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Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon

Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
8013
World Ranking
7516
National Ranking
4055

Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon 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 Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 105 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon 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 Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Physiology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as obesity, physical activity, and diet; smoking behavior and cessation; cardiac health and mental health; heart failure treatment and management; health policy implementation science; and LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; as well as sexuality, behavior, and technology.

Among Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon's recent papers are:

  • Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2-5 Years of Age, 2005-2019, 2020, Childhood Obesity
  • Electronic Cigarette Cessation among Adolescents and Young Adults, 2021, Substance Use & Misuse
  • Machine Learning Approaches to Understand Cognitive Phenotypes in People With HIV, 2023, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Social determinants of health: the need for data science methods and capacity, 2024, The Lancet Digital Health
  • Complementary and integrative health approaches to manage chronic pain in U.S. military populations: Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis, 1985-2019, 2020, Psychological Services

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon include:

  • Emily C. Gathright
  • Larry V. Hedges
  • Chris Cyr
  • Deborah Lee Young-Hyman
  • Laura Kettel Khan

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Lancet Digital Health
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

The body of work produced by Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon reflects a multidisciplinary approach intersecting clinical and public health domains, contributing to understandings of complex health behaviors and conditions through systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and data science methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Individual-level interventions to reduce college student drinking: a meta-analytic review.

    Kate B. Carey;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon;Michael P. Carey;Kelly S. DeMartini

  • Computer-delivered interventions for health promotion and behavioral risk reduction: a meta-analysis of 75 randomized controlled trials, 1988-2007.

    David B. Portnoy;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon;Blair T. Johnson;Michael P. Carey

  • Interventions to reduce sexual risk for the human immunodeficiency virus in adolescents, 1985-2000: a research synthesis.

    Blair T. Johnson;Michael P. Carey;Kerry L. Marsh;Kenneth D. Levin

  • Computer‐delivered interventions to reduce college student drinking: a meta‐analysis

    Kate B. Carey;Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Jennifer C. Elliott;Jamie R. Bolles

  • Face-to-face versus computer-delivered alcohol interventions for college drinkers: a meta-analytic review, 1998 to 2010.

    Kate B. Carey;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon;Jennifer C. Elliott;Lorra Garey

  • Alcohol Use Predicts Sexual Decision-Making: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Literature.

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Kate B. Carey;Karlene Cunningham;Karlene Cunningham;Karlene Cunningham;Blair T. Johnson

  • Text Messaging-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Ryan Lantini;Ernestine G Jennings;Herpreet Thind

  • Efficacy of alcohol interventions for first-year college students: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Kate B. Carey;Jennifer C. Elliott;Lorra Garey

  • Health behavior and college students: Does Greek affiliation matter?

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Kate B. Carey;Michael P. Carey

  • Efficacy of expectancy challenge interventions to reduce college student drinking: a meta-analytic review.

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Danielle L. Terry;Kate B. Carey;Lorra Garey

  • Stress Management Interventions for HIV+ Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, 1989 to 2006

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Seth C. Kalichman;Michael P. Carey;Robyn L. Fielder

  • Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Adolescents: A Meta-analysis of Trials, 1985-2008

    Blair T. Johnson;Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Tania B. Huedo-Medina;Michael P. Carey

  • Alcohol and risky sexual behavior among heavy drinking college students.

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey

  • Meta-Synthesis of Health Behavior Change Meta-Analyses

    Blair T. Johnson;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon;Michael P. Carey

  • Heart versus reason in condom use: implicit versus explicit attitudinal predictors of sexual behavior.

    Kerry L. Marsh;Blair T. Johnson;Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon

  • Efficacy of behavioral interventions to increase condom use and reduce sexually transmitted infections: a meta-analysis, 1991 to 2010.

    Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Tania B. Huedo-Medina;Michelle R. Warren;Blair T. Johnson

  • Motivational Interviewing for Parent-Child health interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Belinda Borrelli;Erin M Tooley;Lori A J Scott-Sheldon

  • Behavioral Interventions Targeting Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Kate B Carey;Blair T Johnson;Michael P Carey;Michael P Carey

  • Alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A meta-analytic review.

    Kate B. Carey;Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon;Lorra Garey;Jennifer C. Elliott

  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Emily C Gathright;Emily C Gathright;Marissa L Donahue;Brittany Balletto

  • Sexual risk reduction interventions do not inadvertently increase the overall frequency of sexual behavior: a meta-analysis of 174 studies with 116,735 participants.

    Natalie D Smoak;Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Blair T Johnson;Michael P Carey

  • Behavioral Interventions for African-Americans to Reduce Sexual Risk of HIV: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Blair T Johnson;Lori A J Scott-Sheldon;Natalie D Smoak;Jessica M LaCroix

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Kate B. Carey
Kate B. Carey Brown University
Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut
Peter A. Vanable
Peter A. Vanable Syracuse University
Seth C. Kalichman
Seth C. Kalichman University of Connecticut
Laura R. Stroud
Laura R. Stroud Brown University
Leickness C. Simbayi
Leickness C. Simbayi Human Sciences Research Council
Demetria Cain
Demetria Cain City University of New York
Kerry L. Marsh
Kerry L. Marsh University of Connecticut
Dean G. Cruess
Dean G. Cruess University of Connecticut

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