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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
24387
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19048
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9498

Psychology

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76
Citations
24521
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1702
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1006

Steven Paul Woods 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 Steven Paul Woods sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 370 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven Paul Woods 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 Steven Paul Woods sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Steven Paul Woods is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including molecular biology, infectious diseases, psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, and virology.

The main topics covered in their research include HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV research and treatment, dementia and cognitive impairment research, HIV-related health complications and treatments, cognitive functions and memory, health literacy and information accessibility, and osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for their work are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, and Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

The scientist has authored notable recent papers such as:

  • Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study (2022, Addiction)
  • Recent Advances in Neuropsychological Test Interpretation for Clinical Practice (2023, Neuropsychology Review)
  • Cognitive Intra-individual Variability in HIV: an Integrative Review (2021, Neuropsychology Review)
  • Long-term cognitive and academic outcomes among pediatric brain tumor survivors treated with proton versus photon radiotherapy (2021, Pediatric Blood & Cancer)
  • Optogenetic Control of the BMP Signaling Pathway (2020, ACS Synthetic Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven Paul Woods include Susan J. Kimber, Michelle A. Babicz, Anastasia Matchanova, Luis D. Medina, and Jennifer L. Thompson.

Among their accolades, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study.

    R. K. Heaton;D. B. Clifford;D. R. Franklin;S. P. Woods

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders before and during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: differences in rates, nature, and predictors

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Ronald J. Ellis;J. Allen McCutchan

  • Neurocognitive Effects of Methamphetamine: A Critical Review and Meta-analysis

    J. Cobb Scott;Steven Paul Woods;Steven Paul Woods;Georg E. Matt;Rachel A. Meyer

  • Cognitive Neuropsychology of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders

    Steven Paul Woods;David J. Moore;Erica Weber;Igor Grant

  • Predictive validity of global deficit scores in detecting neuropsychological impairment in HIV infection.

    Catherine L. Carey;Steven Paul Woods;Raul Gonzalez;Emily Conover

  • Cognitive sequelae of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis

    Thomas D Parsons;Steven A Rogers;Alyssa J Braaten;Steven Paul Woods

  • The California Verbal Learning Test – second edition: Test-retest reliability, practice effects, and reliable change indices for the standard and alternate forms

    Steven Paul Woods;Dean C. Delis;J. Cobb Scott;Joel H. Kramer

  • Neurocognitive Change in the Era of HIV Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The Longitudinal CHARTER Study

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Scott Letendre

  • Asymptomatic HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment increases risk for symptomatic decline.

    Igor Grant;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Steven P. Woods

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Circulating HIV DNA Correlates With Neurocognitive Impairment in Older HIV-infected Adults on Suppressive ART

    Michelli Faria de Oliveira;Ben Murrell;Josué Pérez-Santiago;Milenka Vargas

  • Co-Morbidities in Persons Infected with HIV: Increased Burden with Older Age and Negative Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life

    Alan T Rodriguez-Penney;Jennifer E Iudicello;Patricia K Riggs;Katie Doyle

  • Neuropsychological characteristics of adults with ADHD: a comprehensive review of initial studies.

    Steven Paul Woods;David W Lovejoy;J D Ball

  • Dynamics of cognitive change in impaired HIV-positive patients initiating antiretroviral therapy

    L. A. Cysique;F. Vaida;S. Letendre;S. Gibson

  • Interrater reliability of clinical ratings and neurocognitive diagnoses in HIV.

    Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Alan B Frol;Joel K Levy

  • Elevated sCD163 in plasma but not cerebrospinal fluid is a marker of neurocognitive impairment in HIV infection.

    Tricia H. Burdo;Allison Weiffenbach;Steven P. Woods;Scott Letendre

  • Enhancing antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus cognitive disorders

    Scott L Letendre;J Allen McCutchan;Meredith E Childers;Steven P Woods

  • THE CONFLICTING DEMANDS OF WORK, FAMILY, AND SCHOOL AMONG STUDENTS AT AN URBAN UNIVERSITY

    Leslie B. Hammer;Tenora D. Grigsby;Steven Woods

  • Prodromal frontal/executive dysfunction predicts incident dementia in Parkinson's disease.

    Steven Paul Woods;Alexander I. Tröster

  • Neuropsychological deficits in essential tremor: an expression of cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathophysiology?

    A. I. Tröster;S. P. Woods;J. A. Fields;K. E. Lyons

  • Initial validation of a screening battery for the detection of HIV-associated cognitive impairment.

    Catherine L Carey;Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Raul Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Erin E. Morgan
Erin E. Morgan University of California, San Diego
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Scott Letendre
Scott Letendre University of California, San Diego
Ronald J. Ellis
Ronald J. Ellis University of California, San Diego
Thomas D. Marcotte
Thomas D. Marcotte University of California, San Diego
J. Cobb Scott
J. Cobb Scott University of Pennsylvania
Donald Franklin
Donald Franklin University of California, San Diego
David J. Moore
David J. Moore University of California, San Diego
Paul E. Gilbert
Paul E. Gilbert San Diego State University

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