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Kimberly C. Kirby

Kimberly C. Kirby

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
5457
World Ranking
8000
National Ranking
4275

Kimberly C. Kirby 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 Kimberly C. Kirby sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Kimberly C. Kirby 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 Kimberly C. Kirby sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kimberly C. Kirby is affiliated with Rowan University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Medicine. The notable subfields of their work include Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, Physiology, Applied Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research focuses on topics related to Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, HIV, Drug Use and Sexual Risk, Healthcare Policy and Management, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Frequent publication venues for their work are the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug and Alcohol Review, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, and the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment.

Kimberly C. Kirby has coauthored multiple papers with the following researchers:

  • Bethany R. Raiff
  • Matthew Dwyer
  • Connor Burrows
  • Carol-Ann Getty
  • Tim Weaver

Recent research papers include:

  • "Patients' beliefs towards contingency management: Target behaviours, incentives and the remote application of these interventions" (2021, Drug and Alcohol Review)
  • "Evolution of the substance use landscape: Implications for contingency management" (2024, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis)
  • "Beliefs related to health care incentives: Comparison of substance use disorder treatment providers, medical treatment providers, and a public sample" (2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)
  • "Using the novel functional purchase task to examine prescription stimulant drug effect preferences in college students." (2022, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology)
  • "Kindness, connection, and science" (2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)

Kimberly C. Kirby has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2000.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Prize-Based Incentives on Outcomes in Stimulant Abusers in Outpatient Psychosocial Treatment Programs: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study

    Nancy M. Petry;Jessica M. Peirce;Maxine L. Stitzer;Jack Blaine

  • Effects of lower-cost incentives on stimulant abstinence in methadone maintenance treatment: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study.

    Jessica M. Peirce;Nancy M. Petry;Maxine L. Stitzer;Jack Blaine

  • Prize-based contingency management for the treatment of substance abusers: a meta-analysis.

    Lois A. Benishek;Lois A. Benishek;Karen L. Dugosh;Kim C. Kirby;Kim C. Kirby;Jason Matejkowski;Jason Matejkowski

  • The merger and development of equivalence classes by unreinforced conditional selection of comparison stimuli.

    Richard R. Saunders;Kathryn J. Saunders;Kimberly C. Kirby;Joseph E. Spradlin

  • Substance abuse treatment providers’ beliefs and objections regarding contingency management: Implications for dissemination

    Kimberly C. Kirby;Lois A. Benishek;Karen Leggett Dugosh;MaryLouise E. Kerwin

  • Fluoxetine Is Ineffective for Treatment of Cocaine Dependence or Concurrent Opiate and Cocaine Dependence: Two Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Trials

    John Grabowski;Howard Rhoades;Ronith Elk;Joy Schmitz

  • Behavioral and emotional problems among children of cocaine- and opiate-dependent parents.

    Catherine Stanger;Stephen T. Higgins;Warren K. Bickel;Ronith Elk

  • Multidimensional assessment of perceived treatment-entry pressures among substance abusers.

    Douglas B. Marlowe;Elizabeth P. Merikle;Kimberly C. Kirby;David S. Festinger

  • Pretreatment dropout as a function of treatment delay and client variables

    David S. Festinger;Richard J Lamb;Maria R. Kountz;Kimberly C. Kirby

  • Status hearings in drug court: when more is less and less is more

    David S. Festinger;Douglas B. Marlowe;Patricia A. Lee;Kimberly C. Kirby

  • Community reinforcement training for family and significant others of drug abusers: A unilateral intervention to increase treatment entry of drug users

    Kimberly C Kirby;Douglas B Marlowe;David S Festinger;Kerry A Garvey

  • Schedule of voucher delivery influences initiation of cocaine abstinence.

    Kimberly C. Kirby;Douglas B. Marlowe;David S. Festinger;R. J. Lamb

  • Providing alcohol for underage youth: what messages should we be sending parents?

    Övgü Kaynak;Ken C Winters;John Cacciola;Kimberly C Kirby

  • Acute opioid physical dependence in humans: effect of varying the morphine-naloxone interval II.

    K C Kirby;M L Stitzer;S J Heishman

  • Assessment of coercive and noncoercive pressures to enter drug abuse treatment

    Douglas B. Marlowe;Kimberly C. Kirby;Lynda M. Bonieskie;David J. Glass

  • From telephone to office: Intake attendance as a function of appointment delay.

    David S. Festinger;R.J. Lamb;Douglas B. Marlowe;Kimberly C. Kirby

  • Shaping smoking cessation using percentile schedules

    Richard J. Lamb;Andrew R. Morral;Kimberly C. Kirby;Martin Y. Iguchi

  • Comparative analysis of state requirements for the training of substance abuse and mental health counselors.

    MaryLouise E. Kerwin;MaryLouise E. Kerwin;MaryLouise E. Kerwin;Katherine Walker-Smith;Kimberly C. Kirby;Kimberly C. Kirby

  • Technology transfer through performance management: the effects of graphical feedback and positive reinforcement on drug treatment counselors' behavior.

    Matthew E Andrzejewski;Kimberly C Kirby;Andrew R Morral;Martin Y Iguchi

  • Beliefs about the empirical support of drug abuse treatment interventions: A survey of outpatient treatment providers

    Lois A. Benishek;Kimberly C. Kirby;Karen Leggett Dugosh;Alicia Padovano

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Y. Iguchi
Martin Y. Iguchi Georgetown University
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Nancy M. Petry
Nancy M. Petry University of Connecticut
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
Stephen T. Higgins
Stephen T. Higgins University of Vermont
John S. Cacciola
John S. Cacciola University of Pennsylvania
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes
A. Thomas McLellan
A. Thomas McLellan University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Silverman
Kenneth Silverman Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Steve Martino
Steve Martino Yale University

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