Steven D. Shirk

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Steven D. Shirk is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven D. Shirk has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Clinical Psychology, 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Steven D. Shirk's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers) and Gambling Behavior and Treatments (5 papers). Steven D. Shirk is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers) and Gambling Behavior and Treatments (5 papers). Steven D. Shirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Steven D. Shirk's co-authors include Alireza Atri, Sandra Weıntraub, Meghan Mitchell, Shane W. Kraus, Lynn Shaughnessy, Dan Mungas, Janet C. Sherman, Joseph J. Locascio, David Loewenstein and Merilee Teylan and has published in prestigious journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Child Abuse & Neglect and The Gerontologist.

In The Last Decade

Steven D. Shirk

41 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Version 3 of the Alzheimer Disease Centers’ Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set (UDS)

2017 402 citations Sandra Weıntraub, Steven D. Shirk et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven D. Shirk United States	15	582	336	254	173	153	45	1.3k
Chia Liu Taiwan	21	500 0.9×	139 0.4×	223 0.9×	162 0.9×	107 0.7×	52	1.3k
Lauren P. Wadsworth United States	13	508 0.9×	234 0.7×	272 1.1×	246 1.4×	114 0.7×	29	1.0k
Janet Williams United Kingdom	4	517 0.9×	561 1.7×	213 0.8×	113 0.7×	135 0.9×	8	1.6k
Dana L. Rofey United States	20	223 0.4×	603 1.8×	126 0.5×	369 2.1×	73 0.5×	55	1.7k
Mary Lessig United States	13	476 0.8×	344 1.0×	238 0.9×	90 0.5×	548 3.6×	16	1.6k
Clemente Cedro Italy	17	349 0.6×	295 0.9×	205 0.8×	53 0.3×	229 1.5×	44	1.1k
Steve Balsis United States	24	683 1.2×	1.1k 3.3×	176 0.7×	148 0.9×	202 1.3×	59	2.3k
Kathryn Nicholson Perry Australia	25	633 1.1×	467 1.4×	229 0.9×	170 1.0×	75 0.5×	46	2.0k
Paula Ogrocki United States	14	498 0.9×	304 0.9×	169 0.7×	102 0.6×	287 1.9×	23	1.5k
José M. Rubio United States	23	947 1.6×	409 1.2×	168 0.7×	57 0.3×	58 0.4×	64	1.7k

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Ngo, Victoria, et al.. (2025). A Visit-Associated Logistics Framework Describing Challenges Faced by Caregivers of Older Adults. The Gerontologist. 65(6).

Mittelman, Mary, et al.. (2023). FC7: Social Support, Relationship Satisfaction, and Meaning and Purpose in Life as Predictors of Loneliness among Older Adult Couples. International Psychogeriatrics. 35. 70–70. 1 indexed citations

Stevenson, Brian J., Ummul‐Kiram Kathawalla, Lisa Mueller, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of a Career Development Intervention for Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e47986–e47986. 2 indexed citations

Reilly, Erin D., Alicia A. Heapy, R. Ross MacLean, et al.. (2023). Chronic pain and problematic substance use for veterans during COVID-19: the moderating role of psychological flexibility. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1173641–1173641.

Kelly, Megan M., et al.. (2023). A quantitative and qualitative examination of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. veterans with self-reported anxiety and alcohol use disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 1083212–1083212. 3 indexed citations

O’Connor, Maureen K., et al.. (2023). The multifaceted impact of COVID‐19 on dementia caregivers. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S5). 1 indexed citations

O’Connor, Maureen K., et al.. (2022). Telehealth Support for Dementia Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned From the NYU Family Support Program. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31(1). 14–21. 15 indexed citations

Kelly, Megan M., Bryann B. DeBeer, J. Irene Harris, et al.. (2022). The effects of loneliness and psychological flexibility on veterans’ substance use and physical and mental health functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 26. 217–226. 5 indexed citations

Reilly, Erin D., et al.. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 on Self-Reported Substance Use, Well-Being, and Functioning Among United States Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 812247–812247. 9 indexed citations

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Mittelman, Mary, et al.. (2021). Longitudinal study: understanding the lived experience of couples across the trajectory of dementia. BMC Geriatrics. 21(1). 558–558. 2 indexed citations

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Shirk, Steven D., et al.. (2021). Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for the Treatment of Gambling Disorder among U.S. Military Veterans: Case Series and Feasibility. Clinical Case Studies. 21(1). 3–17. 5 indexed citations

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Shirk, Steven D., et al.. (2020). Predicting problematic pornography use among male returning US veterans. Addictive Behaviors. 112. 106647–106647. 28 indexed citations

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Hammond, Christopher J., Steven D. Shirk, Dawn W. Foster, et al.. (2019). Cannabis use, problem-gambling severity, and psychiatric disorders: Data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 34(1). 230–241. 9 indexed citations

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Scoglio, Arielle A. J., Steven D. Shirk, Carolyn M. Mazure, et al.. (2019). It all adds up: Addressing the roles of cumulative traumatic experiences on military veterans. Child Abuse & Neglect. 98. 104227–104227. 12 indexed citations

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Shirk, Steven D., Donald G. McLaren, Meghan Mitchell, et al.. (2017). Inter-Rater Reliability of Preprocessing EEG Data: Impact of Subjective Artifact Removal on Associative Memory Task ERP Results. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 322–322. 7 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Maureen K., et al.. (2017). ‘In this together’ or ‘Going it alone’: Spousal dyad approaches to Alzheimer's. Journal of Aging Studies. 40. 57–63. 26 indexed citations

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Sugarman, Michael A., et al.. (2017). Spared emotional perception in patients with Alzheimer's disease is associated with negative caregiver outcomes. Aging & Mental Health. 22(5). 595–602. 7 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Meghan, Steven D. Shirk, Donald G. McLaren, et al.. (2015). Recognition of faces and names: multimodal physiological correlates of memory and executive function. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 10(2). 408–423. 9 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Meghan, Lynn Shaughnessy, Steven D. Shirk, Frances M. Yang, & Alireza Atri. (2012). Neuropsychological Test Performance and Cognitive Reserve in Healthy Aging and the Alzheimer's Disease Spectrum: A Theoretically Driven Factor Analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 18(6). 1071–1080. 41 indexed citations

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Shirk, Steven D., Meghan Mitchell, Lynn Shaughnessy, et al.. (2011). A web-based normative calculator for the uniform data set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 3(6). 32–32. 159 indexed citations

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