Mark Nichter

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Mark Nichter is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Nichter has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Physiology, 30 papers in General Health Professions and 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Nichter's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (36 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Mark Nichter is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (36 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Mark Nichter collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Indonesia. Mark Nichter's co-authors include Mimi Nichter, Nancy Vuckovic, Vinay R. Kamat, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Brian R. Flay, Melanie Wakefield, Gary A. Giovino, Jennifer Jo Thompson, Aslı Çarkoğlu and Gauri Pathak and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mark Nichter

175 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Idioms of distress: Alternatives in the expression of psychosocial distress: A case study from South India

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Nichter United States	48	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	1.0k	178	7.1k
Rima Afifi Lebanon	28	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	987 0.9×	954 0.9×	625 0.6×	117	4.7k
Joy L. Johnson Canada	48	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	248	7.7k
Charles W. Warren United States	35	1.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	982 0.9×	694 0.7×	118	5.4k
Daniel L. Bibeau United States	12	2.6k 1.8×	870 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	818 0.8×	775 0.8×	40	6.0k
Dorothy Currie United Kingdom	29	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	919 0.9×	423 0.4×	67	4.4k
Arja Rimpelä Finland	45	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	238	8.2k
Jo Anne Grunbaum United States	36	2.5k 1.8×	874 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	2.4k 2.3×	1.0k 1.0×	80	6.9k
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn Ireland	42	2.0k 1.4×	602 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	999 1.0×	178	5.9k
Ben J. Smith Australia	41	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	640 0.6×	473 0.5×	174	6.4k
Hannah McGee Ireland	51	2.3k 1.6×	598 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	981 0.9×	621 0.6×	247	11.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Nichter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Nichter

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Melby, Melissa K., et al.. (2025). “The Littlest Creatures that Live Inside Us”: Public understandings influencing microbiome-related behaviors. Social Science & Medicine. 376. 117864–117864.

Melby, Melissa K., Meghan B. Azad, Sarah Turner, et al.. (2025). Public Health Microbiome Curriculum: Looking Below the Tip of the Iceberg for Approaches to Population Health. Microbial Biotechnology. 18(6). e70160–e70160.

Pathak, Gauri & Mark Nichter. (2023). Navigating Crises of Scale in the Anthropocene. Anthropology in Action. 30(1). 24–32. 2 indexed citations

Chebet, Joy J., Shannon A. McMahon, Kacey C. Ernst, et al.. (2023). Motivations for pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and decline in an HIV-hyperendemic setting: findings from a qualitative implementation study in Lesotho. AIDS Research and Therapy. 20(1). 43–43. 5 indexed citations

Pathak, Gauri, Mark Nichter, Anita Hardon, et al.. (2023). Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes. Global Environmental Change. 80. 102648–102648. 104 indexed citations

Nichter, Mark, et al.. (2022). Moral framing in health promotion: lessons from an Indonesian case study. Global Health Promotion. 30(2). 19–27. 2 indexed citations

Nichter, Mimi, et al.. (2017). Engaging nurses in smoking cessation: Challenges and opportunities in Turkey. Health Policy. 122(2). 192–197. 12 indexed citations

Nichter, Mimi, et al.. (2015). Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 480–480. 30 indexed citations

Nichter, Mark, et al.. (2015). Laying the groundwork for Tobacco Cessation Education in Medical Colleges in Indonesia. Education for Health. 28(3). 169–169. 4 indexed citations

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Awasthi, Shally, et al.. (2015). Revisiting Community Case Management of Childhood Pneumonia: Perceptions of Caregivers and Grass Root Health Providers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Northern India. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123135–e0123135. 25 indexed citations

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Blank, Melissa D., et al.. (2010). Areca nut dependence among chewers in a South Indian community who do not also use tobacco. Addiction. 105(7). 1303–1310. 57 indexed citations

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Ng, Nawi, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, & Mark Nichter. (2008). Smoking behavior among former tuberculosis patients in Indonesia: intervention is needed.. PubMed. 12(5). 567–72. 32 indexed citations

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Ng, Nawi, et al.. (2008). Reading culture from tobacco advertisements in Indonesia. Tobacco Control. 18(2). 98–107. 84 indexed citations

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Thompson, Jennifer Jo & Mark Nichter. (2007). The compliance paradox: what we need to know about "real-world" dietary supplement use in the United States.. PubMed. 13(2). 48–55. 10 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, Mark Nichter, & David Van Sickle. (2003). Popular perceptions of tobacco products and patterns of use among male college students in India. Social Science & Medicine. 59(2). 415–431. 62 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark, et al.. (2002). Using qualitative research to inform survey development on nicotine dependence among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 68. 41–56. 66 indexed citations

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Higginbotham, Nick, et al.. (2001). Measles immunization acceptance in Southeast Asia: past patterns and future challenges.. PubMed. 32(4). 791–804. 5 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark. (1993). Social Science Lessons from Diarrhea Research and Their Application to ARI. Human Organization. 52(1). 53–67. 22 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark. (1991). Ethnomedicine: Diverse trends, common linkages. Commentary. Medical Anthropology. 13(1-2). 137–171. 27 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi & Mark Nichter. (1986). Health Education by Appropriate Analogy: Using the Familiar to Explain the New.. 19(1). 63–71. 13 indexed citations

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