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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 67 Citations 12,875 220 World Ranking 1869 National Ranking 1128

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Awards & Achievements

2006 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Substance abuse

His primary scientific interests are in Psychiatry, Addiction, Substance abuse, Clinical psychology and Psychological intervention. His Psychiatry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Continuing care and Randomized controlled trial. His work investigates the relationship between Addiction and topics such as Public health that intersect with problems in Mental health.

The Substance abuse study combines topics in areas such as Denial and Continuity of care. His research integrates issues of Test validity and Stepped care in his study of Clinical psychology. His research in Psychological intervention intersects with topics in Intervention, Veterans Affairs and Specialty.

His most cited work include:

  • The Relationship of Depression and Stressors to Immunological Assays: A Meta-Analytic Review (751 citations)
  • Reconsidering the evaluation of addiction treatment: From retrospective follow-up to concurrent recovery monitoring. (292 citations)
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatments: Reasonable expectations, appropriate comparisons. (219 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

James R. McKay spends much of his time researching Psychiatry, Substance abuse, Randomized controlled trial, Clinical psychology and Psychological intervention. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Continuing care and Psychiatry. James R. McKay has included themes like Intervention, Mental health and Psychosocial in his Substance abuse study.

His Randomized controlled trial research incorporates elements of Sample size determination, Intensive outpatient program, Young adult, Social support and Physical therapy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Alcohol dependence, Reliability and Substance abuse treatment in addition to Clinical psychology. His Psychological intervention study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Psychotherapist, Relapse prevention and Substance use.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (65.31%)
  • Substance abuse (26.94%)
  • Randomized controlled trial (24.90%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Randomized controlled trial (24.90%)
  • Psychiatry (65.31%)
  • Psychological intervention (20.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

James R. McKay focuses on Randomized controlled trial, Psychiatry, Psychological intervention, Abstinence and Substance abuse. His Randomized controlled trial research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Sample size determination, Specialty, Intervention, Physical therapy and Addiction. His research in the fields of Cocaine dependence overlaps with other disciplines such as Neurocognitive.

The concepts of his Psychological intervention study are interwoven with issues in Psychotherapist, Relapse prevention, Substance use and Pilot trial. His Abstinence research focuses on Clinical psychology and how it connects with Behavior change. His Substance abuse study incorporates themes from Paranoia and Social psychology.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A randomized clinical trial of alcohol care management delivered in Department of Veterans Affairs primary care clinics versus specialty addiction treatment. (85 citations)
  • Making the hard work of recovery more attractive for those with substance use disorders (65 citations)
  • Making the hard work of recovery more attractive for those with substance use disorders (65 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Psychotherapist

Abstinence, Psychiatry, Psychological intervention, Randomized controlled trial and Substance abuse are his primary areas of study. His studies in Abstinence integrate themes in fields like Intervention, Cocaine dependence and Young adult. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Alcohol use disorder and Psychiatry.

In most of his Psychological intervention studies, his work intersects topics such as Psychotherapist. James R. McKay has researched Randomized controlled trial in several fields, including Physical therapy, Injury prevention, Addiction and Disease management. James R. McKay interconnects Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and Clinical psychology in the investigation of issues within Substance abuse.

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Best Publications

The relationship of depression and stressors to immunological assays: a meta-analytic review.

Eric P. Zorrilla;Lester Luborsky;James R. McKay;Robert Rosenthal.
Brain Behavior and Immunity (2001)

1088 Citations

Reconsidering the evaluation of addiction treatment: From retrospective follow-up to concurrent recovery monitoring.

A. Thomas McLellan;James R. McKay;Robert Forman;John Cacciola.
Addiction (2005)

506 Citations

Evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatments: Reasonable expectations, appropriate comparisons.

A. Thomas McLellan;George E. Woody;David Metzger;James McKay.
Milbank Quarterly (1996)

383 Citations

Continuing care research: what we have learned and where we are going.

James R. McKay.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2009)

292 Citations

Is there a case for extended interventions for alcohol and drug use disorders

James R. McKay.
Addiction (2005)

288 Citations

Self-report issues in substance abuse: State of the art and future directions.

Stephen A. Maisto;James R. McKay;Gerard J. Connors.
Behavioral Assessment (1990)

287 Citations

The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes

James R. McKay;Kevin G. Lynch;Donald S. Shepard;Helen M. Pettinati.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2005)

246 Citations

Developing adaptive treatment strategies in substance abuse research.

Susan A. Murphy;Kevin G. Lynch;David Oslin;James R. McKay.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2007)

229 Citations

The relationship of psychiatric comorbidity to treatment outcomes in methadone maintained patients.

John S Cacciola;Arthur I Alterman;Megan J Rutherford;James R McKay.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2001)

229 Citations

A review of temporal effects and outcome predictors in substance abuse treatment studies with long-term follow-ups. Preliminary results and methodological issues.

James R. McKay;Richard V. Weiss.
Evaluation Review (2001)

227 Citations

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