Publications

PubMed indexed publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1hMIF8Og8_P11P/bibliography/public/

dplb indexed publications: https://dblp.org/pid/216/5617

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AwFU5cAAAAAJ&hl=en

In the list below (*) indicates joint first authorship.

Book Chapters and Invited Papers:

1. Sobolev, M. (2025). Smartphone Apps for Health and Wellbeing. Forthcoming in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. 

2. Sobolev, M., & Sleboda, P. (2023). Behavioral Design to Prevent Diagnostic Delays and Errors. Health Affairs Forefront. 10.1377/forefront.20230620.440319

3. Sobolev, M., & Lesic, V. (2022). Online Choice Architecture: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated. TechREG Chronicle. Available at 10.2139/ssrn.4241296

4. Sobolev, M. (2022). Digital Nudging: Using Technology to Nudge for Good. Chapter for the Behavioral Science in the Wild by Nina Mazar & Dilip Soman. University of Toronto Press. 10.2139/ssrn.3889831

Journals Publications:

5. Hodson, N., Woods, P., Sobolev, M., Giacco, D. (2025). Augmenting Parenting Programs with the ‘Pause’ Mobile App: Pilot Evaluation. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 10.2196/68807

6. Sleboda, P., Sobolev, M., Muench, F., Salvy, S., Datta, G. &. (2025). Self-Control, Food Choices, and Daily Affective Well-being: An Experience Sampling Study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 10.1007/s10865-025-00549-y

7. Tartaglia, J., Jaghab, B., Ismail, B., Hänsel, K., Meter, A., Kirschenbaum, M., Sobolev, M., Kane, J., Tang. S.. (2024). Assessing Health Technology Literacy and Attitudes of Patients in an Urban Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. JMIR Mental Health 10.2196/preprints.63034

8. Hodson, N., Woods, P., Sobolev, M., Giacco, D. (2024). Developing a Digital Micro Intervention Supporting Evidence-based Parenting Skills: Agile Scrum Methodology. JMIR Formative Research 10.2196/54892

9. Hodson, N., Parker, J., Sobolev, M., Bruine de Bruin, W. (2024). Sludge Audits are Needed to Reduce Barriers to Care. British Journal of General Practice. 10.3399/bjgp24X736989

10. Sobolev, M., Anand, A., Dziak, J., Potter, L., Cho, L., Wetter, D., & Nahum-Shani, I. (2023). Time-Varying Model of Engagement with Digital Self Reporting: Evidence from a Smoking Cessation Digital Intervention. Frontiers in Digital Health. 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1144081

11. Zimmermann, L., & Sobolev, M. (2022). Digital Nudges for Screen Time Reduction: A Randomized Control Trial with Performance and Wellbeing Outcomes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 10.1089/cyber.2022.0027

12. Sterling, W., Sobolev, M., Van Meter, A., Guinart, D., Birnbaum, M., Rubio, J., & Kane, J. (2022). Digital Technology In Psychiatry: Expectations, Barriers And Understanding Of Clinicians. JMIR Formative Research. 10.2196/33676

13. Guinart, D., Sobolev, M., Patil, B., Walsh, M., & Kane, J. (2022). A Digital Intervention Using Daily Financial Incentives to Increase Medication Adherence in Severe Mental Illness: A Feasibility Study.  JMIR Mental Health 10.2196/37184

14. Berko, A., Bar-Sella, A., Sobolev, M., Pollak, JP., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2022). Development and Evaluation of an Image-based Digital Measure (HRSD-D) of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-022-18434-y

15. Moon, K., Sobolev, M., Grella, M., Alvarado, G., Sapra, M., & Ball, T. (2022). An mHealth Platform for Augmenting Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Longitudinal Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research 10.2196/36021

16. Militello, L.*, Sobolev, M.*, Okeke, F., Adler, D., Nahum-Shani, I. (2022). Digital Prompts to Increase Engagement with Headspace App and Stress Regulation among Parents: Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research 10.2196/30606

17. Moon, K.*, Sobolev, M.*, & Kane, J. (2022). Digital and Mobile Health Technology in Collaborative Behavioral Health Care: Scoping Review. JMIR Mental Health 10.2196/30810

18. Hänsel, K., Lin, I., Sobolev, M., Muscat, W., De Choudhury, M., Kane, J., & Birnbaum, M. (2021). Utilizing Instagram Data to Identify Usage Patterns Associated with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.691327

19. Sobolev, M., Vitale, R., Wen, H., Kizer, J., Leeman, R., Pollak, J.P., Baumel, A., Vadhan, N.P., Estrin, D. & Muench, F. (2021). The Digital Marshmallow Test (DMT) Diagnostic and Monitoring Mobile Health App for Impulsive Behavior: Development and Validation Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 10.2196/25018

