2026 George W. Joe: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	54	4587	4247	2548	2306	150	11400

Overview

George W. Joe is affiliated with Texas Christian University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Health Professions, Medicine, and Psychology. These fields are further refined into significant subfields such as General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistics and Probability.

The main topics addressed in George W. Joe's work include Health Policy Implementation Science, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions. The research focuses on practical applications within health systems and economic evaluations, along with quality of life considerations.

Selected recent papers illustrate the areas of study and contribution:

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
Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth: Findings From JJ-TRIALS (2020), Criminal Justice and Behavior
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
Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons (2022), BMC Infectious Diseases
An evaluation of StaySafe, a tablet app to improve health risk decision-making among people under community supervision (2021), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Frequent coauthors collaborating with George W. Joe include:

Jennifer Pankow
Kevin Knight
Wayne E. K. Lehman
Angela A. Robertson
Danica K. Knight

Their research has been published primarily in these venues:

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Criminal Justice and Behavior
BMC Health Services Research
BMC Infectious Diseases
Journal of Criminal Justice

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
Motivation as a predictor of early dropout from drug abuse treatment.

D. Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe

654
Citations
A National Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes for Cocaine Dependence

D. Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Bennett W. Fletcher;Robert L. Hubbard

547
Citations
Effects of readiness for drug abuse treatment on client retention and assessment of process

G W Joe;D D Simpson;K M Broome

537
Citations
Retention and patient engagement models for different treatment modalities in DATOS.

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

489
Citations
Drug abuse treatment process components that improve retention

D.Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Grace A. Rowan-Szal;Jack M. Greener

477
Citations
Drug abuse treatment retention and process effects on follow-up outcomes.

D Dwayne Simpson;George W Joe;Grace A Rowan-Szal

461
Citations
Program diversity and treatment retention rates in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS).

D. Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Kirk M. Broome;Matthew L. Hiller

388
Citations
A national 5-year follow-up of treatment outcomes for cocaine dependence.

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

340
Citations
Client engagement and change during drug abuse treatment

D.Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Grace Rowan-Szal;Jack Greener

337
Citations
Measuring patient attributes and engagement in treatment

George W Joe;Kirk M Broome;Grace A Rowan-Szal;D.Dwayne Simpson

322
Citations
A longitudinal evaluation of treatment engagement and recovery stages

D.Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe

242
Citations
Gender differences at admission and follow-up in a sample of methadone maintenance clients

Lois R. Chatham;Matthew L. Hiller;Grace A. Rowan-Szal;George W. Joe

207
Citations
Recovery from opioid addiction in DATOS.

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

201
Citations
Treatment predictors of tenure in methadone maintenance.

George W. Joe;D. Dwayne Simpson;Robert L. Hubbard

197
Citations
Relationships Between Counseling Rapport and Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes

George W. Joe;D. Dwayne Simpson;Donald F. Dansereau;Grace A. Rowan-Szal

195
Citations
Patient and program attributes related to treatment process indicators in DATOS.

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

173
Citations
Addiction Careers: Etiology, Treatment, and 12-Year Follow-up Outcomes

D. Dwayne Simpson;George W. Joe;Wayne E. K. Lehman;S. B. Sells

173
Citations
Looking back on cocaine dependence: reasons for recovery.

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

150
Citations
HIV risks, gender, and cocaine use among opiate users.

George W. Joe;D.Dwayne Simpson

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Dwayne Simpson Texas Christian University

Patrick M. Flynn Texas Christian University

Kevin Knight Texas Christian University

Barry S. Brown University of North Carolina Wilmington

Lawrence R. James Georgia Institute of Technology

Richard Dembo University of South Florida

Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky

External Links

Personal website of George W. Joe

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