Michael Flores

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 747 citations indexed

About

Michael Flores is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Flores has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 747 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Flores's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (7 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers). Michael Flores is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (7 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers). Michael Flores collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Michael Flores's co-authors include Benjamin Lê Cook, E. Nilay Kafali, Chang Shu, Zimin Liu, Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Caryn R. R. Rodgers, Nicholas Carson, Richa Gawande, Julie P. Dunne and Brian Mullin and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Flores

28 papers receiving 732 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.

Trends in Smoking Among Adults With Mental Illness and Association Between Mental Health Treatment and Smoking Cessation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Flores United States	11	307	215	172	170	120	30	747
Yukiko Washio United States	13	232 0.8×	202 0.9×	218 1.3×	145 0.9×	87 0.7×	62	867
Stefan Sieber Switzerland	19	242 0.8×	226 1.1×	157 0.9×	144 0.8×	78 0.7×	50	871
Ellen A. Dornelas United States	18	547 1.8×	232 1.1×	264 1.5×	148 0.9×	54 0.5×	54	1.1k
Wolfgang Hannöver Germany	16	248 0.8×	210 1.0×	160 0.9×	292 1.7×	78 0.7×	41	790
Iris Torchalla Canada	18	244 0.8×	446 2.1×	137 0.8×	299 1.8×	47 0.4×	45	955
Iman Elfeddali Netherlands	16	164 0.5×	181 0.8×	89 0.5×	276 1.6×	96 0.8×	34	718
Fiona Devi Singapore	16	115 0.4×	189 0.9×	142 0.8×	204 1.2×	127 1.1×	67	637
Laura Kestilä Finland	15	171 0.6×	313 1.5×	193 1.1×	270 1.6×	64 0.5×	39	864
Diana W. Stewart United States	14	209 0.7×	196 0.9×	95 0.6×	218 1.3×	40 0.3×	28	645
Steven C. Ames United States	17	228 0.7×	140 0.7×	151 0.9×	157 0.9×	35 0.3×	40	706

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Flores

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Hyatt, Andrew S., et al.. (2025). Cannabis Use Among Individuals With Psychosis After State-Level Commercial Cannabis Legalization. JAMA Psychiatry. 83(1). 74–74. 1 indexed citations

Flores, Michael. (2025). Financial Strain on and Systemic Barriers in Mental Health Treatment. Psychiatric Services. 76(2). 109–109. 1 indexed citations

Hyatt, Andrew S., Michael Flores, & Benjamin Lê Cook. (2024). Disproportionate increase in cannabis use among people with serious psychological distress and associations with psychiatric service use in the United States, 2009–2019. Addictive Behaviors. 157. 108095–108095. 2 indexed citations

Flores, Michael, et al.. (2024). Trends and Disparities in Mental Health Use Among Asian American Sub-groups, 2013–2019. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 12(6). 3783–3792. 2 indexed citations

Flores, Michael, et al.. (2023). Examining Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Opioid Prescribing: Results from an Urban Safety-Net Healthcare System. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 11(2). 719–729. 11 indexed citations

Oeding, Jacob F., Jennifer O’Donnell, Hao‐Hua Wu, et al.. (2023). Combined Anterior Thoracic Vertebral Body Tethering and Posterior Lumbar Tethering Results in Quicker Return to Sport and Activity Compared to Posterior Spinal Instrumented Fusion in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Global Spine Journal. 15(2). 1068–1076. 4 indexed citations

Flores, Michael, et al.. (2023). Estimates of Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Among Adolescents by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Pediatrics. 177(11). 1215–1215. 16 indexed citations

Flores, Michael, et al.. (2023). Examining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tobacco Dependence Treatment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries Using Fifty State Medicaid Claims, 2009–2014. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 11(2). 755–763.

Saloner, Brendan, Wenshu Li, Michael Flores, Ana M. Progovac, & Benjamin Lê Cook. (2023). A Widening Divide: Cigarette Smoking Trends Among People With Substance Use Disorder And Criminal Legal Involvement. Health Affairs. 42(2). 187–196. 7 indexed citations

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Flores, Michael, et al.. (2023). US trends in the association of suicide ideation/behaviors with marijuana use among adolescents ages 12–17 and differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 1057784–1057784. 8 indexed citations

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Slopen, Natalie, Benjamin Lê Cook, Michael Flores, et al.. (2022). Family Stressors and Resources as Social Determinants of Health among Caregivers and Young Children. Children. 9(4). 452–452. 2 indexed citations

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Flores, Michael, et al.. (2022). Schoenoplectus californicus as Potential Remover of Metal Elements from Mine Effluents: A Laboratory Assessment. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 51(2). 4 indexed citations

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Flores, Michael, et al.. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood ADHD Treatment Access and Utilization: Results From a National Study. Psychiatric Services. 73(12). 1338–1345. 15 indexed citations

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Rodgers, Caryn R. R., et al.. (2021). Racial/Ethnic Disparity Trends in Children’s Mental Health Care Access and Expenditures From 2010-2017: Disparities Remain Despite Sweeping Policy Reform. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 61(7). 915–925. 61 indexed citations

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Flores, Michael, et al.. (2021). Diversion as a pathway to improving service utilization among at-risk youth.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 28(2). 179–187. 4 indexed citations

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Dunne, Julie P., Michael Flores, Richa Gawande, & Zev Schuman‐Olivier. (2020). Losing trust in body sensations: Interoceptive awareness and depression symptom severity among primary care patients. Journal of Affective Disorders. 282. 1210–1219. 47 indexed citations

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Progovac, Ana M., Dharma E. Cortés, Leslie B. Adams, et al.. (2020). Addressing Major Health Disparities Related to Coronavirus for People With Behavioral Health Conditions Requires Strength‐Based Capacity Building and Intentional Community Partnership. World Medical & Health Policy. 12(3). 242–255. 2 indexed citations

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Cook, Benjamin Lê, Michael Flores, Samuel H. Zuvekas, et al.. (2020). The Impact Of Medicare’s Mental Health Cost-Sharing Parity On Use Of Mental Health Care Services. Health Affairs. 39(5). 819–827. 11 indexed citations

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Nicolás, Ismael Martínez, et al.. (2018). The impact of a comprehensive electronic patient portal on the health service use: an interrupted time-series analysis. European Journal of Public Health. 29(3). 413–418. 15 indexed citations

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Assaf, Annlouise R., et al.. (2017). The Relative Burden of Menopausal and Postmenopausal Symptoms versus Other Major Conditions: A Retrospective Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data.. PubMed. 10(6). 311–321. 21 indexed citations

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