Brian A. Primack

13.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
173 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Brian A. Primack is a scholar working on Physiology, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian A. Primack has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Physiology, 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 36 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Brian A. Primack's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (77 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (40 papers) and Media Influence and Health (35 papers). Brian A. Primack is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (77 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (40 papers) and Media Influence and Health (35 papers). Brian A. Primack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lebanon and Jordan. Brian A. Primack's co-authors include Ariel Shensa, Jaime E. Sidani, Jason B. Colditz, Michael J. Fine, César G. Escobar-Viera, James D. Sargent, Thomas Eissenberg, Samir Soneji, Mary V. Carroll and Beth L. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Brian A. Primack

170 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Association Between Initial Use of e-Cigarettes and Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults

2017 868 citations Samir Soneji, Brian A. Primack et al. profile →
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND DEPRESSION AMONG U.S. YOUNG ADULTS

2016 670 citations Jaime E. Sidani, Ariel Shensa et al. profile →
Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation Among Young Adults in the U.S.

2017 429 citations Brian A. Primack, Ariel Shensa et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
Progression to Traditional Cigarette Smoking After Electronic Cigarette Use Among US Adolescents and Young Adults

2015 417 citations Brian A. Primack, Samir Soneji et al. profile →
Use of multiple social media platforms and symptoms of depression and anxiety: A nationally-representative study among U.S. young adults

2016 365 citations Brian A. Primack, Ariel Shensa et al. profile →
Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study

2017 317 citations Ariel Shensa, César G. Escobar-Viera et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →
Role of Video Games in Improving Health-Related Outcomes

2012 308 citations Brian A. Primack, Megan McNamara et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
The association between social media use and sleep disturbance among young adults

2016 271 citations Jessica C. Levenson, Ariel Shensa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian A. Primack United States	52	3.5k	3.4k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	173	9.8k
James D. Sargent United States	69	2.2k 0.6×	7.8k 2.3×	3.2k 1.7×	3.7k 2.2×	1.7k 1.0×	270	14.3k
Steve Sussman United States	63	2.6k 0.7×	5.2k 1.5×	3.3k 1.8×	2.4k 1.4×	4.7k 2.9×	454	15.9k
Hans‐Jürgen Rumpf Germany	49	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	940 0.6×	2.8k 1.7×	362	8.8k
James Nonnemaker United States	45	921 0.3×	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	872 0.5×	150	7.0k
Torbjørn Torsheim Norway	53	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	3.4k 2.1×	155	11.8k
Joel W. Grube United States	51	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	839 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	202	9.9k
Kurt M. Ribisl United States	54	1.6k 0.5×	6.2k 1.8×	2.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.9×	770 0.5×	263	10.9k
Mary Ann Pentz United States	55	949 0.3×	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.4×	185	10.3k
Elizabeth C. Hair United States	37	1.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	651 0.4×	879 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	160	4.8k
Jeff Niederdeppe United States	48	2.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	496 0.3×	224	6.9k

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Sidani, Jaime E., Beth L. Hoffman, Jason B. Colditz, et al.. (2022). Discussions and Misinformation About Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and COVID-19: Qualitative Analysis of Twitter Content. JMIR Formative Research. 6(4). e26335–e26335. 6 indexed citations

Escobar-Viera, César G., Robert W. S. Coulter, M. Reuel Friedman, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Social Media Interactions and Behaviors on Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults in the United States: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e43627–e43627. 2 indexed citations

Colditz, Jason B., et al.. (2022). Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study. JMIR Medical Informatics. 10(7). e33678–e33678. 11 indexed citations

Colditz, Jason B., et al.. (2021). Vape Shop Proliferation and Noncompliance in Pennsylvania: A Pre- and Post-tax Analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14. 1179173X20927389–1179173X20927389. 2 indexed citations

Visweswaran, Shyam, Jason B. Colditz, Na-Rae Han, et al.. (2020). Machine Learning Classifiers for Twitter Surveillance of Vaping: Comparative Machine Learning Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(8). e17478–e17478. 22 indexed citations

Shensa, Ariel, Jaime E. Sidani, Beth L. Hoffman, et al.. (2020). Positive and Negative Social Media Experiences Among Young Adults With and Without Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 6(2). 378–387. 7 indexed citations

Escobar-Viera, César G., Ariel Shensa, Jaime E. Sidani, Brian A. Primack, & Michael P. Marshal. (2020). Association Between LGB Sexual Orientation and Depression Mediated by Negative Social Media Experiences: National Survey Study of US Young Adults. JMIR Mental Health. 7(12). e23520–e23520. 12 indexed citations

Chu, Kar‐Hai, et al.. (2019). Identifying Key Target Audiences for Public Health Campaigns: Leveraging Machine Learning in the Case of Hookah Tobacco Smoking. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(7). e12443–e12443. 16 indexed citations

Escobar-Viera, César G., Ariel Shensa, Megan Hamm, et al.. (2019). “I Don’t Feel Like the Odd One”: Utilizing Content Analysis to Compare the Effects of Social Media Use on Well-Being Among Sexual Minority and Nonminority US Young Adults. American Journal of Health Promotion. 34(3). 285–293. 19 indexed citations

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Soneji, Samir, Hai‐Yen Sung, Brian A. Primack, John P. Pierce, & James D. Sargent. (2018). Quantifying population-level health benefits and harms of e-cigarette use in the United States. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193328–e0193328. 92 indexed citations

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Shensa, Ariel, Jaime E. Sidani, César G. Escobar-Viera, et al.. (2018). Real-life closeness of social media contacts and depressive symptoms among university students. Journal of American College Health. 66(8). 747–753. 20 indexed citations

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Colditz, Jason B., Kar‐Hai Chu, Galen E. Switzer, Konstantinos Pelechrinis, & Brian A. Primack. (2018). Online data to contextualize waterpipe tobacco smoking establishments surrounding large US universities. Health Informatics Journal. 25(4). 1314–1324. 3 indexed citations

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Escobar-Viera, César G., Darren L. Whitfield, Charles B. Wessel, et al.. (2018). For Better or for Worse? A Systematic Review of the Evidence on Social Media Use and Depression Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Minorities. JMIR Mental Health. 5(3). e10496–e10496. 83 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Beth L., et al.. (2018). Use of Twitter to Assess Viewer Reactions to the Medical Drama, Code Black. Journal of Health Communication. 23(3). 244–253. 6 indexed citations

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Shensa, Ariel, César G. Escobar-Viera, Jaime E. Sidani, et al.. (2017). Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study. Social Science & Medicine. 182. 150–157. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

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Levenson, Jessica C., Ariel Shensa, Jaime E. Sidani, Jason B. Colditz, & Brian A. Primack. (2017). Social Media Use Before Bed and Sleep Disturbance Among Young Adults in the United States: A Nationally Representative Study. SLEEP. 40(9). 103 indexed citations

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Colditz, Jason B., et al.. (2017). Observation of public sentiment toward human papillomavirus vaccination on Twitter. Cogent Medicine. 4(1). 1390853–1390853. 11 indexed citations

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Primack, Brian A., Mary Carroll, Megan McNamara, et al.. (2012). Role of Video Games in Improving Health-Related Outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 42(6). A4–A4. 1 indexed citations

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Primack, Brian A., et al.. (2009). Association between media use in adolescence and depression in young adulthood: a longitudinal study.. PubMed. 66(2). 181–8. 218 indexed citations

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Primack, Brian A., Galen E. Switzer, & Madeline A. Dalton. (2007). Improving Measurement of Normative Beliefs Involving Smoking Among Adolescents. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 161(5). 434–434. 62 indexed citations

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