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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 52 2434 2217 1186 1066 196 11089

Richard K. Ries publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard K. Ries between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard K. Ries published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2015. 5 of the 203 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2015. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 7 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 5 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1979 2025

203 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard K. Ries: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 7
1981 5
1982 1
1983 2
1984 4
1985 2
1986 1
1987 3
1988 3
1989 2
1990 4
1991 3
1992 4
1993 6
1994 3
1995 2
1996 3
1997 10
1998 5
1999 4
2000 2
2001 2
2002 1
2003 5
2004 8
2005 2
2006 2
2007 1
2008 2
2009 4
2010 4
2011 7
2012 11
2013 6
2014 11
2015 12
2016 9
2017 7
2018 10
2019 3
2020 2
2021 6
2022 5
2023 1
2024 3
2025 2
Total 203
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Richard K. Ries 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 Richard K. Ries sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 194–203 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304 196
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Richard K. Ries 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 Richard K. Ries sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138 52
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Richard K. Ries is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's main topics of work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard K. Ries illustrate the scope of their research interests and include:

  • "Suicide-Related Training, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Care Providers' Reactions Toward Suicidal Individuals," 2020, published in Crisis
  • "Combining behavioral harm-reduction treatment and extended-release naltrexone for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder in the USA: a randomised clinical trial," 2021, published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Effect of Incentives for Alcohol Abstinence in Partnership With 3 American Indian and Alaska Native Communities," 2021, published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "What do clinicians want? Understanding frontline addiction treatment clinicians' preferences and priorities to improve the design of measurement-based care technology," 2021, published in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • "The rewarding recovery study: a randomized controlled trial of incentives for alcohol and drug abstinence with a rural American Indian community," 2020, published in Addiction

These publications have appeared across a variety of journals, showing a diversity of dissemination venues such as Crisis, The Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, and Addiction.

Richard K. Ries has worked repeatedly with certain collaborators, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sterling McPherson
  • Michael G. McDonell
  • John M. Roll
  • Julianne D. Jett
  • Naomi Chaytor

The combination of their research topics with subfields like Epidemiology and Clinical Psychology aligns with their focus on complex health issues such as substance abuse, suicide prevention, and mental health service delivery.

Best Publications

  • The MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey: reliability, validity, and preliminary findings in schizophrenic outpatients.

    Joan Russo;Carol A. Trujillo;Dane Wingerson;Kathleen Decker

  • The Magnitude of Acute and Chronic Alcohol Abuse in Trauma Patients

    Frederick P. Rivara;Gregory J. Jurkovich;James G. Gurney;Debra Seguin

  • The Effect of Acute Alcohol Intoxication and Chronic Alcohol Abuse on Outcome From Trauma

    Gregory J. Jurkovich;Frederick P. Rivara;James G. Gurney;Corinne Fligner

  • Addiction and suicide: A review.

    Christine Yuodelis‐Flores;Richard K. Ries

  • Sleep Disturbances in Patients With Mild-Stage Alzheimer's Disease

    Michael V. Vitiello;Patricia N. Prinz;Patricia N. Prinz;Dianne E. Williams;Michael S. Frommlet

  • Brief Intervention for Problem Drug Use in Safety-Net Primary Care Settings: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Peter Roy-Byrne;Kristin Bumgardner;Antoinette Krupski;Chris Dunn

  • The prevalence of somatization in primary care.

    Wayne Katon;Wayne Katon;Wayne Katon;Richard K. Ries;Richard K. Ries;Richard K. Ries;Arthur Kleinman;Arthur Kleinman;Arthur Kleinman

  • Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders

    Stanley Sacks;Richard K. Ries;Douglas M. Ziedonis

  • Priority actions to improve the care of persons with co-occurring substance abuse and other mental disorders: a call to action.

    Charles P. O'Brien;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;James W. Cornish

  • Longitudinal assessment of quality of life in acute psychiatric inpatients: reliability and validity.

    Joan Russo;Peter Roy-Byrne;Darcy Reeder;Marlene Alexander

  • Principles of addiction medicine

    Richard Ries;David A. Fiellin;Shannon C. Miller;Richard Saitz

  • Evidence for limited validity of the revised global assessment of functioning scale.

    Peter Roy-Byrne;Christos Dagadakis;Jurgen Unutzer;Richard Ries

  • Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Katherine Anne Comtois;Amanda H. Kerbrat;Christopher R. DeCou;David C. Atkins

  • Randomized controlled trial of contingency management for stimulant use in community mental health patients with serious mental illness.

    Michael G. McDonell;Debra Srebnik;Frank Angelo;Sterling McPherson

  • Predictors and Outcome of Discharge Against Medical Advice From the Psychiatric Units of a General Hospital

    Kenneth P. Pages;Joan E. Russo;Dane K. Wingerson;Richard K. Ries

  • Exploring Barriers to Primary Care For Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Frontline Patient and Provider Accounts

    Erin Anne Kaufman;Michael G. McDonell;Margaret A. Cristofalo;Richard K. Ries

  • Nefazodone treatment of major depression in alcohol-dependent patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Kenneth P. Pages;Joan E. Russo;Craig Jaffe

  • Part II: A ospective DSM-III study of 100 consecutive somatization patients

    Wayne Katon;Richard K. Ries;Arthur Kleinman;Arthur Kleinman

  • Factors associated with high use of public mental health services by persons with borderline personality disorder.

    Katherine Anne Comtois;Joan Russo;Mark Snowden;Debra Srebnik

  • Determinants of suicidal ideation: the role of substance use disorders.

    Kenneth P. Pages;Joan E. Russo;Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Richard K. Ries

  • The ASAM principles of addiction medicine

    Richard Ries;David A. Fiellin;Shannon C. Miller;Richard Saitz

  • DSM-III differential diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.

    Richard Ries

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Roy-Byrne
Peter Roy-Byrne University of Washington
Debra Srebnik
Debra Srebnik University of Washington
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Joan Russo
Joan Russo University of Washington
Katherine Anne Comtois
Katherine Anne Comtois University of Washington
Dennis M. Donovan
Dennis M. Donovan University of Washington
Gregory J. Jurkovich
Gregory J. Jurkovich University of California, Davis
David C. Atkins
David C. Atkins University of Washington
Frederick P. Rivara
Frederick P. Rivara University of Washington
Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor
Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor University of California, Los Angeles

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