Sonya B. Norman

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
231 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Sonya B. Norman is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonya B. Norman has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Clinical Psychology, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 38 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sonya B. Norman's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (168 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (56 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (47 papers). Sonya B. Norman is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (168 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (56 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (47 papers). Sonya B. Norman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Sonya B. Norman's co-authors include Murray B. Stein, Ariel J. Lang, Kendall C. Wilkins, Robert H. Pietrzak, Moira Haller, Adrienne J. Means‐Christensen, Brandon Nichter, Carolyn B. Allard, Steven R. Thorp and Alan N. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sonya B. Norman

222 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Synthesis of the psychometric properties of the PTSD checklist (PCL) military, civilian, and specific versions

2011 798 citations Sonya B. Norman et al. profile →
Development and validation of an Overall Anxiety Severity And Impairment Scale (OASIS)

2006 518 citations Sonya B. Norman, Murray B. Stein et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonya B. Norman United States	40	5.0k	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	1.0k	231	7.4k
Ariel J. Lang United States	41	4.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	668 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	964 0.9×	127	6.6k
Alan L. Peterson United States	48	6.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	834 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	303	8.7k
Patrick S. Calhoun United States	42	4.6k 0.9×	922 0.6×	941 0.7×	598 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	224	7.4k
Elizabeth A. Hembree United States	35	6.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	848 0.8×	58	8.1k
Thomas J. Metzler United States	57	6.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	827 0.7×	943 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	133	9.7k
Kenneth M. Carpenter United States	34	3.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	728 0.7×	71	6.6k
Norah C. Feeny United States	43	5.8k 1.2×	924 0.6×	832 0.7×	945 0.9×	706 0.7×	134	7.2k
Carmen P. McLean United States	37	4.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	674 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	593 0.6×	102	6.3k
Scott F. Coffey United States	39	3.8k 0.8×	954 0.6×	992 0.8×	691 0.7×	572 0.6×	100	6.0k
Sudie E. Back United States	47	3.8k 0.7×	795 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	758 0.7×	194	7.3k

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Lund, Brian C., Nicole L. Johnson, Emily B.K. Thomas, et al.. (2025). Comorbid Chronic Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Veterans: Approaches to Care. Military Medicine. 190(9-10). e2058–e2064.

Nichter, Brandon, Melanie L. Hill, Ian C. Fischer, et al.. (2025). Intimate partner violence perpetration and firearm ownership and storage practices among U.S. military veterans. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 185. 177–185.

Nichter, Brandon, Melanie L. Hill, Shira Maguen, et al.. (2024). Health and psychiatric impairment associated with moral injury, military sexual trauma, and their co-occurrence in U.S. combat veterans. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 179. 111617–111617. 1 indexed citations

Kline, Alexander C., et al.. (2024). Dropout in a clinical trial for comorbid PTSD and MDD among US service members: Are pretreatment characteristics predictive?. Psychotherapy Research. 35(4). 614–626.

Griffin, Brandon J., Sonya B. Norman, Marcela C. Weber, et al.. (2024). Properties of the modified self‐forgiveness dual‐process scale in populations at risk for moral injury. Stress and Health. 40(5). e3413–e3413. 1 indexed citations

Maguen, Shira, Brandon J. Griffin, Robert H. Pietrzak, et al.. (2024). Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 37(4). 685–696. 11 indexed citations

Campbell‐Sills, Laura, Santiago Papini, Sonya B. Norman, et al.. (2023). Associations of polygenic risk scores with posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories following combat deployment. Psychological Medicine. 53(14). 6733–6742. 3 indexed citations

Hien, Denise A., Antonio A. Morgan‐López, Lissette M. Saavedra, et al.. (2022). Project Harmony: A Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data on Behavioral and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 180(2). 155–166. 34 indexed citations

Lyons, Robert, et al.. (2022). Changes in positive and negative affect following prolonged exposure for PTSD comorbid with alcohol use disorder: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 155. 104097–104097. 2 indexed citations

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Morgan‐López, Antonio A., Denise A. Hien, Tanya C. Saraiya, et al.. (2022). Estimating posttraumatic stress disorder severity in the presence of differential item functioning across populations, comorbidities, and interview measures: Introduction to Project Harmony. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 35(3). 926–940. 14 indexed citations

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Maguen, Shira, Brandon Nichter, Sonya B. Norman, & Robert H. Pietrzak. (2021). Moral injury and substance use disorders among US combat veterans: results from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychological Medicine. 53(4). 1364–1370. 24 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Skye, Antonio A. Morgan‐López, Tanya C. Saraiya, et al.. (2021). Graded response item response theory in scaling suicidal thoughts and behaviors among trauma-exposed women with substance use disorders.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 36(4). 397–409. 3 indexed citations

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Lyons, Robert, Kaitlyn E. Panza, Jonathan L. Helm, et al.. (2021). Psychosocial functioning in integrated treatment of co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 142. 40–47. 2 indexed citations

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Tripp, Jessica C., Moira Haller, Ryan S. Trim, et al.. (2020). Does exposure exacerbate symptoms in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder?. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 13(8). 920–928. 21 indexed citations

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Nichter, Brandon, Moira Haller, Sonya B. Norman, & Robert H. Pietrzak. (2019). Risk and protective factors associated with comorbid PTSD and depression in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 121. 56–61. 31 indexed citations

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Nichter, Brandon, Sonya B. Norman, Moira Haller, & Robert H. Pietrzak. (2019). Psychological burden of PTSD, depression, and their comorbidity in the U.S. veteran population: Suicidality, functioning, and service utilization. Journal of Affective Disorders. 256. 633–640. 106 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Elissa, Jason C. DeViva, Sonya B. Norman, Steven M. Southwick, & Robert H. Pietrzak. (2019). Self-assessed sleep quality partially mediates the relationship between PTSD symptoms and functioning and quality of life in U.S. veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 11(8). 869–876. 16 indexed citations

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Rauch, Sheila A. M., Naomi M. Simon, Hyungjin Myra Kim, et al.. (2017). Integrating biological treatment mechanisms into randomized clinical trials: Design of PROGrESS (PROlonGed ExpoSure and Sertraline Trial). Contemporary Clinical Trials. 64. 128–138. 26 indexed citations

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Myers, Ursula S., Kendall C. Browne, & Sonya B. Norman. (2015). Treatment Engagement: Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Treatment for PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 11(3-4). 238–247. 26 indexed citations

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Norman, Sonya B., Ryan S. Trim, Abigail A. Goldsmith, et al.. (2011). Role of risk factors proximate to time of trauma in the course of PTSD and MDD symptoms following traumatic injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 24(4). 390–398. 30 indexed citations

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