Heather Kennedy

955 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 544 citations indexed

About

Heather Kennedy is a scholar working on Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Kennedy has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 544 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Safety Research, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Heather Kennedy's work include Youth Development and Social Support (17 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (6 papers) and Art Therapy and Mental Health (5 papers). Heather Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Youth Development and Social Support (17 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (6 papers) and Art Therapy and Mental Health (5 papers). Heather Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hong Kong. Heather Kennedy's co-authors include Yolanda Anyon, Jonah DeChants, Kimberly Bender, Marianne Z. Wamboldt, Lynn Schofield Clark, Peter E. DeWitt, Katherine Reed, Stephanie Begun, Tina Montreuil and Jeffrey M. Jenson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Community Psychology and British Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Kennedy

27 papers receiving 517 citations

Hit Papers

A Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Researc... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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. A Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in the United States: Methodologies, Youth Outcomes, and Future Directions
    2018 245 citations Yolanda Anyon, Kimberly Bender et al. Health Education & Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather Kennedy United States 12 257 229 183 144 82 29 544
Graham Allen Australia 5 103 0.4× 54 0.2× 132 0.7× 189 1.3× 37 0.5× 14 476
Sybil Wolin United States 5 72 0.3× 90 0.4× 92 0.5× 69 0.5× 79 1.0× 8 449
Shantel Crosby United States 13 159 0.6× 131 0.6× 145 0.8× 276 1.9× 89 1.1× 39 737
Christine Mason United Kingdom 14 127 0.5× 460 2.0× 33 0.2× 314 2.2× 40 0.5× 37 762
Shane Costello Australia 10 102 0.4× 32 0.1× 62 0.3× 106 0.7× 103 1.3× 33 416
Elizabeth A. Prosek United States 14 147 0.6× 22 0.1× 67 0.4× 107 0.7× 222 2.7× 52 544
Thomson J. Ling United States 6 105 0.4× 55 0.2× 105 0.6× 82 0.6× 112 1.4× 15 388
Jennifer Baggerly United States 16 75 0.3× 65 0.3× 67 0.4× 141 1.0× 205 2.5× 37 664
Moses Onyemaechi Ede Nigeria 21 88 0.3× 34 0.1× 93 0.5× 249 1.7× 234 2.9× 64 845
Karen Frensch Canada 13 142 0.6× 315 1.4× 256 1.4× 57 0.4× 74 0.9× 37 671

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Kennedy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Kennedy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Kennedy

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

All Works

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Wray‐Lake, Laura, Jonathan Rottenberg, & Heather Kennedy. (2025). Anti-Youth Ageism: What It Is and Why It Matters. Child Development Perspectives. 19(3). 172–178. 2 indexed citations
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Abraczinskas, Michelle, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of a Pilot Virtual National Young Adult Wellbeing Network: Using Art to Heal. Journal of Adolescent Research. 41(1). 40–76. 2 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2022). The role of the classroom learning environment in students’ mathematics anxiety: A scoping review. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 92(4). 1458–1486. 10 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2022). Creating a Virtual Network to Support LGBTQIA+ Youth in Rural Settings: Development of Colorado’s Queer Youth Network. Health Promotion Practice. 24(4). 606–608. 3 indexed citations
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Teixeira, Samantha & Heather Kennedy. (2022). Social Work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, Present, and Future. Social Work. 67(3). 286–295. 3 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2021). Increasing the Capacity of Youth-Serving Professionals: Evaluation of the Online Social Justice Approach to Youth Engagement Course. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 8(1). 22–29. 4 indexed citations
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Anyon, Yolanda, et al.. (2019). Reconciling Adaptation and Fidelity: Implications for Scaling Up High Quality Youth Programs. The Journal of Primary Prevention. 40(1). 35–49. 25 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2019). Early Adolescent Critical Consciousness Development in the Age of Trump. Journal of Adolescent Research. 35(3). 279–308. 30 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather. (2019). Disrupting Adultism: Practices That Enable or Constrain Intergroup Contact Between Youth and Adults. Digital Commons - DU (University of Denver). 5 indexed citations
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Anyon, Yolanda, et al.. (2018). Youth-Led Participatory Action Research: Promoting Youth Voice and Adult Support in Afterschool Programs.. Digital Commons - DU (University of Denver). 11 indexed citations
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Anyon, Yolanda, Kimberly Bender, Heather Kennedy, & Jonah DeChants. (2018). A Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in the United States: Methodologies, Youth Outcomes, and Future Directions. Health Education & Behavior. 45(6). 865–878. 245 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kennedy, Heather. (2018). How adults change from facilitating youth participatory action research: Process and outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review. 94. 298–305. 26 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2016). Group music therapy impacts mood states of adolescents in a psychiatric hospital setting. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 49. 50–56. 25 indexed citations
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Cohen, Rubin I., et al.. (2015). A quality improvement project to decrease emergency department and medical intensive care unit transfer times. Journal of Critical Care. 30(6). 1331–1337. 7 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, et al.. (2014). Dance/movement therapy impacts mood states of adolescents in a psychiatric hospital. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 41(3). 257–262. 16 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Susan, et al.. (2013). A Pediatric Critical Care Practice Group: Use of Expertise and Evidence-Based Practice in Identifying and Establishing “Best” Practice. Critical Care Nurse. 33(2). 85–87. 4 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Heather, Katherine Reed, & Marianne Z. Wamboldt. (2013). Staff perceptions of complementary and alternative therapy integration into a child and adolescent psychiatry program. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 41(1). 21–26. 18 indexed citations

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