2026 Stephen A. Maisto: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	88	1050	923	646	555	472	24675

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Stephen A. Maisto is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of medicine, psychology, and health professions, with significant contributions particularly in substance abuse treatment, HIV/AIDS research, and behavioral health interventions.

Their main areas of study include:

Medicine
Psychology
Health Professions

Within these broader fields, Stephen A. Maisto focuses on several subfields, notably:

General Health Professions
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Applied Psychology
Social Psychology

Their research topics highlight areas such as:

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Homelessness and Social Issues
Health Policy Implementation Science
Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Stephen A. Maisto has published extensively in several academic journals, including frequent contributions to:

AIDS and Behavior
Addictive Behaviors
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Psychological Services

Their notable recent papers include:

The use and Impact of Self-Monitoring on Substance use Outcomes: A Descriptive Systematic Review, 2021, Substance Abuse
Association of Alcohol Screening Scores With Adverse Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Among US Adults, 2020, JAMA Network Open
Can Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder Sustain Non-abstinent Recovery? Non-abstinent Outcomes 10 Years After Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment, 2020, Journal of Addiction Medicine
Pain as a causal motivator of alcohol consumption: Associations with gender and race., 2022, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
The effects of cannabidiol and analgesic expectancies on experimental pain reactivity in healthy adults: A balanced placebo design trial., 2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Jennifer S. Funderburk
E. Jennifer Edelman
Tibor P. Palfai
David A. Fiellin
Amy C. Justice

Stephen A. Maisto was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

Reliability of alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking behavior.

Linda C. Sobell;Stephen A. Maisto;Mark B. Sobell;A.Mitch Cooper

1057
Citations
Assessing Readiness to Change Substance Abuse: A Critical Review of Instruments

Kate B. Carey;Daniel M. Purnine;Stephen A. Maisto;Michael P. Carey

365
Citations
Use of the AUDIT and the DAST-10 to identify alcohol and drug use disorders among adults with a severe and persistent mental illness.

Stephen A. Maisto;Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey;Christopher M. Gordon

357
Citations
Associations Among Health Behaviors and Time Perspective in Young Adults: Model Testing with Boot-Strapping Replication

James M. Henson;James M. Henson;Michael P. Carey;Kate B. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto

349
Citations
Enhancing motivation to reduce the risk of HIV infection for economically disadvantaged urban women.

Michael P. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto;Seth C. Kalichman;Andrew D. Forsyth

342
Citations
Developing a Prototype for Evaluating Alcohol Treatment Effectiveness

Mark B. Sobell;S. A. Maisto;Linda C. Sobell;A. M. Cooper

336
Citations
Brief motivational interventions for heavy college drinkers: A randomized controlled trial.

Kate B. Carey;Michael P. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto;James M. Henson

324
Citations
Patterns of DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Symptoms in Adolescent Drinkers

C S Martin;N A Kaczynski;S A Maisto;O M Bukstein

306
Citations
Self-report issues in substance abuse: State of the art and future directions.

Stephen A. Maisto;James R. McKay;Gerard J. Connors

291
Citations
Interrelations between Pain and Alcohol: An Integrative Review

Emily L. Zale;Stephen A. Maisto;Joseph W. Ditre

291
Citations
Three questions can detect hazardous drinkers.

Adam J. Gordon;Stephen Maisto;Melissa McNeil;Kevin L. Kraemer

283
Citations
Using information, motivational enhancement, and skills training to reduce the risk of HIV infection for low-income urban women: a second randomized clinical trial.

Michael P. Carey;Laura S. Braaten;Stephen A. Maisto;John R. Gleason

267
Citations
Comparison of alcoholics' self-reports of drinking behavior with reports of collateral informants

Stephen A. Maisto;Linda C. Sobell;Mark B. Sobell

259
Citations
A temporal and dose-response association between alcohol consumption and medication adherence among veterans in care.

R Scott Braithwaite;Kathleen A. McGinnis;Joseph Conigliaro;Stephen A. Maisto

256
Citations
Alcohol Use and Risk of HIV infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Sarah E. Woolf;Stephen A. Maisto

227
Citations
An empirical investigation of the factor structure of the AUDIT

Stephen A. Maisto;Joseph Conigliaro;Melissa McNeil;Kevin Kraemer

224
Citations
Causal mediation analyses with rank preserving models.

Thomas R. Ten Have;Marshall M. Joffe;Kevin G. Lynch;Gregory K. Brown

223
Citations
Reliability of the timeline follow-back sexual behavior interview.

Lance S. Weinhardt;Michael P. Carey;Stephen A. Maisto;Kate B. Carey

218
Citations
Assessing sexual risk behaviour with the Timeline Followback (TLFB) approach: continued development and psychometric evaluation with psychiatric outpatients.

M. P. Carey;K. B. Carey;S. A. Maisto;C. M. Gordon

217
Citations
Subject reactivity effects and alcohol treatment outcome research.

Patrick R. Clifford;Stephen A. Maisto

195
Citations
Rethinking Substance Abuse: What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do About It

Sarah E. Woolf;Stephen A. Maisto

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kate B. Carey Brown University

Michael P. Carey Brown University

Gerard J. Connors University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Amy C. Justice Yale University

Katie Witkiewitz University of New Mexico

James R. McKay University of Pennsylvania

Tammy Chung Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Christopher S. Martin University of Pittsburgh

Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia

Joseph W. Ditre Syracuse University

External Links

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