2026 Gail A. Wasserman: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	60	1437	1281	686	602	146	17537

Overview

Gail A. Wasserman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Psychology and Health Professions, with notable contributions to subfields such as General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Epidemiology, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics that intersect psychology, health policy, and community interventions. Key areas of study include:

Health Policy Implementation Science
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Mental Health Treatment and Access
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Community Health and Development
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Digital Mental Health Interventions

Gail A. Wasserman has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in journals such as Health & Justice, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, ISEE Conference Abstracts, Psychiatric Services, and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

Selected recent papers include:

The Missing Link(age): Multilevel Contributors to Service Uptake Failure Among Youths on Community Justice Supervision (2021, Psychiatric Services)
Using structured implementation interventions to improve referral to substance use treatment among justice-involved youth: Findings from a multisite cluster randomized trial (2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)
Falling between two systems of care: Engaging families, behavioral health and the justice systems to increase uptake of substance use treatment in youth on probation (2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)
Mixed metals exposure and cognitive function in Bangladeshi adolescents (2022, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety)
The comparative effectiveness of Core versus Core+Enhanced implementation strategies in a randomized controlled trial to improve substance use treatment receipt among justice-involved youth (2022, BMC Health Services Research)

Their collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Katherine S. Elkington, Faye S. Taxman, Michael L. Dennis, Margaret E. Ryan, and Steven Belenko.

Best Publications

Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries

Susan P Walker;Theodore D Wachs;Julie Meeks Gardner;Betsy Lozoff

2795
Citations
Low-level environmental lead exposure and children's intellectual function: an international pooled analysis.

Bruce P. Lanphear;Richard Hornung;Richard Hornung;Jane Khoury;Jane Khoury;Kimberly Yolton

2637
Citations
Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

1002
Citations
The Voice DISC-IV With Incarcerated Male Youths: Prevalence of Disorder

Gail A. Wasserman;Larkin S. Mcreynolds;Christopher P. Lucas;Prudence Fisher

500
Citations
Witnessed community violence and antisocial behavior in high-risk, urban boys.

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

440
Citations
Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

418
Citations
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER, COMORBIDITY, AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN JUVENILE JUSTICE YOUTH

Gail A. Wasserman;Larkin S. McReynolds;Craig S. Schwalbe;Joseph M. Keating

345
Citations
The prevention of serious and violent juvenile offending

Gail A. Wasserman;Laurie S. Miller

324
Citations
Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders at Juvenile Probation Intake

Gail A. Wasserman;Larkin S. McReynolds;Susan J. Ko;Laura M. Katz

304
Citations
Arsenic and manganese exposure and children's intellectual function.

Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Pam Factor-Litvak

290
Citations
Risk and protective factors of child delinquency

G.A. Wasserman;K. Keenan;R.E. Tremblay;J. Coie

284
Citations
Parenting Predictors of Early Conduct Problems in Urban, High-Risk Boys

Gail A. Wasserman;Laurie S. Miller;Elizabeth Pinner;Beatriz Jaramillo

275
Citations
Manganese Exposure from Drinking Water and Children’s Academic Achievement

Khalid Khan;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Ershad Ahmed

268
Citations
Assessing the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings. Juvenile Justice Bulletin.

Gail A. Wasserman;Susan J. Ko;Larkin S. McReynolds

261
Citations
Manganese Exposure from Drinking Water and Children’s Classroom Behavior in Bangladesh

Khalid Khan;Pam Factor-Litvak;Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu

228
Citations
Arsenic exposure and motor function among children in Bangladesh.

Faruque Parvez;Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Pam Factor-Litvak;Xinhua Liu

217
Citations
Lead exposure and intelligence in 7-year-old children: the Yugoslavia Prospective Study

Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Nancy J. Lolacono;Pam Factor-Litvak

212
Citations
A cross-sectional study of well water arsenic and child IQ in Maine schoolchildren

Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Nancy J. LoIacono;Jennie K Kline;Jennie K Kline

208
Citations
Developmental and Sex Differences in Types of Conduct Problems

Quyen Q. Tiet;Gail A. Wasserman;Rolf Loeber;Rolf Loeber;Larkin S. McReynolds

206
Citations
Mental health assessments in juvenile justice: report on the consensus conference.

Gail A. Wasserman;Peter S. Jensen;Susan J. Ko;Joseph Cocozza

204
Citations
Child development in developing countries 2 Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries

Susan P Walker;Theodore D Wachs;Julie Meeks Gardner;Betsy Lozoff

68
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel S. Pine National Institutes of Health

Alexander van Geen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Steven Belenko Temple University

Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky

Michael L. Dennis Research Triangle Park Foundation

Jeremy D. Coplan SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Hannah K. Knudsen University of Kentucky

Ralph J. DiClemente New York University

Patrick E. Shrout New York University

Kate Keenan University of Chicago

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