Melanie C. Green

18.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
98 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Melanie C. Green is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie C. Green has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 39 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melanie C. Green's work include Media Influence and Health (53 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (14 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 papers). Melanie C. Green is often cited by papers focused on Media Influence and Health (53 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (14 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 papers). Melanie C. Green collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Belgium. Melanie C. Green's co-authors include Timothy C. Brock, Geoff Kaufman, Orie V. Kristel, Allyson L. Holbrook, Jenna Clark, Philip E. Tetlock, Philip E. Tetlock, Jennifer S. Lerner, John Sabini and Sara B. Algoe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melanie C. Green

94 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.

2000 2.4k citations Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.

2000 1.8k citations Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Understanding Media Enjoyment: The Role of Transportation Into Narrative Worlds

2004 806 citations Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock et al. profile →
Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: A framework to guide research and application

2007 686 citations Matthew W. Kreuter, Melanie C. Green et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine profile →
The psychology of the unthinkable: Taboo trade-offs, forbidden base rates, and heretical counterfactuals.

2000 665 citations Orie V. Kristel, Melanie C. Green et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Telephone versus Face-to-Face Interviewing of National Probability Samples with Long Questionnaires

2003 642 citations Melanie C. Green et al. profile →
The psychology of the unthinkable: Taboo trade-offs, forbidden base rates, and heretical counterfactuals.

2000 595 citations Philip E. Tetlock, Orie V. Kristel et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Transportation Into Narrative Worlds: The Role of Prior Knowledge and Perceived Realism

2004 577 citations Melanie C. Green profile →
Narratives and Cancer Communication

2006 435 citations Melanie C. Green Journal of Communication profile →
Social Network Sites and Well-Being: The Role of Social Connection

2017 276 citations Jenna Clark, Sara B. Algoe et al. Current Directions in Psychological Science profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Of love & lasers: Perceptions of narratives by AI versus human authors 2025 ·(unknown), Melanie C. Green	2
2	The impact of narratives and active video games among black and hispanic children with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial 2025 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Amy Shirong Lu, Tom Baranowski, Tiago V. Barreira, Amy Fleischman, Melanie C. Green, (unknown), I‐Min Lee, Lynne L. Levitsky, Farzad Noubary, Debbe Thompson	0
3	The effect of animated Sci-Fi characters’ racial presentation on narrative engagement, wishful identification, and physical activity intention among children 2023 ·Journal of Communication ·Amy Shirong Lu, Melanie C. Green, (unknown)	4
4	Reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African Americans: the effects of narratives, character’s self-persuasion, and trust in science 2022 ·Journal of Behavioral Medicine ·Yan Huang, Melanie C. Green	21
5	Need for Cognition, Transportability, and Engagement with Interactive Narratives 2020 ·Games for Health Journal ·Melanie C. Green, (unknown)	13
6	Using Narrative Game Design to Increase Children’s Physical Activity: Exploratory Thematic Analysis 2019 ·JMIR Serious Games ·Amy Shirong Lu, Melanie C. Green, Debbe Thompson	18
7	Social Network Sites and Well-Being: The Role of Social Connection breakdown → 2017 ·Current Directions in Psychological Science ·Jenna Clark, Sara B. Algoe, Melanie C. Green	276
8	Divisive Topics as Social Threats 2016 ·Communication Research ·(unknown), Melanie C. Green	10
9	Fight for Your Right to Fruit: Psychosocial Outcomes of aMangaComic Promoting Fruit Consumption in Middle-School Youth 2016 ·Health Communication ·May May Leung, Melanie C. Green, Deborah F. Tate, Jianwen Cai, Katarzyna Wyka, Alice S. Ammerman	21
10	The Transportation Scale–Short Form (TS–SF) 2015 ·Media Psychology ·Markus Appel, Timo Gnambs, Tobias Richter, Melanie C. Green	196
11	Reading a book can change your mind, but only some changes last for a year: food attitude changes in readers of The Omnivore's Dilemma 2013 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Julia M. Hormes, Paul Rozin, Melanie C. Green, Katrina Fincher	17
12	Making “Real” Connections 2013 ·RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·Jenna Clark, Melanie C. Green	1
13	The Effects of a Prior Story-Bank on the Processing of a Related Narrative 2007 ·Media Psychology ·Philip J. Mazzocco, Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock	6
14	Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: A framework to guide research and application breakdown → 2007 ·Annals of Behavioral Medicine ·Matthew W. Kreuter, Melanie C. Green, Joseph N. Cappella, Michael D. Slater, Meg E. Wise, D. Storey, Eddie M. Clark, Daniel J. O’Keefe, Deborah O. Erwin, Kathleen Holmes, Leslie Hinyard, Thomas K. Houston, Sabra Farwell Woolley	686
15	Linking Self and Others Through Narrative 2007 ·Psychological Inquiry ·Melanie C. Green	10
16	Gender, socioeconomic status, age, and jealousy: Emotional responses to infidelity in a national sample. 2006 ·Emotion ·Melanie C. Green, John Sabini	53
17	Storytelling in Teaching 2004 ·APS observer ·Melanie C. Green	33
18	The Power of Fiction: Determinants and Boundaries 2003 ·Melanie C. Green, Jennifer Garst, Timothy C. Brock	59
19	The psychology of the unthinkable: Taboo trade-offs, forbidden base rates, and heretical counterfactuals. breakdown → 2000 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Philip E. Tetlock, Orie V. Kristel, (unknown), Melanie C. Green, (unknown)	595
20	The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives. breakdown → 2000 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Melanie C. Green, Timothy C. Brock	1769

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