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Medicine

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90
Citations
33021
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12126
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6221

Psychology

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90
Citations
32851
World Ranking
948
National Ranking
599

Linda P. Spear 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 Linda P. Spear sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 302 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Linda P. Spear 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 Linda P. Spear sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Linda P. Spear was affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States. Their research predominantly focused on neuroscience and medicine, with notable contributions to subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, behavioral neuroscience, nutrition and dietetics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work addressed a range of topics including neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, adipose tissue and metabolism, stress responses and cortisol, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, prenatal substance exposure effects, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and anesthesia and neurotoxicity research.

Among the recent scholarly papers authored by Linda P. Spear were:

  • Timing Eclipses Amount: The Critical Importance of Intermittency in Alcohol Exposure Effects, 2020, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Transitions Into Underage and Problem Drinking: Summary of Developmental Processes and Mechanisms: Ages 10-15, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Effects on Kappa Opioid Receptor Mediated Dopamine Transmission: Sex and Age of Exposure Matter, 2020, Brain Sciences
  • Rats exposed to intermittent ethanol during late adolescence exhibit enhanced habitual behavior following reward devaluation, 2020, Alcohol
  • Impact of adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure in male and female rats on social drinking and neuropeptide gene expression, 2022, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Frequent coauthors that collaborated with this scientist included:

  • Elena I. Varlinskaya
  • Trevor T. Towner
  • David F. Werner
  • Margaret Broadwater
  • Michael Windle

Their publications appeared most often in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alcohol
  • Brain Sciences

Best Publications

  • The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations

    L.P. Spear

  • Biological stress response terminology: Integrating the concepts of adaptive response and preconditioning stress within a hormetic dose-response framework

    Edward J. Calabrese;Kenneth A. Bachmann;A. John Bailer;P. Michael Bolger

  • Adolescent Neurodevelopment

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  • Periadolescence: Age-dependent behavior and psychopharmacological responsivity in rats

    Linda Patia Spear;Stephen C. Brake

  • Transitions into underage and problem drinking: Developmental processes and mechanisms between 10 and 15 years of age

    Michael Windle;Linda P. Spear;Andrew J. Fuligni;Adrian Angold

  • Effects of adolescent alcohol consumption on the brain and behaviour

    Linda P Spear

  • Neurobehavioral Changes in Adolescence

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Motivational systems in adolescence: possible implications for age differences in substance abuse and other risk-taking behaviors.

    Tamara L. Doremus-Fitzwater;Elena I. Varlinskaya;Linda P. Spear

  • Rewarding properties of social interactions in adolescent and adult male and female rats: impact of social versus isolate housing of subjects and partners.

    Lewis A. Douglas;Elena I. Varlinskaya;Linda P. Spear

  • The Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Heightened stress responsivity and emotional reactivity during pubertal maturation: Implications for psychopathology.

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Underage drinking: a developmental framework

    Ann S. Masten;Vivian B. Faden;Robert A. Zucker;Linda P. Spear

  • Factors influencing elevated ethanol consumption in adolescent relative to adult rats.

    Tamara L. Doremus;Steven C. Brunell;Pottayil Rajendran;Linda P. Spear

  • The adolescent brain and the college drinker: biological basis of propensity to use and misuse alcohol

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Rewards, aversions and affect in adolescence: Emerging convergences across laboratory animal and human data

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Acute effects of ethanol on social behavior of adolescent and adult rats: role of familiarity of the test situation.

    Elena I. Varlinskaya;Linda P. Spear

  • Nicotine-induced conditioned place preference in adolescent and adult rats.

    Bonnie J Vastola;Lewis A Douglas;Elena I Varlinskaya;Linda P Spear

  • Decreased Sensitivity to the Hypnotic Effects of Ethanol Early in Ontogeny

    Marisa M. Silveri;Linda Patia Spear

  • Modeling Adolescent Development and Alcohol Use in Animals

    Linda Spear

  • Adolescent alcohol exposure: Are there separable vulnerable periods within adolescence?

    Linda Patia Spear

  • Adolescent Brain Development and Animal Models

    Linda Patia Spear

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena I. Varlinskaya
Elena I. Varlinskaya Binghamton University
Norman E. Spear
Norman E. Spear Binghamton University
Charles J. Heyser
Charles J. Heyser University of California, San Diego
Juan Carlos Molina
Juan Carlos Molina National University of Córdoba
Cynthia M. Kuhn
Cynthia M. Kuhn Duke University
Ronald E. Dahl
Ronald E. Dahl University of California, Berkeley
Daniel S. Pine
Daniel S. Pine National Institutes of Health
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Jay N. Giedd
Jay N. Giedd University of California, San Diego
Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University

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