Brenda Cole

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Brenda Cole is a scholar working on Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brenda Cole has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Health, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brenda Cole's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 papers). Brenda Cole is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 papers). Brenda Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brenda Cole's co-authors include Kenneth I. Pargäment, Brian J. Zinnbauer, Mark S. Rye, Eric Butter, John Tisak, Jennifer L. Steel, Brian I. Carr, Russell E. Phillips, Nalini Tarakeshwar and Annette Mahoney and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Psycho-Oncology and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Brenda Cole

10 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy
    1997 934 citations Brian J. Zinnbauer, Kenneth I. Pargäment et al. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →

Peers

Brenda Cole
Nichole A. Murray‐Swank United States
Craig W. Ellison United States
Jamie D. Aten United States
Terry Lynn Gall Canada
Aaron B. Swank United States
Jeffrey P. Bjorck United States
Hisham Abu‐Raiya Israel
M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall United States
Jeremy E. Uecker United States
Dong Pil Yoon United States
Nichole A. Murray‐Swank United States
Brenda Cole
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Countries citing papers authored by Brenda Cole

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brenda Cole

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brenda Cole

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brenda Cole. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brenda Cole based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brenda Cole. Brenda Cole is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Cole, Brenda, et al.. (2011). A randomised clinical trial of the effects of spiritually focused meditation for people with metastatic melanoma. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 15(2). 161–174. 21 indexed citations
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Cole, Brenda, John Tisak, Ryan Hunt, et al.. (2010). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Spiritually-Focused Meditation In Patients Newly Diagnosed with Acute Leukemia.. Blood. 116(21). 1519–1519. 6 indexed citations
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Garofalo, John P., et al.. (2009). Impact of a Breast Cancer Diagnosis on Adult Children's Cognitive and Emotional Coherence. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 27(1). 25–41. 2 indexed citations
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Mahoney, Annette, Kenneth I. Pargäment, Brenda Cole, et al.. (2005). RESEARCH: "A Higher Purpose: The Sanctification of Strivings in a Community Sample". International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 15(3). 239–262. 96 indexed citations
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Cole, Brenda. (2005). Spiritually-focused psychotherapy for people diagnosed with cancer: A pilot outcome study. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 8(3). 217–226. 75 indexed citations
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Cole, Brenda & Kenneth I. Pargäment. (1999). Re-creating your life: a spiritual/psychotherapeutic intervention for people diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 8(5). 395–407. 118 indexed citations
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Pargäment, Kenneth I., et al.. (1999). The Vigil: Religion and the Search for Control in the Hospital Waiting Room. Journal of Health Psychology. 4(3). 327–341. 65 indexed citations
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Cole, Brenda & Kenneth I. Pargäment. (1999). Re‐creating your life: a spiritual/psychotherapeutic intervention for people diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 8(5). 395–407. 9 indexed citations
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Zinnbauer, Brian J., et al.. (1997). Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 36(4). 549–549. 934 indexed citations breakdown →

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