20. Wen, H*,. Sobolev, M.*, Vitale, R., Wen, H., Kizer, J., Leeman, R., Pollak, J.P., Baumel, A., Vadhan, N.P., Muench, F., & Estrin, D. (2021). mPulse Mobile Sensing Model for Passive Detection of Impulsive Behavior: Exploratory Prediction Study. JMIR Mental Health. 10.2196/25019

21. Yin, A. L., Gheissari, P., Lin, I. W., Sobolev, M., Pollak, J. P., Cole, C., & Estrin, D. (2020). Role of Technology in Self-Assessment and Feedback Among Hospitalist Physicians: Semistructured Interviews and Thematic Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). 10.2196/23299

Conferences Publications:

22. Zhao, Y., Li, T., Sobolev, M. (2024). Digital Wellbeing Redefined: Toward User-Centric Approach for Positive Social Media Engagement. 11th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems 2024 (MOBILESoft 2024). 10.1145/3647632.3651392

23. Sobolev, M., Okeke, F., & Plonsky, O. (2023). mRAPID Study: Effect of Micro-incentives and Daily Deadlines on Practice Behavior. International Conference on Persuasive Technologies (PERSUASIVE 2023). 10.1007/978-3-031-30933-5_5

24. Sobolev, M. (2021). The Smartphone Dilemma: Uncovering the Effects of Smartphones on Human Well-being. In Proceedings of the Technology, Mind, and Society. 10.1037/tms0000131

25. Cuadra, A., Bankole, O., Sobolev, M. (2021). Planning Habit: Daily Planning Prompts with Alexa. The 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technologies (PERSUASIVE 2021). 10.1007/978-3-030-79460-6_7

26. Yang, L., Sobolev, M., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Dunne, D., Tsangouri, C., Dell, N., Naaman, M. & Estrin, D.,  (2019). How Intention Informed Recommendations Modulate Choices: A Field Study of Spoken Word Content. In The World Wide Web Conference. 10.1145/3308558.3313540

27. Yang, L., Sobolev, M., Tsangouri, C., & Estrin, D. (2018). Understanding User Interactions with Podcast Recommendations Delivered Via Voice. In Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys). 10.1145/3240323.3240389

28. Wen, H., Yang, L., Sobolev, M., & Estrin, D. (2018). Exploring Recommendations under User-controlled Data Filtering. In Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys). 10.1145/3240323.3240399

29. Okeke, F., Sobolev, M., Dell, N., & Estrin, D. (2018). Good Vibrations: Can a Digital Nudge Reduce Digital Overload?. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI). 10.1145/3229434.3229463

30. Okeke, F., Sobolev, M., & Estrin, D. (2018). Towards a Framework for Mobile Behavior Change Research. In Proceedings of the Technology, Mind, and Society. 10.1145/3183654.3183706

Workshop Publications

31. Sobolev, M., Gullapalli, B., & Rahman T. (2021). Advancing the Science of Digital Biomarkers. The Future of Digital Biomarkers Workshop (DigiBiom). 10.1145/3469266.3473711

32. Hänsel, K., Tang S., Sobolev, M., Birnbaum, M., & Kane J. (2021). Music in Behavioral Health - From Digital Biomarker to Therapeutics. The Future of Digital Biomarkers Workshop (DigiBiom). 10.1145/3469266.3469879

33. Krell, R., Tang, W, Hänsel, K., Sobolev, M., Cho, S., Berretta, S., & Tang S. (2021). Lexical and Acoustic Correlates of Clinical Speech Disturbance in Schizophrenia. The 5th International Workshop on Health Intelligence (W3PHIAI-21). 10.1007/978-3-030-93080-6_3

Preprints:

34. Barnhill, K., Ruiz, J., Sobolev, M., Lauzon, M., Shirazipour, C. H., Gresham, G., … Salvy, S. (2025, February 17). Combining gamified cognitive training and walking  (Walk and Play): A pilot study. 10.31234/osf.io/xpy7d_v1

35. Erev, I., Aharonov-Majar, E., Sobolev, M., Roth, Y. (2025). Warning: Warnings Can Backfire Even When They Provide New and Important Information. https://ssrn.com/abstract=5081560

36. Sobolev, M. (2024). Design of Assessments for Digital Mental Health Clinic. osf.io/fcxu9

37. Syndor, R., Caulfield, C., Hill, R., Okeke, F., Sobolev, M. (2021). Grow: Peer Feedback in the Flow of Work. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4692272