Fern K. Willits

3.3k citations
64 papers · 2.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 24
Topics
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers)Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers)Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

Fern K. Willits

62 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental Attitudes and Behavior19942026200420151994100200300400500

Peers

Fern K. Willits
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.1k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 612
  • Social Psychology 494
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 310
  • Marketing 306
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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Another Look at Likert Scales
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2
Self-Reported Familiarity of Hydraulic Fracturing and Support for Natural Gas Drilling: Substantive and Methodological Considerations
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3
Changing Perceptions of the University as a Community of Learning: The Case of Penn State.
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CHANGES IN RESIDENTS' VIEWS OF NATURAL GAS DRILLING IN THE PENNSYLVANIA MARCELLUS SHALE, 2009-2012 *
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5 84
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A Path Analysis Of The Concepts In Moore’s Theory Of Transactional Distance In A Videoconferencing Learning Environment
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7 87
8 2
9 13
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A "greening" of religion? Some evidence from a Pennsylvania sample.
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11 42
12 4
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14 96
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Migrant Status and Success: A Panel Study.
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Rurality and the Normative Order in a Developing Country.
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The Ecology of Social Traditionalism in a Rural Hinterland.
4
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Leveling of Attitudes in Mass Society: Rurality and Traditional Morality in America.
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Respondent Retrieval Bias in a Longitudinal Survey.
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20 15

About Fern K. Willits

Fern K. Willits is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology, having authored 64 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (612 citations), Marketing (306 citations) and Health (248 citations). Fern K. Willits has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include David Scott, A. E. Luloff, Gene L. Theodori, Donald M. Crider, Conrad L. Kanagy, Suzanne E. Tallichet, William F. Elmendorf, Geoffrey Godbey, Vinod Sasidharan and Alan R. Graefe. Their work appears in journals such as PEDIATRICS, Environment and Behavior and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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