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, Julie Hando 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

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.

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 Michael Gossop, 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 →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by John Strang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Strang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Strang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Strang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Strang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Strang. John Strang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle 2025 ·Addiction ·(unknown), Edward Chesney, Joanne Neale, Nicola Metrebian, Nicola J. Kalk, Arne Kristian Skulberg, Paul Dietze, Martin P. Smith, John Strang	4
2	Recent Innovations to Detect and Intervene to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths 2025 ·British Journal of Hospital Medicine ·John Strang, Elizabeth Appiah‐Kusi, Edward Chesney, (unknown), (unknown), Will Lawn, (unknown)	0
3	‘Matters-of-concern’ associated with discontinuation of long-acting injectable buprenorphine: Findings from a longitudinal qualitative study 2024 ·International Journal of Drug Policy ·Stephen Parkin, Joanne Neale, John Strang	4
4	Seasonal, weekly and other cyclical patterns in deaths due to drug poisoning in England and Wales 2023 ·Addiction ·Dan Lewer, Thomas D. Brothers, Antonio Gasparrini, John Strang	3
5	Non-Prescribed Substance Use during the First Month of Treatment by People Receiving Depot Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder 2023 ·Substance Use & Misuse ·Stephen Parkin, Joanne Neale, John Strang	6
6	Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios 2022 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Amir Englund, Dominic Oliver, Edward Chesney, (unknown), Jack Wilson, (unknown), Andrea De Micheli, John Hodsoll, Paolo Fusar‐Poli, John Strang, Robin Murray, Tom P. Freeman, Philip McGuire	69
7	Global opioid agonist treatment: a review of clinical practices by country 2020 ·Addiction ·Harry Jin, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Louisa Degenhardt, John Strang, Matthew Hickman, David A. Fiellin, Robert Ali, Julie Bruneau, Sarah Larney	52
8	Screening and brief interventions for adolescent alcohol use disorders presenting through emergency departments: a research programme including two RCTs 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Paolo Deluca, Simon Coulton, M Fasihul Alam, Sadie Boniface, Kim Donoghue, Éilish Gilvarry, Eileen Kaner, Ellen Lynch, Ian Maconochie, Paul McArdle, Ruth McGovern, Dorothy Newbury‐Birch, Robert Patton, (unknown), Ceri Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Rhys Pockett, Ian Russell, John Strang, Colin Drummond	8
9	Do women with complex alcohol and other drug use histories want women‐only residential treatment? 2018 ·Addiction ·Joanne Neale, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, Alison D. Marshall, Carla Treloar, John Strang	27
10	Improving recruitment to pharmacological trials for illicit opioid use: findings from a qualitative focus group study 2018 ·Addiction ·Joanne Neale, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, Rebecca McDonald, John Strang	18
11	Contingency management for tobacco smoking during opioid addiction treatment: a randomised pilot study 2017 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Leonie S. Brose, John Strang, Ann McNeill	9
12	Qualitative exploration of relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment 2017 ·Health & Social Care in the Community ·Joanne Neale, Charlotte N. E. Tompkins, John Strang	25
13	Excess overdose mortality immediately following transfer of patients and their care as well as after cessation of opioid substitution therapy 2017 ·Addiction ·(unknown), Robert Stewart, Chin‐Kuo Chang, Hitesh Shetty, Mizanur Khondoker, Ed Day, Richard D. Hayes, John Strang	9
14	Relationship between Prescribing and Risk of Opiate Overdose among Drug Users in and out of Maintenance Treatment 2003 ·European Addiction Research ·(unknown), David Best, Michael Gossop, Garry Stillwell, John Strang	27
15	Injectable opiate treatment--feasible but for whom, how, and to what ends? 2001 ·PubMed ·John Strang	1
16	Random mandatory drugs testing of prisoners: a biassed means of gathering information. 1999 ·PubMed ·S M Gore, A G Bird, John Strang	10
17	Methadone treatment practices and outcome for opiate addicts treated in drug clinics and in general practice: results from the National Treatment Outcome Research Study. 1999 ·PubMed ·Michael Gossop, John Marsden, Duncan Stewart, Petra Lehmann, John Strang	79
18	Drug impaired professionals 1999 ·Addiction ·John Strang	2
19	Health clinics for problem drug misusers. 1992 ·PubMed ·Claire Gerada, (unknown), John Strang	9
20	The addict, the doctor and the law. 1985 ·PubMed ·John Strang	2

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