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William L. White

William L. White

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
7433
World Ranking
5033
National Ranking
2376

William L. White publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. White sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

William L. White D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. White sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

William L. White is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a specific focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Homelessness and Social Issues, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

William L. White has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in journals such as:

  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
  • The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Journal of Addictive Diseases

Recent papers include:

  • Virtual Twelve Step Meeting Attendance During the COVID-19 Period: A Study of Members of Narcotics Anonymous, 2021, Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Reasons to be cheerful: Personal, civic, and economic achievements after resolving an alcohol or drug problem in the United States population., 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • A scoping review of spirituality in relation to substance use disorders: Psychological, biological, and cultural issues, 2023, Journal of Addictive Diseases
  • An empirical study on the construct of "God" in the Twelve Step process, 2020, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Assessing a pilot scheme of intensive support and assertive linkage in levels of engagement, retention, and recovery capital for people in recovery housing using quasi-experimental methods, 2023, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William L. White include:

  • Marc Galanter
  • Brooke D. Hunter
  • Arun Sondhi
  • Alessandro Leidi
  • Anthony Grimes

Best Publications

  • Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America

    William L. White

  • Recovery Capital as Prospective Predictor of Sustained Recovery, Life satisfaction and Stress among former poly-substance users

    Alexandre B. Laudet;William L. White

  • Addiction recovery: its definition and conceptual boundaries.

    William L. White

  • The Role of Social Supports, Spirituality, Religiousness, Life Meaning and Affiliation with 12-Step Fellowships in Quality of Life Satisfaction Among Individuals in Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems

    Alexandre B. Laudet;Keith Morgen;William L. White

  • Prevalence and pathways of recovery from drug and alcohol problems in the United States population: Implications for practice, research, and policy.

    John F. Kelly;Brandon G. Bergman;Bettina B. Hoeppner;Corrie Vilsaint

  • Don't wanna go through that madness no more: quality of life satisfaction as predictor of sustained remission from illicit drug misuse.

    Alexandre B. Laudet;Jeffrey B. Becker;William L. White

  • What are your priorities right now? Identifying service needs across recovery stages to inform service development.

    Alexandre B. Laudet;William White

  • The Assessment of Recovery Capital: properties and psychometrics of a measure of addiction recovery strengths

    Teodora Groshkova;David William Best;William White

  • Setting the standard for recovery: Physicians' Health Programs

    Robert L. DuPont;A. Thomas McLellan;William L. White;Lisa J. Merlo

  • The Concept of Recovery as an Organizing Principle for Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Services

    Larry Davidson;William White

  • The mobilization of community resources to support long-term addiction recovery

    William L. White

  • Recovery Capital: A Primer for Addictions Professionals

    William L. White;William Cloud

  • Mapping the recovery stories of drinkers and drug users in Glasgow: Quality of life and its associations with measures of recovery capital

    David Best;Jane Gow;Tony Knox;Avril Taylor

  • The Varieties of Recovery Experience: A Primer for Addiction Treatment Professionals and Recovery Advocates

    William White;Ernest Kurtz

  • Development and validation of a Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) for alcohol and drug use disorder

    Corrie L. Vilsaint;John F. Kelly;Brandon G. Bergman;Teodora Groshkova

  • New Addiction-Recovery Support Institutions: Mobilizing Support Beyond Professional Addiction Treatment and Recovery Mutual Aid

    William L. White;John F. Kelly;Jeffrey D. Roth

  • Alcoholism/Addiction as a Chronic Disease

    William L. White;Michael Boyle;David Loveland

  • The History of Recovered People as Wounded Healers: I. From Native America to the Rise of the Modern Alcoholism Movement

    William L. White

  • Gender differences in victimization severity and outcomes among adolescents treated for substance abuse.

    Janet C. Titus;Michael L. Dennis;William L. White;Christy K. Scott

  • THE HISTORY OF RECOVERED PEOPLE AS WOUNDED HEALERS: II. The Era of Professionalization and Specialization

    William L. White

  • Patterns of abstinence or continued drug use among methadone maintenance patients and their relation to treatment retention.

    William L White;Michael D Campbell;Robert D Spencer;Howard A Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly Harvard University
David Best
David Best University of Derby
Larry Davidson
Larry Davidson Yale University
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes
A. Thomas McLellan
A. Thomas McLellan University of Pennsylvania
Marc Galanter
Marc Galanter New York University
Mark D. Godley
Mark D. Godley Chestnut Health Systems
Lisa J. Merlo
Lisa J. Merlo University of Florida
Robert L. Stout
Robert L. Stout Brown University
J. Scott Tonigan
J. Scott Tonigan University of New Mexico

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