Michael Stellefson

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Stellefson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Stellefson has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in General Health Professions, 30 papers in Health and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Stellefson's work include Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (36 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (25 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (23 papers). Michael Stellefson is often cited by papers focused on Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (36 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (25 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (23 papers). Michael Stellefson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belarus. Michael Stellefson's co-authors include Beth H. Chaney, Samantha R. Paige, Bethany Tennant, Don Chaney, Julia M. Alber, Virginia J. Dodd, Christine Stopka, Janice L. Krieger, J. Don Chaney and Bruce Hanik and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Stellefson

99 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking Behaviors Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults

2015 528 citations Bethany Tennant, Michael Stellefson et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Stellefson United States	28	2.1k	1.0k	760	503	357	109	3.7k
Guendalina Graffigna Italy	37	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	534 1.1×	529 1.5×	196	5.6k
Serena Barello Italy	34	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	646 0.8×	456 0.9×	486 1.4×	138	4.4k
Jennifer K. Carroll United States	30	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	995 1.3×	318 0.6×	753 2.1×	90	5.0k
Cameron D. Norman Canada	23	3.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	751 1.0×	352 0.7×	500 1.4×	52	4.6k
Megan A. Lewis United States	38	2.0k 0.9×	660 0.6×	849 1.1×	519 1.0×	780 2.2×	174	5.8k
Kristine Sørensen Netherlands	28	4.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	605 0.8×	820 1.6×	479 1.3×	95	5.5k
Jany Rademakers Netherlands	35	2.8k 1.3×	488 0.5×	432 0.6×	608 1.2×	711 2.0×	158	4.4k
Gerardine Doyle Ireland	14	4.8k 2.3×	1.1k 1.1×	691 0.9×	900 1.8×	583 1.6×	42	6.3k
Beth H. Chaney United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	706 0.7×	430 0.6×	314 0.6×	229 0.6×	74	2.4k
Jay M. Bernhardt United States	35	2.1k 1.0×	637 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	448 0.9×	531 1.5×	81	4.3k

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Wilkerson, Amanda H., et al.. (2024). Disease Management Experiences among College Students with Type 1 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study. American Journal of Health Education. 1–13.

Bopp, Trevor, et al.. (2022). Physical Literacy Research in the United States: A Systematic Review of Academic Literature. American Journal of Health Education. 53(5). 282–296. 6 indexed citations

Stellefson, Michael, et al.. (2021). Calls to Action for Health Educators: Applying a Social-Ecological Framework for Patients with Limited English Proficiency. American Journal of Health Education. 53(1). 1–5. 2 indexed citations

Alber, Julia M., et al.. (2020). The Health Education Research Experience (HERE) program metadata dataset. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29. 105180–105180. 1 indexed citations

Stellefson, Michael, Samantha R. Paige, Julia M. Alber, et al.. (2019). Association Between Health Literacy, Electronic Health Literacy, Disease-Specific Knowledge, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(6). e12165–e12165. 69 indexed citations

Stellefson, Michael, Samantha R. Paige, Julia M. Alber, & Margaret Stewart. (2018). COPD360social Online Community: A Social Media Review. Health Promotion Practice. 19(4). 489–491. 11 indexed citations

Stellefson, Michael, Jonathan J. Shuster, Beth H. Chaney, et al.. (2017). Web-based Health Information Seeking and eHealth Literacy among Patients Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Health Communication. 33(12). 1410–1424. 97 indexed citations

Stellefson, Michael, Samantha R. Paige, Bethany Tennant, et al.. (2017). Reliability and Validity of the Telephone-Based eHealth Literacy Scale Among Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(10). e362–e362. 42 indexed citations

Paige, Samantha R., Janice L. Krieger, Michael Stellefson, & Julia M. Alber. (2016). eHealth literacy in chronic disease patients: An item response theory analysis of the eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS). Patient Education and Counseling. 100(2). 320–326. 103 indexed citations

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Alber, Julia M., Jay M. Bernhardt, Michael Stellefson, et al.. (2015). Designing and Testing an Inventory for Measuring Social Media Competency of Certified Health Education Specialists. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(9). e221–e221. 35 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, et al.. (2015). Evaluating Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities for Care Coordination in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Community-Based eDelphi Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 4(3). e103–e103. 4 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, Beth H. Chaney, & Don Chaney. (2014). Heuristic Evaluation of Online COPD Respiratory Therapy and Education Video Resource Center. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 20(10). 972–976. 9 indexed citations

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Barry, Adam E., et al.. (2014). A comparison of the responsible drinking dimensions among underage and legal drinkers: examining differences in beliefs, motives, self-efficacy, barriers and intentions. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 9(1). 5–5. 4 indexed citations

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Donohoe, Holly, et al.. (2013). Internet-Based Delphi Research: Case Based Discussion. Environmental Management. 51(3). 511–523. 76 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, et al.. (2012). Healthy Aging 2.0: The Potential of New Media and Technology. Preventing Chronic Disease. 9. E67–E67. 36 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, Bruce Hanik, J. Don Chaney, & Bethany Tennant. (2012). Analysis of eHealth Search Perspectives Among Female College Students in the Health Professions Using Q Methodology. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 14(2). e60–e60. 24 indexed citations

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Hanik, Bruce & Michael Stellefson. (2011). E-Health Literacy Competencies among Undergraduate Health Education Students: A Preliminary Study. 14. 46–58. 37 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, Bruce Hanik, Beth H. Chaney, et al.. (2011). eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 13(4). e102–e102. 261 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael, Bruce Hanik, Beth H. Chaney, & J. Don Chaney. (2008). A Tutorial on Calculating and Interpreting Regression Coefficients in Health Behavior Research. 40(1). 12–20. 5 indexed citations

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Stellefson, Michael & J. Don Chaney. (2006). Determinants of Indoor Tanning Behavior among Adolescent Females: A Systematic Review of the Literature.. 38(1). 15–21. 1 indexed citations

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