Carol A. Prescott

29.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
206 papers, 21.5k citations indexed

About

Carol A. Prescott is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol A. Prescott has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 78 papers in Clinical Psychology and 53 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Carol A. Prescott's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (70 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (56 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (51 papers). Carol A. Prescott is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (70 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (56 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (51 papers). Carol A. Prescott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Carol A. Prescott's co-authors include Kenneth S. Kendler, Kenneth S. Kendler, Laura M. Karkowski, Michael C. Neale, John Myers, Charles O. Gardner, John M. Hettema, C Gardner, Kenneth S. Kendler and Kristen C. Jacobson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Carol A. Prescott

202 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Causal Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and the Onset of Major Depression

1999 1.8k citations Carol A. Prescott et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
The Structure of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Common Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Men and Women

2003 1.3k citations Kenneth S. Kendler, Carol A. Prescott et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Women

2000 975 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, John M. Hettema et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
Toward a Comprehensive Developmental Model for Major Depression in Women

2002 712 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, Charles O. Gardner et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
Life Event Dimensions of Loss, Humiliation, Entrapment, and Danger in the Prediction of Onsets of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety

2003 628 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, John M. Hettema et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
The Interrelationship of Neuroticism, Sex, and Stressful Life Events in the Prediction of Episodes of Major Depression

2004 605 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, Carol A. Prescott et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
The Interaction of Stressful Life Events and a Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in the Prediction of Episodes of Major Depression

2005 512 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, Carol A. Prescott et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carol A. Prescott United States	69	9.4k	5.0k	3.5k	3.3k	2.3k	206	21.5k
William G. Iacono United States	89	14.9k 1.6×	7.4k 1.5×	3.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	594	29.5k
Kathleen T. Brady United States	84	9.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.5×	5.2k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	4.2k 1.8×	478	23.7k
John K. Hewitt United States	65	6.8k 0.7×	5.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	331	17.3k
Gustavo Turecki Canada	88	11.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	4.6k 1.4×	4.3k 1.8×	587	33.2k
Naomi Breslau United States	95	14.8k 1.6×	5.1k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	861 0.4×	228	31.7k
Kathleen K. Bucholz United States	81	9.3k 1.0×	3.1k 0.6×	9.8k 2.8×	2.1k 0.6×	3.5k 1.5×	461	26.3k
Stephen B. Manuck United States	86	4.2k 0.5×	4.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.3×	3.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	351	24.0k
Michael W. Otto United States	85	12.5k 1.3×	10.6k 2.1×	1.9k 0.6×	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	459	28.4k
María A. Oquendo United States	80	15.1k 1.6×	3.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	4.7k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	435	25.8k
Y. Lecrubier France	49	10.6k 1.1×	7.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.6×	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	194	26.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Carol A. Prescott

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Carol A. Prescott's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Carol A. Prescott with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Carol A. Prescott more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Carol A. Prescott

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Carol A. Prescott. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Carol A. Prescott. The network helps show where Carol A. Prescott may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol A. Prescott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carol A. Prescott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carol A. Prescott based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carol A. Prescott. Carol A. Prescott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Kalsi, Gursharan, Po‐Hsiu Kuo, Fazil Alıev, et al.. (2010). A systematic gene-based screen of chr4q22-q32 identifies association of a novel susceptibility gene, DKK2, with the quantitative trait of alcohol dependence symptom counts. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(20). 4121–4121. 2 indexed citations

Hettema, John M., Michael C. Neale, John Myers, Carol A. Prescott, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2006). A Population-Based Twin Study of the Relationship Between Neuroticism and Internalizing Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 163(5). 857–864. 444 indexed citations

Hettema, John M., et al.. (2006). The impact of generalized anxiety disorder and stressful life events on risk for major depressive episodes. Psychological Medicine. 36(6). 789–795. 68 indexed citations

Kuo, Po‐Hsiu, Charles O. Gardner, Kenneth S. Kendler, & Carol A. Prescott. (2006). The temporal relationship of the onsets of alcohol dependence and major depression: using a genetically informative study design. Psychological Medicine. 36(8). 1153–1162. 137 indexed citations

Crabbe, John C., Pamela Metten, Igor Ponomarev, Carol A. Prescott, & Douglas Wahłsten. (2006). Effects of Genetic and Procedural Variation on Measurement of Alcohol Sensitivity in Mouse Inbred Strains. Behavior Genetics. 36(4). 536–552. 28 indexed citations

McArdle, John J. & Carol A. Prescott. (2005). Mixed-Effects Variance Components Models for Biometric Family Analyses. Behavior Genetics. 35(5). 631–652. 59 indexed citations

Schmitt, J. Eric, Carol A. Prescott, Charles O. Gardner, Michael C. Neale, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2005). The Differential Heritabilityof Regular Tobacco Use Based on Method of Administration. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 8(1). 60–62. 8 indexed citations

Schmitt, J. Eric, Carol A. Prescott, Charles O. Gardner, Michael C. Neale, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2005). The Differential Heritability of Regular Tobacco Use Based on Method of Administration. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 8(1). 60–62. 7 indexed citations

Kendler, Kenneth S., et al.. (2004). The Interrelationship of Neuroticism, Sex, and Stressful Life Events in the Prediction of Episodes of Major Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 161(4). 631–636. 605 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Agrawal, Arpana, Kristen C. Jacobson, Carol A. Prescott, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2004). A Twin Study of Personality and Illicit Drug Use and Abuse/Dependence. Twin Research. 7(1). 72–81. 2 indexed citations

11.

Neale, Michael C., et al.. (2004). Sources of Individual Differences in Stressful Life Event Exposure in Male and Female Twins. Twin Research. 7(1). 33–38. 2 indexed citations

12.

Neale, Michael C., et al.. (2004). Sources of Individual Differences in Stressful Life Event Exposure in Male and Female Twins. Twin Research. 7(1). 33–38. 26 indexed citations

13.

Kendler, Kenneth S., et al.. (2003). Life Event Dimensions of Loss, Humiliation, Entrapment, and Danger in the Prediction of Onsets of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety. Archives of General Psychiatry. 60(8). 789–789. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

14.

Sullivan, Patrick F., et al.. (2003). Fatigue in a community sample of twins. Psychological Medicine. 33(2). 263–281. 29 indexed citations

15.

Kendler, K. S., Carol A. Prescott, Kristen C. Jacobson, J. Myers, & M C Neale. (2002). The joint analysis of personal interview and family history diagnoses: evidence for validity of diagnosis and increased heritability estimates. Psychological Medicine. 32(5). 829–842. 32 indexed citations

16.

Prescott, Carol A.. (2002). Sex differences in the genetic risk for alcoholism.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 26(4). 264–73. 35 indexed citations

17.

Prescott, Carol A., Steven H. Aggen, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2001). Sex-specific Genetic Influences on the Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Major Depression in a Population-based Sample of U.S. Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 4(3). 203. 1 indexed citations

18.

Prescott, Carol A., Ronald C. Johnson, & John J. McArdle. (1999). Chorion type as a possible influence on the results and interpretation of twin study data. Twin Research. 2(4). 244–249. 16 indexed citations

19.

20.

Roy, Marc‐André, Dermot Walsh, Carol A. Prescott, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (1994). Biases in the Diagnosis of Alcoholism by the Family History Method. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 18(4). 845–851. 34 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact