CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Epidemiology, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (2 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (2 papers). CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (2 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (2 papers). CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN collaborates with scholars based in United States. CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN's co-authors include A. Thomas McLellan, John Cacciola, Lester Luborsky, Harriet L. Barr, Jeffrey K. Griffith, Frederick J. Evans, Anna Rose Childress, Ronald N. Ehrman, Arthur I. Alterman and David S. Metzger and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

In The Last Decade

CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN

7 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. New Data from the Addiction Severity Index Reliability and Validity in Three Centers
    1985 1.4k citations A. Thomas McLellan, Lester Luborsky et al. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN United States 7 1.5k 683 595 546 472 8 2.5k
Charles P. O Brien United States 7 1.9k 1.2× 847 1.2× 782 1.3× 645 1.2× 420 0.9× 12 3.1k
Jack Blaine United States 30 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 556 0.9× 706 1.3× 316 0.7× 53 3.3k
Beverly Powis United Kingdom 15 1.7k 1.1× 552 0.8× 424 0.7× 927 1.7× 300 0.6× 21 2.8k
John S. Cacciola United States 37 1.9k 1.2× 1.5k 2.3× 697 1.2× 636 1.2× 332 0.7× 95 3.6k
Julie Hando Australia 18 1.4k 0.9× 630 0.9× 314 0.5× 580 1.1× 415 0.9× 25 2.5k
Joan E. Zweben United States 20 955 0.6× 498 0.7× 336 0.6× 319 0.6× 329 0.7× 63 1.8k
Jeanne L. Obert United States 17 1.1k 0.7× 460 0.7× 422 0.7× 284 0.5× 328 0.7× 31 1.7k
Tami Frankforter United States 22 1.1k 0.7× 797 1.2× 530 0.9× 359 0.7× 430 0.9× 43 2.4k
Michie N. Hesselbrock United States 27 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 469 0.8× 148 0.3× 393 0.8× 66 2.8k
Dennis C. Daley United States 31 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 566 1.0× 389 0.7× 267 0.6× 84 2.9k

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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McKay, James R., et al.. (1997). Relationship of Perceived Competencies, Perceived Social Support, and Gender to Substance Use in Young Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 36(7). 933–940. 92 indexed citations
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Weinrieb, Robert M. & CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN. (1993). Persistent Cognitive Deficits Attributed to Substance Abuse. Neurologic Clinics. 11(3). 663–692. 13 indexed citations
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OʼBRIEN, CHARLES P., Anna Rose Childress, A. Thomas McLellan, & Ronald N. Ehrman. (1992). Classical Conditioning in Drug‐Dependent Humansa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 654(1). 400–415. 395 indexed citations
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McLellan, A. Thomas, Arthur I. Alterman, John Cacciola, David S. Metzger, & CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN. (1992). A New Measure of Substance Abuse Treatment Initial Studies of the Treatment Services Review. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 180(2). 101–110. 394 indexed citations
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OʼBRIEN, CHARLES P., et al.. (1988). Substance Abuse Treatment Research Center Philadelphia VA Medical Center and The University of Pennsylvania. British Journal of Addiction. 83(11). 1261–1270. 1 indexed citations
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McLellan, A. Thomas, Lester Luborsky, John Cacciola, et al.. (1985). New Data from the Addiction Severity Index Reliability and Validity in Three Centers. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 173(7). 412–423. 1350 indexed citations breakdown →
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McLellan, A. Thomas, George Woody, Lester Luborsky, CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN, & Keith A. Druley. (1983). Increased Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 171(10). 597–605. 190 indexed citations
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McLellan, A. Thomas, et al.. (1981). Are the “Addiction-related” Problems of Substance Abusers Really Related?. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 169(4). 232–239. 107 indexed citations

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