John McAlaney

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John McAlaney is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John McAlaney has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in John McAlaney's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (21 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). John McAlaney is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (21 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). John McAlaney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Qatar. John McAlaney's co-authors include Jim McCambridge, Richard Rowe, Bridgette M. Bewick, Raian Ali, John McMahon, Robert C. Dempsey, Sally Zlotowitz, Harvey Whitehouse, Caspar J. Van Lissa and Oliver Scott Curry and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

John McAlaney

79 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor
    2018 313 citations John McAlaney et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John McAlaney United Kingdom 21 635 618 530 520 442 82 2.2k
Andrew Lac United States 34 526 0.8× 1.3k 2.1× 799 1.5× 870 1.7× 623 1.4× 92 2.9k
Adam E. Barry United States 31 507 0.8× 883 1.4× 510 1.0× 799 1.5× 814 1.8× 153 3.1k
JeeWon Cheong United States 30 557 0.9× 518 0.8× 421 0.8× 1.2k 2.3× 685 1.5× 90 3.3k
Randall C. Swaim United States 25 667 1.1× 646 1.0× 213 0.4× 770 1.5× 615 1.4× 83 2.4k
Ina M. Koning Netherlands 22 637 1.0× 533 0.9× 303 0.6× 479 0.9× 410 0.9× 68 1.7k
James M. Henson United States 27 260 0.4× 861 1.4× 769 1.5× 809 1.6× 538 1.2× 61 2.4k
Danielle E. Ramo United States 37 997 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 901 1.7× 877 1.7× 1.0k 2.3× 100 4.4k
Tomi Lintonen Finland 29 669 1.1× 849 1.4× 200 0.4× 755 1.5× 799 1.8× 116 2.8k
Matthis Morgenstern Germany 25 440 0.7× 423 0.7× 510 1.0× 398 0.8× 257 0.6× 93 1.8k
Cynthia D. Mohr United States 26 347 0.5× 572 0.9× 473 0.9× 566 1.1× 425 1.0× 59 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by John McAlaney

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Fields of papers citing papers by John McAlaney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John McAlaney

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

All Works

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McAlaney, John, et al.. (2024). Forensic Perspectives on Cybercrime. 1 indexed citations
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Arden‐Close, Emily, et al.. (2023). Wellbeing in Addiction Recovery: Does It Differ across Addictions?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(14). 6375–6375.
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McAlaney, John, et al.. (2022). What’s in the box? Exploring UK players’ experiences of loot boxes in games; the conceptualisation and parallels with gambling. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263567–e0263567. 10 indexed citations
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Arden‐Close, Emily, et al.. (2022). Transparency in persuasive technology, immersive technology, and online marketing: Facilitating users’ informed decision making and practical implications. Computers in Human Behavior. 139. 107545–107545. 62 indexed citations
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McAlaney, John, et al.. (2021). Procrastination on social media: predictors of types, triggers and acceptance of countermeasures. Social Network Analysis and Mining. 11(1). 20 indexed citations
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Taylor, Jacqui, et al.. (2020). Is It Still Double Edged? Not for University Students’ Development of Moral Reasoning and Video Game Play. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1313–1313. 5 indexed citations
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Jensen, Michael J., et al.. (2020). Interdisciplinary Lessons Learned While Researching Fake News. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 537612–537612. 12 indexed citations
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McAlaney, John, et al.. (2019). Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) as Really Lived: Five Classifications and one Ecology. 1–6. 21 indexed citations
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Faily, Shamal, et al.. (2018). Rationalising Decision Making about Risk: A Normative Approach.. 263–271. 1 indexed citations
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Drosatos, George, Emily Arden‐Close, Elvira Bolat, et al.. (2018). Enabling Responsible Online Gambling by Real-time Persuasive Technologies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 44–68. 8 indexed citations
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Faily, Shamal, et al.. (2017). Folk Risk Analysis: Factors Influencing Security Analysts’ Interpretation of Risk. Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University). 7 indexed citations
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McAlaney, John, et al.. (2016). Exploring the Risk Factors of Interactive E-Health Interventions for Digital Addiction. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development. 8(2). 1–15. 15 indexed citations
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Helmer, Stefanie M., Rafael Mikolajczyk, John McAlaney, et al.. (2014). Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and personal and perceived peer attitudes towards illicit substance use. Staffordshire Online Repository (Staffordshire University). 1 indexed citations
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Helmer, Stefanie M., Rafael Mikolajczyk, John McAlaney, et al.. (2014). Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit substance use. Preventive Medicine. 67. 204–209. 43 indexed citations
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Stock, Christiane, John McAlaney, Claudia R. Pischke, et al.. (2014). Student estimations of peer alcohol consumption: Links between the Social Norms Approach and the Health Promoting University concept. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 42(15_suppl). 52–59. 22 indexed citations

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