Jimmy A. Young

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 741 citations indexed

About

Jimmy A. Young is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Jimmy A. Young has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 741 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Communication, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Jimmy A. Young's work include Social Media and Politics (14 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (10 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (9 papers). Jimmy A. Young is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (14 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (10 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (9 papers). Jimmy A. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Jimmy A. Young's co-authors include J. Mitchell Vaterlaus, Emily Vaterlaus Patten, Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, David A. McLeod, Shane R. Brady, Raymond A. Evans, Richard E. Eckert, Peter Wirtz, Ronald Fricke and Pamela J. Kovacs and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Natural hazards and earth system sciences and Children and Youth Services Review.

In The Last Decade

Jimmy A. Young

30 papers receiving 703 citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

#Gettinghealthy: The perceived influence of social media on young adult health behaviors

2014 243 citations J. Mitchell Vaterlaus, Emily Vaterlaus Patten et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jimmy A. Young United States	11	403	178	133	82	81	35	741
Richard Buttny United States	16	271 0.7×	88 0.5×	86 0.6×	37 0.5×	107 1.3×	33	1.0k
Leda Blackwood United Kingdom	15	552 1.4×	58 0.3×	100 0.8×	42 0.5×	86 1.1×	38	799
Alison MacKenzie United Kingdom	21	342 0.8×	46 0.3×	213 1.6×	7 0.1×	75 0.9×	82	1.1k
Elisa Bellotti United Kingdom	12	322 0.8×	47 0.3×	54 0.4×	13 0.2×	101 1.2×	29	672
Hedwig te Molder Netherlands	16	182 0.5×	81 0.5×	30 0.2×	8 0.1×	123 1.5×	69	954
Barbara Tedlock United States	13	353 0.9×	37 0.2×	97 0.7×	7 0.1×	84 1.0×	32	1.0k
Fanny Lalot Switzerland	17	385 1.0×	56 0.3×	36 0.3×	9 0.1×	46 0.6×	59	818
John C. Sherblom United States	15	161 0.4×	107 0.6×	112 0.8×	5 0.1×	64 0.8×	37	603
Randall G. Rogan United States	13	295 0.7×	156 0.9×	36 0.3×	10 0.1×	28 0.3×	26	575
Rachel Young United States	17	400 1.0×	189 1.1×	106 0.8×	3 0.0×	89 1.1×	44	757

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jimmy A. Young

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hickey, James, et al.. (2025). Social sensing a volcanic eruption: application to Kīlauea, 2018. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(5). 1681–1696. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Qing, et al.. (2025). Application of Outlier Detection Methods in Audit Analytics. Accounting Horizons. 39(3). 143–157.

Young, Jimmy A., et al.. (2023). Perceptions of mental health and substance use services by individuals experiencing homelessness. The Social Science Journal. 1–14.

Young, Jimmy A., et al.. (2023). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Live Musical Theater-Based Approach to Child Sexual Abuse Prevention in Elementary Schools. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 32(7). 860–878.

Young, Jimmy A., et al.. (2022). Mother-Daughter sexual abuse: An exploratory study of the experiences of survivors of MDSA using Reddit. Children and Youth Services Review. 138. 106497–106497. 4 indexed citations

Young, Jimmy A., et al.. (2021). Beyond COVID-19: what’s next for skill assessment practices in social work education?. Social Work Education. 42(8). 1215–1226. 2 indexed citations

Young, Jimmy A., et al.. (2021). Enhancing New Media Literacies of Social Work Students through a Participatory Learning Environment. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 40(1). 58–78. 3 indexed citations

Sage, Melanie, et al.. (2020). Professional Collaboration Networks as a Social Work Research Practice Innovation: Preparing DSW Students for Knowledge Dissemination Roles in a Digital Society. Research on Social Work Practice. 31(1). 42–52. 8 indexed citations

Gustafson, Robert J., John Krupczak, Jimmy A. Young, & Mani Mina. (2020). Educational Objectives and Outcomes for Technological Literacy Programs at College Level. 22.524.1–22.524.11. 5 indexed citations

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Young, Jimmy A.. (2020). #SocialWorkEducation: A Computational Analysis of Social Work Programs on Twitter. Journal of Social Work Education. 58(2). 215–226. 3 indexed citations

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Brady, Shane R., et al.. (2016). The Meaning of the Cohort Community in Social Work Doctoral Education. 21(1). 64–71.

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Young, Jimmy A., Justin S. Lee, & Pamela J. Kovacs. (2016). Creating and Sustaining an Experiential Learning Component on Aging in a BSW Course. SAGE Open. 6(4). 4 indexed citations

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Hitchcock, Laurel Iverson & Jimmy A. Young. (2016). Tweet, Tweet!: Using Live Twitter Chats in Social Work Education. Social Work Education. 35(4). 457–468. 40 indexed citations

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Brady, Shane R., Jimmy A. Young, & David A. McLeod. (2015). Utilizing Digital Advocacy in Community Organizing: Lessons Learned from Organizing in Virtual Spaces to Promote Worker Rights and Economic Justice. Journal of Community Practice. 23(2). 255–273. 39 indexed citations

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Young, Jimmy A.. (2015). Assessing New Media Literacies in Social Work Education: The Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Assessment Instrument. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 33(1). 72–86. 33 indexed citations

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Vaterlaus, J. Mitchell, et al.. (2014). #Gettinghealthy: The perceived influence of social media on young adult health behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior. 45. 151–157. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Young, Jimmy A.. (2014). iPolicy: Exploring and Evaluating the use of iPads in a Social Welfare Policy Course. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 32(1-2). 39–53. 16 indexed citations

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Young, Jimmy A.. (2011). Book Review: Tom Watson. CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World. Hoboken. NJ: John Wiley, 2009. 237 pp. $27.95. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 40(3). 591–594. 1 indexed citations

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Young, Jimmy A.. (1988). Writing for your audience.. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 41(5). 364–365. 2 indexed citations

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Young, Jimmy A., Raymond A. Evans, & Richard E. Eckert. (1969). Wheatgrass Establishment with Tillage and Herbicides in a Mesic Medusahead Community. Journal of Range Management. 22(3). 151–151. 15 indexed citations

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