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Warren K. Bickel

Warren K. Bickel

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 111 380 241 648 47513
Medicine 110 5518 2975 701 49103

Warren K. Bickel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Warren K. Bickel between 1961 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Warren K. Bickel published across 65 years, from 1961 to 2025, averaging 20.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 669 publications in 2010. 38 of the 1,326 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
200 400 600
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1961 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 669. Peak 669 publications in 2010. 1961: 1 publication 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 5 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 14 publications 1991: 15 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 24 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 17 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 17 publications 1999: 28 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 669 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 31 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 15 publications
1961 2025

1,326 publications in total across all disciplines

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Warren K. Bickel: publications per year, 1961 to 2025
Year Publications
1961 1
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 1
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 3
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 5
1987 10
1988 9
1989 9
1990 14
1991 15
1992 10
1993 24
1994 14
1995 17
1996 7
1997 11
1998 17
1999 28
2000 12
2001 9
2002 7
2003 6
2004 5
2005 5
2006 11
2007 10
2008 10
2009 10
2010 669
2011 13
2012 19
2013 21
2014 26
2015 33
2016 31
2017 31
2018 29
2019 32
2020 24
2021 32
2022 21
2023 23
2024 23
2025 15
Total 1,326
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Warren K. Bickel publications per year - data summary

  • Warren K. Bickel, a Psychology scholar from Virginia Tech, has 1,326 publications recorded across 65 years, from 1961 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1961 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2010, with 669 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1961, 1969, 1972, 1979 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 18 of the 65 years in the span carry no publications at all (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 20.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 28.2 per year counting only the 47 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 114 publications, 9% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1961-1982: 7 publications (0.3 per year); 1983-2004: 231 publications (10.5 per year); 2005-2025: 1,088 publications (51.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Warren K. Bickel 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 Warren K. Bickel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 641–650 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 648 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5 648
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Warren K. Bickel publication distribution in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 69 ranges running from 31–40 to 705+ publications.
  • Warren K. Bickel, a Psychology scholar from Virginia Tech, records 648 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Warren K. Bickel, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 151–160 publications range, and Warren K. Bickel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 101–110 publications, holding 736 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 72% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 705 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Warren K. Bickel 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 Warren K. Bickel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 110–111 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35 111
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Warren K. Bickel D-index placement in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 30–31 to 144+ D-Index.
  • Warren K. Bickel, a Psychology scholar from Virginia Tech, records 111 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Warren K. Bickel, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48–49 D-Index range, and Warren K. Bickel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32–33 D-Index, holding 702 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 58–59 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Warren K. Bickel was affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. They published across multiple fields, focusing on applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, public health, physiology, and general decision sciences.

Their research spanned several interconnected topics, including behavioral health and interventions, smoking behavior and cessation, decision-making and behavioral economics, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, mental health research, obesity, physical activity and diet, as well as opioid use disorder treatment.

Bickel's frequent publication venues included Drug and Alcohol Dependence with 22 publications, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology with 18, Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research with 8, Health Psychology with 6, and Nicotine & Tobacco Research with 4.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Mechanical Turk data collection in addiction research: utility, concerns and best practices, 2020, Addiction
  • Semaglutide and Tirzepatide reduce alcohol consumption in individuals with obesity, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Temporal discounting as a candidate behavioral marker of obesity, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Setting a goal could help you control: Comparing the effect of health goal versus general episodic future thinking on health behaviors among cigarette smokers and obese individuals, 2020, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Delay Discounting, Glycemic Regulation and Health Behaviors in Adults with Prediabetes, 2020, Behavioral Medicine

Bickel collaborated frequently with several researchers during their career, including Allison N. Tegge, Roberta Freitas-Lemos, Liqa N. Athamneh, Jeffrey S. Stein, and William H. Craft.

They received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.

    Kris N. Kirby;Nancy M. Petry;Warren K. Bickel

  • Impulsivity and cigarette smoking: delay discounting in current, never, and ex-smokers.

