary evidence on cigarette nicotine reduction with concurrent access to an e-cigarette: Manipulating cigarette nicotine content, e-liquid nicotine content, and e-liquid flavor availability" (2022), published in Preventive Medicine

In 2015, Eric C. Donny was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research

    Shannon G. Matta;David J. Balfour;Neal L. Benowitz;R. Thomas Boyd

  • Cue dependency of nicotine self-administration and smoking.

    Anthony R Caggiula;Eric C Donny;Anthony R White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Sex differences in nicotine effects and self-administration: review of human and animal evidence.

    Kenneth A. Perkins;Eric Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes.

    Eric C. Donny;Rachel L. Denlinger;Jennifer W. Tidey;Joseph S. Koopmeiners

  • Operant responding for a visual reinforcer in rats is enhanced by noncontingent nicotine: implications for nicotine self-administration and reinforcement

    Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;F. Fay Evans-Martin

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats: estrous cycle effects, sex differences and nicotinic receptor binding.

    E. C. Donny;A. R. Caggiula;P. P. Rowell;M. A. Gharib

  • Complex interactions between nicotine and nonpharmacological stimuli reveal multiple roles for nicotine in reinforcement

    Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier

  • The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier;Xiu Liu

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats.

    E C Donny;A R Caggiula;S Knopf;C Brown

  • Environmental stimuli promote the acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Dissociating the primary reinforcing and reinforcement-enhancing effects of nicotine using a rat self-administration paradigm with concurrently available drug and environmental reinforcers.

    Matthew I. Palmatier;F. Fay Evans-Martin;Alycia Hoffman;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • Importance of nonpharmacological factors in nicotine self-administration.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Kenneth A. Perkins

  • Acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats: the effects of dose, feeding schedule, and drug contingency.

    Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula;Michelle M. Mielke;Kimberly S. Jacobs

  • Sex differences in the contribution of nicotine and nonpharmacological stimuli to nicotine self-administration in rats

    Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Sheri Booth

  • Smoking in the absence of nicotine: behavioral, subjective and physiological effects over 11 days

    Eric C. Donny;Elizabeth Houtsmuller;Maxine L. Stitzer

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement.

    Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula;Michelle M. Mielke;Sheri Booth

  • Effect of immediate vs gradual reduction in nicotine content of cigarettes on biomarkers of smoke exposure a randomized clinical trial

    Dorothy K. Hatsukami;Xianghua Luo;Joni A. Jensen;Mustafa Al'Absi

  • The effects of nicotine on the immune system

    Cathy G. McAllister-Sistilli;Anthony R. Caggiula;Steve Knopf;Christine A. Rose

  • Methadone doses of 100 mg or greater are more effective than lower doses at suppressing heroin self-administration in opioid-dependent volunteers.

    Eric C. Donny;Susan M. Brasser;George E. Bigelow;Maxine L. Stitzer

  • The association between cigarette smoking and DSM-IV nicotine dependence among first year college students

    Lisa C. Dierker;Eric Donny;Stephen Tiffany;Suzanne M. Colby

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorothy K. Hatsukami
Dorothy K. Hatsukami University of Minnesota
Alan F. Sved
Alan F. Sved University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer W. Tidey
Jennifer W. Tidey Brown University
Neal L. Benowitz
Neal L. Benowitz University of California, San Francisco
F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
Mustafa al'Absi
Mustafa al'Absi University of Minnesota
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University
Stephen S. Hecht
Stephen S. Hecht University of Minnesota
David J. Drobes
David J. Drobes University of South Florida
Kenneth A. Perkins
Kenneth A. Perkins University of Pittsburgh

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