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27 institutions · Substance Abuse · United States

Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Substance Abuse?

248 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Substance Abuse are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 25 countries in the subfield. 126 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Yale School of Medicine has the most (10), followed by University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (7) and University of Washington (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
248
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
126
50.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 25 countries in Substance Abuse
Highest-ranked
#1,910
Sinha, Rajita
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Yale School of Medicine104#1Sinha, Rajita #1,910
2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor72#4Patrick, Megan E. #26,839
3University of Washington63#5Marlatt, G. Alan #23,518
4RAND Corporation61#6Tucker, Joan S. #86,400
5Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine51#9Vandrey, Ryan G. #94,150
6National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)42#12Compton, Wilson M. #11,696
7Massachusetts General Hospital44#13Kelly, John Francis #14,584
8NYU Grossman School of Medicine44#14Palamar, Joseph J. #18,189
9University of Missouri42#15Cooper, M. Lynne #21,346
10College of Medicine44#17Brady, Kathleen T. #26,684
11McLean Hospital43#18McHugh, R. Kathryn #28,193
12University of California, San Diego41#20Tapert, Susan Frances #75,816
13The University of New Mexico33#21Miller, William R. #10,616
14Keck School of Medicine of USC32#22Leventhal, Adam Matthew #20,397
15University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine33#24O'Brien, Charles P. #24,334
16University of Southern California32#25Sussman, Steve Y. #32,565
17University of Washington School of Medicine32#26Collins, Susan E. #34,026
18University of California, Los Angeles31#27Bourgois, Philippe #35,925
19Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies31#29Carey, Kate Bergmann #42,298
20Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior32#30Hser, Yih Ing #45,395
21University at Buffalo, The State University of New York32#32Tiffany, Stephen T. #52,567
22University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine31#33Binswanger, Ingrid A. #55,259
23David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA31#37Ray, Lara A. #70,944
24Boston Medical Center32#40LaRochelle, Marc R. #81,633
25Michigan Medicine31#41Schulenberg, John E. #82,652
26Harvard Medical School30#43Jalali, Mohammad S. #124,069
27The University of Tennessee, Knoxville30#44Stuart, Gregory Lyal #149,175

