John W. Ayers

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

John W. Ayers is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Ayers has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Epidemiology, 33 papers in Health and 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John W. Ayers's work include Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (34 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (29 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers). John W. Ayers is often cited by papers focused on Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (34 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (29 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers). John W. Ayers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. John W. Ayers's co-authors include Mark Dredze, Eric C. Leas, Benjamin M. Althouse, Davey M. Smith, Kurt M. Ribisl, John S. Brownstein, Theodore L. Caputi, Chris Longhurst, Adam Poliak and Michael Hogarth and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

John W. Ayers

104 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum

2023 1.2k citations John W. Ayers, Adam Poliak et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Ayers United States	37	899	899	883	855	773	106	4.7k
Eric C. Leas United States	30	352 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	371 0.4×	835 1.0×	456 0.6×	89	3.4k
Stacy M. Carter Australia	38	462 0.5×	443 0.5×	685 0.8×	465 0.5×	1.8k 2.4×	186	5.7k
Bernice S. Elger Switzerland	38	309 0.3×	344 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	321 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	368	5.5k
Dominic King United Kingdom	27	312 0.3×	209 0.2×	255 0.3×	819 1.0×	902 1.2×	64	4.2k
Liliana Laranjo Australia	27	177 0.2×	369 0.4×	484 0.5×	332 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	83	3.3k
David Carrell United States	36	713 0.8×	296 0.3×	942 1.1×	151 0.2×	1.2k 1.5×	98	5.5k
Adam G. Dunn Australia	32	368 0.4×	139 0.2×	908 1.0×	210 0.2×	623 0.8×	139	3.6k
Alison O’Mara-Eves United Kingdom	24	206 0.2×	418 0.5×	501 0.6×	101 0.1×	939 1.2×	66	4.2k
Iain Chalmers United Kingdom	39	527 0.6×	432 0.5×	892 1.0×	128 0.1×	2.9k 3.7×	130	8.8k
Wendy Rogers Australia	34	208 0.2×	226 0.3×	449 0.5×	352 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	172	4.1k

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Leas, Eric C., et al.. (2024). Using Large Language Models to Support Content Analysis: A Case Study of ChatGPT for Adverse Event Detection. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e52499–e52499. 8 indexed citations

Ayers, John W., Adam Poliak, Mark Dredze, et al.. (2023). Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum. JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(6). 589–589. 1184 indexed citations breakdown →

Ayers, John W., Aaron M. Goodman, & Davey M. Smith. (2023). #MedEd: Medical Education and Knowledge Translation on Social Media. JAMA. 330(10). 909–909. 4 indexed citations

Patton, Thomas, Daniela Abramovitz, Derek C. Johnson, et al.. (2022). Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(12). e41527–e41527. 6 indexed citations

Johnson, Derek C., Alicia L. Nobles, Theodore L. Caputi, et al.. (2021). Monitoring HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis information seeking by combining digital and traditional data. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 215–215. 4 indexed citations

Ayers, John W., Benjamin M. Althouse, Adam Poliak, et al.. (2020). Quantifying Public Interest in Police Reforms by Mining Internet Search Data Following George Floyd’s Death. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e22574–e22574. 8 indexed citations

Leas, Eric C., Judith J. Prochaska, John W. Ayers, Alicia L. Nobles, & Lisa Henriksen. (2019). What to do when tobacco advertisers exploit antitobacco social media campaigns to sell tobacco. Tobacco Control. 29(2). 243–244. 2 indexed citations

Ayers, John W., Theodore L. Caputi, Camille Nebeker, & Mark Dredze. (2018). Don’t quote me: reverse identification of research participants in social media studies. npj Digital Medicine. 1(1). 30–30. 102 indexed citations

Noar, Seth M., Eric C. Leas, Benjamin M. Althouse, et al.. (2017). Can a selfie promote public engagement with skin cancer?. Preventive Medicine. 111. 280–283. 29 indexed citations

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Caputi, Theodore L., Davey M. Smith, & John W. Ayers. (2017). Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015. JAMA. 318(23). 2349–2349. 40 indexed citations

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Ayers, John W., J. Lee Westmaas, Eric C. Leas, et al.. (2016). Leveraging Big Data to Improve Health Awareness Campaigns: A Novel Evaluation of the Great American Smokeout. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2(1). e16–e16. 49 indexed citations

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Tripodi, Stephen J., et al.. (2015). Examining the Dose-Response Relationships Between Childhood Victimization, Depression, Psychosis, and Substance Misuse for Women Prisoners. Women & Criminal Justice. 26(2). 1–22. 2 indexed citations

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Ayers, John W., et al.. (2014). What’s the Healthiest Day?. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 47(1). 73–76. 32 indexed citations

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Chunara, Rumi, et al.. (2013). Assessing the Online Social Environment for Surveillance of Obesity Prevalence. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61373–e61373. 57 indexed citations

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Ayers, John W., Benjamin M. Althouse, Jon‐Patrick Allem, et al.. (2012). A Novel Evaluation of World No Tobacco Day in Latin America. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 14(3). e77–e77. 48 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, C. Richard, et al.. (2010). It's others, not the police: Smoking, reprimand, and fines among adults of Korean descent in California.. Health Psychology. 29(3). 255–261. 23 indexed citations

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Ayers, John W., C. Richard Hofstetter, Veronica L. Irvin, et al.. (2010). Can Religion Help Prevent Obesity? Religious Messages and the Prevalence of Being Overweight or Obese Among Korean Women in California. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 49(3). 536–549. 23 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, C. Richard, John W. Ayers, Veronica L. Irvin, et al.. (2009). Does Church Participation Facilitate Tobacco Control? A Report on Korean Immigrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 12(2). 187–197. 25 indexed citations

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Ayers, John W. & C. Richard Hofstetter. (2008). American Muslim Political Participation Following 9/11: Religious Belief, Political Resources, Social Structures, and Political Awareness. Politics and Religion. 1(1). 3–26. 43 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, C. Richard, et al.. (2008). The Bishops and Their Flock: John Kerry and the Case of Catholic Voters in 2004. Politics and Religion. 1(3). 436–455. 8 indexed citations

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