Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about
people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals
& institutions in the topic of Underage/College Drinking. All of the
author comments below are also listed in the site-wide
Author Commentaries listings
(available by month/year or alphabetically).
January
2009 According to our recent Special Topic
on underage and college drinking, the scientist whose work
ranks at #8 is Dr. G. Alan Marlatt, with 15 papers cited a
total of 595 times. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters, Dr. Marlatt's record includes 51 papers, the
majority of which are categorized in the field of Psychiatry
& Psychology, cited a total of 973 times. In this
interview, Dr. Marlatt talks about his highly cited
research.. View
Article
December
2008
Toben Nelson; According to our Special Topics
analysis on underage drinking, Dr. Toben Nelson's work ranks at
#5, based on 19 papers cited a total of 727 times. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters, his record includes 22 papers cited a total of 746
times. In this interview, ScienceWatch.com talks with
Dr. Nelson about his highly cited research on college
drinking. View
Article
November
2008
Brian Burke; In our analysis of college drinking
research over the past decade, a key paper in the Research
Front Map of
College Alcohol
Misuse is "The efficacy of motivational interviewing: A
meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials" (Burke BL,
Arkowitz H, Menchola M, J. Consult. Clin. Psychol.
71[5]: 843-61, October 2003), which has 151 cites. In this
interview, ScienceWatch.com talks with the lead author
of this paper, Dr. Brian Burke View
Article
November
2008
Henry Wechsler; According to our analysis of
underage/college drinking research over the past decade, the
scientist whose work ranks at #1 by total citations is Dr.
Henry Wechsler, based on 65 papers cited a total of 2,961
times. Dr. Wechsler, who is a Lecturer in the Department of
Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of
Public Health and was the principal investigator of the
School's College Alcohol Study during its existence, discusses
his research with ScienceWatch.com in this
interview. View
Article