2026 Linda C. Sobell: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	80	1438	1283	864	752	328	27354

Research.com Recognitions

1990 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Linda C. Sobell is affiliated with Nova Southeastern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the field of medicine, with a focus on pharmacology, public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Their work covers several main topics, including coffee research and impacts, obesity, physical activity, diet, eating disorders and behaviors, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, health policy implementation science, and mental health treatment and access.

Recent publications by Linda C. Sobell include the following:

Programa de Auto-cambio Dirigido en abuso de alcohol en población española: un estudio de caso (2020), published in Revista de PSICOLOGÍA DE LA SALUD
Reliability of a Timeline Followback measure of caffeinated coffee consumption (2022), published in Addictive Behaviors
Commentaries on R. Mellor & A. Ritter (2020). Redressing Responses to the Treatment Gap for People with Alcohol Problems (2020), published in SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice
Assessing Alcohol Problems Using Motivational interviewing (2023), published in PsycTHERAPY Dataset
Real world implementation of AlcoChange, a smartphone digital therapeutic to improve outcomes from alcohol-related liver disease: protocol for an individually randomised parallel group controlled trial (2025), published in Trials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Linda C. Sobell include:

Mark B. Sobell
José Luís Carballo
Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona
Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez
Brian Letourneau

The scientist's work has been published in various venues such as:

Revista de PSICOLOGÍA DE LA SALUD
Addictive Behaviors
SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice
PsycTHERAPY Dataset
Trials

Linda C. Sobell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1990.

Best Publications

Timeline Follow-Back A Technique for Assessing Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption

Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell

5603
Citations
Reliability of a timeline method: assessing normal drinkers' reports of recent drinking and a comparative evaluation across several populations.

Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell;Gloria I. Leo;Anthony Cancilla

1137
Citations
Reliability of alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking behavior.

Linda C. Sobell;Stephen A. Maisto;Mark B. Sobell;A.Mitch Cooper

1057
Citations
The reliability of the Alcohol Timeline Followback when administered by telephone and by computer

Linda C. Sobell;Joanne Brown;Gloria I. Leo;Mark B. Sobell

828
Citations
Reliability of the Timeline Followback for cocaine, cannabis, and cigarette use.

Sean M. Robinson;Linda Carter Sobell;Mark B. Sobell;Gloria I. Leo

803
Citations
The reliability of a timeline method for assessing normal drinker college students' recent drinking history: Utility for alcohol research.

Mark B. Sobell;Linda C. Sobell;Felix Klajner;Daniel Pavan

653
Citations
Recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment: prevalence in two population surveys.

Linda C. Sobell;John A. Cunningham;Mark B. Sobell

632
Citations
Natural Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems: Methodological Review of the Research with Suggestions for Future Directions.

Linda C. Sobell;Timothy P. Ellingstad;Mark B. Sobell

595
Citations
Individualized behavior therapy for alcoholics

Mark B. Sobell;Linda C. Sobell

534
Citations
Alcohol Consumption Measures

Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell

468
Citations
Stepped care as a heuristic approach to the treatment of alcohol problems.

Mark B. Sobell;Linda C. Sobell

445
Citations
Barriers to treatment: Why alcohol and drug abusers delay or never seek treatment

John A. Cunningham;Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell;Sangeeta Agrawal

423
Citations
Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: a randomized controlled trial.

R. Louise Floyd;Mark Sobell;Mary M. Velasquez;Karen Ingersoll

359
Citations
What triggers the resolution of alcohol problems without treatment.

Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell;Tony Toneatto;Gloria I. Leo

359
Citations
RELIABILITY OF A FAMILY TREE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSING FAMILY HISTORY OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

Robert E. Mann;Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell;Daniel Pavan

348
Citations
Developing a Prototype for Evaluating Alcohol Treatment Effectiveness

Mark B. Sobell;S. A. Maisto;Linda C. Sobell;A. M. Cooper

336
Citations
The reliability of alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking and life events that occurred in the distant past.

L C Sobell;M B Sobell;D M Riley;R Schuller

320
Citations
Second year treatment outcome of alcoholics treated by individualized behavior therapy: results.

Mark B. Sobell;Linda C. Sobell

319
Citations
Problem Drinkers: Guided Self-Change Treatment

Mark B. Sobell;Linda Carter Sobell

313
Citations
Emerging Concepts of Alcohol Dependence

E. Mansell Pattison;Mark B. Sobell;Linda Carter Sobell

312
Citations
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy

David Reitman;Linda C. Sobell

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark B. Sobell Nova Southeastern University

John A. Cunningham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Tony Toneatto University of Toronto

David C. Hodgins University of Calgary

Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University

Karen S. Ingersoll University of Virginia

Lizette Peterson University of Missouri

Michelle G. Newman Pennsylvania State University

William R. Miller University of New Mexico

Alan L. Peterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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