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Mary-Lynn Brecht publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mary-Lynn Brecht sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Mary-Lynn Brecht D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mary-Lynn Brecht sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mary-Lynn Brecht is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions across several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, epidemiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics addressed in their work involve smoking behavior and cessation, sleep and related disorders, air quality and health impacts, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, congenital heart disease studies, cardiac health and mental health, and global cancer incidence and screening.

Recent publications by Mary-Lynn Brecht include:

  • Mindfulness effects on lifestyle behavior and blood pressure: A randomized controlled trial, 2021, Health Science Reports
  • Social Media Use and Depression in Older Adults: A Systematic Review, 2023, Research in Gerontological Nursing
  • Health beliefs toward lung cancer screening among Chinese American high-risk smokers: Interviews based on Health Belief Model, 2022, International Journal of Nursing Sciences
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Clinical Research, 2021, Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • Associations of Smokeless Tobacco Use With Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Insights From the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2021, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Mary Rezk-Hanna
  • Holli A. DeVon
  • Umme Warda
  • Paul M. Macey
  • Lynn V. Doering

Mary-Lynn Brecht often publishes in well-regarded academic venues with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Circulation
  • Research in Gerontological Nursing
  • Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • Heart & Lung
  • Psychoactives

Best Publications

  • Methamphetamine use behaviors and gender differences.

    Mary-Lynn Brecht;Ann O'Brien;Christina von Mayrhauser;M.Douglas Anglin

  • Quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure.

    Dracup K;Walden Ja;Stevenson Lw;Brecht Ml

  • Quality of Life of Long-Term Survivors of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Linda Sarna;Geraldine Padilla;Carmack Holmes;Donald Tashkin

  • Quality of life in patients with heart failure: Do gender differences exist?

    Mary S. Riedinger;Mary S. Riedinger;Kathleen A. Dracup;Mary-Lynn Brecht;Geraldine Padilla

  • Impact of Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function on Quality of Life of Long-term Survivors of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Linda Sarna;Lorraine Evangelista;Donald Tashkin;Geraldine Padilla

  • Time to relapse following treatment for methamphetamine use: A long-term perspective on patterns and predictors

    Mary-Lynn Brecht;Diane M. Herbeck

  • Contingency management for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorders

    John M. Roll;Nancy M. Petry;Maxine L. Stitzer;Mary L. Brecht

  • Validity and reliability of the Pressure Sore Status Tool.

    B M Bates-Jensen;D L Vredevoe;M L Brecht

  • PRETREATMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENT PERFORMANCE OF LEGALLY COERCED VERSUS VOLUNTARY METHADONE MAINTENANCE ADMISSIONS

    M. Douglas Anglin;Mary-Lynn Brecht;Ebrahim Maddahian

  • Treatment Effectiveness for Legally Coerced Versus Voluntary Methadone Maintenance Clients

    Brecht Ml;Anglin;Wang Jc

  • Dimensions of symptom distress in women with advanced lung cancer: a factor analysis.

    Linda Sarna;Mary-Lynn Brecht

  • A public health nursing early intervention program for adolescent mothers: outcomes from pregnancy through 6 weeks postpartum.

    Deborah Koniak-griffin;Nancy L. R. Anderson;Inese Verzemnieks;Mary-lynn Brecht

  • Outcome after developmental intervention in the neonatal intensive care unit for mothers of preterm infants with low socioeconomic status.

    Steven J. Parker;Lina K. Zahr;Jean G. Cole;Mary-Lynn Brecht

  • Quality of Life in Women With Heart Failure, Normative Groups, and Patients With Other Chronic Conditions

    Mary S. Riedinger;Kathleen A. Dracup;Mary-Lynn Brecht

  • Tobacco interventions by oncology nurses in clinical practice: report from a national survey.

    Linda P. Sarna;Jean K. Brown;Linda Lillington;Marilee Rose

  • Nurse visitation for adolescent mothers: two-year infant health and maternal outcomes.

    Deborah Koniak-Griffin;Inese L. Verzemnieks;Nancy L R Anderson;Mary Lynn Brecht

  • A community health worker-led lifestyle behavior intervention for Latina (Hispanic) women: Feasibility and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial

    Deborah Koniak-Griffin;Mary Lynn Brecht;Sumiko Takayanagi;Juan Villegas

  • Contrasting Trajectories of Heroin, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine Use

    Yih-Ing Hser;David Huang;Mary-Lynn Brecht;Libo Li

  • Methamphetamine treatment: trends and predictors of retention and completion in a large state treatment system (1992-2002).

    Mary-Lynn Brecht;Lisa Greenwell;M. Douglas Anglin

  • Psychosocial predictors of AIDS risk behavior and drug use behavior in homeless and drug addicted women of color.

    Adeline Nyamathi;Judith A. Stein;Mary-Lynn Brecht

  • Barriers to tobacco cessation in clinical practice: report from a National Survey of Oncology Nurses.

    Linda Sarna;Mary Ellen Wewers;Jean K. Brown;Linda Lillington

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Rawson
Richard A. Rawson University of California, Los Angeles
Yih-Ing Hser
Yih-Ing Hser University of California, Los Angeles
M. Douglas Anglin
M. Douglas Anglin University of California, Los Angeles
Debra A. Murphy
Debra A. Murphy University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans University of Massachusetts Amherst
Adeline Nyamathi
Adeline Nyamathi University of California, Irvine
Geraldine Padilla
Geraldine Padilla University of California, San Francisco
Kathleen Dracup
Kathleen Dracup University of California, San Francisco
Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Mark A. Schuster
Mark A. Schuster Kaiser Permanente

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