William L. White

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
196 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

William L. White is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. White has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Epidemiology, 75 papers in General Health Professions and 44 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in William L. White's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (94 papers), Mental Health and Patient Involvement (55 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (27 papers). William L. White is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (94 papers), Mental Health and Patient Involvement (55 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (27 papers). William L. White collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. William L. White's co-authors include Alexandre B. Laudet, David Best, Teodora Groshkova, John F. Kelly, Ernest Kurtz, Larry Davidson, Keith Morgen, Brandon G. Bergman, William Cloud and Corrie L. Vilsaint and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Addiction and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

In The Last Decade

William L. White

177 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William L. White United States	36	2.9k	2.7k	1.0k	984	973	196	5.2k
Christine Timko United States	38	2.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	262	5.6k
Lee Ann Kaskutas United States	39	2.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	781 0.8×	620 0.6×	634 0.7×	113	4.6k
Bernice S. Moos United States	42	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	488 0.5×	983 1.0×	75	4.7k
Alex Copello United Kingdom	36	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	453 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	143	4.4k
Elizabeth A. Wells United States	38	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	516 0.5×	717 0.7×	99	4.3k
Ludwig Kraus Germany	39	1.6k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	646 0.7×	361 0.4×	223	5.3k
Richard Velleman United Kingdom	40	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 2.6×	649 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	179	5.1k
John W. Finney United States	49	3.1k 1.1×	5.1k 1.9×	2.4k 2.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	134	8.3k
Ruth C. Cronkite United States	38	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 2.3×	583 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	92	5.2k
Lorraine T. Midanik United States	36	1.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	765 0.7×	416 0.4×	706 0.7×	71	4.7k

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White, William L., et al.. (2026). On the need and contents of a specific addiction recovery research agenda. Addiction.

Best, David, Arun Sondhi, Lauren A. Hoffman, et al.. (2023). Bridging the gap: building and sustaining recovery capital in the transition from prison to recovery residences. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 63(1). 21–36. 1 indexed citations

White, William L.. (2014). Globally Engaged, Locally Active: A Curriculum for Intercultural Competence. 6(1). 4. 1 indexed citations

White, William L., et al.. (2014). A Conceptual Review of the Integration of Professional Practices Within Mutual-Aid Organizations. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery. 9(3). 237–256. 3 indexed citations

Evans, Arthur C., et al.. (2014). The Recovery Community Center: A New Model for Volunteer Peer Support to Promote Recovery. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery. 9(3). 257–270. 19 indexed citations

White, William L.. (2014). Curriculum, Marginalization, and the Professoriate. 5(3). 6. 1 indexed citations

White, William L., et al.. (2013). Recovery Prevalence and Health Profile of People in Recovery: Results of a Southeastern Pennsylvania Survey on the Resolution of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 45(4). 287–296. 9 indexed citations

White, William L., John F. Kelly, & Jeffrey D. Roth. (2012). New Addiction-Recovery Support Institutions: Mobilizing Support Beyond Professional Addiction Treatment and Recovery Mutual Aid. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery. 7(2-4). 297–317. 76 indexed citations

DuPont, Robert L., A. Thomas McLellan, William L. White, Lisa J. Merlo, & Mark S. Gold. (2009). Setting the standard for recovery: Physicians' Health Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 36(2). 159–171. 94 indexed citations

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Erickson, Carlton K. & William L. White. (2009). The Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 27(3). 338–345. 4 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (2008). Recovery: Old Wine, Flavor of the Month or New Organizing Paradigm?. Substance Use & Misuse. 43(12-13). 1987–2000. 34 indexed citations

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Laudet, Alexandre B. & William L. White. (2008). Recovery Capital as Prospective Predictor of Sustained Recovery, Life Satisfaction, and Stress Among Former Poly-Substance Users. Substance Use & Misuse. 43(1). 27–54. 282 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (2007). Addiction recovery: Its definition and conceptual boundaries. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 33(3). 229–241. 267 indexed citations

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Laudet, Alexandre B. & William L. White. (2005). An Exploratory Investigation of the Association Between Clinicians' Attitudes Toward Twelve-Step Groups and Referral Rates. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 23(1). 31–45. 42 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (2004). Native American Addiction. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 22(1). 93–97. 1 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (2003). The history of ‘medicinal specifics’ as addiction cures in the United States. Addiction. 98(3). 261–268. 1 indexed citations

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White, William L., Michael L. Dennis, & Mark D. Godley. (2002). Adolescent Substance Abuse Disorders: From Acute Treatment to Recovery Management.. Reclaiming Children and Youth. 11(3). 2 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (2001). Pre-A.A. Alcoholic Mutual Aid Societies. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 19(2). 1–21. 19 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (1978). The captives of Korea : an unofficial white paper on the treatment of war prisoners : our treatment of theirs, their treatment of ours. Greenwood Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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White, William L.. (1959). A Way of Life and Selected Writings of Sir William Osler.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 47(2). 214–216. 3 indexed citations

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