Dorothy Melia

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Dorothy Melia is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy Melia has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Epidemiology, 2 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Dorothy Melia's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (2 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 papers). Dorothy Melia is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (2 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 papers). Dorothy Melia collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Dorothy Melia's co-authors include Mary Jeanne Kreek, Lisa Borg, Shengwen Zhang, Suzanne M. Leal, Mingting Tian, J.A. Strong, Jay A. Tischfield, Cherie E. Bond, Lei Yu and James H. Schluger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Addiction and Journal of Addictive Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy Melia

7 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human mu opioid receptor gene alters β-endorphin binding and activity: Possible implications for opiate addiction

1998 855 citations Cherie E. Bond, K. Steven LaForge et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dorothy Melia United States	6	401	319	273	203	196	7	1.0k
James H. Schluger United States	12	741 1.8×	352 1.1×	367 1.3×	374 1.8×	143 0.7×	13	1.4k
V. Charles Charuvastra United States	9	276 0.7×	207 0.6×	325 1.2×	144 0.7×	139 0.7×	23	830
J. David Clark United States	12	195 0.5×	566 1.8×	471 1.7×	119 0.6×	36 0.2×	31	1.3k
M J Kreek United States	14	499 1.2×	48 0.2×	148 0.5×	276 1.4×	113 0.6×	26	943
S. Ratcliffe United Kingdom	13	287 0.7×	108 0.3×	294 1.1×	88 0.4×	55 0.3×	15	1.7k
Joan M. Bailey Canada	6	90 0.2×	358 1.1×	875 3.2×	56 0.3×	76 0.4×	7	1.2k
Dennis W. Coalson United States	18	154 0.4×	417 1.3×	120 0.4×	87 0.4×	30 0.2×	38	891
Peter Jatlow United States	18	482 1.2×	33 0.1×	136 0.5×	300 1.5×	273 1.4×	25	1.3k
MarkS. Gold United States	6	323 0.8×	58 0.2×	104 0.4×	212 1.0×	58 0.3×	7	604
Anne Geller United States	15	152 0.4×	260 0.8×	153 0.6×	33 0.2×	54 0.3×	26	877

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dorothy Melia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dorothy Melia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dorothy Melia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dorothy Melia 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 Dorothy Melia. Dorothy Melia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Kellogg, Scott, Dorothy Melia, Elizabeth Khuri, et al.. (2008). Adolescent and Young Adult Heroin Patients. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 7 indexed citations

2.

Leon, Andrew C., Dorothy Melia, Charles Lilly, et al.. (2006). Antidepressant Treatment Patterns in a Novel Methadone Maintenance Clinic Targeting Young Adults. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 25(2). 47–52. 5 indexed citations

3.

Kellogg, Scott, Dorothy Melia, Elizabeth Khuri, et al.. (2006). Adolescent and Young Adult Heroin Patients. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 25(3). 15–25. 29 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Paola, Lisa Borg, Amy Lin, et al.. (2002). Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Co-Infection in Former Heroin Addicts in Methadone Maintenance Treatment. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 21(4). 55–66. 25 indexed citations

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Borg, Lisa, Elizabeth Khuri, Aaron Wells, et al.. (1999). Methadone‐maintained former heroin addicts, including those who are anti‐HIV‐1 seropositive, comply with and respond to hepatitis B vaccination. Addiction. 94(4). 489–493. 35 indexed citations

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Bond, Cherie E., K. Steven LaForge, Mingting Tian, et al.. (1998). Single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human mu opioid receptor gene alters β-endorphin binding and activity: Possible implications for opiate addiction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(16). 9608–9613. 855 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mason, Barbara J., James H. Kocsis, Dorothy Melia, et al.. (1998). Psychiatric Comorbidity in Methadone Maintained Patients. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 17(3). 75–89. 71 indexed citations

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