Jo C. Phelan

29.6k citations

58 papers · 18.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 36

Social Psychology top 0.05%
General Health Professions top 0.05%
Clinical Psychology top 0.1%
Sociology and Political Science top 0.1%
Health top 0.05%

Co-authors: Bruce G. Link Bernice A. Pescosolido Elmer L. Struening A Stueve Lawrence H. Yang Michaeline Bresnahan Pamela Y. Collins Sheree Neese‐Todd
Topics: Mental Health Treatment and Access (25 papers)Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers)Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers)
Cited by: Health Social Psychology Clinical Psychology
Journals: American Journal of Psychiatry American Sociological Review Trends in Neurosciences
Partner nations: United States Germany Australia

In The Last Decade

Jo C. Phelan

57 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Conceptualizing Stigma

2001 5.6k citations Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan profile →
Social Conditions As Fundamental Causes of Disease

1995 4.0k citations Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan profile →
Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance.

1999 1.4k citations Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan et al. profile →
Measuring Mental Illness Stigma

2004 949 citations Bruce G. Link, Lawrence H. Yang et al. profile →
On Stigma and Its Consequences: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Men with Dual Diagnoses of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

1997 929 citations Bruce G. Link, Elmer L. Struening et al. profile →
Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: The Consequences of Stigma for the Self-Esteem of People With Mental Illnesses

2001 910 citations Bruce G. Link, Elmer L. Struening et al. Psychiatric Services profile →
“A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence

2010 818 citations Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack Martin et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health

2012 421 citations Jo C. Phelan et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jo C. Phelan

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Knowledge and beliefs about epilepsy genetics among Hispanic and non‐Hispanic patients 2023 ·Epilepsia ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Hyunmi Choi,Karolynn Siegel,Wendy K. Chung,Jo C. Phelan,Lawrence H. Yang,Cheng‐Shiun Leu,Amanda L. Bergner,Ruth Ottman	3
2	Association of antiseizure medication adherence with illness perceptions in adults with epilepsy 2023 ·Epilepsy & Behavior ·Hyunmi Choi,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Karolynn Siegel,Wendy K. Chung,Cheng‐Shiun Leu,Jo C. Phelan,Lawrence H. Yang,Ruth Ottman	5
3	Reproduction and genetic causal attribution of epilepsy 2022 ·Epilepsia ·Ruth Ottman,(unknown),(unknown),Sophia Rodriguez,(unknown),Karolynn Siegel,Wendy K. Chung,Jo C. Phelan,(unknown),Lawrence H. Yang,Hyunmi Choi	4
4	“Me” versus “them”: How mental illness stigma influences adolescent help-seeking behaviors for oneself and recommendations for peers. 2022 ·Stigma and Health ·Alice P. Villatoro,Melissa J. DuPont‐Reyes,Jo C. Phelan,Bruce G. Link	25
5	Reproductive decision‐making in families containing multiple individuals with epilepsy 2021 ·Epilepsia ·(unknown),(unknown),Melodie R. Winawer,Jo C. Phelan,Wendy K. Chung,Ruth Ottman	5
6	Genetic attribution and perceived impact of epilepsy in multiplex epilepsy families 2019 ·Epilepsia ·(unknown),(unknown),Dale C. Hesdorffer,Melodie R. Winawer,Jo C. Phelan,Wendy K. Chung,Ruth Ottman	4
7	Media language preferences and mental illness stigma among Latinx adolescents 2019 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Melissa J. DuPont‐Reyes,Alice P. Villatoro,Jo C. Phelan,(unknown),Bruce G. Link	13
8	Changing attitudes towards obesity – results from a survey experiment 2017 ·BMC Public Health ·Claudia Luck‐Sikorski,Steffi G. Riedel‐Heller,Jo C. Phelan	20
9	Impact of a community-level intervention on HIV stigma, homophobia and HIV testing in New York City: Results from project CHHANGE. 2017 ·Stigma and Health ·Victoria Frye,(unknown),(unknown),D. W. Matthews,(unknown),Emily Greene,(unknown),(unknown),Philip H. Smith,(unknown),Jo C. Phelan,Beryl A. Koblin,(unknown)	15
10	An online intervention using information on the mental health-mental illness continuum to reduce stigma 2016 ·European Psychiatry ·Georg Schomerus,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Sebastian‐Edgar Baumeister,Susanne Stolzenburg,Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan	78
11	The stigma of mental illness in the labor market 2015 ·Social Science Research ·(unknown),Jeffrey W. Lucas,Jo C. Phelan,Richard C. White	106
12	Researchers’ views on return of incidental genomic research results: qualitative and quantitative findings 2013 ·Genetics in Medicine ·Robert Klitzman,Paul S. Appelbaum,Abby J. Fyer,Josue Martinez,(unknown),Julia Wynn,(unknown),Jo C. Phelan,Erik Parens,Wendy K. Chung	93
13	Culture, threat, and mental illness stigma: Identifying culture-specific threat among Chinese-American groups 2013 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Lawrence H. Yang,Valerie Purdie‐Vaughns,Hiroki Kotabe,Bruce G. Link,Anne Saw,Gloria Wong‐Padoongpatt,Jo C. Phelan	96
14	“A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependencebreakdown → 2010 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Bernice A. Pescosolido,Jack Martin,J. Scott Long,Tait R. Medina,Jo C. Phelan,Bruce G. Link	818
15	Eugenics, genetics, and mental illness stigma in Chinese Americans 2010 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Ahtoy J. Wonpat-Borja,Lawrence H. Yang,Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan	46
16	Beliefs in Traditional Chinese Medicine Efficacy Among Chinese Americans 2009 ·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease ·Lawrence H. Yang,Serena Corsini‐Munt,Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan	36
17	Stigma and beliefs of efficacy towards traditional Chinese medicine and Western psychiatric treatment among Chinese-Americans. 2008 ·Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ·Lawrence H. Yang,Jo C. Phelan,Bruce G. Link	73
18	Racial Differences in Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People With Mental Illness 2006 ·Psychiatric Services ·Deidre M. Anglin,Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan	172
19	Genetic bases of mental illness – a cure for stigma? 2002 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·Jo C. Phelan	151
20	Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: The Consequences of Stigma for the Self-Esteem of People With Mental Illnessesbreakdown → 2001 ·Psychiatric Services ·Bruce G. Link,Elmer L. Struening,Sheree Neese‐Todd,(unknown),Jo C. Phelan	910

About Jo C. Phelan

Jo C. Phelan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology, having authored 58 papers that have together received 18.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (25 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (3.7k citations), Social Psychology (7.9k citations) and Clinical Psychology (6.6k citations). Jo C. Phelan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Bruce G. Link, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Elmer L. Struening, A Stueve, Lawrence H. Yang, Michaeline Bresnahan, Pamela Y. Collins, Sheree Neese‐Todd, Ann Stueve and Michael Rahav. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Sociological Review and Trends in Neurosciences.

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