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D-Index
39
Citations
6941
World Ranking
5638
National Ranking
2672

Michael Prendergast 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 Prendergast sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Prendergast 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 Prendergast sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael Prendergast is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to infant nutrition and health, child nutrition and feeding issues, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, as well as clinical nutrition and gastroenterology.

Their scholarly contributions span the fields of nursing and medicine, with a particular emphasis on nutrition and dietetics, psychiatry and mental health, and surgery as subfields of study.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • The effects of early enteral feeding, fortification, and rapid feeding advancement in extremely low birth weight infants, 2025, published in Early Human Development
  • Early Progressive Enteral Feeding Is Associated With Lower Incidence of Metabolic Bone Disease of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants, 2025, published in Current Developments in Nutrition

Frequent co-authors working alongside Michael Prendergast include:

  • Kyoung Eun Joung
  • Olivia Marchioni
  • Stephen M. Testa

Their work has been published in notable venues such as Early Human Development and Current Developments in Nutrition, with each venue hosting at least one of their studies.

Best Publications

  • Contingency management for treatment of substance use disorders: a meta-analysis.

    Michael Prendergast;Deborah Podus;John Finney;Lisa Greenwell

  • The effectiveness of drug abuse treatment: a meta-analysis of comparison group studies.

    Michael L. Prendergast;Deborah Podus;Eunice Chang;Darren Urada

  • Drug treatment careers : A conceptual framework and existing research findings

    Yih-Ing Hser;M.Douglas Anglin;Christine Grella;Douglas Longshore

  • The effectiveness of coerced treatment for drug-abusing offenders.

    David Farabee;Michael Prendergast;M. Douglas Anglin

  • Amity prison-based therapeutic community: 5-year outcomes.

    Michael L. Prendergast;Elizabeth A. Hall;Harry K. Wexler;Gerald Melnick

  • Substance Use and Abuse among College Students: A Review of Recent Literature

    Michael L. Prendergast

  • Childhood Adverse Events and Current Traumatic Distress A Comparison of Men and Women Drug-Dependent Prisoners

    Nena Messina;Christine Grella;William Burdon;Michael Prendergast

  • Barriers to Implementing Effective Correctional Drug Treatment Programs

    David Farabee;Michael Prendergast;Jerome Cartier;Harry Wexler

  • Predictors of Prison-Based Treatment Outcomes: A Comparison of Men and Women Participants

    Nena Messina;William Burdon;Garo Hagopian;Michael Prendergast

  • Meta-analysis of HIV risk-reduction interventions within drug abuse treatment programs.

    Michael L. Prendergast;Darren Urada;Deborah Podus

  • Methamphetamine Use, Self-Reported Violent Crime, and Recidivism Among Offenders in California Who Abuse Substances

    Jerome Cartier;David Farabee;Michael L. Prendergast

  • One year return to custody rates among co‐disordered offenders

    Nena Messina;William Burdon;J D Garo Hagopian;Michael Prendergast

  • Program factors and treatment outcomes in drug dependence treatment: an examination using meta-analysis.

    Michael L. Prendergast;Deborah Podus;Eunice Chang

  • Identifying predictors of treatment outcome in a drug court program.

    John M. Roll;Michael Prendergast;Kimberly Richardson;William Burdon

  • Assessment of and Services for Substance-Abusing Women Offenders in Community and Correctional Settings:

    Michael L. Prendergast;Jean Wellisch;Gregory P. Falkin

  • Is In-Prison Treatment Enough? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Prison-Based Treatment and Aftercare Services for Substance-Abusing Offenders

    Kathryn E. McCollister;Michael T. French;Michael Prendergast;Harry Wexler

  • The Andrews’ principles of risk, needs, and responsivity as applied in drug treatment programs: meta-analysis of crime and drug use outcomes

    Michael L. Prendergast;Michael L. Prendergast;Frank S. Pearson;Deborah Podus;Zachary K. Hamilton

  • Treating Drug-Abusing Women Prisoners: an Outcomes Evaluation of the Forever Free Program

    Elizabeth A. Hall;Michael L. Prendergast;Jean Wellisch;Meredith Patten

  • Residential Treatment for Women Parolees Following Prison-Based Drug Treatment: Treatment Experiences, Needs and Services, Outcomes:

    Michael L. Prendergast;Jean Wellisch;Mamie Mee Wong

  • Interventions to promote successful re-entry among drug-abusing parolees.

    Michael L. Prendergast

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Douglas Anglin
M. Douglas Anglin University of California, Los Angeles
Peter D. Friedmann
Peter D. Friedmann University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Christine E. Grella
Christine E. Grella University of California, Los Angeles
Yih-Ing Hser
Yih-Ing Hser University of California, Los Angeles
Carl G. Leukefeld
Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky
Linda K. Frisman
Linda K. Frisman University of Connecticut
Jennifer R. Havens
Jennifer R. Havens University of Kentucky
Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans University of Massachusetts Amherst
Carrie B. Oser
Carrie B. Oser University of Kentucky

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