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Patrick M. O'Malley 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 Patrick M. O'Malley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 470 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patrick M. O'Malley 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 Patrick M. O'Malley sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Patrick M. O'Malley is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on epidemiology, pharmacology, physiology, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

Their research primarily addresses substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, smoking behavior and cessation, alcohol consumption and health effects, prenatal substance exposure effects, as well as sexuality, behavior, technology, and gender, feminism, and media.

Patrick M. O'Malley has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Trends in Use and Perceptions of Nicotine Vaping Among US Youth From 2017 to 2020 (2020) in JAMA Pediatrics
  • Adolescent drug use before and during U.S. national COVID-19 social distancing policies (2021) in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The great decline in adolescent cigarette smoking since 2000: consequences for drug use among US adolescents (2020) in Tobacco Control
  • Key Subgroup Differences in Age-Related Change From 18 to 55 in Alcohol and Marijuana Use: U.S. National Data (2021) in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Self-reported perceived negative consequences of marijuana use among U.S. young adult users, 2008-2019 (2021) in Addictive Behaviors

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Lloyd D. Johnston
  • Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath
  • Megan E. Patrick
  • Richard Miech
  • Richard A. Miech

Patrick M. O'Malley has published in a range of journals and venues, notably:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
  • Tobacco Control

Best Publications

  • Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O’Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2010. Volume II, College Students & Adults Ages 19-50.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2005. Volume 1: Secondary School Students, 2005. NIH Publication No. 06-5883.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

  • National Survey Results on Drug Use from the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1998. Volume I: Secondary School Students.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2017: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Richard A. Miech;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior

    D. Wayne Osgood;Janet K. Wilson;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2007. Volume II: College students and adults ages 19-45

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

  • Epidemiology of alcohol and other drug use among American college students.

    Patrick M. O'Malley;Lloyd D. Johnston

  • Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2016: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Richard A. Miech;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2015: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Richard A. Miech;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2014: Volume II, college students and adults ages 19-55

    L. D. Johnston;P. M. O’Malley;J. G. Bachman;J. E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2012

    L. D. Johnston;P. M. O’Malley;J. G. Bachman;J. E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2019: Volume II, college students and adults ages 19-60

    John Schulenberg;Lloyd Johnston;Patrick O'Malley;Jerald Bachman

  • Getting drunk and growing up: trajectories of frequent binge drinking during the transition to young adulthood

    John Schulenberg;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;Katherine N. Wadsworth

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2012. Volume II: College students and adults ages 19-50.

    L. D. Johnston;P. M. O’Malley;J. G. Bachman;J. E. Schulenberg

  • The generality of deviance in late adolescence and early adulthood.

    D. Wayne Osgood;Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Racial/Ethnic differences in smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use among American high school seniors, 1976-89.

    Jerald G. Bachman;John M. Wallace Jr.;Patrick M. O'Malley;Lloyd D. Johnston

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2016: Volume II, college students and adults ages 19-55

    J. E. Schulenberg;L. D.. Johnston;P. M. O'Malley;J. G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use. Overview of Key Findings 2005. NIH Publication No. 06-5882.

    Lloyd D. Johnson;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2019: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Richard A. Miech;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2010. Volume II: College students and adults ages 19-50

    L. D. Johnston;P. M. O’Malley;J. G. Bachman;J. E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2012. Volume I: Secondary school students

    L. D. Johnston;P. M. O’Malley;J. G. Bachman;J. E. Schulenberg

  • Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2017: Volume II, college students and adults ages 19-55

    J.E. Schulenberg;L.D. Johnston;P.M. O'Malley;J.G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2001.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2006. Volume II: College Students & Adults Ages 19-25. NIH Publication No. 07-6206.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

  • Cigarette smoking among adults — United States, 1988

    Jerald G. Bachman;Lloyd D. Johnston;P. M. O'Malley

  • Monitoring the Future. National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2009. NIH Publication Number 10-7583.

    Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman;John E. Schulenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd D. Johnston
Lloyd D. Johnston University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jerald G. Bachman
Jerald G. Bachman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John E. Schulenberg
John E. Schulenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Megan E. Patrick
Megan E. Patrick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath
Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula University of Southern California
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University
Jennifer L. Maggs
Jennifer L. Maggs Pennsylvania State University
Matthew C. Farrelly
Matthew C. Farrelly RTI International
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University

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