Justin Farrell

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Justin Farrell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Farrell has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Justin Farrell's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 papers), Social Media and Politics (3 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers). Justin Farrell is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 papers), Social Media and Politics (3 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers). Justin Farrell collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Spain. Justin Farrell's co-authors include Kathryn McConnell, Paul Berne Burow, J. Tom Mueller, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Robert J. Brulle, David Cunningham, Rory McVeigh, Jude Bayham, Kyle Powys Whyte and Núria Almirón and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Justin Farrell

22 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Corporate funding and ideological polarization about climate change
    2015 318 citations Justin Farrell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Justin Farrell
David B. Tindall Canada
Nelya Koteyko United Kingdom
Kirby Goidel United States
Warren Pearce United Kingdom
Sheldon Ungar Canada
Deserai A. Crow United States
Anna Olofsson Sweden
Elizabeth A. Shanahan United States
Jan M. Gutteling Netherlands
Jason T. Carmichael United States
David B. Tindall Canada
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Countries citing papers authored by Justin Farrell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Justin Farrell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Farrell

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

All Works

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McConnell, Kathryn, J. Tom Mueller, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Paul Berne Burow, & Justin Farrell. (2023). Informal Modes of Social Support among Residents of the Rural American West during the COVID‐19 Pandemic☆. Rural Sociology. 88(4). 972–1000. 3 indexed citations
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Almirón, Núria, et al.. (2022). Climate change contrarian think tanks in Europe: A network analysis. Public Understanding of Science. 32(3). 268–283. 11 indexed citations
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Mueller, J. Tom, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Kathryn McConnell, Paul Berne Burow, & Justin Farrell. (2021). Elevated serious psychological distress, economic disruption, and the COVID-19 pandemic in the nonmetropolitan American West. Preventive Medicine. 155. 106919–106919. 8 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin, et al.. (2021). Effects of land dispossession and forced migration on Indigenous peoples in North America. Science. 374(6567). eabe4943–eabe4943. 91 indexed citations
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Mueller, J. Tom, et al.. (2020). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(1). 243 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2020). Billionaire Wilderness. Princeton University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2020). Billionaire Wilderness. Princeton University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin, Kathryn McConnell, & Robert J. Brulle. (2019). Evidence-based strategies to combat scientific misinformation. Nature Climate Change. 9(3). 191–195. 115 indexed citations
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Burow, Paul Berne, Kathryn McConnell, & Justin Farrell. (2019). Social scientific research on the American West: current debates, novel methods, and new directions. Environmental Research Letters. 14(12). 125012–125012. 10 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2018). The growth of climate change misinformation in US philanthropy: evidence from natural language processing. Environmental Research Letters. 14(3). 34013–34013. 60 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2017). The Battle for Yellowstone. Princeton University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2015). The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict. Princeton University Press eBooks. 56 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2015). Corporate funding and ideological polarization about climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(1). 92–97. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farrell, Justin. (2015). Network structure and influence of the climate change counter-movement. Nature Climate Change. 6(4). 370–374. 161 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2015). Echo chambers and false certainty. Nature Climate Change. 5(8). 719–720. 16 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2014). Moral Outpouring. Social Problems. 61(3). 482–506. 14 indexed citations
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McVeigh, Rory, David Cunningham, & Justin Farrell. (2014). Political Polarization as a Social Movement Outcome. American Sociological Review. 79(6). 1144–1171. 58 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2011). The Divine Online: Civic Organizing, Identity Building, and Internet Fluency Among Different Religious Groups. Journal of Media and Religion. 10(2). 73–90. 13 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2011). Environmental Activism and Moral Schemas. Environment and Behavior. 45(3). 399–423. 36 indexed citations
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Farrell, Justin. (2011). The Young and the Restless? The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50(3). 517–532. 26 indexed citations

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