John Acker

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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John Acker is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Acker has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Applied Psychology, 7 papers in General Decision Sciences and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in John Acker's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (4 papers). John Acker is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (4 papers). John Acker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. John Acker's co-authors include Michael Amlung, James MacKillop, James MacKillop, Lana Vedelago, Iris M. Balodis, James G. Murphy, Monika M. Stojek, Lawrence H. Sweet, Courtney L. Brown and Joshua C. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Neuropsychopharmacology and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

John Acker

17 papers receiving 977 citations

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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.

Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis of continuous associations

2016 403 citations Michael Amlung, Lana Vedelago et al. Addiction profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Acker United States	13	458	274	265	264	223	17	1.0k
Kirstin M. Gatchalian United States	17	525 1.1×	180 0.7×	433 1.6×	379 1.4×	235 1.1×	19	1.3k
E. Terry Mueller United States	11	616 1.3×	158 0.6×	488 1.8×	407 1.5×	266 1.2×	12	1.3k
Lara Moody United States	12	251 0.5×	127 0.5×	190 0.7×	230 0.9×	147 0.7×	17	700
Forest Baker United States	8	388 0.8×	104 0.4×	487 1.8×	236 0.9×	151 0.7×	9	920
Lana Vedelago Canada	9	265 0.6×	129 0.5×	220 0.8×	247 0.9×	240 1.1×	14	797
William Brady DeHart United States	16	295 0.6×	69 0.3×	264 1.0×	175 0.7×	107 0.5×	32	716
Tinuke Oluyomi Daniel United States	13	580 1.3×	58 0.2×	356 1.3×	545 2.1×	261 1.2×	14	1.2k
Andrea M. Begotka United States	5	313 0.7×	77 0.3×	477 1.8×	220 0.8×	259 1.2×	9	932
Samuel F. Acuff United States	17	347 0.8×	430 1.6×	68 0.3×	195 0.7×	314 1.4×	64	901
Derek Pope United States	14	203 0.4×	83 0.3×	107 0.4×	119 0.5×	73 0.3×	26	557

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17 of 17 papers shown

Funderburk, Jennifer S., Wilfred R. Pigeon, Robyn L. Shepardson, et al.. (2021). Treating depressive symptoms among veterans in primary care: A multi-site RCT of brief behavioral activation. Journal of Affective Disorders. 283. 11–19. 11 indexed citations

Funderburk, Jennifer S., Robyn L. Shepardson, Jennifer M. Wray, et al.. (2018). Behavioral medicine interventions for adult primary care settings: A review.. Families Systems & Health. 36(3). 368–399. 17 indexed citations

Gray, Joshua C., Michael Amlung, Max M. Owens, et al.. (2017). The Neuroeconomics of Tobacco Demand: An Initial Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Cigarette Cost-Benefit Decision Making in Male Smokers. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 41930–41930. 15 indexed citations

Wray, Jennifer M., Jennifer S. Funderburk, John Acker, Laura O. Wray, & Stephen A. Maisto. (2017). A Meta-Analysis of Brief Tobacco Interventions for Use in Integrated Primary Care. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 20(12). 1418–1426. 29 indexed citations

Amlung, Michael, Lana Vedelago, John Acker, Iris M. Balodis, & James MacKillop. (2016). Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis of continuous associations. Addiction. 112(1). 51–62. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

Acker, John, et al.. (2015). Interrelationships among parental family history of substance misuse, delay discounting, and personal substance use. Psychopharmacology. 233(1). 39–48. 46 indexed citations

Gray, Joshua C., Michael Amlung, John Acker, et al.. (2014). Clarifying the neural basis for incentive salience of tobacco cues in smokers. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 223(3). 218–225. 5 indexed citations

Gray, Joshua C., Michael Amlung, John Acker, Lawrence H. Sweet, & James MacKillop. (2014). Item-based analysis of delayed reward discounting decision making. Behavioural Processes. 103. 256–260. 17 indexed citations

MacKillop, James, Michael Amlung, John Acker, et al.. (2014). The Neuroeconomics of Alcohol Demand: An Initial Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Alcohol Cost–Benefit Decision Making in Heavy Drinking Men. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(8). 1988–1995. 32 indexed citations

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Acker, John, et al.. (2014). THE RANDOM POROUS STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM FOAMS. MRS Proceedings. 1662. 2 indexed citations

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Acker, John & James MacKillop. (2013). Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cue-Elicited Craving for Tobacco: A Virtual Reality Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15(8). 1409–1416. 75 indexed citations

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MacKillop, James, John Acker, Allan Clifton, et al.. (2013). Brief Report: The Brief Alcohol Social Density Assessment (BASDA): Convergent, Criterion-Related, and Incremental Validity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 74(5). 810–815. 16 indexed citations

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Amlung, Michael, Lawrence H. Sweet, John Acker, Courtney L. Brown, & James MacKillop. (2012). Dissociable brain signatures of choice conflict and immediate reward preferences in alcohol use disorders. Addiction Biology. 19(4). 743–753. 59 indexed citations

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Acker, John, Michael Amlung, Monika M. Stojek, James G. Murphy, & James MacKillop. (2012). Individual Variation in Behavioral Economic Indices of the Relative Value of Alcohol: Incremental Validity in Relation to Impulsivity, Craving, and Intellectual Functioning. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. 3(3). 423–436. 19 indexed citations

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MacKillop, James, Lauren R. Few, James G. Murphy, et al.. (2012). High‐resolution behavioral economic analysis of cigarette demand to inform tax policy. Addiction. 107(12). 2191–2200. 76 indexed citations

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Amlung, Michael, John Acker, Monika M. Stojek, James G. Murphy, & James MacKillop. (2011). Is Talk “Cheap”? An Initial Investigation of the Equivalence of Alcohol Purchase Task Performance for Hypothetical and Actual Rewards. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(4). 716–724. 185 indexed citations

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Amlung, Michael, John Acker, Monika M. Stojek, & James MacKillop. (2010). Further validation of an alcohol purchase task: equivalence of versions for hypothetical and actual rewards. Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine). 10 indexed citations

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