Joseph Fera

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Joseph Fera is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Fera has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Health and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Joseph Fera's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (9 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (9 papers). Joseph Fera is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (9 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (9 papers). Joseph Fera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Joseph Fera's co-authors include Corey H. Basch, Charles E. Basch, Christie Jaime, Zoe C Meleo-Erwin, Danna Ethan, Lorie Donelle, Jan Mohlman, Hao Tang, Philip Garcia and Sarah A. MacLean and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Infection Control and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Fera

36 papers receiving 659 citations

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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.

A global pandemic in the time of viral memes: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and disinformation on TikTok

2021 177 citations Corey H. Basch, Zoe C Meleo-Erwin et al. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Fera United States	13	362	193	148	110	89	41	681
Christie Jaime United States	6	377 1.0×	205 1.1×	94 0.6×	111 1.0×	100 1.1×	9	578
James Kite Australia	18	240 0.7×	146 0.8×	193 1.3×	74 0.7×	87 1.0×	41	871
Megan A. Moreno United States	7	336 0.9×	100 0.5×	73 0.5×	129 1.2×	72 0.8×	11	525
Nour Mheidly United States	5	234 0.6×	118 0.6×	105 0.7×	80 0.7×	226 2.5×	7	670
Lourdes S. Martinez United States	13	265 0.7×	104 0.5×	204 1.4×	88 0.8×	48 0.5×	35	642
Santosh Vijaykumar United Kingdom	19	336 0.9×	123 0.6×	183 1.2×	156 1.4×	56 0.6×	53	878
Carolyn Lauckner United States	13	276 0.8×	105 0.5×	376 2.5×	76 0.7×	131 1.5×	35	860
Corine S. Meppelink Netherlands	13	270 0.7×	209 1.1×	388 2.6×	55 0.5×	48 0.5×	23	783
Jad Melki Lebanon	14	319 0.9×	74 0.4×	69 0.5×	173 1.6×	106 1.2×	34	613
Mengfei Guan United States	10	225 0.6×	75 0.4×	79 0.5×	68 0.6×	43 0.5×	15	409

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Fera

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2024). Traffic as an Urban Health Determinant: Coverage of the New York City Congestion Pricing Plan on TikTok. Journal of Community Health. 50(2). 280–286.

Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2023). Most liked #monkeypox videos on TikTok: Implications for infection control. American Journal of Infection Control. 52(1). 123–124. 3 indexed citations

Samuel, Lalitha, Joseph Fera, & Corey H. Basch. (2023). Readability Analysis of Online Health Information on Gestational Diabetes. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 27(1). 26–34.

Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2023). Using Social Media to Discuss Chronic Pain: A Descriptive Study of TikTok Content. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 27(2). 173–183. 4 indexed citations

Donelle, Lorie, et al.. (2022). Investigating #covidnurse Messages on TikTok: Descriptive Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). e35274–e35274. 12 indexed citations

Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2022). Debate in Public Versus Independent Secondary Schools in New York City: Post-COVID-19 Health literacy and Equal Access to Basic Educational Opportunities. Journal of Community Health. 47(5). 745–749. 1 indexed citations

Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2022). #StopAsianHate: A content analysis of TikTok videos focused on racial discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100089–100089. 7 indexed citations

Samuel, Lalitha, Joseph Fera, & Corey H. Basch. (2022). Lost in print: difficulty in reading online information pertaining to phenylketonuria. Journal of Community Genetics. 14(2). 185–188. 1 indexed citations

Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2021). Promoting Mask Use on TikTok: Descriptive, Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 7(2). e26392–e26392. 70 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., Zoe C Meleo-Erwin, Joseph Fera, Christie Jaime, & Charles E. Basch. (2021). A global pandemic in the time of viral memes: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and disinformation on TikTok. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 17(8). 2373–2377. 177 indexed citations breakdown →

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2021). Correction: Community Mitigation of COVID-19 and Portrayal of Testing on TikTok: Descriptive Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 7(6). e31542–e31542.

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Garcia, Philip, Joseph Fera, Jan Mohlman, & Corey H. Basch. (2021). Assessing the Readability of Covid-19 Testing Messages on the Internet. Journal of Community Health. 46(5). 913–917. 8 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2021). Videos With the Hashtag #vaping on TikTok and Implications for Informed Decision-making by Adolescents: Descriptive Study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 4(4). e30681–e30681. 17 indexed citations

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Meleo-Erwin, Zoe C, et al.. (2021). Discussion of Weight Loss Surgery in Instagram Posts: Successive Sampling Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). e29390–e29390. 5 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2021). A content analysis of direct-to-consumer DNA testing on TikTok. Journal of Community Genetics. 12(3). 489–492. 12 indexed citations

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Meleo-Erwin, Zoe C, Corey H. Basch, Joseph Fera, & Philip Garcia. (2020). Readability of online dengue materials: The need for accessible information as part of infectious disease prevention and control efforts. Infection Disease & Health. 25(4). 277–282. 3 indexed citations

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Mohlman, Jan, et al.. (2020). Communicating Mental Health Support to College Students During COVID-19: An Exploration of Website Messaging. Journal of Community Health. 45(6). 1259–1262. 36 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2019). Information regarding Zika virus on the Internet: A cross-sectional study of readability. American Journal of Infection Control. 48(6). 714–715. 3 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2019). Readability of influenza information online: Implications for consumer health. American Journal of Infection Control. 47(11). 1298–1301. 6 indexed citations

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Basch, Corey H., et al.. (2018). Readability of online material related to skin cancer. Public Health. 163. 137–140. 8 indexed citations

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