Kathryn P. Davison

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kathryn P. Davison is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn P. Davison has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Social Psychology, 2 papers in Applied Psychology and 1 paper in Health. Recurrent topics in Kathryn P. Davison's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (1 paper), Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 paper) and Humor Studies and Applications (1 paper). Kathryn P. Davison is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (1 paper), Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 paper) and Humor Studies and Applications (1 paper). Kathryn P. Davison collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Zealand. Kathryn P. Davison's co-authors include James W. Pennebaker, Sally S. Dickerson, Roger J. Booth, Keith J. Petrie, et al., Mark Thomas, Robert J. Gatchel, Andrew Baum and Brent Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and Psychology and Health.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn P. Davison

6 papers receiving 1000 citations

Hit Papers

Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups. 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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. Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.
    2000 501 citations Kathryn P. Davison, James W. Pennebaker et al. American Psychologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kathryn P. Davison United States 5 467 325 230 227 165 6 1.1k
Kathryn D. Lafreniere Canada 19 359 0.8× 422 1.3× 283 1.2× 269 1.2× 116 0.7× 49 1.2k
Jennifer Ragan United States 6 481 1.0× 748 2.3× 246 1.1× 145 0.6× 89 0.5× 8 1.2k
Allison A. Vaughn United States 18 356 0.8× 347 1.1× 223 1.0× 165 0.7× 210 1.3× 35 1000
Joanne Frattaroli United States 4 675 1.4× 411 1.3× 132 0.6× 89 0.4× 145 0.9× 4 1.2k
Dale G. Larson United States 15 482 1.0× 693 2.1× 220 1.0× 270 1.2× 62 0.4× 23 1.4k
Celia C. Y. Wong United States 17 345 0.7× 716 2.2× 242 1.1× 138 0.6× 163 1.0× 30 1.2k
Michele Mouttapa United States 19 284 0.6× 337 1.0× 321 1.4× 341 1.5× 161 1.0× 49 1.3k
Derek R. Freres United States 20 311 0.7× 906 2.8× 241 1.0× 308 1.4× 224 1.4× 25 1.5k
Lindsay R. Duncan Canada 20 168 0.4× 196 0.6× 327 1.4× 283 1.2× 266 1.6× 73 1.1k
William L. Gekoski Canada 14 604 1.3× 539 1.7× 250 1.1× 288 1.3× 119 0.7× 30 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathryn P. Davison

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathryn P. Davison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathryn P. Davison

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Henderson, Brent, Kathryn P. Davison, James W. Pennebaker, Robert J. Gatchel, & Andrew Baum. (2002). Disease Disclosure Patterns Among Breast Cancer Patients. Psychology and Health. 17(1). 51–62. 44 indexed citations
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Davison, Kathryn P., James W. Pennebaker, & Sally S. Dickerson. (2000). Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.. American Psychologist. 55(2). 205–217. 501 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davison, Kathryn P., James W. Pennebaker, & Sally S. Dickerson. (2000). Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.. American Psychologist. 55(2). 205–217. 36 indexed citations
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Davison, Kathryn P. & James W. Pennebaker. (1996). Emotions, thoughts and healing: After Dafter.. 3 indexed citations
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Petrie, Keith J., Roger J. Booth, James W. Pennebaker, Kathryn P. Davison, & et al.. (1995). Disclosure of trauma and immune response to a hepatitis B vaccination program.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 63(5). 787–792. 263 indexed citations
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Petrie, Keith J., Roger J. Booth, James W. Pennebaker, Kathryn P. Davison, & Mark Thomas. (1995). Disclosure of trauma and immune response to a hepatitis B vaccination program.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 63(5). 787–792. 231 indexed citations

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