Mimi Nichter

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Mimi Nichter is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mimi Nichter has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Physiology, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mimi Nichter's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (26 papers), School Health and Nursing Education (7 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers). Mimi Nichter is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (26 papers), School Health and Nursing Education (7 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers). Mimi Nichter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Indonesia and Türkiye. Mimi Nichter's co-authors include Susan Bordo, Mark Nichter, Nancy Vuckovic, Aslı Çarkoğlu, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Michele Bloch, Lorraine Greaves, Amanda Amos, Myra Muramoto and Elizabeth E. Lloyd‐Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Science & Medicine and Addiction.

In The Last Decade

Mimi Nichter

56 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mimi Nichter United States	30	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	958	821	56	5.4k
Brendan Gough United Kingdom	34	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	295 0.3×	362 0.4×	126	4.1k
Helen Sweeting United Kingdom	47	2.3k 1.6×	460 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	832 0.9×	252 0.3×	148	6.7k
John L. Oliffe Canada	48	2.4k 1.7×	2.3k 2.0×	2.8k 2.5×	892 0.9×	446 0.5×	381	9.6k
Hope Landrine United States	39	1.6k 1.1×	744 0.6×	3.1k 2.8×	846 0.9×	201 0.2×	103	6.1k
Margaret Lock Canada	43	1.1k 0.7×	468 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	335 0.3×	231 0.3×	122	7.8k
William DeJong United States	42	1.1k 0.8×	305 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	762 0.8×	96 0.1×	199	6.3k
Kerry R. McGannon Canada	33	569 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	550 0.6×	131 0.2×	131	5.3k
Joan C. Chrisler United States	31	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	646 0.6×	78 0.1×	351 0.4×	108	3.4k
Robert Crosnoe United States	58	3.0k 2.1×	495 0.4×	3.0k 2.7×	279 0.3×	370 0.5×	173	10.7k
H. Wesley Perkins United States	31	1.2k 0.8×	559 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	616 0.6×	64 0.1×	65	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mimi Nichter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mimi Nichter

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Nichter, Mimi, et al.. (2022). A filtered life social media on a college campus. 3 indexed citations

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Padmawati, Retna Siwi, et al.. (2018). Establishing a community-based smoke-free homesmovement in Indonesia. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 4(November). 36–36. 14 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, et al.. (2017). Engaging nurses in smoking cessation: Challenges and opportunities in Turkey. Health Policy. 122(2). 192–197. 12 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, et al.. (2015). Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 480–480. 30 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark, et al.. (2015). Laying the groundwork for Tobacco Cessation Education in Medical Colleges in Indonesia. Education for Health. 28(3). 169–169. 4 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark, Mimi Nichter, S Aswathy, et al.. (2015). Developing a fully integrated tobacco curriculum in medical colleges in India. BMC Medical Education. 15(1). 90–90. 9 indexed citations

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Hingle, Melanie, et al.. (2012). Texting for Health: The Use of Participatory Methods to Develop Healthy Lifestyle Messages for Teens. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 45(1). 12–19. 67 indexed citations

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Amos, Amanda, Lorraine Greaves, Mimi Nichter, & Michele Bloch. (2011). Women and tobacco: a call for including gender in tobacco control research, policy and practice. Tobacco Control. 21(2). 236–243. 194 indexed citations

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Blank, Melissa D., et al.. (2010). Areca nut dependence among chewers in a South Indian community who do not also use tobacco. Addiction. 105(7). 1303–1310. 57 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, Lorraine Greaves, Michele Bloch, et al.. (2010). Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy in low‐ and middle‐income countries: the need for social and cultural research. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 89(4). 465–477. 45 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi. (2009). Fat Talk. Harvard University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, Mark Nichter, Aslı Çarkoğlu, & Elizabeth E. Lloyd‐Richardson. (2009). Smoking and drinking among college students: “It's a package deal”. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 106(1). 16–20. 93 indexed citations

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Acosta, Michelle C., Thomas Eissenberg, Mimi Nichter, Mark Nichter, & Robert L. Balster. (2007). Characterizing early cigarette use episodes in novice smokers. Addictive Behaviors. 33(1). 106–121. 30 indexed citations

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Dierker, Lisa, Elizabeth E. Lloyd‐Richardson, Marilyn Stolar, et al.. (2005). The proximal association between smoking and alcohol use among first year college students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 81(1). 1–9. 77 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi. (2004). Smoking as a Weight‐Control Strategy among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Reconsideration. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 18(3). 305–324. 23 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi, Mark Nichter, & David Van Sickle. (2003). Popular perceptions of tobacco products and patterns of use among male college students in India. Social Science & Medicine. 59(2). 415–431. 62 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mark, et al.. (2002). Using qualitative research to inform survey development on nicotine dependence among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 68. 41–56. 66 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi. (2000). Listening to Girls Talk about Their Bodies.. Reclaiming Children and Youth. 9(3). 5 indexed citations

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Nichter, M. & Mimi Nichter. (1993). Acute respiratory illness: Popular health culture and mother's knowledge in the Philippines. Medical Anthropology. 15(4). 353–375. 49 indexed citations

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Nichter, Mimi & Mark Nichter. (1986). Health Education by Appropriate Analogy: Using the Familiar to Explain the New.. 19(1). 63–71. 13 indexed citations

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