Meghan Zacher

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Meghan Zacher is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meghan Zacher has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Meghan Zacher's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (11 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (7 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers). Meghan Zacher is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (11 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (7 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers). Meghan Zacher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Meghan Zacher's co-authors include Melanie Wakefield, Michelle Scollo, Sarah Durkin, Kerri Coomber, Emily Brennan, Robbee Wedow, Sarah R. Lowe, Ethan J. Raker, Aysu Okbay and Nicholas A. Furlotte and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Meghan Zacher

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG
    2017 538 citations Patrick Turley, Raymond K. Walters et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meghan Zacher United States 14 403 323 209 144 134 31 1.2k
Maria Rosaria Galanti Sweden 29 322 0.8× 508 1.6× 432 2.1× 204 1.4× 103 0.8× 83 2.1k
Lori H. Erby United States 21 523 1.3× 75 0.2× 278 1.3× 88 0.6× 162 1.2× 53 1.3k
David O. Garcia United States 19 220 0.5× 393 1.2× 420 2.0× 102 0.7× 100 0.7× 95 1.5k
Sarah Neil‐Sztramko Canada 24 160 0.4× 396 1.2× 297 1.4× 222 1.5× 47 0.4× 105 2.0k
Heidi Hamann United States 23 496 1.2× 116 0.4× 443 2.1× 93 0.6× 432 3.2× 75 1.9k
Victoria Senior United Kingdom 21 334 0.8× 54 0.2× 176 0.8× 83 0.6× 268 2.0× 34 1.4k
Solveig Petersen Sweden 26 99 0.2× 163 0.5× 443 2.1× 165 1.1× 125 0.9× 69 1.9k
Holly L. Peay United States 27 403 1.0× 186 0.6× 349 1.7× 423 2.9× 197 1.5× 122 1.8k
Liesbeth van Osch Netherlands 24 186 0.5× 350 1.1× 251 1.2× 52 0.4× 314 2.3× 69 1.7k
Joanna McParland United Kingdom 15 110 0.3× 110 0.3× 83 0.4× 119 0.8× 69 0.5× 40 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Meghan Zacher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meghan Zacher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meghan Zacher

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zacher, Meghan. (2023). Educational Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence and Blood Pressure Percentiles in the Health and Retirement Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 78(9). 1535–1544. 6 indexed citations
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Zacher, Meghan, et al.. (2023). Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal study of Hurricane Katrina survivors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100198–100198. 4 indexed citations
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Zacher, Meghan, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Maternal Disaster Exposure on Adolescent Mental Health 12 Years Later. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 50(9). 1191–1205. 4 indexed citations
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Zacher, Meghan, et al.. (2021). Do health trajectories predict neighborhood outcomes? Evidence of health selection in a diverse sample of U.S. adults. Health & Place. 73. 102713–102713. 5 indexed citations
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Raker, Ethan J., Meghan Zacher, & Sarah R. Lowe. (2020). Lessons from Hurricane Katrina for predicting the indirect health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23). 12595–12597. 55 indexed citations
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Lowe, Sarah R., Ethan J. Raker, & Meghan Zacher. (2020). Extremes in Context: A Life-Course Approach to Disaster Mental Health. One Earth. 2(6). 497–499. 8 indexed citations
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Lowe, Sarah R., Ethan J. Raker, Mariana Arcaya, et al.. (2020). A Life‐Course Model of Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Among Low‐Income Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 33(6). 950–961. 10 indexed citations
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Wedow, Robbee, Meghan Zacher, Brooke M. Huibregtse, et al.. (2018). Education, Smoking, and Cohort Change: Forwarding a Multidimensional Theory of the Environmental Moderation of Genetic Effects. American Sociological Review. 83(4). 802–832. 46 indexed citations
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Okbay, Aysu, Robbee Wedow, Edward Kong, et al.. (2017). GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results. Behavior Genetics. 47(6). 699–700. 2 indexed citations
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Turley, Patrick, Raymond K. Walters, Omeed Maghzian, et al.. (2017). Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG. Nature Genetics. 50(2). 229–237. 538 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liebler, Carolyn A. & Meghan Zacher. (2016). History, place, and racial self-representation in 21st century America. Social Science Research. 57. 211–232. 13 indexed citations
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Zacher, Meghan, Megan Bayly, Emily Brennan, et al.. (2015). Personal pack display and active smoking at outdoor café strips: assessing the impact of plain packaging 1 year postimplementation. Tobacco Control. 24(Suppl 2). ii94–ii97. 10 indexed citations
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Wakefield, Melanie, Kerri Coomber, Meghan Zacher, et al.. (2015). Australian adult smokers’ responses to plain packaging with larger graphic health warnings 1 year after implementation: results from a national cross-sectional tracking survey. Tobacco Control. 24(Suppl 2). ii17–ii25. 106 indexed citations
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Scollo, Michelle, Meghan Zacher, Kerri Coomber, Megan Bayly, & Melanie Wakefield. (2015). Changes in use of types of tobacco products by pack sizes and price segments, prices paid and consumption following the introduction of plain packaging in Australia. Tobacco Control. 24(Suppl 2). ii66–ii75. 32 indexed citations
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Scully, Maree, Molly McCarthy, Meghan Zacher, et al.. (2013). Density of tobacco retail outlets near schools and smoking behaviour among secondary school students. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 37(6). 574–578. 27 indexed citations
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Liebler, Carolyn A. & Meghan Zacher. (2012). American Indians without tribes in the twenty-first century. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 36(11). 1910–1934. 10 indexed citations
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Wakefield, Melanie, Meghan Zacher, Michelle Scollo, & Sarah Durkin. (2012). Brand placement on price boards after tobacco display bans: a point-of-sale audit in Melbourne, Australia. Tobacco Control. 21(6). 589–592. 16 indexed citations

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