Don Chaney

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

About

Don Chaney is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Don Chaney has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Health and 2 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Don Chaney's work include Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (10 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (8 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (7 papers). Don Chaney is often cited by papers focused on Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (10 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (8 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (7 papers). Don Chaney collaborates with scholars based in United States. Don Chaney's co-authors include Michael Stellefson, Beth H. Chaney, Bethany Tennant, Samantha R. Paige, Julia M. Alber, Virginia J. Dodd, Bruce Hanik, Enmanuel A. Chavarria, Jay M. Bernhardt and Arjun Mohan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Telemedicine Journal and e-Health.

In The Last Decade

Don Chaney

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking B... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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. eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking Behaviors Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults
    2015 528 citations Bethany Tennant, Michael Stellefson et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Don Chaney United States 10 846 451 225 109 86 13 1.2k
Esther Brainin Israel 10 683 0.8× 325 0.7× 191 0.8× 80 0.7× 66 0.8× 19 1.0k
Enmanuel A. Chavarria United States 12 644 0.8× 321 0.7× 162 0.7× 81 0.7× 106 1.2× 28 1.0k
Hege Andreassen Norway 13 805 1.0× 327 0.7× 218 1.0× 51 0.5× 190 2.2× 39 1.2k
Anita Stern Canada 9 507 0.6× 218 0.5× 305 1.4× 53 0.5× 129 1.5× 13 1.2k
Christina Zarcadoolas United States 12 809 1.0× 183 0.4× 183 0.8× 30 0.3× 174 2.0× 21 1.2k
Michael W. Suman China 5 385 0.5× 208 0.5× 189 0.8× 53 0.5× 32 0.4× 8 644
EunRyoung Sa United States 4 1.1k 1.3× 537 1.2× 342 1.5× 21 0.2× 89 1.0× 5 1.5k
Stanisława Golinowska Poland 13 420 0.5× 170 0.4× 100 0.4× 122 1.1× 84 1.0× 92 803
Yvonne Hunt United States 12 512 0.6× 517 1.1× 452 2.0× 18 0.2× 122 1.4× 24 1.2k
Stefan Ek Finland 12 306 0.4× 111 0.2× 211 0.9× 48 0.4× 86 1.0× 22 789

Countries citing papers authored by Don Chaney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Don Chaney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Don Chaney. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Don Chaney. The network helps show where Don Chaney may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Don Chaney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Don Chaney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Don Chaney 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 Don Chaney. Don Chaney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Stellefson, Michael, Samantha R. Paige, Julia M. Alber, et al.. (2019). Association Between Health Literacy, Electronic Health Literacy, Disease-Specific Knowledge, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(6). e12165–e12165. 69 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Samantha R. Paige, Bethany Tennant, et al.. (2017). Reliability and Validity of the Telephone-Based eHealth Literacy Scale Among Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(10). e362–e362. 42 indexed citations
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Paige, Samantha R., Michael Stellefson, Beth H. Chaney, et al.. (2017). Examining the Relationship between Online Social Capital and eHealth Literacy: Implications for Instagram Use for Chronic Disease Prevention among College Students. American Journal of Health Education. 48(4). 264–277. 37 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Beth H. Chaney, Don Chaney, et al.. (2015). Engaging Community Stakeholders to Evaluate the Design, Usability, and Acceptability of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Social Media Resource Center. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e17–e17. 12 indexed citations
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Tennant, Bethany, Michael Stellefson, Virginia J. Dodd, et al.. (2015). eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking Behaviors Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(3). e70–e70. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stellefson, Michael, Beth H. Chaney, & Don Chaney. (2014). Heuristic Evaluation of Online COPD Respiratory Therapy and Education Video Resource Center. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 20(10). 972–976. 9 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Beth H. Chaney, Don Chaney, et al.. (2014). YouTube as a source of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient education. Chronic Respiratory Disease. 11(2). 61–71. 133 indexed citations
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Alber, Julia M., Don Chaney, & Thomas W. O’Rourke. (2013). What's in a Name? Changing Names and Challenges to Professional Identification. American Journal of Health Education. 44(5). 288–291. 1 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Bruce Hanik, Beth H. Chaney, et al.. (2011). eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 13(4). e102–e102. 261 indexed citations
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Chaney, Don, et al.. (2010). The Context of Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education: Five Enabling Assumptions.. Online journal of distance learning administration. 13(4). 22 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Bruce Hanik, Beth H. Chaney, & Don Chaney. (2008). Challenges for Tailored Messaging in Health Education. American Journal of Health Education. 39(5). 303–313. 20 indexed citations
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Stellefson, Michael, Beth H. Chaney, & Don Chaney. (2008). The Digital Divide in Health Education. American Journal of Health Education. 39(2). 106–112. 19 indexed citations
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Chaney, Don, et al.. (2006). Utilizing a Multi-level Approach to Support Advocacy Efforts in the Advancement of Health Education. American Journal of Health Education. 37(1). 41–50.

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