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R. Kathryn McHugh

R. Kathryn McHugh

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
14565
World Ranking
5129
National Ranking
2824

R. Kathryn McHugh 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 R. Kathryn McHugh sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 176 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Kathryn McHugh 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 R. Kathryn McHugh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

R. Kathryn McHugh is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and various aspects of mental health such as Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes. Other notable areas include Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, and Sleep and related disorders.

Frequent coauthors in McHugh's publications include:

  • Roger D. Weiss
  • Shelly F. Greenfield
  • Margaret L. Griffin
  • Allen J. Bailey
  • Victoria R. Votaw

McHugh's work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • American Journal on Addictions
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Some recent publications by McHugh include:

  • "The opioid crisis: a contextual, social-ecological framework," 2020, published in Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "Generalized Biomolecular Modeling and Design with RoseTTAFold All-Atom," 2023, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Substance Use Disorders in Global Mental Health Delivery: Epidemiology, Treatment Gap, and Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments," 2020, published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • "Providing cognitive behavioral group therapy via videoconferencing: Lessons learned from a rapid scale-up of telehealth services," 2021, published in Practice Innovations
  • "Reducing opioid use disorder and overdose deaths in the United States: A dynamic modeling analysis," 2022, published in Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Substance abuse treatment entry, retention, and outcome in women: a review of the literature.

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Shelly F. Greenfield;Audrey J. Brooks;Susan M. Gordon;Carla A. Green

  • The dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological treatments. A review of current efforts.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;David H. Barlow

  • Sex and gender differences in substance use disorders.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;R. Kathryn McHugh;Victoria R. Votaw;Dawn E. Sugarman;Shelly F. Greenfield

  • Patient Preference for Psychological vs Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Sarah W. Whitton;Andrew D. Peckham;Jeffrey A. Welge

  • A META‐ANALYSIS OF THE MAGNITUDE OF BIASED ATTENTION IN DEPRESSION

    Andrew D. Peckham;R. Kathryn McHugh;Michael W. Otto

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Bridget A. Hearon;Michael W. Otto

  • Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders

    R Kathryn McHugh;Roger D Weiss

  • The epidemiology of benzodiazepine misuse: A systematic review.

    Victoria R. Votaw;Rachel Geyer;Maya M. Rieselbach;R. Kathryn McHugh

  • Balancing fidelity and adaptation in the dissemination of empirically-supported treatments: The promise of transdiagnostic interventions

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Heather W. Murray;David H. Barlow

  • Shared Variance among Self-Report and Behavioral Measures of Distress Intolerance

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Stacey B. Daughters;Carl W. Lejuez;Heather W. Murray

  • Gender differences in a clinical trial for prescription opioid dependence

    R. Kathryn McHugh;R. Kathryn McHugh;Elise E. DeVito;Dorian Dodd;Kathleen M. Carroll

  • Refining the measurement of distress intolerance.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Michael W. Otto

  • A meta-analytic review of the association between anxiety sensitivity and pain.

    Kendra L. S. Ocañez;R. Kathryn McHugh;Michael W. Otto

  • The Women's Recovery Group Study: a Stage I trial of women-focused group therapy for substance use disorders versus mixed-gender group drug counseling.

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Shelly F. Greenfield;Elisa M. Trucco;R. Kathryn McHugh;Melissa Lincoln

  • The opioid crisis: a contextual, social-ecological framework.

    Mohammad S. Jalali;Michael Botticelli;Rachael C. Hwang;Howard K. Koh

  • Reasons for opioid use among patients with dependence on prescription opioids: The role of chronic pain

    Roger D. Weiss;Roger D. Weiss;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Margaret L. Griffin;Margaret L. Griffin;R. Kathryn McHugh;R. Kathryn McHugh

  • Long-term outcomes from the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study.

    Roger D. Weiss;Roger D. Weiss;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Margaret L. Griffin;Margaret L. Griffin;Scott E. Provost

  • Combined Pharmacotherapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Medication Effects, Glucocorticoids, and Attenuated Treatment Outcomes

    Michael W. Otto;R. Kathryn McHugh;Kathleen M. Kantak

  • Prescription drug abuse: From epidemiology to public policy

    R. Kathryn McHugh;R. Kathryn McHugh;Suzanne Nielsen;Roger D. Weiss;Roger D. Weiss

  • Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological interventions.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;David H. Barlow

  • Emotional disorders: A unified protocol.

    Laura B. Allen;R. Kathryn McHugh;David H. Barlow

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Weiss
Roger D. Weiss Harvard University
Margaret L. Griffin
Margaret L. Griffin Harvard University
Shelly F. Greenfield
Shelly F. Greenfield Harvard University
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice Harvard University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Thröstur Björgvinsson
Thröstur Björgvinsson Harvard University
Robert N. Jamison
Robert N. Jamison Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert R. Edwards
Robert R. Edwards Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University

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