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Michael L. Dennis 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 Michael L. Dennis sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael L. Dennis 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 Michael L. Dennis 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

Michael L. Dennis is affiliated with the Research Triangle Park Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work addresses several main topics, including Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Health Policy Implementation Science, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Digital Mental Health Interventions, and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Michael L. Dennis has published extensively in several key venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Health & Justice
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Their recent papers have focused on issues related to opioid use disorder, criminal justice involvement, and treatment implementation. These include:

  • "A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the Criminal Justice System," 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "The impact of the opioid crisis on U.S. state prison systems," 2021, Health & Justice
  • "The Missing Link(age): Multilevel Contributors to Service Uptake Failure Among Youths on Community Justice Supervision," 2021, Psychiatric Services
  • "Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S.," 2022, Health & Justice
  • "A scoping review of factors that influence opioid overdose prevention for justice-involved populations," 2021, Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy

Michael L. Dennis collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Christine E. Grella
  • Christy K. Scott
  • Katherine S. Elkington
  • Dennis P. Watson
  • Gail A. Wasserman

Best Publications

  • The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: main findings from two randomized trials.

    Michael Dennis;Susan H. Godley;Guy Diamond;Guy Diamond;Frank M. Tims

  • Prevalence and comorbidity of major internalizing and externalizing problems among adolescents and adults presenting to substance abuse treatment

    Ya-Fen Chan;Michael L. Dennis;Rodney R. Funk

  • Development and Validation of the GAIN Short Screener (GSS) for Internalizing, Externalizing and Substance Use Disorders and Crime/Violence Problems Among Adolescents and Adults

    Michael L. Dennis;Ya Fen Chan;Rodney R. Funk

  • Managing Addiction as a Chronic Condition

    Michael Dennis;Christy K Scott

  • The duration and correlates of addiction and treatment careers

    Michael L. Dennis;Christy K. Scott;Rodney Funk;Mark A. Foss

  • The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Rationale, study design and analysis plans.

    Michael Dennis;Janet C. Titus;Guy Diamond;Guy Diamond;Jean Donaldson

  • Preliminary outcomes from the assertive continuing care experiment for adolescents discharged from residential treatment

    Mark D Godley;Susan H Godley;Michael L Dennis;Rodney Funk

  • An experimental evaluation of recovery management checkups (RMC) for people with chronic substance use disorders.

    Michael Dennis;Christy K Scott;Rod Funk

  • An Eight-Year Perspective on the Relationship Between the Duration of Abstinence and Other Aspects of Recovery

    Michael L. Dennis;Mark A. Foss;Christy K. Scott

  • The effect of assertive continuing care on continuing care linkage, adherence and abstinence following residential treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders.

    Mark D. Godley;Susan H. Godley;Michael L. Dennis;Rodney R. Funk

  • Cannabis use: consistency and validity of self-report, on-site urine testing and laboratory testing.

    Betty J. Buchan;Michael L. Dennis;Frank M. Tims;Guy S. Diamond

  • Changing the focus: the case for recognizing and treating cannabis use disorders.

    Michael Dennis;Thomas F. Babor;M. Christopher Roebuck;Jean Donaldson

  • Cross-validation of the alcohol and cannabis use measures in the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) and Timeline Followback (TLFB; Form 90) among adolescents in substance abuse treatment

    Michael L. Dennis;Rodney Funk;Susan Harrington Godley;Mark D. Godley

  • Pathways in the relapse--treatment--recovery cycle over 3 years.

    Christy K. Scott;Mark A. Foss;Michael L. Dennis

  • Cocaine use by clients in methadone programs: significance, scope, and behavioral interventions.

    Ward S. Condelli;John A. Fairbank;Michael L. Dennis;J.Valley Rachal

  • Utilizing Recovery Management Checkups to shorten the cycle of relapse, treatment reentry, and recovery

    Christy K Scott;Michael L. Dennis;Mark A. Foss

  • Characteristics and problems of 600 adolescent cannabis abusers in outpatient treatment.

    Frank M. Tims;Michael L. Dennis;Nancy Hamilton;Betty J. Buchan

  • Adolescent marijuana use and school attendance

    M.Christopher Roebuck;Michael T. French;Michael L. Dennis

  • The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade: A new framework for measuring unmet substance use treatment services needs among adolescent offenders.

    Steven Belenko;Danica Knight;Gail A. Wasserman;Michael L. Dennis

  • Surviving drug addiction: the effect of treatment and abstinence on mortality

    Christy K. Scott;Michael L. Dennis;Alexandre Laudet;Rodney R. Funk

  • A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the Criminal Justice System.

    Christine E. Grella;Erika Ostile;Christy K Scott;Michael Dennis

  • Results from two randomized clinical trials evaluating the impact of quarterly recovery management checkups with adult chronic substance users

    Christy K Scott;Michael L. Dennis

Frequent Co-Authors

Christy K. Scott
Christy K. Scott Chestnut Health Systems
Rodney R. Funk
Rodney R. Funk Chestnut Health Systems
Susan H. Godley
Susan H. Godley University of Miami
Mark D. Godley
Mark D. Godley Chestnut Health Systems
Guy S. Diamond
Guy S. Diamond Drexel University
Christine E. Grella
Christine E. Grella University of California, Los Angeles
Michael T. French
Michael T. French University of Miami
Wendee M. Wechsberg
Wendee M. Wechsberg Research Triangle Park Foundation
Yifrah Kaminer
Yifrah Kaminer University of Connecticut
Carl G. Leukefeld
Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky

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