Colleen L. Barry

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
251 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Colleen L. Barry is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Colleen L. Barry has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in General Health Professions, 90 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 79 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Colleen L. Barry's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (84 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (47 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (41 papers). Colleen L. Barry is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (84 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (47 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (41 papers). Colleen L. Barry collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. Colleen L. Barry's co-authors include Emma E. McGinty, Alene Kennedy‐Hendricks, Sarah E. Gollust, Jeff Niederdeppe, Rachel Presskreischer, Haiden A. Huskamp, Susan H. Busch, Hahrie Han, Howard H. Goldman and Brendan Saloner and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Colleen L. Barry

247 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020

2020 714 citations Emma E. McGinty, Colleen L. Barry et al. profile →
Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1999-2010

2014 500 citations Marcus A. Bachhuber, Brendan Saloner et al. profile →
Using propensity scores in difference-in-differences models to estimate the effects of a policy change

2014 377 citations Elizabeth A. Stuart, Haiden A. Huskamp et al. profile →
Stigma, Discrimination, Treatment Effectiveness, and Policy: Public Views About Drug Addiction and Mental Illness

2014 377 citations Colleen L. Barry, Emma E. McGinty et al. Psychiatric Services profile →
Reports of Forgone Medical Care Among US Adults During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 145 citations Emma E. McGinty, Colleen L. Barry et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colleen L. Barry United States	54	3.2k	2.9k	2.7k	2.2k	1.6k	251	10.1k
Jane Gunn Australia	46	1.9k 0.6×	3.8k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	250	9.0k
Alexander C. Tsai United States	61	1.8k 0.6×	5.8k 2.0×	2.1k 0.8×	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	326	13.2k
Christopher Dowrick United Kingdom	57	1.7k 0.5×	5.1k 1.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	273	12.3k
Sijmen A. Reijneveld Netherlands	58	2.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.4×	4.5k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	623	13.8k
Michael T. French United States	53	1.6k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	3.7k 1.7×	708 0.4×	247	9.1k
Keith Humphreys United States	57	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	5.3k 2.4×	1.3k 0.8×	316	10.9k
John C. Fortney United States	51	1.8k 0.6×	4.2k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.6×	254	9.0k
Lyndal Bond Australia	46	1.4k 0.4×	3.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	118	10.8k
Bradley D. Stein United States	48	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	5.0k 1.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	360	9.9k
Mark A. Schuster United States	65	2.5k 0.8×	5.4k 1.9×	4.3k 1.6×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	327	15.0k

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Lewis, Neil A., Norman Porticella, Jiawei Liu, et al.. (2025). Beyond fear of backlash: Effects of messages about structural drivers of COVID-19 disparities among large samples of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans. Social Science & Medicine. 377. 118096–118096. 3 indexed citations

Kennedy‐Hendricks, Alene, Mark K. Meiselbach, Elizabeth A. Stuart, et al.. (2024). Changes in Healthcare Spending Attributable to High Deductible Health Plan Offer Among Enrollees with Comorbid Substance Use Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 39(11). 1993–2000.

Niederdeppe, Jeff, Norman Porticella, Jiawei Liu, et al.. (2024). Centering historically minoritized populations to design effective messages about an evidence-based policy to advance social equity. PNAS Nexus. 4(1). pgae588–pgae588. 2 indexed citations

Saloner, Brendan, et al.. (2022). A Bridge Too Far? Distance to Waivered Physicians and Utilization of Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid use Disorder in West Virginia Medicaid. Substance Abuse. 43(1). 682–690. 12 indexed citations

Crifasi, Cassandra K., Julie Ward, Emma E. McGinty, Colleen L. Barry, & Daniel Webster. (2022). Public opinion on laws regulating public gun carrying. Preventive Medicine. 159. 107067–107067. 5 indexed citations

Barry, Colleen L., et al.. (2022). Predictors of Public Support for Social Safety Net Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 63(1). 77–84. 3 indexed citations

Raifman, Julia, Elysia Larson, Colleen L. Barry, et al.. (2020). State handgun purchase age minimums in the US and adolescent suicide rates: regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences analyses. BMJ. 370. m2436–m2436. 27 indexed citations

Crifasi, Cassandra K., Elizabeth M. Stone, Emma E. McGinty, & Colleen L. Barry. (2020). Differences in Public Support for Gun Policies Between Women and Men. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 60(1). e9–e14. 3 indexed citations

McGinty, Emma E., Elizabeth M. Stone, Alene Kennedy‐Hendricks, & Colleen L. Barry. (2019). Stigmatizing language in news media coverage of the opioid epidemic: Implications for public health. Preventive Medicine. 124. 110–114. 76 indexed citations

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Crifasi, Cassandra K., et al.. (2019). Desirability of Personalized Guns Among Current Gun Owners. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 57(2). 191–196. 8 indexed citations

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McGinty, Emma E., Elizabeth A. Stuart, G. Caleb Alexander, et al.. (2018). Protocol: mixed-methods study to evaluate implementation, enforcement, and outcomes of U.S. state laws intended to curb high-risk opioid prescribing. Implementation Science. 13(1). 37–37. 25 indexed citations

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Donohue, Julie M., Colleen L. Barry, Elizabeth A. Stuart, et al.. (2017). Effects of Global Payment and Accountable Care on Medication Treatment for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 12(1). 11–18. 8 indexed citations

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McGinty, Emma E., et al.. (2016). Trends In News Media Coverage Of Mental Illness In The United States: 1995–2014. Health Affairs. 35(6). 1121–1129. 88 indexed citations

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Riedel, Lauren, Colleen L. Barry, Emma E. McGinty, et al.. (2016). Improving Health Care Linkages for Criminal Justice-Involved Persons. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 22(3). 189–199. 10 indexed citations

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Gollust, Sarah E., Colleen L. Barry, Jeff Niederdeppe, Lawrence Baum, & Erika Franklin Fowler. (2014). First Impressions: Geographic Variation in Media Messages during the First Phase of ACA Implementation. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 39(6). 1253–1262. 25 indexed citations

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Bachhuber, Marcus A., Brendan Saloner, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Jordyn H. Feingold, & Colleen L. Barry. (2014). Could Delaware's medical marijuana law reduce harms from opioid analgesics?. PubMed. 86(11). 341–3. 4 indexed citations

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McGinty, Emma E., Daniel Webster, & Colleen L. Barry. (2013). Effects of News Media Messages About Mass Shootings on Attitudes Toward Persons With Serious Mental Illness and Public Support for Gun Control Policies. American Journal of Psychiatry. 170(5). 494–501. 137 indexed citations

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McGinty, Emma E., Daniel Webster, & Colleen L. Barry. (2013). Gun Policy and Serious Mental Illness: Priorities for Future Research and Policy. Psychiatric Services. 65(1). 50–58. 30 indexed citations

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Busch, Susan H. & Colleen L. Barry. (2009). Does Private Insurance Adequately Protect Families of Children With Mental Health Disorders?. PEDIATRICS. 124(Supplement_4). S399–S406. 22 indexed citations

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Barry, Colleen L., et al.. (2002). Medicare managed care: Medicare+Choice at five years.. PubMed. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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