Shane Darke

22.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
304 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Shane Darke is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shane Darke has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Epidemiology, 156 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 73 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Shane Darke's work include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (155 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (127 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (72 papers). Shane Darke is often cited by papers focused on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (155 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (127 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (72 papers). Shane Darke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Shane Darke's co-authors include Joanne Ross, Wayne Hall, Sharlene Kaye, Johan Duflou, Maree Teesson, Deborah Zador, Julie Hando, Michael T. Lynskey, Rebecca McKetin and Michelle Torok and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shane Darke

297 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

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 Shane Darke, Wayne Hall et al. Addiction profile →
Self-report among injecting drug users: A review

1998 1.0k citations Shane Darke Drug and Alcohol Dependence profile →
Major physical and psychological harms of methamphetamine use

2008 505 citations Shane Darke, Sharlene Kaye et al. Drug and Alcohol Review profile →
Development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for assessing outcome of treatment among opiate users: the Opiate Treatment Index

1992 416 citations Shane Darke, Wayne Hall et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Differences in heroin overdose deaths in Australia by age, 2020-2022: Disease and estimated survival times 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin	1
2	A retrospective study of the characteristics and toxicology of cases of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)‐ and psilocybin‐related death in Australia 2024 ·Addiction ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Michael Farrell, Wayne Hall, Julia Lappin	6
3	Changes in the rates and characteristics of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)‐related death in Australia, 2001–2023 2024 ·Drug and Alcohol Review ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Agata Chrzanowska, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin, Amy Peacock	0
4	Agreement between self‐reported illicit drug use and biological samples: a systematic review and meta‐analysis 2023 ·Addiction ·Chrianna Bharat, Paige Webb, (unknown), Rebecca McKetin, Jason Grebely, Michael Farrell, Adam Holland, Matthew Hickman, Lucy Thi Tran, Brodie Clark, Amy Peacock, Shane Darke, Jih‐Heng Li, Louisa Degenhardt	62
5	Characteristics and circumstances of cocaine-related completed suicide in Australia, 2000–2021 2023 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin	2
6	A descriptive coronial study of heroin toxicity deaths in Australia, 2020–2022: Characteristics, toxicology and survival times 2023 ·Addiction ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin	4
7	Rates, characteristics and toxicology of cocaine‐related deaths in Australia, 2000–2021 2022 ·Addiction ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Agata Chrzanowska, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin	11
8	Characteristics of fatal gabapentinoid-related poisoning in Australia, 2000–2020 2021 ·Clinical Toxicology ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Amy Peacock, Michael Farrell, Julia Lappin	8
9	Barbiturate‐related hospitalisations, drug treatment episodes, and deaths in Australia, 2000‒2018 2021 ·The Medical Journal of Australia ·Shane Darke, Agata Chrzanowska, Gabrielle Campbell, (unknown), Julia Lappin	3
10	Characteristics and circumstances of death related to the self‐administration of ketamine 2020 ·Addiction ·Shane Darke, Johan Duflou, Michael Farrell, Amy Peacock, Julia Lappin	13
11	Australian treatment outcome study: protocol for the 18–20-year follow-up of a prospective longitudinal cohort examining the natural history of heroin dependence and associated mortality, psychiatric and physical health, and health service use 2020 ·BMJ Open ·Christina Marel, Katherine L. Mills, Rachel Visontay, Jack Wilson, Shane Darke, Joanne Ross, Tim Slade, Paul Haber, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maree Teesson	6
12	Trends and characteristics in barbiturate deaths Australia 2000–2019: a national retrospective study 2020 ·Clinical Toxicology ·Gabrielle Campbell, Shane Darke, (unknown), Johan Duflou, Fiona Shand, Julia Lappin	4
13	Circumstances of death of opioid users being treated with naltrexone 2019 ·Addiction ·Shane Darke, Michael Farrell, Johan Duflou, Briony Larance, Julia Lappin	6
14	Editorial: Drug trafficking: Time to abolish the death penalty 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Thomas F. Babor, Shane Darke, Wayne Hall, (unknown), (unknown), Robert West	0
15	Major physical and psychological harms of methamphetamine use breakdown → 2008 ·Drug and Alcohol Review ·Shane Darke, Sharlene Kaye, Rebecca McKetin, Johan Duflou	505
16	Depression among heroin users: 12-Month outcomes from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) 2006 ·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment ·Alys Havard, Maree Teesson, Shane Darke, Joanne Ross	104
17	Attempted suicide among entrants to three treatment modalities for heroin dependence in the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS): prevalence and risk factors 2003 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Shane Darke, Joanne Ross, Michael T. Lynskey, Maree Teesson	101
18	FLUCTUATIONS IN HEROIN PURITY AND THE INCIDENCE OF FATAL HEROIN OVERDOSE IN SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY, 1993-1995 1998 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Shane Darke, Wayne Hall, Don Weatherburn, Bronwyn Lind	1
19	Benzodiazepine use among heroin users in Sydney: patterns, availability and preferences 1995 ·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ·Joanne Ross, Shane Darke, Wayne Hall	2
20	Context and correlates of non-fatal overdose among heroin users in Sydney 1994 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Shane Darke, Joanne Ross, Julia Cohen, Wayne Hall	7

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