World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
15909
World Ranking
2389
National Ranking
1388

John F. Kelly publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John F. Kelly sits on this spectrum.

31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31 publications 705+

This scientist: 264 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

John F. Kelly D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John F. Kelly sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

John F. Kelly is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, psychology, and health professions, with a significant emphasis on substance use and mental health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as epidemiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

Key subfields of study are:

  • Epidemiology
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

The main topics covered in their work include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, mental health and patient involvement, homelessness and social issues, mental health treatment and access, prenatal substance exposure effects, and digital mental health interventions.

Prominent topics of research are:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by John F. Kelly include:

  • Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women in Massachusetts (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders (2022), published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Facilitation Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Distillation of a 2020 Cochrane Review for Clinicians and Policy Makers (2020), published in Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • A US national randomized study to guide how best to reduce stigma when describing drug-related impairment in practice and policy (2020), published in Addiction
  • Online digital recovery support services: An overview of the science and their potential to help individuals with substance use disorder during COVID-19 and beyond (2020), published in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

John F. Kelly frequently collaborates with various co-authors, including Brandon G. Bergman, Bettina B. Hoeppner, Valerie A. Earnshaw, Alexandra Abry, and Lauren A. Hoffman.

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Addiction
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
  • Addictive Behaviors

John F. Kelly has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2013.

Best Publications

  • Resilience strategies for new teachers in high-needs areas

    Antonio J. Castro;John Kelly;Minyi Shih

  • The Effect of Depression on Return to Drinking: A Prospective Study

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Roger D. Weiss;Larry R. Muenz;Lisa M. Vagge

  • Does it matter how we refer to individuals with substance-related conditions? A randomized study of two commonly used terms

    John F. Kelly;Cassandra M. Westerhoff

  • Comparative utility of a single-item versus multiple-item measure of self-efficacy in predicting relapse among young adults

    Bettina B. Hoeppner;John F. Kelly;Karen A. Urbanoski;Valerie Slaymaker

  • Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder.

    John F Kelly;Keith Humphreys;Marica Ferri

  • How do people recover from alcohol dependence? A systematic review of the research on mechanisms of behavior change in Alcoholics Anonymous

    John Francis Kelly;Molly Magill;Robert Lauren Stout

  • Lived Experience in New Models of Care for Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review of Peer Recovery Support Services and Recovery Coaching.

    David Eddie;Lauren Hoffman;Corrie Vilsaint;Alexandra Abry

  • Determining the relative importance of the mechanisms of behavior change within Alcoholics Anonymous: a multiple mediator analysis

    John F. Kelly;Bettina Hoeppner;Robert L. Stout;Maria Elizabeth Pagano

  • The effects of transdermal nicotine on cognition in nonsmokers with schizophrenia and nonpsychiatric controls

    Ruth S Barr;Melissa A Culhane;Lindsay E Jubelt;Rana S Mufti

  • Spirituality in recovery: a lagged mediational analysis of alcoholics anonymous' principal theoretical mechanism of behavior change.

    John F. Kelly;Robert L. Stout;Molly Magill;J. Scott Tonigan

  • Prevalence and pathways of recovery from drug and alcohol problems in the United States population: Implications for practice, research, and policy.

    John F. Kelly;Brandon G. Bergman;Bettina B. Hoeppner;Corrie Vilsaint

  • Light drinking in pregnancy, a risk for behavioural problems and cognitive deficits at 3 years of age?

    Yvonne Kelly;Amanda Sacker;Ron Gray;John Kelly

  • A multivariate process model of adolescent 12-step attendance and substance use outcome following inpatient treatment.

    John F. Kelly;Mark G. Myers;Sandra A. Brown

  • Is Alcoholics Anonymous religious, spiritual, neither? Findings from 25 years of mechanisms of behavior change research

    John F. Kelly

  • Does Our Choice of Substance-Related Terms Influence Perceptions of Treatment Need? an Empirical Investigation with Two Commonly Used Terms

    John F. Kelly;Sarah J. Dow;Cara Westerhoff

  • Dropout from 12-step self-help groups: prevalence, predictors, and counteracting treatment influences.

    John F Kelly;Rudolf Moos

  • The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018

    Philip N. Howard;Bharath Ganesh;Dimitra Liotsiou;John Kelly

  • Substance use disorder patients who are mandated to treatment: characteristics, treatment process, and 1- and 5-year outcomes.

    John F. Kelly;John W. Finney;Rudolf Moos

  • Self-help for substance-use disorders: history, effectiveness, knowledge gaps, and research opportunities.

    John F. Kelly

  • A 3-year study of addiction mutual-help group participation following intensive outpatient treatment

    John F. Kelly;Robert Stout;Robert Stout;William Zywiak;Robert Schneider

  • The Effect of Depression on Return to Drinking

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Roger D. Weiss;Larry R. Muenz;Lisa M. Vagge

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. White
William L. White Yale University
Robert L. Stout
Robert L. Stout Brown University
Mark G. Myers
Mark G. Myers University of California, San Diego
Christopher W. Kahler
Christopher W. Kahler Brown University
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University
Valerie A. Earnshaw
Valerie A. Earnshaw University of Delaware
Molly Magill
Molly Magill Brown University
Sandra A. Brown
Sandra A. Brown University of California, San Diego
Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Christine Timko
Christine Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring an online psychology degree can unlock a wide variety of professional opportunities. Graduates can pursue some of the highest paid psychology jobs across clinical, educational, or business settings. Those interested in maximizing their earning potential may want to learn more about high paying psychology careers such as industrial-organizational psychologists, neuropsychologists, or forensic psychologists.

For students passionate about applied behavior analysis, meeting bcba requirements is essential for Board Certified Behavior Analyst certification and career advancement. Alternatively, those eyeing the corporate world can benefit from understanding the skills required to become a business psychologist, such as organizational assessment, leadership strategies, and employee well-being.

No matter your focus, pursuing further education and acquiring specialized credentials can lead to diverse roles and salary levels in psychology. Online programs can offer flexibility, making it easier to balance career development with personal commitments.

Best Scientists Citing John F. Kelly

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles