J. Tom Mueller

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

J. Tom Mueller is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Tom Mueller has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in J. Tom Mueller's work include Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (9 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). J. Tom Mueller is often cited by papers focused on Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (9 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). J. Tom Mueller collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. J. Tom Mueller's co-authors include Stephen Gasteyer, Justin Farrell, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Paul Berne Burow, Kathryn McConnell, Alan R. Graefe, Brian C. Thiede, Andrew J. Mowen, Lauren E. Mullenbach and Adam C. Landon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

J. Tom Mueller

35 papers receiving 746 citations

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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 widespread and unjust drinking water and clean water crisis in the United States

2021 161 citations J. Tom Mueller, Stephen Gasteyer Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Tom Mueller United States	13	261	146	117	89	85	39	761
Leonard Nowak Poland	5	186 0.7×	76 0.5×	120 1.0×	47 0.5×	30 0.4×	18	1.0k
Elijah Bisung Canada	17	258 1.0×	86 0.6×	202 1.7×	48 0.5×	81 1.0×	55	1.1k
Jude Bayham United States	15	212 0.8×	258 1.8×	102 0.9×	38 0.4×	78 0.9×	43	1.2k
Laura Eichelberger United States	13	303 1.2×	38 0.3×	156 1.3×	27 0.3×	83 1.0×	24	822
Christopher Paul United States	18	281 1.1×	90 0.6×	96 0.8×	22 0.2×	72 0.8×	43	1.2k
Pradip Chouhan India	17	156 0.6×	206 1.4×	213 1.8×	64 0.7×	53 0.6×	69	1.4k
Stephanie Eckman United States	15	446 1.7×	166 1.1×	91 0.8×	30 0.3×	130 1.5×	57	1.2k
Sheela Patel India	17	341 1.3×	278 1.9×	177 1.5×	18 0.2×	69 0.8×	33	1.4k
Umar Serajuddin United States	11	304 1.2×	235 1.6×	257 2.2×	38 0.4×	38 0.4×	31	1.3k
Jia Miao China	14	188 0.7×	38 0.3×	119 1.0×	53 0.6×	193 2.3×	45	776

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Tom Mueller

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Merdjanoff, Alexis A., et al.. (2025). Exploring access to critical health services for older adults in rural America from 1990 to 2020. The Journal of Rural Health. 41(1). e70004–e70004.

Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2024). The uneven impact of Medicaid expansion on rural and urban Black, Latino/a, and White mortality. The Journal of Rural Health. 41(1). e12859–e12859. 1 indexed citations

Mueller, J. Tom, Ann R. Tickamyer, Brian C. Thiede, Kai A. Schafft, & Alan R. Graefe. (2024). Social and political correlates of adult and dependent-child COVID-19 vaccination behavior in rural America. Preventive Medicine Reports. 41. 102706–102706.

Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2024). Uneven Growth and Unexpected Drivers of Ethnoracial Diversity across Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan America^☆. Rural Sociology. 89(4). 835–859.

Mueller, J. Tom & Stephen Gasteyer. (2023). The ethnically and racially uneven role of water infrastructure spending in rural economic development. Nature Water. 1(1). 74–82. 9 indexed citations

Mueller, J. Tom & Stephen Gasteyer. (2023). Addendum: The widespread and unjust drinking water and clean water crisis in the United States. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3472–3472.

Mueller, J. Tom & Alexis R. Santos‐Lozada. (2022). The 2020 US Census Differential Privacy Method Introduces Disproportionate Discrepancies for Rural and Non-White Populations. Population Research and Policy Review. 41(4). 1417–1430. 8 indexed citations

Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2022). Cost of Living Variation, Nonmetropolitan America, and Implications for the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Population Research and Policy Review. 41(4). 1501–1523. 6 indexed citations

Mueller, J. Tom & Stephen Gasteyer. (2021). The widespread and unjust drinking water and clean water crisis in the United States. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3544–3544. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mueller, J. Tom, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Kathryn McConnell, Paul Berne Burow, & Justin Farrell. (2021). Elevated serious psychological distress, economic disruption, and the COVID-19 pandemic in the nonmetropolitan American West. Preventive Medicine. 155. 106919–106919. 8 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2021). Rural-Urban Differences in the Labor-Force Impacts of COVID-19 in the United States. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7. 34 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2021). Market Concentration and Natural Resource Development in Rural America. Rural Sociology. 87(1). 68–93. 1 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom. (2020). Defining Dependence: The Natural Resource Community Typology*. Rural Sociology. 86(2). 260–300. 14 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom. (2020). Natural Resource Dependence and Rural American Economic Prosperity From 2000 to 2015. Economic Development Quarterly. 36(3). 160–176. 16 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2020). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(1). 243 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom & Ann R. Tickamyer. (2019). A More Complete Picture: Rural Residents’ Relative Support for Seven Forms of Natural Resource‐Related Economic Development. Rural Sociology. 85(2). 376–407. 4 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2019). Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 63. 101406–101406. 48 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2019). The relationship between parks and recreation per capita spending and mortality from 1980 to 2010: A fixed effects model. Preventive Medicine Reports. 14. 100827–100827. 13 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2018). The relationship between self-rated health and local government spending on parks and recreation in the United States from 1997 to 2012. Preventive Medicine Reports. 13. 105–112. 9 indexed citations

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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2018). Coping with Climate Change: A Study of Great Lakes Water-Based Recreationists. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 36(2). 52–74. 24 indexed citations

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