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D-Index
100
Citations
33780
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628
National Ranking
399

Sandra A. Brown 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 Sandra A. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 332 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sandra A. Brown 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 Sandra A. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1959 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sandra A. Brown is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience alongside epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Frequent publication venues include Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Adolescent Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Health Psychology.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra A. Brown include:

  • "A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder" (2020), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders" (2023), published in Nature Mental Health
  • "Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium" (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study" (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Early Adolescent Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Survey in the ABCD Study Cohort" (2021), published in Journal of Adolescent Health

The scientist regularly collaborates with colleagues including Susan F. Tapert, Fiona C. Baker, Duncan B. Clark, Kate B. Nooner, and Bonnie J. Nagel.

Sandra A. Brown's contributions to scientific research have been recognized by receiving fellowship status in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1959.

Best Publications

  • Expectations of Reinforcement from Alcohol: Their Domain and Relation to Drinking Patterns.

    Sandra A. Brown;Mark S. Goldman;Andres Inn;Lynn R. Anderson

  • The Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire: an instrument for the assessment of adolescent and adult alcohol expectancies.

    Sandra A. Brown;Bruce A. Christiansen;Mark S. Goldman

  • Neurocognitive functioning of adolescents: effects of protracted alcohol use.

    Sandra A. Brown;Susan F. Tapert;Eric Granholm;Dean C. Delis

  • A Developmental Perspective on Alcohol and Youths 16 to 20 Years of Age

    Sandra A. Brown;Matthew McGue;Jennifer Maggs;John Schulenberg

  • Adolescent substance use and sexual risk-taking behavior

    Susan F Tapert;Gregory A Aarons;Gregory A Aarons;Georganna R Sedlar;Sandra A Brown

  • Expectancy theory - Thinking about Drinking

    Mark S Goldman;S. A. Brown;B. A. Christiansen

  • Changes in depression among abstinent alcoholics.

    Sandra A. Brown;Marc A. Schuckit

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Customary Drinking and Drug Use Record (CDDR): a measure of adolescent alcohol and drug involvement.

    Sandra A. Brown;Mark G. Myers;Linna Lippke;Susan F. Tapert

  • Stress, vulnerability and adult alcohol relapse.

    Sandra A. Brown;Peter W. Vik;Thomas L. Patterson;Igor Grant

  • Gender differences in factors influencing alcohol use and drinking progression among adolescents

    Marya T. Schulte;Danielle Ramo;Sandra A. Brown;Sandra A. Brown

  • Alcoholism and memory: broadening the scope of alcohol-expectancy research.

    Mark S. Goldman;Sandra A. Brown;Bruce A. Christiansen;Gregory T. Smith

  • Neural response to alcohol stimuli in adolescents with alcohol use disorder.

    Susan F. Tapert;Erick H. Cheung;Gregory G. Brown;Lawrence R. Frank

  • Reduction of immune function in life stress and depression.

    Michael Irwin;Tom Patterson;Tom L. Smith;Cindy Caldwell

  • Do alcohol expectancies mediate drinking patterns of adults

    Sandra A. Brown;Mark S. Goldman;Bruce A. Christiansen

  • Adolescent alcohol expectancies in relation to personal and parental drinking patterns.

    Sandra A. Brown;Vicki A. Creamer;Barbara A. Stetson

  • Expectancies versus background in the prediction of college drinking patterns.

    Sandra A. Brown

  • Adolescence and the Trajectory of Alcohol Use: Basic to Clinical Studies

    Sandra A. Brown;Susan F. Tapert

  • Marijuana and cocaine effect expectancies and drug use patterns.

    John Schafer;Sandra A. Brown

  • Substance use and withdrawal: Neuropsychological functioning over 8 years in youth

    Susan F. Tapert;Eric Granholm;Nathan G. Leedy;Sandra A. Brown

  • Characteristics of relapse following adolescent substance abuse treatment

    Sandra A. Brown;Peter W. Vik;Vicki A. Creamer

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Mark G. Myers
Mark G. Myers University of California, San Diego
Ariel E. Lugo
Ariel E. Lugo US Forest Service
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Michael C. Stallings
Michael C. Stallings University of Colorado Boulder
Marc A. Schuckit
Marc A. Schuckit University of California, San Diego
Danielle E. Ramo
Danielle E. Ramo University of California, San Francisco
Adolf Pfefferbaum
Adolf Pfefferbaum Stanford University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University

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