John C. Hershey

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

John C. Hershey is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Hershey has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 19 papers in General Decision Sciences and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John C. Hershey's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (21 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (19 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (10 papers). John C. Hershey is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (21 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (19 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (10 papers). John C. Hershey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Sweden. John C. Hershey's co-authors include Jonathan Baron, Paul J. H. Schoemaker, David A. Asch, Jacqueline Meszaros, Howard Kunreuther, Jonathan Baron, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Eric T. Bradlow, Eric J. Johnson and Peter A. Ubel and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John C. Hershey

75 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Outcome bias in decision evaluation.

1988 443 citations Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Hershey United States	34	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	800	610	75	5.7k
Wolfgang Gaissmaier Germany	28	840 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	317 0.5×	81	6.0k
Alan Schwartz United States	46	1.7k 1.0×	973 0.7×	773 0.7×	1.7k 2.2×	426 0.7×	408	9.3k
Craig R. Fox United States	43	2.0k 1.1×	3.0k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	923 1.2×	859 1.4×	114	8.6k
Hal R. Arkes United States	40	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	526 0.7×	940 1.5×	107	7.8k
Andrew M. Parker United States	36	924 0.5×	911 0.6×	875 0.8×	744 0.9×	160 0.3×	159	5.5k
Gretchen B. Chapman United States	48	2.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	2.1k 2.0×	945 1.2×	529 0.9×	151	9.7k
John S. Carroll United States	39	524 0.3×	738 0.5×	1.9k 1.8×	343 0.4×	361 0.6×	103	6.3k
Mirta Galešić Germany	39	643 0.4×	604 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	222 0.4×	95	5.8k
Rocío García‐Retamero Spain	39	510 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	197 0.3×	173	5.9k
Arie Kapteyn United States	47	2.9k 1.7×	463 0.3×	2.4k 2.3×	1.6k 2.1×	421 0.7×	252	8.0k

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Hershey, John C., et al.. (2016). Hospital influenza pandemic stockpiling needs: A computer simulation. American Journal of Infection Control. 45(3). 272–277. 13 indexed citations

Asch, David A., Jeremy M. Asch, Nora V. Becker, et al.. (2013). Where are lifesaving automated external defibrillators located and how hard is it to find them in a large urban city?. Resuscitation. 84(7). 910–914. 20 indexed citations

Chang, Anna Marie, Heather Griffis, Shawndra Hill, et al.. (2013). Using a mobile app and mobile workforce to validate data about emergency public health resources. Emergency Medicine Journal. 31(7). 545–548. 6 indexed citations

DeKay, Michael L., John C. Hershey, Mark Spranca, Peter A. Ubel, & David A. Asch. (2006). Are medical treatments for individuals and groups like single-play and multiple-play gambles?. Judgment and Decision Making. 1(2). 134–145. 7 indexed citations

Jepson, Christopher, David A. Asch, John C. Hershey, & Peter A. Ubel. (2005). In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 58(1). 103–105. 208 indexed citations

Hershey, John C., David A. Asch, Christopher Jepson, Jonathan Baron, & Peter A. Ubel. (2003). Incremental and Average Cost‐Effectiveness Ratios: Will Physicians Make a Distinction?. Risk Analysis. 23(1). 81–89. 15 indexed citations

DeKay, Michael L., Carol A. Nickerson, Peter A. Ubel, et al.. (2000). Further Explorations of Medical Decisions for Individuals and for Groups. Medical Decision Making. 20(1). 39–44. 6 indexed citations

Baron, Jonathan, John C. Hershey, & Howard Kunreuther. (2000). Determinants of Priority for Risk Reduction: The Role of Worry. Risk Analysis. 20(4). 413–428. 108 indexed citations

Ubel, Peter A., Mark Spranca, Michael L. DeKay, John C. Hershey, & David A. Asch. (1998). Public Preferences for Prevention versus Cure: What if an Ounce of Prevention is Worth Only an Ounce of Cure?. Medical Decision Making. 18(2). 141–148. 45 indexed citations

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Asch, David A. & John C. Hershey. (1997). The three-salesmen conundrum in medicine. The Lancet. 350(9088). 1393–1394. 1 indexed citations

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Meszaros, Jacqueline, et al.. (1996). Cognitive processes and the decisions of some parents to forego pertussis vaccination for their children. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 49(6). 697–703. 215 indexed citations

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Beattie, Jane, Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey, & Mark Spranca. (1994). Psychological determinants of decision attitude. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 7(2). 129–144. 136 indexed citations

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Asch, David A., Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey, et al.. (1994). Omission Bias and Pertussis Vaccination. Medical Decision Making. 14(2). 118–123. 156 indexed citations

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Asch, David A., James Patton, John C. Hershey, & Michael T. Mennuti. (1993). Reporting the results of cystic fibrosis carrier screening. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 168(1). 1–6. 25 indexed citations

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Winkenwerder, William, et al.. (1993). Variation in physicians’ decision-making thresholds in management of a sexually transmitted disease. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 8(7). 369–373. 5 indexed citations

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Escarce, José J., John M. Eisenberg, John C. Hershey, et al.. (1992). Assessing Physicians Estimates of the Probability of Coronary Artery Disease. Medical Decision Making. 12(2). 109–114. 17 indexed citations

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Young, Mark, Lisbeth S. Fried, John M. Eisenberg, John C. Hershey, & Sankey V. Williams. (1989). The Single-cutoff Trap. Medical Decision Making. 9(3). 176–180. 13 indexed citations

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Baron, Jonathan & John C. Hershey. (1988). Outcome bias in decision evaluation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 54(4). 569–579. 408 indexed citations

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Hershey, John C. & Jonathan Baron. (1987). Clinical Reasoning and Cognitive Processes. Medical Decision Making. 7(4). 203–211. 54 indexed citations

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Hershey, John C., Randall D. Cebul, & Sankey V. Williams. (1987). The Importance of considering single Testing When Two Tests Are Available. Medical Decision Making. 7(4). 212–219. 7 indexed citations

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