OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Communication is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
In Our Sacred Voice – An Exploration of Tribal and Community Leader Perceptions as Health Communicators of Disease Prevention among American Indians in the Plains	123
Information Scanning Impacts Nonmedical Drug Use Among College Students: A Longitudinal Study of Scanning Effects	51
The Role of Empathy in Jordanian Medical Encounters	47
Effects of Exposure to Conflicting Health Information on Topic-Specific Information Sharing and Seeking Intentions	46
Dynamic Relations Between Negative News Media Experiences and Mental Distress? Examining Transactional Effects During Times of Health Crises	43
Adult Children as Companions in Geriatric Consultations: An Interpersonal Perspective from China	41
Risk and Health Communication during Covid-19: A Linguistic Landscape Analysis	40
Exploring Nurse Responses to Spontaneous Breastfeeding Episodes During Routine Infant Health Checks in Finland: A Multimodal Conversation Analytic Approach	37
Fun with Frustration? TikTok Influencers’ Emotional Expression Predicts User Engagement with COVID-19 Vaccination Messages	37
Effects of Health Literacy in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Infodemic: The Case of Japan	36
A Discourse Study on Handover Communication Among Care Providers in a Residential Care Home for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities	36
Swapping Insults, Neglecting Policy: How U.S. Presidential Candidates Communicate About Mental Health	36
The Bubble and the Tower	34
“Compliant Supporters,” “Anxious Skeptics,” and “Defiant Deniers”: A Latent Profile Analysis of People’s Responses to COVID-19 Communications	33
Examining the Roles of Communication and Trust in Patient–Provider Relationships and Their Association with Patient Satisfaction with Care	33
Can Stereotype Threat and Lift Visual Messages Affect Subsequent Physical Activity? Evidence from a Controlled Experiment Using Accelerometers	33
Do Descriptive Norm Appeals in Public Service Ads Reduce Freedom Threats? Examining the Effects of Normative Messages and Media Literacy Skills on Decreasing Reactance	30
Vicarious Acquisition of Learned Helplessness During the COVID-19 Campus Epidemics in China: Interactions Between Embodied and Mediated Experiences	29
Visual (Mis)Representations on Sports and Weight Loss: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Study of Images in Official Health Posts on WeChat in China	29
Portrayal of Cancer Patients in the Era of AI: A Content Analysis of Images Produced by Generative AI Tools	28
Extending the Roots of Memorable Messages: A Comprehensive Review and Forecast of Memorable Message Literature and Theory	27
Media Literacy and Its Potential Influence on Mpox-Related Perceptions and Prevention Intentions in China During the 2022 Multi-Country Outbreak of Mpox	27
Women in the Margins: A Culture-Centered Interrogation of Hunger and “Food Apartheid” in the United States	26
A Comparison of Hugging Frequency and Its Association with Momentary Mood Before and During COVID-19 Using Ecological Momentary Assessment	26
The Effect of Social Media Influencer Warranting Cues on Intentions to Use Non-Hormonal Contraception	25