James MacKillop

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
319 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

James MacKillop is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James MacKillop has authored 319 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Epidemiology, 103 papers in Clinical Psychology and 90 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in James MacKillop's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (134 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (84 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (52 papers). James MacKillop is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (134 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (84 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (52 papers). James MacKillop collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Spain. James MacKillop's co-authors include James G. Murphy, Michael Amlung, Lara A. Ray, Emily J. Anderson, Cara M. Murphy, Jennifer W. Tidey, Christopher W. Kahler, Warren K. Bickel, Lawrence H. Sweet and Joshua C. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James MacKillop

299 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Behavioral Economics of Substance Use Disorders: Rein... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2022 2023 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. The Behavioral Economics of Substance Use Disorders: Reinforcement Pathologies and Their Repair
    2014 466 citations James MacKillop, James G. Murphy et al. profile →
  2. Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders
    2022 93 citations James MacKillop, Roberta Agabio et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
  3. The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use and Associated Outcomes: A Systematic Review
    2023 69 citations Jeffrey D. Wardell, James MacKillop et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James MacKillop Canada 55 3.3k 3.3k 2.9k 2.0k 1.4k 319 9.9k
Lara A. Ray United States 51 3.8k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 287 9.5k
Jennifer P. Read United States 48 4.6k 1.4× 3.2k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 166 10.8k
James G. Murphy United States 49 4.9k 1.5× 4.1k 1.3× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 546 0.4× 222 8.9k
Stephen T. Higgins United States 64 4.7k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 377 14.7k
Nancy M. Petry United States 48 4.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.4× 2.4k 0.8× 832 0.4× 630 0.5× 148 8.6k
Christopher W. Kahler United States 70 5.9k 1.8× 5.5k 1.7× 6.3k 2.2× 4.0k 2.0× 1.7k 1.2× 343 19.1k
Nancy M. Petry United States 62 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 9.4k 3.2× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 162 15.6k
Damaris J. Rohsenow United States 63 5.4k 1.6× 2.8k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 224 12.1k
Antonio Verdejo‐García Spain 57 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 4.3k 1.5× 2.7k 1.4× 3.8k 2.8× 323 12.0k
Alan W. Stacy United States 56 4.3k 1.3× 3.8k 1.2× 2.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 203 10.4k

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All Works

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MacKillop, James, et al.. (2025). The increase in risk classification using Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: an empirical examination in a sample of community adults in Ontario. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 45(2). 85–97.
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MacKillop, James, Roberta Agabio, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, et al.. (2024). Publisher Correction: Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 10(1). 69–69.
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Acuff, Samuel F., James MacKillop, & James G. Murphy. (2023). A contextualized reinforcer pathology approach to addiction. Nature Reviews Psychology. 2(5). 309–323. 56 indexed citations
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Cooper, Alysha, et al.. (2023). Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire in an Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 45(3). 853–864.
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Costello, Mary Jean, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of cannabis use disorder among individuals using medical cannabis at admission to inpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Addictive Behaviors. 142. 107667–107667. 9 indexed citations
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Gohari, Mahmood Reza, et al.. (2023). An Examination of Bidirectional Associations Between Alcohol Use and Internalizing Symptoms Among Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health. 74(4). 739–746. 2 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Megan L. Smith, Michael J. Mann, et al.. (2022). Risk and Resilience Pathways, Community Adversity, Decision-making, and Alcohol Use Among Appalachian Adolescents: Protocol for the Longitudinal Young Mountaineer Health Study Cohort. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(8). e40451–e40451. 5 indexed citations
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Morris, Vanessa, Lana Vedelago, Karli K. Rapinda, et al.. (2022). A longitudinal approach to understanding risk factors for problem alcohol use during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(3). 434–446. 9 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Loredo, Víctor, et al.. (2022). Is E-cigarette Use Associated With Persistence or Discontinuation of Combustible Cigarettes? A 24-Month Longitudinal Investigation in Young Adult Binge Drinkers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 24(7). 962–969. 2 indexed citations
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Morris, Vanessa, Sabrina K. Syan, James MacKillop, & Michael Amlung. (2022). Resting state functional connectivity in alcohol users and co-users of other substances. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 321. 111461–111461. 3 indexed citations
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González‐Roz, Alba, Jillian Halladay, Vanessa Morris, et al.. (2021). Is talk cheap? Correspondence between self‐attributions about changes in drinking and longitudinal changes in drinking during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 45(12). 2560–2568. 7 indexed citations
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Aston, Elizabeth R., Jane Metrik, Rochelle K. Rosen, Robert M. Swift, & James MacKillop. (2020). Refining the marijuana purchase task: Using qualitative methods to inform measure development.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 29(1). 23–35. 23 indexed citations
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MacKillop, James, et al.. (2019). Translating knowledge into action to prevent pediatric and adolescent diabesity: a meeting report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Naish, Katherine R., et al.. (2018). Systematic review of the effects of acute stress in binge eating disorder. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(3). 2415–2429. 38 indexed citations
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Amlung, Michael, Derek D. Reed, Vanessa Morris, et al.. (2018). Price elasticity of illegal versus legal cannabis: a behavioral economic substitutability analysis. Addiction. 114(1). 112–118. 73 indexed citations
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Oshri, Assaf, Steven M. Kogan, Sihong Liu, Lawrence H. Sweet, & James MacKillop. (2017). Pathways Linking Adverse Childhood Experiences to Cigarette Smoking Among Young Black Men: a Prospective Analysis of the Role of Sleep Problems and Delayed Reward Discounting. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51(6). 890–898. 16 indexed citations

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