John Strang

28.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
542 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

John Strang is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John Strang has authored 542 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 322 papers in Epidemiology, 263 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 114 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John Strang's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (261 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (254 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (104 papers). John Strang is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (261 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (254 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (104 papers). John Strang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Bulgaria. John Strang's co-authors include Michael Gossop, Paul Griffiths, Beverly Powis, Jim McCambridge, John Marsden, David Best, Wayne Hall, Rebecca McDonald, Michael Farrell and Shane Darke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Strang

522 papers receiving 18.4k 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.

The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS): psychometric properties of the SDS in English and Australian samples of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users

1995 1.1k citations John Strang et al. Addiction profile →
Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in China

2020 361 citations John Strang et al. profile →
Opioid use disorder

2020 354 citations John Strang, Louisa Degenhardt et al. profile →
Are take‐home naloxone programmes effective? Systematic review utilizing application of the Bradford Hill criteria

2016 318 citations Rebecca McDonald, John Strang Addiction profile →
Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

2017 293 citations Sarah Larney, Matthew Hickman et al. profile →
Prevention, early intervention, harm reduction, and treatment of substance use in young people

2016 289 citations John Strang, Louisa Degenhardt et al. profile →
Medication Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

2019 202 citations John Strang et al. profile →
Internet Addiction Increases in the General Population During COVID‐19: Evidence From China

2021 144 citations John Strang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Strang	11.0k	8.7k	3.6k	2.9k	2.4k	542	19.8k
Shane Darke	9.6k 0.9×	7.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	304	17.7k
Michael Gossop	8.8k 0.8×	6.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	351	15.0k
Richard P. Mattick	9.4k 0.9×	7.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.6×	4.4k 1.5×	2.2k 0.9×	297	20.6k
Wilson M. Compton	9.2k 0.8×	6.7k 0.8×	4.2k 1.2×	6.3k 2.2×	5.3k 2.2×	250	23.9k
John Marsden	6.4k 0.6×	3.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	181	11.0k
Christopher M. Jones	5.6k 0.5×	9.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	168	15.1k
A. Thomas McLellan	14.8k 1.4×	6.3k 0.7×	6.7k 1.9×	6.2k 2.1×	2.4k 1.0×	230	26.2k
David A. Fiellin	8.2k 0.7×	7.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	378	15.2k
Katherine M. Keyes	7.1k 0.6×	5.2k 0.6×	5.5k 1.5×	8.0k 2.7×	3.8k 1.6×	483	25.5k
Sean Esteban McCabe	4.6k 0.4×	4.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	305	17.0k

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Chesney, Edward, Joanne Neale, Nicola Metrebian, et al.. (2025). Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle. Addiction. 120(11). 2165–2172. 4 indexed citations

Chesney, Edward, Dominic Oliver, Alex M. Dickens, et al.. (2025). Does cannabidiol reduce the adverse effects of cannabis in schizophrenia? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(12). 1759–1767. 1 indexed citations

Parkin, Stephen, Joanne Neale, & John Strang. (2024). ‘Matters-of-concern’ associated with discontinuation of long-acting injectable buprenorphine: Findings from a longitudinal qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 129. 104470–104470. 4 indexed citations

Parkin, Stephen, Joanne Neale, & John Strang. (2023). Non-Prescribed Substance Use during the First Month of Treatment by People Receiving Depot Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. Substance Use & Misuse. 58(13). 1696–1706. 6 indexed citations

Lewer, Dan, Thomas D. Brothers, Antonio Gasparrini, & John Strang. (2023). Seasonal, weekly and other cyclical patterns in deaths due to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Addiction. 118(8). 1596–1601. 3 indexed citations

Englund, Amir, Dominic Oliver, Edward Chesney, et al.. (2022). Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(6). 869–876. 69 indexed citations

Englund, Amir, et al.. (2022). Could COVID expand the future of addiction research? Long‐term implications in the pandemic era. Addiction. 117(8). 2135–2140. 9 indexed citations

Brandt, Laura, Aimee Campbell, Jermaine D. Jones, et al.. (2021). Emotional Reactions of Trained Overdose Responders who use Opioids following Intervention in an Overdose Event. Substance Abuse. 43(1). 581–591. 4 indexed citations

Neale, Joanne, Adrian Farrugia, Aimee Campbell, et al.. (2021). Understanding preferences for type of take-home naloxone device: international qualitative analysis of the views of people who use opioids. Drugs Education Prevention and Policy. 29(2). 109–120. 11 indexed citations

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Jin, Harry, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Louisa Degenhardt, et al.. (2020). Global opioid agonist treatment: a review of clinical practices by country. Addiction. 115(12). 2243–2254. 52 indexed citations

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Deluca, Paolo, Simon Coulton, M Fasihul Alam, et al.. (2020). Screening and brief interventions for adolescent alcohol use disorders presenting through emergency departments: a research programme including two RCTs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 1–144. 8 indexed citations

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Steer, Colin, John Macleod, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2019). The impact of opiate substitution treatment on mortality risk in drug addicts: a natural experiment study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 1–92. 4 indexed citations

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Macleod, John, Colin Steer, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2019). Prescription of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids and mortality risk in people receiving opioid agonist treatment: Observational study based on the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Office for National Statistics death records. PLoS Medicine. 16(11). e1002965–e1002965. 66 indexed citations

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Neale, Joanne, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, Rebecca McDonald, & John Strang. (2018). Improving recruitment to pharmacological trials for illicit opioid use: findings from a qualitative focus group study. Addiction. 113(6). 1066–1076. 18 indexed citations

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Hickman, Matthew, Colin Steer, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2018). The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom. Addiction. 113(8). 1461–1476. 82 indexed citations

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Neale, Joanne, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, Alison D. Marshall, Carla Treloar, & John Strang. (2018). Do women with complex alcohol and other drug use histories want women‐only residential treatment?. Addiction. 113(6). 989–997. 27 indexed citations

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Neale, Joanne, Aimee Campbell, Jermaine D. Jones, et al.. (2018). How competent are people who use opioids at responding to overdoses? Qualitative analyses of actions and decisions taken during overdose emergencies. Addiction. 114(4). 708–718. 38 indexed citations

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Brose, Leonie S., et al.. (2017). Contingency management for tobacco smoking during opioid addiction treatment: a randomised pilot study. BMJ Open. 7(9). e017467–e017467. 9 indexed citations

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Stewart, Robert, Chin‐Kuo Chang, Hitesh Shetty, et al.. (2017). Excess overdose mortality immediately following transfer of patients and their care as well as after cessation of opioid substitution therapy. Addiction. 113(5). 946–951. 9 indexed citations

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Neale, Joanne, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, & John Strang. (2017). Qualitative exploration of relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment. Health & Social Care in the Community. 26(1). e39–e46. 25 indexed citations

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