Denna Wheeler

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Denna Wheeler is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Social Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Denna Wheeler has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Denna Wheeler's work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers). Denna Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers). Denna Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Denna Wheeler's co-authors include Randolph D. Hubach, Zachary Giano, Matt Vassar, Jody A. Worley, Lisa L. Barnes, Joseph M. Currin, Julie M. Croff, Pavlo Antonenko, Jam Khojasteh and Brian E. Whitacre and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Preventive Medicine and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Denna Wheeler

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The frequencies and disparities of adverse childhood experiences in the U.S.

2020 278 citations Zachary Giano, Denna Wheeler et al. BMC Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denna Wheeler United States	15	471	413	288	155	140	40	1.2k
Ahnalee M. Brincks United States	20	284 0.6×	460 1.1×	213 0.7×	153 1.0×	111 0.8×	61	1.1k
Neil Abell United States	21	353 0.7×	384 0.9×	253 0.9×	262 1.7×	150 1.1×	46	1.1k
Kelly McShane Canada	20	385 0.8×	638 1.5×	302 1.0×	213 1.4×	98 0.7×	52	1.4k
Brianna M. Magnusson United States	18	321 0.7×	504 1.2×	137 0.5×	179 1.2×	83 0.6×	35	980
Krishna Bose United States	9	458 1.0×	511 1.2×	209 0.7×	136 0.9×	74 0.5×	14	1.4k
Karina A. Gattamorta United States	18	272 0.6×	382 0.9×	414 1.4×	286 1.8×	100 0.7×	68	1.1k
Nuworza Kugbey Ghana	19	317 0.7×	331 0.8×	195 0.7×	145 0.9×	51 0.4×	55	1.0k
M. Jane Park United States	18	621 1.3×	368 0.9×	175 0.6×	295 1.9×	96 0.7×	31	1.5k
Tracy R. Nichols United States	23	498 1.1×	482 1.2×	245 0.9×	277 1.8×	48 0.3×	61	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wheeler, Denna, et al.. (2025). AI-Enhanced Rural Medical Education: Bridging Gaps and Building Trust. Academic Medicine. 100(9S). S39–S42.

Melhado, Trisha V., et al.. (2023). Utilizing PRISM and RE-AIM to implement and evaluate the Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) for health care workforce development in rural communities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1219308–1219308. 2 indexed citations

Wetherill, Marianna S., Mary B. Williams, Micah Hartwell, et al.. (2022). Unpacking determinants and consequences of food insecurity for insulin resistance among people living with HIV: Conceptual framework and protocol for the NOURISH-OK study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations

Pro, George, Randolph D. Hubach, Nickolas Zaller, et al.. (2021). US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality. Rural and Remote Health. 21(3). 6596–6596. 16 indexed citations

Giano, Zachary, Ricky Camplain, George Pro, et al.. (2020). Adverse Childhood Events in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 60(2). 213–221. 22 indexed citations

Pro, George, Randolph D. Hubach, Denna Wheeler, et al.. (2020). Differences in US COVID-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urbanârural continuum. Rural and Remote Health. 20(3). 6074–6074. 13 indexed citations

Wheeler, Denna, et al.. (2020). Clinical trial registry searches are under-utilized in systematic reviews from critical care journals: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Critical Care. 63. 175–178. 1 indexed citations

Giano, Zachary, Denna Wheeler, & Randolph D. Hubach. (2020). The frequencies and disparities of adverse childhood experiences in the U.S.. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1327–1327. 278 indexed citations breakdown →

Pro, George, Ricky Camplain, Shane Haberstroh, et al.. (2020). The Role of State Medicaid Expansions in Integrating Comprehensive Mental Health Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Differences Across the Rural/Urban Continuum. Community Mental Health Journal. 57(6). 1017–1022. 4 indexed citations

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Hartwell, Micah, Jam Khojasteh, Marianna S. Wetherill, Julie M. Croff, & Denna Wheeler. (2019). Using Structural Equation Modeling to Examine the Influence of Social, Behavioral, and Nutritional Variables on Health Outcomes Based on NHANES Data: Addressing Complex Design, Nonnormally Distributed Variables, and Missing Information. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3(5). nzz010–nzz010. 36 indexed citations

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Hubach, Randolph D., et al.. (2019). Experiences of Stigma by Gay and Bisexual Men in Rural Oklahoma. Health Equity. 3(1). 231–237. 34 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Denna, et al.. (2018). Diversifying the Physician Workforce: American Indian Outreach Programs at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2(2). 1 indexed citations

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Whitacre, Brian E., et al.. (2016). What Can the National Broadband Map Tell Us About the Health Care Connectivity Gap?. The Journal of Rural Health. 33(3). 284–289. 27 indexed citations

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Scheckel, Caleb, et al.. (2016). The heart of the matter: Outcome reporting bias and registration status in cardio-thoracic surgery. International Journal of Cardiology. 227. 299–304. 8 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Denna, Matt Vassar, & W. Daniel Hale. (2011). A gender-based measurement invariance study of the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3. Body Image. 8(2). 168–172. 9 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Denna, Matt Vassar, Jody A. Worley, & Lisa L. Barnes. (2011). A Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of Coefficient Alpha for the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 71(1). 231–244. 132 indexed citations

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Antonenko, Pavlo, et al.. (2011). Effects of segmenting, signalling, and weeding on learning from educational video. Learning Media and Technology. 37(3). 220–235. 83 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Denna & Diane Montgomery. (2009). Community college students’ views on learning mathematics in terms of their epistemological beliefs: a Q method study. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 72(3). 289–306. 16 indexed citations

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Worley, Jody A., Matt Vassar, Denna Wheeler, & Lisa L. Barnes. (2008). Factor Structure of Scores From the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 68(5). 797–823. 190 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Denna, et al.. (2005). Differential effects of everyday stress on the episodic memory test performances of young, mid-life, and older adults. Aging & Mental Health. 9(1). 60–70. 68 indexed citations

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