Emily K. Vraga

11.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
108 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Emily K. Vraga is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily K. Vraga has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 75 papers in Communication and 25 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Emily K. Vraga's work include Social Media and Politics (71 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (68 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (25 papers). Emily K. Vraga is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (71 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (68 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (25 papers). Emily K. Vraga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Australia. Emily K. Vraga's co-authors include Leticia Bode, Melissa Tully, Stephanie Edgerly, John Cook, Dhavan V. Shah, Kjerstin Thorson, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Sonya V. Troller‐Renfree, Aaron S. Veenstra and Homero Gil de Zúñiga and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Emily K. Vraga

105 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction

2022 625 citations Ullrich K. H. Ecker, John Cook et al. profile →
See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media

2017 479 citations Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga profile →
In Related News, That Was Wrong: The Correction of Misinformation Through Related Stories Functionality in Social Media

2015 408 citations Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga profile →
Willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine with and without emergency use authorization

2020 353 citations Jeanine P. D. Guidry, Linnea Laestadius et al. profile →
Using Expert Sources to Correct Health Misinformation in Social Media

2017 331 citations Emily K. Vraga, Leticia Bode profile →
Defining Misinformation and Understanding its Bounded Nature: Using Expertise and Evidence for Describing Misinformation

2020 238 citations Emily K. Vraga, Leticia Bode profile →
News literacy, social media behaviors, and skepticism toward information on social media

2019 193 citations Emily K. Vraga, Melissa Tully profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily K. Vraga United States	43	5.1k	3.3k	1.4k	1.1k	867	108	6.6k
Leticia Bode United States	33	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	540 0.5×	509 0.6×	76	4.6k
Stephen A. Rains United States	35	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	725 0.5×	496 0.4×	584 0.7×	124	5.1k
Kathleen Hall Jamieson United States	47	5.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.3×	797 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	204	10.1k
Jason Reifler United Kingdom	36	6.3k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	419 0.5×	100	8.4k
Edson C. Tandoc Singapore	42	4.8k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	998 0.7×	220 0.2×	554 0.6×	167	7.0k
Jon Roozenbeek United Kingdom	25	3.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	847 0.6×	813 0.7×	545 0.6×	63	3.8k
Joseph N. Cappella United States	51	4.7k 0.9×	4.0k 1.2×	596 0.4×	569 0.5×	2.4k 2.8×	189	11.1k
Karen M. Douglas United Kingdom	47	8.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	118	10.1k
Brendan Nyhan United States	40	9.4k 1.9×	4.6k 1.4×	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	662 0.8×	92	12.3k
Robbie M. Sutton United Kingdom	40	4.9k 1.0×	831 0.2×	842 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	524 0.6×	97	6.2k

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Bode, Leticia, et al.. (2025). Automating Accuracy: Scalable Approaches to Correcting Disinformation With Artificial Intelligence on Social Media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 102(4). 1044–1070.

Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2024). Who reports witnessing and performing corrections on social media in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and France?. 4 indexed citations

Armstrong, Susan, et al.. (2024). Bot Versus Humans: Who Can Challenge Corporate Hypocrisy on Social Media?. Social Media + Society. 10(4).

Tully, Melissa, et al.. (2024). Effects of a News Literacy Video on News Literacy Perceptions and Misinformation Evaluation. Media and Communication. 13. 1 indexed citations

Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2023). Author response: A review of HPV and HBV vaccine hesitancy, intention, and uptake in the era of social media and COVID-19. 1 indexed citations

Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2023). A review of HPV and HBV vaccine hesitancy, intention, and uptake in the era of social media and COVID-19. eLife. 12. 14 indexed citations

Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2023). HPV and HBV vaccine hesitancy, intention, and uptake in the era of social media and COVID-19: A review. medRxiv. 1 indexed citations

Cook, John, et al.. (2022). The cranky uncle game—combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation. Environmental Education Research. 29(4). 607–623. 51 indexed citations

Suk, Jiyoun, Dhavan V. Shah, Leticia Bode, et al.. (2022). Political Events in a Partisan Media Ecology: Asymmetric Influence on Candidate Appraisals. Mass Communication & Society. 26(2). 275–299. 1 indexed citations

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Ashley, Seth, Stephanie Craft, Adam Maksl, Melissa Tully, & Emily K. Vraga. (2022). Can News Literacy Help Reduce Belief in COVID Misinformation?. Mass Communication & Society. 26(4). 695–719. 14 indexed citations

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Guidry, Jeanine P. D., Paul B. Perrin, Linnea Laestadius, et al.. (2021). U.S. public support for COVID-19 vaccine donation to low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine. 39(17). 2452–2457. 20 indexed citations

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Guidry, Jeanine P. D., et al.. (2020). (S)pin the flu vaccine: Recipes for concern. Vaccine. 38(34). 5498–5506. 12 indexed citations

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Chou, Wen‐Ying Sylvia, et al.. (2020). How do social media users process cancer prevention messages on Facebook? An eye-tracking study. Patient Education and Counseling. 103(6). 1161–1167. 25 indexed citations

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Tully, Melissa & Emily K. Vraga. (2018). A Mixed Methods Approach to Examining the Relationship Between News Media Literacy and Political Efficacy. International journal of communication. 12. 22. 23 indexed citations

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Tully, Melissa, et al.. (2018). News media literacy, perceptions of bias, and interpretation of news. Journalism. 21(2). 209–226. 52 indexed citations

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Vraga, Emily K.. (2017). Which Candidates Can Be Mavericks? The Effects of Issue Disagreement and Gender on Candidate Evaluations. Politics & Policy. 45(1). 4–30. 15 indexed citations

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Myers, Teresa, et al.. (2017). Controversy matters: Impacts of topic and solution controversy on the perceived credibility of a scientist who advocates. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187511–e0187511. 41 indexed citations

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Vraga, Emily K., Leticia Bode, & Sonya V. Troller‐Renfree. (2016). Beyond Self-Reports: Using Eye Tracking to Measure Topic and Style Differences in Attention to Social Media Content. Communication Methods and Measures. 10(2-3). 149–164. 117 indexed citations

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Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2015). A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Measuring News Media Literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 62 indexed citations

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Vraga, Emily K.. (2011). Dealing with Dissonance: Responding to an Incongruent Test Result in a New Media Environment. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 14(11). 689–694. 3 indexed citations

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