The top 100 in Substance Abuse in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Sinha, Rajita
    Yale School of Medicine
  2. 2
    Hasin, Deborah S.
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  3. 3
    Garland, Eric L.
    The University of Utah
  4. 4
    Grant, Bridget F.
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  5. 5
    Shiffman, Saul M.
    PinneyAssociates Inc
  6. 6
    Jarlais, Don Des C.
    New York University
  7. 7
    Ciccarone, Daniel H.
    UCSF School of Medicine
  8. 8
    Petry, Nancy M.
    UConn School of Medicine
  9. 9
    Miller, William R.
    The University of New Mexico
  10. 10
    Wills, Thomas Ashby
    University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
  11. 11
    Compton, Wilson M.
    National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  12. 12
    Witkiewitz, Katie A.
    The University of New Mexico
  13. 13
    White, Aaron M.
    National Institutes of Health
  14. 14
    Kelly, John Francis
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  15. 15
    Palamar, Joseph J.
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  16. 16
    Moos, Rudolf H.
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  17. 17
    Leventhal, Adam Matthew
    Keck School of Medicine of USC
  18. 18
    Carroll, Kathleen M.
    Yale School of Medicine
  19. 19
    Cooper, M. Lynne
    University of Missouri
  20. 20
    Dick, Danielle Danielle
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  21. 21
    Marlatt, G. Alan
    University of Washington
  22. 22
    Schuckit, Marc Alan
    Department of Psychiatry
  23. 23
    Babor, Thomas
    UConn School of Medicine
  24. 24
    O'Brien, Charles P.
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  25. 25
    Bickel, Warren K.
    Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
  26. 26
    Abbey, Antonia
    Wayne State University
  27. 27
    Brady, Kathleen T.
    College of Medicine
  28. 28
    Patrick, Megan E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  29. 29
    McHugh, R. Kathryn
    McLean Hospital
  30. 30
    Khantzian, Edward John
    Cambridge Health Alliance
  31. 31
    Cyders, Melíssa Anne
    School of Science
  32. 32
    Humphreys, Keith N.
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System
  33. 33
    Wakeman, Sarah Elizabeth
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  34. 34
    Mennis, Jeremy L.
    Temple University
  35. 35
    Sussman, Steve Y.
    University of Southern California
  36. 36
    McCabe, Sean Esteban
    University of Michigan School of Nursing
  37. 37
    Collins, Susan E.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  38. 38
    Edenberg, H. J.
    Indiana University School of Medicine
  39. 39
    Caulkins, Jonathan Paul
    Carnegie Mellon University
  40. 40
    Saitz, Richard
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  41. 41
    Bourgois, Philippe
    University of California, Los Angeles
  42. 42
    Nuñes, Edward V.
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  43. 43
    Biglan, Anthony
    National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives
  44. 44
    Marsch, Lisa A.
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
  45. 45
    Hennessy, Emily A.
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  46. 46
    Leggio, Lorenzo
    National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  47. 47
    Bierut, Laura Jean
    Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  48. 48
    Lanza, Stephanie T.
    Pennsylvania State University
  49. 49
    Carey, Kate Bergmann
    Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
  50. 50
    Diclemente, Carlo C.
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  51. 51
    Brower, Kirk J.
    University of Michigan Medical School
  52. 52
    Hser, Yih Ing
    Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
  53. 53
    McKay, James R.
    Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  54. 54
    Hughes, John R.
    The University of Vermont
  55. 55
    Dawson, D. A.
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  56. 56
    Squeglia, Lindsay M.
    College of Medicine
  57. 57
    Cerdá, Magdalena
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  58. 58
  59. 59
    Tiffany, Stephen T.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  60. 60
    Best, David William
    Star Recovery
  61. 61
    Becker, Howard C.
    Charleston Alcohol Research Center
  62. 62
    Anton, Raymond F.
    College of Medicine
  63. 63
    Fiellin, David A.
    Yale School of Medicine
  64. 64
    Binswanger, Ingrid A.
    University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  65. 65
    Kranzler, Henry R.
    University of Pennsylvania
  66. 66
    Higgins, Stephen T.
    University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
  67. 67
    Sher, Kenneth J.
    University of Missouri
  68. 68
    Pearson, Matthew R.
    The University of New Mexico
  69. 69
    Tanner-Smith, Emily E.
    University of Oregon
  70. 70
    Bogenschutz, Michael P.
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  71. 71
    Dunn, Kelly E.
    University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
  72. 72
    Hadland, Scott Evan
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  73. 73
    Marshall, Brandon D.L.
    Brown University
  74. 74
    Windle, Michael T.
    Emory University
  75. 75
    Hendricks, Peter S.
    UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
  76. 76
    Delucchi, Kevin L.
    University of California, San Francisco
  77. 77
    Hawkins, John David
    University of Washington
  78. 78
    Davis, Alan Kooi
    The Ohio State University
  79. 79
    Jackson, Kristina M.
    Rutgers Addiction Research Center
  80. 80
  81. 81
    Hingson, Ralph Waldo
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  82. 82
    Buckner, Julia D.
    Louisiana State University
  83. 83
    McKee, Sherry A.
    Yale School of Medicine
  84. 84
    Ray, Lara A.
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  85. 85
    Martins, Silvia S.
    Mailman School of Public Health
  86. 86
    Weiss, Roger D.
    McLean Hospital
  87. 87
    Kampman, Kyle M.
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  88. 88
    Bohnert, Amy S.B.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  89. 89
    Laudet, Alexandre B.
    National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
  90. 90
    Sayette, Michael A.
    University of Pittsburgh
  91. 91
    Leshner, Alan I.
    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  92. 92
    Han, Benjamin Hyun
    Department of Medicine
  93. 93
    Tapert, Susan Frances
    University of California, San Diego
  94. 94
    White, William L.
    Chestnut Health Systems
  95. 95
    Terplan, Mishka
    Friends Research Institute, Inc.
  96. 96
  97. 97
    Hoffmann, John P.
    Brigham Young University
  98. 98
    Price, Cynthia J.
    University of Washington
  99. 99
    Weinberger, Andrea H.
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  100. 100
    LaRochelle, Marc R.
    Boston Medical Center

248 listed scientists in Substance Abuse in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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