Melody Taba

551 total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 273 citations indexed

About

Melody Taba is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melody Taba has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 273 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Health, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melody Taba's work include Social Media in Health Education (6 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (5 papers). Melody Taba is often cited by papers focused on Social Media in Health Education (6 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (5 papers). Melody Taba collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United States. Melody Taba's co-authors include S. Rachel Skinner, Megan S. C. Lim, Jennifer L. Marino, Kirsten McCaffery, Karen M. Scott, Patrina Caldwell, Deborah Bateson, Kath Albury, Kon Shing Kenneth Chung and Spring Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Melody Taba

18 papers receiving 264 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Social Media Use and Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth: Systematic Review

2022 87 citations Melody Taba, Jennifer L. Marino et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis

2025 12 citations Brooke Nickel, Ray Moynihan et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melody Taba Australia	9	103	70	59	58	54	22	273
Fuensanta López Rosales Mexico	10	175 1.7×	78 1.1×	91 1.5×	92 1.6×	105 1.9×	33	382
Rosa Hossain United Kingdom	10	237 2.3×	118 1.7×	92 1.6×	91 1.6×	69 1.3×	19	411
Jerome V. Cleofas Philippines	11	112 1.1×	50 0.7×	110 1.9×	73 1.3×	176 3.3×	58	369
Sarah Jay Ireland	9	126 1.2×	50 0.7×	44 0.7×	20 0.3×	96 1.8×	16	281
Tyreasa Washington United States	10	214 2.1×	85 1.2×	75 1.3×	69 1.2×	172 3.2×	20	401
Zeynep Sümer Türkiye	10	73 0.7×	29 0.4×	97 1.6×	26 0.4×	77 1.4×	42	268
Alison Grodzinski United States	8	158 1.5×	77 1.1×	36 0.6×	68 1.2×	99 1.8×	14	374
Melissa Robinson United States	9	111 1.1×	37 0.5×	35 0.6×	21 0.4×	21 0.4×	27	256
Heather J. Hether United States	9	103 1.0×	67 1.0×	30 0.5×	27 0.5×	32 0.6×	13	329

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melody Taba

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Nickel, Brooke, M. Luke Marinovich, David P. Smith, et al.. (2025). Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations?. Patient Education and Counseling. 134. 108677–108677. 3 indexed citations

Taba, Melody, Julie Ayre, Kirsten McCaffery, et al.. (2025). Co‐Designing a Framework for Social Media Health Communication to Young People: A Participatory Research Study. Health Expectations. 28(2). e70203–e70203. 1 indexed citations

Nickel, Brooke, Tessa Copp, Jolyn Hersch, et al.. (2025). Social Media Marketing of Non-Evidence-Based Women's Health Interventions: Protocol for a Content Analysis Using Participatory Research Methods. JMIR Research Protocols. 14. e76750–e76750.

Taba, Melody, et al.. (2025). The effects of a short video intervention on digital health literacy skills: Protocol for an online randomised controlled trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

Taba, Melody, et al.. (2025). Enhancing digital health literacy in adolescents: evaluation of a co-designed educational app. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3869–3869.

Caldwell, Patrina, et al.. (2025). Co-designing an online educational resource to help adolescents improve their digital health literacy. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1870–1870. 3 indexed citations

Ayre, Julie, Melody Taba, Brooke Nickel, et al.. (2025). Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial. npj Digital Medicine. 8(1). 672–672.

Nickel, Brooke, Ray Moynihan, Tessa Copp, et al.. (2025). Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis. JAMA Network Open. 8(2). e2461940–e2461940. 12 indexed citations breakdown →

Bonner, Carissa, Melody Taba, Michael Anthony Fajardo, et al.. (2024). Using health literacy principles to improve understanding of evolving evidence in health emergencies: Optimisation and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccination risk-benefit calculator. Vaccine. 42(24). 126296–126296. 1 indexed citations

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Nickel, Brooke, Raffael Heiss, Patti Shih, et al.. (2024). Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e56899–e56899. 3 indexed citations

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Cornell, Samuel, Timothy Piatkowski, Melody Taba, & Amy E. Peden. (2024). Meeting people where they are: leveraging influencers’ social capital and trust to promote safer behaviours. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 3 indexed citations

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Taba, Melody, Patrina Caldwell, S. Rachel Skinner, et al.. (2024). Developing an Educational Resource Aimed at Improving Adolescent Digital Health Literacy: Using Co-Design as Research Methodology. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e49453–e49453. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lin, et al.. (2024). Communicating the Imperfect Diagnostic Accuracy of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-Tests: An Online Randomized Experiment. Medical Decision Making. 44(4). 437–450.

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Taba, Melody, et al.. (2023). Twitch Data in Health Promotion Research: Protocol for a Case Study Exploring COVID-19 Vaccination Views Among Young People. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e48641–e48641. 1 indexed citations

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Taba, Melody, Julie Ayre, Becky Freeman, Kirsten McCaffery, & Carissa Bonner. (2023). COVID-19 messages targeting young people on social media: content analysis of Australian health authority posts. Health Promotion International. 38(2). 13 indexed citations

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Taba, Melody, et al.. (2022). Social Media Use and Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(9). e38449–e38449. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taba, Melody, et al.. (2022). Adolescents’ self-efficacy and digital health literacy: a cross-sectional mixed methods study. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 1223–1223. 61 indexed citations

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Davies, Cristyn, Melody Taba, Lucy Deng, et al.. (2022). Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of a High-Density Microarray Patch (HD-MAP) applicator as a delivery method for vaccination in clinical settings. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 18(4). 2018863–2018863. 11 indexed citations

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Taba, Melody, Jennifer L. Marino, Megan S. C. Lim, et al.. (2021). Social media’s role in support networks among LGBTQ adolescents: a qualitative study. Sexual Health. 18(5). 421–431. 34 indexed citations

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Taba, Melody, Spring Cooper, Kath Albury, et al.. (2020). What adolescents think of relationship portrayals on social media: a qualitative study. Sexual Health. 17(5). 467–474. 10 indexed citations

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