John Piacentini

33.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
312 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

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John Piacentini is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Piacentini has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 298 papers in Clinical Psychology, 122 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 80 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in John Piacentini's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (181 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (142 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (110 papers). John Piacentini is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (181 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (142 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (110 papers). John Piacentini collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and South Africa. John Piacentini's co-authors include James T. McCracken, R. Lindsey Bergman, Susanna Chang, Douglas W. Woods, John T. Walkup, Tara S. Peris, Golda S. Ginsburg, Scott N. Compton, Anne Marie Albano and Audra K. Langley and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Piacentini

307 papers receiving 17.1k citations

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The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the MECA Study

1996 1.3k citations John Piacentini et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sertraline, or a Combination in Childhood Anxiety

2008 934 citations John T. Walkup, Anne Marie Albano et al. profile →
Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette Disorder

2010 463 citations John Piacentini, Douglas W. Woods et al. profile →
Practice guideline recommendations summary: Treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders

2019 249 citations Douglas W. Woods, John Piacentini et al. Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Piacentini United States	68	15.8k	6.1k	3.8k	3.4k	1.9k	312	17.8k
John S. March United States	73	14.9k 0.9×	4.7k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	7.2k 2.1×	2.2k 1.1×	207	19.6k
Douglas E. Williamson United States	54	10.1k 0.6×	4.4k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	6.0k 1.8×	1.6k 0.8×	122	17.6k
John T. Walkup United States	58	9.0k 0.6×	3.2k 0.5×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	226	11.1k
James J. Hudziak United States	62	5.9k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	205	11.4k
Déborah C. Beidel United States	70	11.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	8.2k 2.2×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	217	14.3k
Boris Birmaher United States	57	9.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.3×	2.9k 0.8×	5.6k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	146	13.8k
Thalia C. Eley United Kingdom	61	6.0k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	5.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	267	11.1k
Ian Goodyer United Kingdom	66	7.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	227	12.7k
Guilherme V. Polanczyk Brazil	44	6.7k 0.4×	5.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	10.5k 3.1×	965 0.5×	180	16.6k
Betsy Hoza United States	62	8.3k 0.5×	3.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	8.8k 2.6×	1.7k 0.9×	138	13.9k

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Tuerk, Peter W., Joseph McGuire, & John Piacentini. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Trial of OC-Go for Childhood Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: Augmenting Homework Compliance in Exposure With Response Prevention Treatment. Behavior Therapy. 55(2). 306–319. 8 indexed citations

Shiu, Cheng‐Shi, Wei‐Ti Chen, Boram Kim, et al.. (2023). The Roles of Lifetime Enacted Stigma in Tic Symptoms among Young Adults with Tourette Syndrome. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(12). 1759–1768. 3 indexed citations

Burgess, Helen J., Meredith E. Coles, Shannon M. Bennett, et al.. (2023). Sleep disorders, sleep medication use, and predictors of sleep disturbance in children with persistent tic disorders. Children s Health Care. 53(1). 23–40. 2 indexed citations

Ricketts, Emily J., Helen J. Burgess, Dana L. McMakin, et al.. (2022). Sleep and chronotype in adults with persistent tic disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 78(7). 1516–1539. 9 indexed citations

Miyakoshi, Makoto, et al.. (2022). Additive and Interactive Effects of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Tic Disorder on Brain Connectivity. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 8(11). 1094–1102. 5 indexed citations

Miyakoshi, Makoto, et al.. (2021). Inhibitory control in children with tic disorder: aberrant fronto-parietal network activity and connectivity. Brain Communications. 3(2). fcab067–fcab067. 14 indexed citations

Tan, Patricia Z., et al.. (2021). The ERN as a neural index of changes in performance monitoring following attention training in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychology. 166. 108206–108206. 8 indexed citations

Espil, Flint M., Douglas W. Woods, Matthew W. Specht, et al.. (2021). Long-term Outcomes of Behavior Therapy for Youth With Tourette Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 61(6). 764–771. 20 indexed citations

Ricketts, Emily J., Helen J. Burgess, Meredith E. Coles, et al.. (2021). Morning light therapy in adults with Tourette’s disorder. Journal of Neurology. 269(1). 399–410. 13 indexed citations

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Cervin, Matti, Lesley A. Norris, Golda S. Ginsburg, et al.. (2020). The p Factor Consistently Predicts Long-Term Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes in Anxiety-Disordered Youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 60(7). 902–912.e5. 22 indexed citations

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Rozenman, Michelle, Joseph McGuire, Monica S. Wu, et al.. (2019). Hoarding Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Clinical Features and Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 58(8). 799–805. 11 indexed citations

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Chang, Susanna, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Attention Bias Training for Child Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 50(2). 198–208. 14 indexed citations

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Swan, Anna J., Philip C. Kendall, Thomas M. Olino, et al.. (2018). Results from the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Longitudinal Study (CAMELS): Functional outcomes.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 86(9). 738–750. 34 indexed citations

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Sukhodolsky, Denis G., Douglas W. Woods, John Piacentini, et al.. (2017). Moderators and predictors of response to behavior therapy for tics in Tourette syndrome. Neurology. 88(11). 1029–1036. 75 indexed citations

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Strawn, Jeffrey R., Jeffrey A. Mills, Dara Sakolsky, et al.. (2017). Placebo Response in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: Results from the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 27(6). 501–508. 25 indexed citations

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Peris, Tara S. & John Piacentini. (2016). Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Piacentini, John, Tara S. Peris, Gary R. Geffken, et al.. (2015). Contemporary models of pediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder: An evaluation with a large clinical sample. Psychiatry Research. 229(1-2). 620–622. 3 indexed citations

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Woods, Douglas W., John Piacentini, & John T. Walkup. (2010). Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics in Children with Tourette Syndrome.. Communique. 39(2). 1 indexed citations

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Langley, Audra K., Lindsey Bergman, Paula M. Barrett, & John Piacentini. (2008). Cognitive biases in children with anxiety disorders: Examination of the ambiguous situations self report. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 2 indexed citations

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Piacentini, John, et al.. (2003). Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 13(supplement 1). 61–69. 422 indexed citations

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