Yoanna E. McDowell

689 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 440 citations indexed

About

Yoanna E. McDowell is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pharmacology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoanna E. McDowell has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 440 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Yoanna E. McDowell's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (12 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (6 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (4 papers). Yoanna E. McDowell is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (12 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (6 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (4 papers). Yoanna E. McDowell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Netherlands. Yoanna E. McDowell's co-authors include Kenneth J. Sher, Camillia K. Lui, Laura J. Bierut, Sarah M. Hartz, Gurpal Virdi, Melissa J. Krauss, William C. Kerr, Richard A. Grucza, Álvaro Vergés and Cassandra L. Boness and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Dependence and Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research.

In The Last Decade

Yoanna E. McDowell

20 papers receiving 433 citations

Hit Papers

Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Ear... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Early 21st‐Century United States: A Meta‐Analysis of 6 National Survey Series
    2018 289 citations Richard A. Grucza, Kenneth J. Sher et al. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoanna E. McDowell United States 8 249 121 103 71 58 21 440
Brenda G. Hewitt United States 8 182 0.7× 108 0.9× 94 0.9× 56 0.8× 106 1.8× 12 385
Mariela C. Shirley United States 6 172 0.7× 87 0.7× 72 0.7× 52 0.7× 42 0.7× 10 341
Danilo Antônio Baltieri Brazil 15 226 0.9× 62 0.5× 57 0.6× 236 3.3× 42 0.7× 44 640
A. Thomas McLellan United States 7 157 0.6× 56 0.5× 71 0.7× 96 1.4× 151 2.6× 8 414
Consuelo Garcia‐Andrade United States 11 224 0.9× 160 1.3× 53 0.5× 78 1.1× 44 0.8× 15 452
Sharon A. Mudd United States 12 403 1.6× 237 2.0× 141 1.4× 127 1.8× 43 0.7× 16 657
Katrin Skala Austria 12 110 0.4× 122 1.0× 38 0.4× 140 2.0× 24 0.4× 32 476
Pilar M. Sanjuan United States 11 288 1.2× 49 0.4× 73 0.7× 258 3.6× 69 1.2× 25 655
Erin E. Hunt‐Carter United States 4 212 0.9× 88 0.7× 63 0.6× 72 1.0× 14 0.2× 5 349
Melvyn L. Sterling United States 5 185 0.7× 61 0.5× 106 1.0× 63 0.9× 46 0.8× 7 393

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoanna E. McDowell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hasin, Deborah S., Melanie M. Wall, Daniel M. Alschuler, et al.. (2025). Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder by Sex in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005–2019. Substance Use & Misuse. 61(2). 296–306.
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Simpson, Tracy L., Yoanna E. McDowell, Nicholas A. Livingston, et al.. (2025). Women and men veterans' initiation, engagement, and retention in treatment for substance use disorders: A cross-sectional investigation using VHA administrative data. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 172. 209673–209673. 1 indexed citations
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Gorfinkel, Lauren, Carol A. Malte, David S. Fink, et al.. (2024). Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022. JAMA Network Open. 7(12). e2451821–e2451821. 3 indexed citations
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Fink, David S., Carol A. Malte, Magdalena Cerdá, et al.. (2023). Trends in Cannabis-positive Urine Toxicology Test Results: US Veterans Health Administration Emergency Department Patients, 2008 to 2019. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 17(6). 646–653. 5 indexed citations
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Livne, Ofir, Carol A. Malte, Mark Olfson, et al.. (2023). Trends in Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans With and Without Psychiatric Disorders Between 2005 and 2019. American Journal of Psychiatry. 181(2). 144–152. 8 indexed citations
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Livne, Ofir, Zachary L. Mannes, Yoanna E. McDowell, et al.. (2023). Mental and Physical Health Conditions Among U.S. Veterans with Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders. Current Addiction Reports. 10(3). 441–457. 3 indexed citations
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Hasin, Deborah S., Melanie M. Wall, Daniel M. Alschuler, et al.. (2023). Chronic pain, cannabis legalisation, and cannabis use disorder among patients in the US Veterans Health Administration system, 2005 to 2019: a repeated, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 10(11). 877–886. 9 indexed citations
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Boness, Cassandra L., Victoria R. Votaw, Ashley L. Watts, et al.. (2022). Alcohol use disorder conceptualizations and diagnoses reflect their sociopolitical context. Addiction Research & Theory. 31(5). 307–312. 6 indexed citations
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Acuff, Samuel F., Cassandra L. Boness, Yoanna E. McDowell, James G. Murphy, & Kenneth J. Sher. (2022). Contextual decision-making and alcohol use disorder criteria: Delayed reward, delayed loss, and probabilistic reward discounting.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 37(1). 121–131. 4 indexed citations
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Hawn, Sage E., et al.. (2022). An in‐depth look at latent classes of DSM‐5 psychiatric comorbidity among individuals with PTSD: Clinical indicators and treatment utilization. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 78(11). 2214–2244. 2 indexed citations
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Hua, Jessica P.Y., Siemon C. de Lange, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, et al.. (2021). Alcohol use in emerging adults associated with lower rich-club connectivity and greater connectome network disorganization. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 230. 109198–109198. 4 indexed citations
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Helle, Ashley C., Timothy J. Trull, Ashley L. Watts, Yoanna E. McDowell, & Kenneth J. Sher. (2020). Psychiatric Comorbidity as a Function of Severity: DSM‐5 Alcohol Use Disorder and HiTOP Classification of Mental Disorders. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 44(3). 632–644. 26 indexed citations
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McDowell, Yoanna E., et al.. (2020). Training health services psychologists for research careers in addiction science.. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 14(1). 70–77. 6 indexed citations
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Hua, Jessica P.Y., Thomas M. Piasecki, Yoanna E. McDowell, et al.. (2020). Alcohol use in young adults associated with cortical gyrification. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 209. 107925–107925. 7 indexed citations
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Yeung, Ellen W., Matthew R. Lee, Yoanna E. McDowell, Kenneth J. Sher, & Ian R. Gizer. (2020). The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Pain Interference in a Nationally Representative Sample: The Moderating Roles of Gender and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptomatology. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 44(3). 645–659. 10 indexed citations
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Steinley, Douglas, Yoanna E. McDowell, Cassandra L. Boness, et al.. (2019). Toward more efficient diagnostic criteria sets and rules: The use of optimization approaches in addiction science. Addictive Behaviors. 94. 57–64. 7 indexed citations
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Ransome, Yusuf, Angela M. Haeny, Yoanna E. McDowell, & Ayana Jordan. (2019). Religious involvement and racial disparities in opioid use disorder between 2004–2005 and 2012–2013: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 205. 107615–107615. 16 indexed citations
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McDowell, Yoanna E., Álvaro Vergés, & Kenneth J. Sher. (2019). Are Some Alcohol Use Disorder Criteria More (or Less) Externalizing than Others? Distinguishing Alcohol Use Symptomatology from General Externalizing Psychopathology. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 43(3). 483–496. 12 indexed citations
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Grucza, Richard A., Kenneth J. Sher, William C. Kerr, et al.. (2018). Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Early 21st‐Century United States: A Meta‐Analysis of 6 National Survey Series. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 42(10). 1939–1950. 289 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Matthew R., Cassandra L. Boness, Yoanna E. McDowell, et al.. (2017). Desistance and Severity of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Lifespan-Developmental Investigation. Clinical Psychological Science. 6(1). 90–105. 15 indexed citations

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