Adam J. Saffer

1.5k total citations
39 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Adam J. Saffer is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam J. Saffer has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Communication, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Adam J. Saffer's work include Public Relations and Crisis Communication (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (9 papers). Adam J. Saffer is often cited by papers focused on Public Relations and Crisis Communication (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (9 papers). Adam J. Saffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Macao. Adam J. Saffer's co-authors include Aimei Yang, Jordan Morehouse, Erich J. Sommerfeldt, Maureen Taylor, Michael L. Kent, Yan Qu, Allison J. Lazard, Lucinda Austin, Michael Mackert and Jay M. Bernhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Adam J. Saffer

39 papers receiving 958 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adam J. Saffer United States 20 597 443 124 108 61 39 991
Seow Ting Lee Singapore 18 497 0.8× 484 1.1× 62 0.5× 83 0.8× 44 0.7× 44 973
Shari R. Veil United States 19 1.1k 1.8× 1.0k 2.3× 126 1.0× 167 1.5× 92 1.5× 51 1.6k
Brooke W. McKeever United States 16 298 0.5× 513 1.2× 52 0.4× 73 0.7× 66 1.1× 41 823
Elizabeth Johnson Avery United States 19 950 1.6× 829 1.9× 95 0.8× 194 1.8× 59 1.0× 47 1.4k
Linda Aldoory United States 17 462 0.8× 278 0.6× 101 0.8× 209 1.9× 122 2.0× 40 1.0k
Michael J. Palenchar United States 14 897 1.5× 849 1.9× 142 1.1× 147 1.4× 120 2.0× 34 1.3k
Justin Lewis United Kingdom 16 584 1.0× 441 1.0× 72 0.6× 28 0.3× 16 0.3× 25 1.0k
Robert S. Littlefield United States 12 475 0.8× 520 1.2× 47 0.4× 140 1.3× 48 0.8× 47 842
Rowena Briones United States 9 451 0.8× 524 1.2× 37 0.3× 63 0.6× 24 0.4× 18 926
Ruthann Weaver Lariscy United States 17 910 1.5× 656 1.5× 209 1.7× 165 1.5× 83 1.4× 32 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam J. Saffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sommerfeldt, Erich J., Andrew Pilny, & Adam J. Saffer. (2022). Interorganizational homophily and social capital network positions in Malaysian civil society. Communication Monographs. 90(1). 46–68. 8 indexed citations
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Kim, Hye Min, et al.. (2021). How Public Health Agencies Break through COVID-19 Conversations: A Strategic Network Approach to Public Engagement. Health Communication. 37(10). 1276–1284. 29 indexed citations
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Morehouse, Jordan & Adam J. Saffer. (2021). Promoting the Faith: Examining Megachurches’ Audience-Centric Advertising Strategies on Social Media. Journal of Advertising. 50(4). 408–422. 12 indexed citations
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Qu, Yan, Adam J. Saffer, & Daniel Riffe. (2021). The social network antecedents to consumer engagement: revealing how consumers' conversations influence online engagement behaviors. Corporate Communications An International Journal. 27(2). 226–244. 12 indexed citations
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Qu, Yan, Adam J. Saffer, & Lucinda Austin. (2021). What Drives People Away from COVID-19 Information?: Uncovering the Influences of Personal Networks on Information Avoidance. Health Communication. 38(2). 216–227. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Jingyi, Aimei Yang, & Adam J. Saffer. (2021). Evolving Crisis and Changing Networks: NGOs’ Stakeholder Engagement on the Global Refugee Crisis. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 51(6). 1423–1450. 4 indexed citations
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Saffer, Adam J., Andrew Pilny, & Erich J. Sommerfeldt. (2021). What Influences Relationship Formation in a Global Civil Society Network? An Examination of Valued Multiplex Relations. Communication Research. 49(5). 703–732. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Aimei & Adam J. Saffer. (2020). Standing out in a networked communication context: Toward a network contingency model of public attention. New Media & Society. 23(10). 2902–2925. 21 indexed citations
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Cao, Bolin, Adam J. Saffer, Peng Yang, et al.. (2019). MSM Behavior Disclosure Networks and HIV Testing: An Egocentric Network Analysis Among MSM in China. AIDS and Behavior. 23(5). 1368–1374. 17 indexed citations
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Saffer, Adam J.. (2019). Fostering social capital in an international multi-stakeholder issue network. Public Relations Review. 45(2). 282–296. 35 indexed citations
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Hall, Marissa G., Adam J. Saffer, & Seth M. Noar. (2019). A Secondary Audience's Reactions to “The Real Cost” Advertisements: Results From a Study of U.S. Young Adult Smokers and Susceptible Nonsmokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 56(2). S57–S64. 6 indexed citations
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Lazard, Allison J., et al.. (2019). Peer‐to‐peer connections: Perceptions of a social support app designed for young adults with cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 29(1). 173–181. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Aimei & Adam J. Saffer. (2019). Embracing a network perspective in the network society: The dawn of a new paradigm in strategic public relations. Public Relations Review. 45(4). 101843–101843. 44 indexed citations
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Saffer, Adam J., Aimei Yang, Jordan Morehouse, & Yan Qu. (2019). It Takes a Village: A Social Network Approach to NGOs’ International Public Engagement. American Behavioral Scientist. 63(12). 1708–1727. 27 indexed citations
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Morehouse, Jordan & Adam J. Saffer. (2018). A bibliometric analysis of dialogue and digital dialogic research: mapping the knowledge construction and invisible colleges in public relations research. Journal of Public Relations Research. 30(3). 65–82. 53 indexed citations
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Saffer, Adam J., et al.. (2018). Mapping a Subfield’s Sociology of Science: A 25-Year Network and Bibliometric Analysis of the Knowledge Construction of Sports Crisis Communication. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 42(5). 369–392. 25 indexed citations
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Cao, Bolin, Chuncheng Liu, Weiming Tang, et al.. (2017). Social Media Engagement and HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(7). e251–e251. 51 indexed citations
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Benedict, Catherine, et al.. (2017). The Audacity of Engagement: Hearing Directly from Young Adults with Cancer on Their Attitudes and Perceptions of Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Survivorship Research. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 7(1). 103–111. 16 indexed citations
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Lazard, Allison J., et al.. (2016). E-Cigarette Social Media Messages: A Text Mining Analysis of Marketing and Consumer Conversations on Twitter. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2(2). e171–e171. 64 indexed citations
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Saffer, Adam J.. (2016). A message-focused measurement of the communication dimension of social capital: Revealing shared meaning in a network of relationships. Journal of Public Relations Research. 28(3-4). 170–192. 39 indexed citations

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