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146
Citations
108783
World Ranking
89
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Russell A. Barkley is affiliated with the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of medicine, with particular involvement in oncology as a subfield. The scientist has contributed to the understanding of the impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare, with this being a main topic of their work.

Their publication record includes papers in specialized venues. Notably, one recent paper is titled "Research Findings," published in 2022 in The ADHD Report. This publication reflects ongoing engagement with research dissemination in clinical and psychological contexts.

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has been published in:

  • The ADHD Report

Their research topics cover:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

There are no frequent co-authors listed, indicating that the scientist may often work independently or with a broad range of collaborators without a consistent co-author pattern.

In recognition of their professional contributions, the scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: Constructing a unifying theory of ADHD.

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment

    Russell A. Barkley

  • The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Lenard Adler;Russell Barkley;Joseph Biederman

  • ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control

    Russell A. Barkley

  • The Adolescent Outcome of Hyperactive Children Diagnosed by Research Criteria: I. An 8-Year Prospective Follow-up Study

    Russell A. Barkley;Mariellen Fischer;Craig S. Edelbrock;Lori Smallish

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder : a clinical workbook

    Russell A. Barkley;Kevin R. Murphy

  • Defiant Children: A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Steven Pliszka;William Bernet;Oscar Bukstein;Heather J. Walter

  • The persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into young adulthood as a function of reporting source and definition of disorder.

    Russell A. Barkley;Mariellen Fischer;Lori Smallish;Kenneth Fletcher

  • ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says

    Russell A. Barkley;Kevin R. Murphy;Mariellen Fischer

  • Comprehensive Evaluation of Attention Deficit Disorder with and without Hyperactivity as Defined by Research Criteria.

    Russell A. Barkley;George J. DuPaul;Mary B. McMurray

  • Young Adult Outcome of Hyperactive Children: Adaptive Functioning in Major Life Activities

    Russell A Barkley;Mariellen Fischer;Lori Smallish;Kenneth Fletcher

  • DSM-IV field trials for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents.

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Brooks Applegate;Keith McBurnett;Joseph Biederman

  • Frontal lobe functions in attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity: a review and research report.

    Russell A. Barkley;Gail Grodzinsky;George J. DuPaul

  • The executive functions and self-regulation: an evolutionary neuropsychological perspective.

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adults: Comorbidities and adaptive impairments

    Kevin Murphy;Russell A Barkley

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A handbook for diagnosis and treatment, 3rd ed.

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Taking Charge of Adhd: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved

    Russell A. Barkley

  • Executive Functioning, Temporal Discounting, and Sense of Time in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

    Russell A. Barkley;Gwenyth Edwards;Margaret Laneri;Kenneth Fletcher

  • Taking Charge of ADHD : The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents (Revised Edition)

    Russell Barkley

  • Treatment of childhood disorders

    Eric J. Mash;Russell A. Barkley

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariellen Fischer
Mariellen Fischer Associated Mental Health Consultants
George J. DuPaul
George J. DuPaul Lehigh University
Arthur D. Anastopoulos
Arthur D. Anastopoulos University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University
Kevin M. Antshel
Kevin M. Antshel Syracuse University
Keith McBurnett
Keith McBurnett University of California, San Francisco
Eric J. Mash
Eric J. Mash University of Calgary
Russell Schachar
Russell Schachar University of Toronto
William E. Pelham
William E. Pelham Florida International University

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