Heather Royer

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Heather Royer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Safety Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Royer has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Safety Research and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Heather Royer's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 papers). Heather Royer is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 papers). Heather Royer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. Heather Royer's co-authors include Justin McCrary, Damon Clark, Mark Stehr, Justin Sydnor, Corey White, Susan M. Heidrich, Stefanie Fischer, Silvia Prina, Kelly Bedard and Gary Charness and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Management Science and Journal of Public Economics.

In The Last Decade

Heather Royer

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Ev... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from Britain
    2013 332 citations Damon Clark, Heather Royer American Economic Review 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 Royer United States 17 479 445 313 285 277 47 1.5k
Hope Corman United States 27 948 2.0× 853 1.9× 352 1.1× 373 1.3× 187 0.7× 94 2.5k
Darren Lubotsky United States 11 607 1.3× 875 2.0× 190 0.6× 644 2.3× 299 1.1× 22 2.1k
Aphichat Chamratrithirong Thailand 21 714 1.5× 442 1.0× 309 1.0× 203 0.7× 110 0.4× 107 1.5k
Susan E. Short United States 20 761 1.6× 408 0.9× 475 1.5× 365 1.3× 200 0.7× 41 1.8k
Christopher Wimer United States 20 951 2.0× 751 1.7× 418 1.3× 256 0.9× 268 1.0× 73 2.1k
Enid Schatz United States 26 799 1.7× 715 1.6× 153 0.5× 294 1.0× 429 1.5× 74 2.1k
Laura M. Argys United States 22 440 0.9× 294 0.7× 334 1.1× 143 0.5× 126 0.5× 48 1.4k
Daniel Mont United States 20 331 0.7× 418 0.9× 94 0.3× 242 0.8× 604 2.2× 50 1.8k
Sangeetha Madhavan United States 25 744 1.6× 511 1.1× 428 1.4× 153 0.5× 752 2.7× 77 1.8k
Mark Stabile Canada 21 702 1.5× 1.2k 2.6× 397 1.3× 531 1.9× 221 0.8× 57 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Royer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Royer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Royer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fischer, Stefanie, Heather Royer, & Corey White. (2024). Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the United States. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 16(3). 113–141. 5 indexed citations
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Robinson, Sarah, Heather Royer, & David Silver. (2024). Geographic Variation in Cesarean Sections in the United States: Trends, Correlates, and Other Interesting Facts. Journal of Labor Economics. 42(S1). S219–S259.
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2018). Can financial incentives help people trying to establish new habits? Experimental evidence with new gym members. Journal of Health Economics. 58. 202–214. 32 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2018). The limits of simple implementation intentions: Evidence from a field experiment on making plans to exercise. Journal of Health Economics. 62. 95–104. 19 indexed citations
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Oyesanya, Tolu O., Barbara J. Bowers, Heather Royer, & Lyn S. Turkstra. (2018). Nurses’ concerns about caring for patients with acute and chronic traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(7-8). 1408–1419. 20 indexed citations
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Schumacher, Sandra, et al.. (2015). Building Capacity for the Conduct of Nursing Research at a Veterans Administration Hospital. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 45(5). 270–275. 1 indexed citations
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Prina, Silvia & Heather Royer. (2014). The importance of parental knowledge: Evidence from weight report cards in Mexico. Journal of Health Economics. 37. 232–247. 42 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2013). Formative Research for the Development of an Interactive Web-Based Sexually Transmitted Disease Management Intervention for Young Women. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing. 31(9). 430–438. 4 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, Susan M. Heidrich, & Roger Brown. (2011). Young women's representations of sexually transmitted diseases (RoSTD): A psychometric study. Research in Nursing & Health. 35(1). 15–29. 7 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2011). Young Women's Beliefs Regarding Human Papillomavirus. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing. 41(1). 92–102. 3 indexed citations
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Clark, Damon & Heather Royer. (2010). The Effect of Education on Adult Health and Mortality: Evidence from Britain. NBER Working Paper No. 16013.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 40 indexed citations
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Moreno, Megan A., et al.. (2010). Sexpectations: Male College Students’ Views about Displayed Sexual References on Females’ Social Networking Web Sites. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 24(2). 85–89. 18 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2009). Older Breast Cancer Survivors' Symptom Beliefs. Oncology nursing forum. 36(4). 463–470. 16 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather, et al.. (2009). Young Women's Beliefs About the Terms Sexually Transmitted Disease and Sexually Transmitted Infection. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing. 38(6). 686–692. 4 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather & Justin McCrary. (2006). The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence From School Entry Policies. American Economic Review. 100(1). 158–195. 1 indexed citations
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McCrary, Justin & Heather Royer. (2006). The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 67 indexed citations
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Daly, Mary C. & Heather Royer. (2000). Cyclical and demographic influences on the distribution of income in California. Econometric Reviews. 1–13. 9 indexed citations
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Cogley, Timothy & Heather Royer. (1998). The baby boom, the baby bust, and asset markets. FRB SF weekly letter. 4 indexed citations
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Royer, Heather & Gary Smith. (1998). Can the famous really postpone death?. Biodemography and Social Biology. 45(3-4). 302–305. 3 indexed citations
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Cogley, Timothy & Heather Royer. (1997). Proposals for reforming Social Security. FRB SF weekly letter. 1 indexed citations

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