Health Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Health Communication is 23. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Role of Empathy in Jordanian Medical Encounters130
In Our Sacred Voice – An Exploration of Tribal and Community Leader Perceptions as Health Communicators of Disease Prevention among American Indians in the Plains59
Visual (Mis)Representations on Sports and Weight Loss: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Study of Images in Official Health Posts on WeChat in China53
Vicarious Acquisition of Learned Helplessness During the COVID-19 Campus Epidemics in China: Interactions Between Embodied and Mediated Experiences48
Effects of Exposure to Conflicting Health Information on Topic-Specific Information Sharing and Seeking Intentions46
Adult Children as Companions in Geriatric Consultations: An Interpersonal Perspective from China42
Information Scanning Impacts Nonmedical Drug Use Among College Students: A Longitudinal Study of Scanning Effects42
Portrayal of Cancer Patients in the Era of AI: A Content Analysis of Images Produced by Generative AI Tools41
Women in the Margins: A Culture-Centered Interrogation of Hunger and “Food Apartheid” in the United States39
Fun with Frustration? TikTok Influencers’ Emotional Expression Predicts User Engagement with COVID-19 Vaccination Messages38
A Comparison of Hugging Frequency and Its Association with Momentary Mood Before and During COVID-19 Using Ecological Momentary Assessment38
Dynamic Relations Between Negative News Media Experiences and Mental Distress? Examining Transactional Effects During Times of Health Crises38
Examining the Roles of Communication and Trust in Patient–Provider Relationships and Their Association with Patient Satisfaction with Care33
The Bubble and the Tower31
A Discourse Study on Handover Communication Among Care Providers in a Residential Care Home for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities31
Can Stereotype Threat and Lift Visual Messages Affect Subsequent Physical Activity? Evidence from a Controlled Experiment Using Accelerometers30
Exploring Nurse Responses to Spontaneous Breastfeeding Episodes During Routine Infant Health Checks in Finland: A Multimodal Conversation Analytic Approach29
Media Literacy and Its Potential Influence on Mpox-Related Perceptions and Prevention Intentions in China During the 2022 Multi-Country Outbreak of Mpox28
“Compliant Supporters,” “Anxious Skeptics,” and “Defiant Deniers”: A Latent Profile Analysis of People’s Responses to COVID-19 Communications28
Effects of Health Literacy in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Infodemic: The Case of Japan26
Extending the Roots of Memorable Messages: A Comprehensive Review and Forecast of Memorable Message Literature and Theory24
The ‘Werther Effect’ of Goethe’s Werther : Anecdotal Evidence in Historical News Reports23
The COMFORT Model: Moving the Initiative Outside of the Academy23
U.S. Males and Pornography: Replication and Experimental Extension23
Narrating the Sociocultural Experience and Management of Stigma Related to Military Caregiving23
Standard Accent vs. Local Accent: Exploring the Role of Doctors’ Accent Characteristics in Online Medical Services23
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