Journal of Health Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Health Communication is 18. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Understanding Australian Government Risk Communication Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sociodemographics, Risk Attitudes and Media Consumption93
Establishing and Maintaining Trust: How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Uses Strategic Communications to Build Confidence in and Disseminate Its Evidence-Based Recommendations71
Making Germs Visible – Assessing the Impact of a School-Based, Low-Cost Intervention on Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Children in Rural India49
An Experimental Test of a Generic Messaging Approach for the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults45
A Year of Child Injury Prevention on Instagram43
Localizing COVID-19 Misinformation: A Case Study of Tracking Twitter Pandemic Narratives in Pennsylvania Using Computational Network Science40
Egyptian Newspapers Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Theoretically Driven Content Analysis32
Infodemic Management for Social and Behavior Change: Youth Mobilization for Combating Disinformation During COVID-1930
Testing Likely Response to Behavioral Nudges and Shoves to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Amongst Segments of the Unvaccinated Population of South Africa29
PTSD Coverage in the New York Times : Implications for the State of Mental Health in the U.S27
Narratives and Mental Illness: Understanding the Factors That Impact Stigmatizing Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions27
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study23
Health Controversies: Long-Term Disagreement Management Challenges22
Opioids in Satirical News Shows: Exploring Topics, Sentiments, and Engagement in Last Week Tonight on YouTube21
Examining the Effects of Social Media Warning Labels on Perceived Credibility and Intent to Engage with Health Misinformation: The Moderating Role of Vaccine Hesitancy20
Quitting on TikTok: Effects of Message Themes, Frames, and Sources on Engagement with Vaping Cessation Videos19
Patient-Centered Communication and Cancer Information Overload Among Adults without a History of Cancer in the United States18
The Anatomy of Deception: Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health18
How Health Consciousness and Health Literacy Influence Evaluative Responses to Nutrient-Content Claimed Messaging for an Unhealthy Food18
Optimizing Health Communication Noticeability with Visual Design and Humor: An Applied Approach for COVID-19 Public Messaging18
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