Melissa Kang

2.6k total citations
86 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Melissa Kang is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Speech and Hearing and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Kang has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in General Health Professions, 24 papers in Speech and Hearing and 12 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Kang's work include Child and Adolescent Health (28 papers), Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (22 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (19 papers). Melissa Kang is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Health (28 papers), Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (22 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (19 papers). Melissa Kang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Melissa Kang's co-authors include Tim Usherwood, Susan Quine, Garth Alperstein, David Bennett, Lena Sanci, Diana Bernard, Michael Booth, Fiona Robards, Lin Perry and S. Rachel Skinner and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Physiology and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Kang

80 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Kang Australia 21 820 352 257 251 235 86 1.6k
Maria Trent United States 27 918 1.1× 334 0.9× 152 0.6× 287 1.1× 318 1.4× 163 2.4k
Abigail English United States 21 736 0.9× 278 0.8× 234 0.9× 443 1.8× 218 0.9× 64 1.3k
Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer United States 18 643 0.8× 329 0.9× 61 0.2× 262 1.0× 428 1.8× 67 1.5k
Joseph S. Zickafoose United States 13 408 0.5× 667 1.9× 94 0.4× 164 0.7× 227 1.0× 28 1.3k
Myles Balfe Ireland 23 397 0.5× 345 1.0× 124 0.5× 161 0.6× 377 1.6× 73 1.3k
Bradley O. Boekeloo United States 23 855 1.0× 310 0.9× 86 0.3× 110 0.4× 256 1.1× 86 1.6k
Kristien Michielsen Belgium 24 1.1k 1.3× 216 0.6× 64 0.2× 349 1.4× 300 1.3× 87 1.7k
Arthur Lavin United States 16 386 0.5× 611 1.7× 134 0.5× 372 1.5× 241 1.0× 25 1.6k
Loretta Gavin United States 19 994 1.2× 311 0.9× 116 0.5× 576 2.3× 179 0.8× 41 2.0k
H.W. van den Borne Netherlands 27 467 0.6× 211 0.6× 96 0.4× 264 1.1× 213 0.9× 52 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Kang

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

All Works

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Kang, Melissa, et al.. (2024). Providing adolescent-friendly sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment services. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 36(5). 362–371.
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Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku, Lin Perry, Fiona Brooks, & Melissa Kang. (2022). Barriers and facilitators regarding the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at reducing adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study. BMJ Open. 12(7). e060576–e060576. 3 indexed citations
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Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku, Melissa Kang, Lin Perry, Fiona Brooks, & Andrew Hayen. (2021). Prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246308–e0246308. 83 indexed citations
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Medlow, Sharon, Katharine Steinbeck, Rebecca Ivers, et al.. (2021). Emergency Department Initiated Mental Health Interventions for Young People. Pediatric Emergency Care. 38(7). 342–350. 3 indexed citations
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Davies, Cristyn, Tanya Stoney, Heidi E. Hutton, et al.. (2021). School-based HPV vaccination positively impacts parents’ attitudes toward adolescent vaccination. Vaccine. 39(30). 4190–4198. 39 indexed citations
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Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku, Melissa Kang, Lin Perry, & Fiona Brooks. (2020). Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review of National Policies. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11(6). 726–739. 21 indexed citations
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Assifi, Anisa, Melissa Kang, Elizabeth Sullivan, & Angela Dawson. (2020). Assessing care trajectories of adolescent females seeking early induced abortion in New South Wales: multistage, mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open. 10(10). e039819–e039819. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Megan S. C., Spring Cooper, Kath Albury, et al.. (2019). Prospective mixed methods study of online and offline social networks and the development of sexual agency in adolescence: the Social Networks and Agency Project (SNAP) protocol. BMJ Open. 9(5). e024329–e024329. 5 indexed citations
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Robards, Fiona, Melissa Kang, Georgina Luscombe, et al.. (2019). Predictors of young people's healthcare access in the digital age. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 43(6). 582–588. 11 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, Fiona Robards, Georgina Luscombe, et al.. (2018). Understanding Access and Equity: Associations between Barriers to Health Care and Social Marginalisation. Journal of Adolescent Health. 62(2). S28–S29. 1 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, Fiona Robards, Lena Sanci, et al.. (2017). Access 3 project protocol: young people and health system navigation in the digital age: a multifaceted, mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 7(8). e017047–e017047. 11 indexed citations
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Reath, Jennifer, Penelope Abbott, Ann Dadich, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of a sexually transmissible infections education program: Lessons for general practice learning.. PubMed. 45(3). 123–8. 5 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, et al.. (2013). Association of plasma endotoxin, inflammatory cytokines and risk of colorectal adenomas. BMC Cancer. 13(1). 91–91. 50 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, et al.. (2012). Youth health services: Improving access to primary care. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 16 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, Diana Bernard, Tim Usherwood, et al.. (2006). Primary Health Care for Young People: Are There Models of Service Delivery That Improve Access and Quality?. Youth studies Australia. 25(2). 49. 15 indexed citations
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Bernard, Diana, Susan Quine, Melissa Kang, et al.. (2004). Access to primary health care for Australian adolescents: How congruent are the perspectives of health service providers and young people, and does it matter?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 28(5). 487–492. 39 indexed citations
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Bernard, Diana, Susan Quine, Melissa Kang, et al.. (2004). Access to primary health care for Australian adolescents: How congruent are the perspectives of health service providers and young people, and does it matter?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 28(5). 487–492. 7 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa, et al.. (2004). Small bowel displacement system-assisted intensity-modulated radiotherapy for cervical cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 93(2). 400–406. 14 indexed citations
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Kang, Melissa. (2000). Sex files: exploring sexuality through Dolly magazine.. Youth studies Australia. 19(4). 28. 3 indexed citations

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