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Harold A. Pollack publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold A. Pollack sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 252 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Harold A. Pollack D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold A. Pollack sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Harold A. Pollack is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, and Clinical Psychology. They have contributed extensively to research in these areas, with a total of 109 publications in Medicine and specialized research spanning subfields such as Epidemiology (46 publications) and Public Health-related topics (36 publications).

Their research addresses several key topics, prominently featuring Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes. Other notable topics in their body of work include Mental Health Treatment and Access, HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk, Healthcare Policy and Management, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Harold A. Pollack's recent papers cover a variety of issues related to substance use, mental health, and health policy. Selected works include:

  • "Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents" (2023), published in American Economic Review
  • "Social Stigma toward Persons with Opioid Use Disorder: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey of U.S. Adults" (2021), published in Substance Use & Misuse
  • "Modeling Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Opioid-Related Morbidity and Mortality in the US" (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Patient-centered care's relationship with substance use disorder treatment utilization" (2020), published in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • "Support for evidence-informed opioid policies and interventions: The role of racial attitudes, political affiliation, and opioid stigma" (2022), published in Preventive Medicine

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including John A. Schneider, Bruce G. Taylor, Phoebe A. Lamuda, Elizabeth Flanagan, and Mai T. Pho, reflecting a collaborative approach within their research community.

Harold A. Pollack's work is published in a range of scientific journals where they have maintained a steady publication record. Frequent publication venues include:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • JAMA Health Forum
  • PLoS ONE
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Preventive Medicine

Best Publications

  • Epidemic Increase in Childhood Overweight, 1986-1998

    Richard S. Strauss;Harold A. Pollack

  • Social Marginalization of Overweight Children

    Richard S. Strauss;Harold A. Pollack

  • Investing in youth tobacco control: a review of smoking prevention and control strategies

    Paula M Lantz;Peter D Jacobson;Kenneth E Warner;Jeffrey Wasserman

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago

    Sara B. Heller;Anuj K. Shah;Jonathan Guryan;Jens Ludwig

  • A randomized controlled trial of the effects of group psychological therapy on survival in women with metastatic breast cancer

    A.J. Cunningham;C.V.I. Edmonds;G.P. Jenkins;H. Pollack

  • Welfare reform, substance use, and mental health.

    Rukmalie Jayakody;Sheldon Danziger;Harold Pollack

  • Academic and Behavioral Outcomes Among the Children of Young Mothers

    Judith A. Levine;Harold A. Pollack;Maureen E. Comfort

  • Addressing the Fentanyl Threat to Public Health

    Richard G. Frank;Harold A. Pollack

  • The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago

    Philip J Cook;Kenneth Dodge;George Farkas;Roland G Fryer

  • Maternal smoking and adverse birth outcomes among singletons and twins.

    Harold Pollack;Paula M. Lantz;John G. Frohna

  • Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy

    Robert F. Schoeni;James S. House;George A. Kaplan;Harold Pollack

  • Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study, 1988-2000

    Thomas D'Aunno;Harold A. Pollack

  • Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment

    Sara Heller;Harold A. Pollack;Roseanna Ander;Jens Ludwig

  • Health Policy Approaches To Population Health: The Limits Of Medicalization

    Paula M. Lantz;Richard L. Lichtenstein;Harold A. Pollack

  • Obesity and the Economy: From Crisis to Opportunity

    David S. Ludwig;Harold A. Pollack

  • Housing Instability Among Current and Former Welfare Recipients

    Robin Phinney;Sheldon Danziger;Harold A. Pollack;Kristin Seefeldt

  • Decrease in the prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in the home during the 1990s in families with children.

    Soheil Soliman;Harold A. Pollack;Kenneth E. Warner

  • The well-being of children born to teen mothers.

    Judith A. Levine;Clifton R. Emery;Harold Pollack

  • Methamphetamine Use Among Pregnant Women

    Mishka Terplan;Erica J. Smith;Michael J. Kozloski;Harold A. Pollack

  • Sudden infant death syndrome, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation intervention.

    Harold A. Pollack

  • Investing in Youth Tobacco Control

    Paula M. Lantz;Peter Jacobson;Kenneth E. Warner;Jeffrey Wasserman

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago (WP-15-27)

    Sara Heller;Anuj Shah;Jonathan Guryan;Jens Ludwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Ludwig
Jens Ludwig University of Chicago
Peter D. Friedmann
Peter D. Friedmann University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Thomas D'Aunno
Thomas D'Aunno New York University
Lisa R. Metsch
Lisa R. Metsch Columbia University
Colleen M. Grogan
Colleen M. Grogan University of Chicago
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University
Peter Reuter
Peter Reuter University of Maryland, College Park
Philip J. Cook
Philip J. Cook Duke University
George Farkas
George Farkas University of California, Irvine
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University

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