Carol A. Prescott

29.8k citations

206 papers · 21.5k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 69

Clinical Psychology top 0.05%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.1%
Epidemiology top 0.5%
Social Psychology top 0.2%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%

Co-authors: Kenneth S. Kendler Laura M. Karkowski Michael C. Neale John Myers Charles O. Gardner John M. Hettema C Gardner Kristen C. Jacobson
Topics: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (70 papers)Cognitive Abilities and Testing (56 papers)Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (51 papers)
Cited by: Behavioral Neuroscience Biological Psychiatry Clinical Psychology
Journals: PLoS ONE American Journal of Psychiatry Annals of Surgery
Partner nations: United States Sweden United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Carol A. Prescott

202 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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. profile →
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Women

2000 975 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, John Myers et al. 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, Charles O. Gardner et al. 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. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Polygenic Risk Score Associated with Measures of Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults 2014 ·Biodemography and Social Biology ·Morgan E. Levine,Eileen M. Crimmins,Carol A. Prescott,Drystan Phillips,Thalida Em Arpawong,Jinkook Lee	34
2	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 2010 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Gursharan Kalsi,Po‐Hsiu Kuo,Fazil Alıev,Jeffry Alexander,(unknown),Diana G. Patterson,Dermot Walsh,Zhongming Zhao,Marc A. Schuckit,John I. Nürnberger,John R. Kramer,Victor Hesselbrock,Jay A. Tischfield,Vladimir I. Vladimirov,Carol A. Prescott,Danielle M. Dick,Kenneth S. Kendler,Brien P. Riley	2
3	Empirically defined subtypes of alcohol dependence in an Irish family sample 2009 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Nicole D. Sintov,Kenneth S. Kendler,Kelly C. Young‐Wolff,Dermot Walsh,Diana G. Patterson,Carol A. Prescott	11
4	Toward a Comprehensive Developmental Model for Major Depression in Men 2006 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Kenneth S. Kendler,Charles O. Gardner,Carol A. Prescott	280
5	The Differential Heritabilityof Regular Tobacco Use Based on Method of Administration 2005 ·Twin Research and Human Genetics ·J. Eric Schmitt,Carol A. Prescott,Charles O. Gardner,Michael C. Neale,Kenneth S. Kendler	8
6	The Differential Heritability of Regular Tobacco Use Based on Method of Administration 2005 ·Twin Research and Human Genetics ·J. Eric Schmitt,Carol A. Prescott,Charles O. Gardner,Michael C. Neale,Kenneth S. Kendler	7
7	Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Social Support and Risk for Major Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Opposite-Sex Twin Pairs 2005 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Kenneth S. Kendler,John Myers,Carol A. Prescott	402
8	The Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence: Study Methodology and Validation of Diagnosis by Interview and Family History 2005 ·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ·Carol A. Prescott,Patrick F. Sullivan,John Myers,Diana G. Patterson,(unknown),Lisa J. Halberstadt,Dermot Walsh,Kenneth S. Kendler	40
9	A Twin Study of Personality and Illicit Drug Use and Abuse/Dependence 2004 ·Twin Research ·Arpana Agrawal,Kristen C. Jacobson,Carol A. Prescott,Kenneth S. Kendler	2
10	Sources of Individual Differences in Stressful Life Event Exposure in Male and Female Twins 2004 ·Twin Research ·(unknown),Michael C. Neale,Kristen C. Jacobson,Carol A. Prescott,Kenneth S. Kendler	2
11	Sources of Individual Differences in Stressful Life Event Exposure in Male and Female Twins 2004 ·Twin Research ·(unknown),Michael C. Neale,Kristen C. Jacobson,Carol A. Prescott,Kenneth S. Kendler	26
12	Interpersonal dependence and major depression: aetiological inter-relationship and gender differences 2003 ·Psychological Medicine ·(unknown),C Gardner,Carol A. Prescott,K. S. Kendler	27
13	Childhood parental loss and risk for first-onset of major depression and alcohol dependence: the time-decay of risk and sex differences 2002 ·Psychological Medicine ·K. S. Kendler,Kevin N. Sheth,C Gardner,Carol A. Prescott	142
14	Sex-specific Genetic Influences on the Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Major Depression in a Population-based Sample of U.S. Twins 2001 ·Twin Research and Human Genetics ·Carol A. Prescott,Steven H. Aggen,Kenneth S. Kendler	1
15	Similarity in saliva cortisol measures in monozygotic twins and the influence of past major depression 2000 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Elizabeth A. Young,Steven H. Aggen,Carol A. Prescott,Kenneth S. Kendler	47
16	Chorion type as a possible influence on the results and interpretation of twin study data 1999 ·Twin Research ·Carol A. Prescott,Ronald C. Johnson,John J. McArdle	16
17	Chorion type as a possible influence on the results and interpretation of twin study data 1999 ·Twin Research ·Carol A. Prescott,Ronald C. Johnson,John J. McArdle	23
18	A contemporary method for developmental‐genetic analyses of age changes in intellectual abilities 1998 ·Developmental Neuropsychology ·John J. McArdle,Carol A. Prescott,Fumiaki Hamagami,John L. Horn	62
19	Prediction of Major Depression and Dysthymia From CES-D Scores Among Ethnic Minority Adolescents 1998 ·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Carol A. Prescott,John J. McArdle,Earl S. Hishinuma,Ronald C. Johnson,Robin H. Miyamoto,Naleen N. Andrade,Jeanne L. Edman,George K. Makini,Linda B. Nahulu,Noelle Y. C. Yuen,Barry Carlton	115
20	Age-based construct validation using structural equation modeling 1992 ·Experimental Aging Research ·John J. McArdle,Carol A. Prescott	58

About Carol A. Prescott

Carol A. Prescott is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 206 papers that have together received 21.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (2.0k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations) and Clinical Psychology (9.4k citations). Carol A. Prescott has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Annals of Surgery.

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