    W. K. Bickel;Amy Laurie Odum;Gregory J. Madden

  • Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.

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  • Toward a behavioral economic understanding of drug dependence: delay discounting processes

    Warren K. Bickel;Lisa A. Marsch

  • Within-subject comparison of real and hypothetical money rewards in delay discounting.

    Matthew W. Johnson;Warren K. Bickel

  • Impulsive and self-control choices in opioid-dependent patients and non-drug-using control patients: Drug and monetary rewards.

    Gregory J. Madden;Nancy M. Petry;Gary J. Badger;Warren K. Bickel

  • Incentives Improve Outcome in Outpatient Behavioral Treatment of Cocaine Dependence

    Stephen T. Higgins;Alan J. Budney;Warren K. Bickel;Florian E. Foerg

  • A behavioral approach to achieving initial cocaine abstinence.

    Stephen T. Higgins;Dawn D. Delaney;Alan J. Budney;Warren K. Bickel

  • Remember the future: working memory training decreases delay discounting among stimulant addicts

    Warren K. Bickel;Richard Yi;Reid D. Landes;Paul F. Hill

  • Delay discounting in current and never-before cigarette smokers: similarities and differences across commodity, sign, and magnitude.

    Forest Baker;Matthew W. Johnson;Warren K. Bickel

  • Achieving cocaine abstinence with a behavioral approach.

    Stephen T. Higgins;Alan J. Budney;Warren K. Bickel;John R. Hughes

  • Impulsivity: The Behavioral and Neurological Science of Discounting

    Gregory J. Madden;Warren K. Bickel

  • Behavioral and neuroeconomics of drug addiction: competing neural systems and temporal discounting processes.

    Warren K. Bickel;Michelle L. Miller;Richard Yi;Benjamin P. Kowal

  • The Behavioral Economics of Substance Use Disorders: Reinforcement Pathologies and Their Repair

    Warren K. Bickel;Matthew W. Johnson;Mikhail N. Koffarnus;James MacKillop

  • Excessive discounting of delayed reinforcers as a trans-disease process contributing to addiction and other disease-related vulnerabilities: emerging evidence.

    Warren K. Bickel;David P. Jarmolowicz;E. Terry Mueller;Mikhail N. Koffarnus

  • Shortened time horizons and insensitivity to future consequences in heroin addicts

    Nancy M. Petry;Warren K. Bickel;Martha Arnett

  • Impulsive and self-control choices in opioid-dependent patients and non-drug-using control patients: Drug and monetary rewards.

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  • An algorithm for identifying nonsystematic delay-discounting data.

    Matthew W. Johnson;Warren K. Bickel

  • Nicotine withdrawal versus other drug withdrawal syndromes: similarities and dissimilarities

    John R. Hughes;Stephen T. Higgins;Warren K. Bickel

  • Reframing Health Behavior Change With Behavioral Economics

    Warren K. Bickel;Rudy Eugene Vuchinich

  • The behavioral- and neuro-economic process of temporal discounting: A candidate behavioral marker of addiction

    Warren K. Bickel;Mikhail N. Koffarnus;Lara Moody;A. George Wilson

  • Modeling drug consumption in the clinic using simulation procedures: demand for heroin and cigarettes in opioid-dependent outpatients.

    Eric A. Jacobs;Warren K. Bickel

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Higgins
Stephen T. Higgins University of Vermont
John R. Hughes
John R. Hughes University of Vermont
Gary J. Badger
Gary J. Badger University of Vermont
Richard Yi
Richard Yi University of Kansas
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Lisa A. Marsch
Lisa A. Marsch Dartmouth College
Matthew W. Johnson
Matthew W. Johnson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gregory J. Madden
Gregory J. Madden Utah State University
David P. Jarmolowicz
David P. Jarmolowicz University of Kansas
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University

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