John B. Saunders

38.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
203 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

John B. Saunders is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John B. Saunders has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Epidemiology, 54 papers in General Health Professions and 53 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in John B. Saunders's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (77 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (53 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (22 papers). John B. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (77 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (53 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (22 papers). John B. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. John B. Saunders's co-authors include Thomas F. Babor, Marcus Grant, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Juan Ramón De La Fuente, Maristela Monteiro, John Higgins-Biddle, Verne T. Inman, Eileen Kaner, Fiona Campbell and Fiona Beyer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John B. Saunders

191 papers receiving 22.7k 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.

Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II

1993 10.4k citations John B. Saunders et al. profile →
AUDIT - The alcohol use disorders identification test: guidelines for use in primary care.

2001 4.7k citations John B. Saunders et al. profile →
THE MAJOR DETERMINANTS IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL GAIT

1953 904 citations John B. Saunders et al. profile →
Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations

2007 586 citations John B. Saunders et al. profile →
Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations

2018 564 citations John B. Saunders et al. profile →
Prevalence of comorbid substance use in schizophrenia spectrum disorders in community and clinical settings, 1990–2017: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2018 294 citations John B. Saunders et al. Drug and Alcohol Dependence profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John B. Saunders Australia	43	11.3k	6.6k	5.6k	4.3k	2.6k	203	23.9k
Marcus Grant United Kingdom	23	5.5k 0.5×	3.5k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	92	12.8k
A. S. Zigmond United Kingdom	7	3.6k 0.3×	4.9k 0.7×	7.3k 1.3×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	11	36.9k
Jos W. R. Twisk Netherlands	94	3.4k 0.3×	4.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	801	36.9k
R. P. Snaith United Kingdom	27	4.0k 0.4×	5.4k 0.8×	8.9k 1.6×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	68	42.8k
Claude Bouchard Canada	130	7.7k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	3.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k	74.0k
Karen A. Matthews United States	118	2.2k 0.2×	6.6k 1.0×	7.9k 1.4×	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.4×	695	49.2k
Stephen R. Daniels United States	128	9.1k 0.8×	7.5k 1.1×	4.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	945 0.4×	596	75.4k
Naomi Breslau United States	95	2.9k 0.3×	3.5k 0.5×	14.8k 2.6×	1.1k 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	228	31.7k
Thomas L. Patterson United States	90	6.7k 0.6×	5.3k 0.8×	6.4k 1.1×	585 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	553	29.0k
Rod S Taylor United Kingdom	83	2.3k 0.2×	3.3k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	880 0.3×	428	28.9k

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Fifer, Helen, et al.. (2025). British Association of Sexual Health and HIV UK National Guideline for the Management of infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae , 2025. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 36(11-12). 826–840. 3 indexed citations

Bayes, Adam, Mark Montebello, Jonathan Brett, et al.. (2024). Drug dependence and prescribing ketamine for treatment-resistant depression in Australia and New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 58(10). 831–838. 5 indexed citations

Chan, Gary, John B. Saunders, Daniel Stjepanović, et al.. (2024). The Gaming Disorder Identification Test (GADIT) – A screening tool for Gaming Disorder based on ICD-11. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 13(3). 729–741. 3 indexed citations

Leung, Janni, John B. Saunders, Daniel Stjepanović, et al.. (2024). Extended hours of video game play and negative physical symptoms and pain. Computers in Human Behavior. 155. 108181–108181. 3 indexed citations

Saunders, John B.. (2023). Koenig, H. G., Carey, L. B., and Al Zaben, F. (2022). Spiritual Readiness: Essentials for Military Leaders and Chaplains. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

Carragher, Natacha, Jiang Long, Daniel L. King, et al.. (2022). Monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on problematic gambling and gaming: an international key informant survey. International Gambling Studies. 23(2). 203–224. 3 indexed citations

Gullo, Matthew J., Andrew Wood, & John B. Saunders. (2022). Criteria for the establishment of a new behavioural addiction •. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 11(2). 191–198. 6 indexed citations

Urbán, Róbert, Borbála Paksi, Ádám Miklósi, John B. Saunders, & Zsolt Demetrovics. (2021). Non-adherence to preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 epidemic: findings from a community study. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 13 indexed citations

Stockwell, Tim, Jinhui Zhao, Bernie Pauly, et al.. (2020). Trajectories of Alcohol Use and Related Harms for Managed Alcohol Program Participants over 12 Months Compared with Local Controls: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 56(6). 651–659. 22 indexed citations

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Johnson, Natalie, Kypros Kypri, John B. Saunders, et al.. (2018). Effect of electronic screening and brief intervention on hazardous or harmful drinking among adults in the hospital outpatient setting: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 191. 78–85. 9 indexed citations

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Johnson, Natalie, Kypros Kypri, Patrick McElduff, et al.. (2014). Prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use in hospital outpatients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 144. 270–273. 9 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B.. (2007). Substance dependence and nondependence in DSM and the ICD: can an identical conceptualization be achieved?. Annals of Translational Medicine. 7(Suppl 8). 75–92. 1 indexed citations

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Kypri, Kypros, John B. Saunders, & John Langley. (2006). Electronic screening and brief intervention (E-SBI) for hazardous drinking: Results of three randomized controlled trials. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 30. 1 indexed citations

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Kotler, Philip, et al.. (2000). Introducción al Marketing: Segunda edición europea. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 2 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B., et al.. (1986). Alcohol Dependence and Psychopathology in Alcoholic Liver Disease. British Journal of Addiction. 81(2). 231–235. 7 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B., N. Wright, & K O Lewis. (1980). Predicting outcome of paracetamol poisoning by use 14C-aminopyrine breath test.. BMJ. 280(6210). 279–280. 50 indexed citations

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Taylor, George V. & John B. Saunders. (1971). The new law of education. Butterworths eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B.. (1970). THE APOLOGIE AND TREATISE OF AMBROISE PARE: Containing the Voyages Made Into Divers Places. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 112(2). 95–95. 1 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B.. (1970). THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE: 17th Ed.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 112(4). 102–103. 20 indexed citations

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Saunders, John B.. (1958). A TEXTBOOK OF HISTOLOGY: Seventh Edition. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 88(1). 87–87. 4 indexed citations

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