John Kotcher

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

John Kotcher is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kotcher has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 12 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in John Kotcher's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (49 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (30 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers). John Kotcher is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (49 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (30 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers). John Kotcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. John Kotcher's co-authors include Edward Maibach, Matthew C. Nisbet, Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth A. Rosenthal, Matthew T. Ballew, Matthew H. Goldberg, Teresa Myers, Eryn Campbell, Emily K. Vraga and Jeni Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

John Kotcher

55 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Views of health professionals on climate change and health: a multinational survey study

2021 324 citations John Kotcher, Edward Maibach et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →
Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends

2019 221 citations Matthew T. Ballew, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States

2021 131 citations Anandita Sabherwal, Matthew T. Ballew et al. Journal of Applied Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Kotcher United States	22	1.3k	616	443	325	241	61	2.1k
Karen Akerlof United States	13	1.1k 0.8×	639 1.0×	263 0.6×	141 0.4×	270 1.1×	28	1.5k
Tim Kurz Australia	24	1.2k 0.9×	642 1.0×	145 0.3×	401 1.2×	234 1.0×	58	2.1k
Matthew T. Ballew United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	828 1.3×	176 0.4×	187 0.6×	177 0.7×	32	1.7k
Robert J. Griffin United States	23	1.7k 1.3×	305 0.5×	747 1.7×	681 2.1×	417 1.7×	81	3.6k
Joseph Reser Australia	25	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	328 0.7×	108 0.3×	279 1.2×	70	2.5k
Teresa Myers United States	23	2.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.7×	132 0.3×	619 1.9×	346 1.4×	46	3.0k
Matthew H. Goldberg United States	25	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	93 0.2×	245 0.8×	302 1.3×	74	2.3k
Stuart Capstick United Kingdom	31	2.4k 1.9×	1.8k 3.0×	291 0.7×	270 0.8×	750 3.1×	57	3.9k
Connie Roser‐Renouf United States	26	3.2k 2.5×	1.9k 3.1×	409 0.9×	628 1.9×	683 2.8×	48	4.1k
Lisa Zaval United States	13	885 0.7×	634 1.0×	117 0.3×	86 0.3×	188 0.8×	18	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by John Kotcher

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Kotcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kotcher

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

All Works

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Thier, Kathryn, et al.. (2025). The impact of public health messages on audience engagement and collective climate action. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 64. 101539–101539.

Ettinger, Joshua, et al.. (2025). Communicating with policy makers about climate change, health, and their intersection: a scoping review. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(1). e53–e61. 1 indexed citations

Ballew, Matthew T., Teresa Myers, Eryn Campbell, et al.. (2024). Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 8 indexed citations

Kotcher, John, et al.. (2024). How to communicate about climate change with patients. BMJ. 385. e079831–e079831. 5 indexed citations

Kotcher, John, et al.. (2023). Calling attention to opponents of climate action in climate and health messaging. The Lancet Planetary Health. 7(11). e938–e946. 9 indexed citations

Campbell, Eryn, et al.. (2023). Public and Health Professional Engagement with Climate Change as a Health Issue: A Review of the Literature. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Campbell, Eryn, John Kotcher, Teresa Myers, et al.. (2023). The potential role of descriptive and dynamic norms in promoting climate change advocacy. 3(1). 6 indexed citations

Lowe, Benjamin S., Susan K. Jacobson, Glenn D. Israel, et al.. (2022). The generational divide over climate change among American evangelicals. Environmental Research Letters. 17(11). 114020–114020. 5 indexed citations

Lyons, Benjamin, Christina E. Farhart, Michael P. Hall, et al.. (2021). Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 9(2). 225–240. 15 indexed citations

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Sabherwal, Anandita, Matthew T. Ballew, Sander van der Linden, et al.. (2021). The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 51(4). 321–333. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kotcher, John, Jeni Miller, Eryn Campbell, et al.. (2021). Prescription for healing the climate crisis: Insights on how to activate health professionals to advocate for climate and health solutions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100082–100082. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Hye‐Ryeon, et al.. (2021). Health professional's willingness to advocate for strengthening global commitments to the Paris climate agreement: Findings from a multi-nation survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100016–100016. 25 indexed citations

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Kotcher, John, Edward Maibach, Jeni Miller, et al.. (2021). Views of health professionals on climate change and health: a multinational survey study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(5). e316–e323. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wynes, Seth, John Kotcher, & Simon D. Donner. (2021). Can citizen pressure influence politicians’ communication about climate change? Results from a field experiment. Climatic Change. 168(1-2). 6–6. 1 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Abel, Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer R. Marlon, et al.. (2020). American Public Responses to COVID-19. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 7 indexed citations

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Kotcher, John, et al.. (2020). Recruiting health professionals as sustainability advocates. The Lancet Planetary Health. 4(10). e445–e446. 17 indexed citations

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Kotcher, John, et al.. (2019). Fossil fuels are harming our brains: identifying key messages about the health effects of air pollution from fossil fuels. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1079–1079. 118 indexed citations

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Kotcher, John, et al.. (2018). How Americans Respond to Information About Global Warming's Health Impacts: Evidence From a National Survey Experiment. GeoHealth. 2(9). 262–275. 54 indexed citations

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Vraga, Emily K., et al.. (2015). A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Measuring News Media Literacy. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 62 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaoquan, et al.. (2014). Partisan differences in the relationship between newspaper coverage and concern over global warming. Public Understanding of Science. 25(5). 543–559. 14 indexed citations

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