Orkan Okan

7.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
167 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Orkan Okan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Speech and Hearing and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Orkan Okan has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in General Health Professions, 61 papers in Speech and Hearing and 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Orkan Okan's work include Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (103 papers), School Health and Nursing Education (60 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (35 papers). Orkan Okan is often cited by papers focused on Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (103 papers), School Health and Nursing Education (60 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (35 papers). Orkan Okan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Orkan Okan's co-authors include Leena Paakkari, Kevin Dadaczynski, Ullrich Bauer, Torsten Michael Bollweg, Kristine Sørensen, Melanie Messer, Diane Levin‐Zamir, Paulo Pinheiro, Doris Schaeffer and Katharina Rathmann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Orkan Okan

145 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2021 2020 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem
    2020 525 citations Orkan Okan et al. profile →
  2. Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adults during the COVID-19 Infodemic in Germany
    2020 271 citations Orkan Okan, Klaus Hurrelmann et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →
  3. Psychological Wellbeing and Academic Experience of University Students in Australia during COVID-19
    2021 246 citations Kevin Dadaczynski, Orkan Okan et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →
  4. Digital Health Literacy and Web-Based Information-Seeking Behaviors of University Students in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study
    2020 218 citations Kevin Dadaczynski, Orkan Okan et al. profile →
  5. Health Literacy, Digital Health Literacy, and COVID-19 Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S. College Students: Implications for Interventions
    2021 151 citations Jennifer A. Manganello, Orkan Okan et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Orkan Okan Germany 28 2.2k 1.1k 937 820 405 167 3.5k
Abigail A. Fagan United States 35 1.9k 0.9× 997 0.9× 1.8k 1.9× 657 0.8× 169 0.4× 101 4.1k
Jennifer A. Manganello United States 26 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 989 1.1× 1.7k 2.0× 168 0.4× 79 3.7k
Lynn Rew United States 35 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 718 0.9× 214 0.5× 174 4.3k
Margaret M. Barry Ireland 35 2.1k 1.0× 493 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 518 0.6× 496 1.2× 138 3.9k
Elizabeth M. Ozer United States 26 1.8k 0.9× 610 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 514 0.6× 582 1.4× 63 4.0k
Adam Fletcher United Kingdom 32 1.7k 0.8× 493 0.5× 889 0.9× 331 0.4× 503 1.2× 103 3.9k
Phoenix K. H. Mo Hong Kong 38 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 763 0.9× 141 0.3× 199 4.7k
Vetta L. Sanders Thompson United States 27 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 944 1.0× 607 0.7× 96 0.2× 87 3.7k
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa United States 32 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 609 0.6× 521 0.6× 174 0.4× 85 4.2k
Cameron D. Norman Canada 23 3.2k 1.5× 751 0.7× 302 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 144 0.4× 52 4.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Orkan Okan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Purnat, Tina D, Elisabeth Wilhelm, Becky K White, et al.. (2025). Health promotion in the algorithmic age: recognizing the information environment as a determinant of health. Health Promotion International. 40(5). 3 indexed citations
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Amoah, Padmore Adusei, Angela Yee Man Leung, Joshua Okyere, et al.. (2025). Health literacy and mental well-being of school staff in times of crisis: A path analysis of sense of coherence, work-related stress, and health-protective behaviours. Public Health. 245. 105749–105749. 1 indexed citations
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Dadaczynski, Kevin, et al.. (2024). Das Erlernen digitaler Gesundheitskompetenz im schulischen Kontext: Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Befragung von Schülerinnen und Schülern in Deutschland. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 68(3). 293–301.
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Sakellari, Εvanthia, et al.. (2024). Digital health literacy and information-seeking on the internet in relation to COVID-19 among university students in Greece. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100139–100139. 6 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Mental health literacy of students: evaluation of school-based intervention in Germany. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations
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Dadaczynski, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Work-Related Stress of Polish School Principals during the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Risk Factor for Burnout. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(1). 805–805. 11 indexed citations
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Turunen, Hannele, Pirjo Lindfors, Jaana M. Kinnunen, et al.. (2023). Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19. Health Promotion International. 38(6). 3 indexed citations
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Lau, Sam S. S., et al.. (2022). A Cross-Sectional Study of the Perceived Stress, Well-Being and Their Relations with Work-Related Behaviours among Hong Kong School Leaders during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 15777–15777. 11 indexed citations
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Augusto, Cláudia, Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins, Orkan Okan, et al.. (2022). Adaptation and validation of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for Portuguese university students. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 33(S1). 390–398. 18 indexed citations
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Lau, Sam S. S., et al.. (2022). COVID-19-Related Health Literacy of School Leaders in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12790–12790. 10 indexed citations
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Rosário, Rafaela, Inês Fronteira, Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins, et al.. (2022). Infodemic Preparedness and COVID-19: Searching about Public Health and Social Measures Is Associated with Digital Health Literacy in University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12320–12320. 2 indexed citations
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Duong, Tuyen Van, et al.. (2021). Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in School Principals: Impacts of Gender, Well-Being, and Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy. Vaccines. 9(9). 985–985. 28 indexed citations
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Dadaczynski, Kevin, Orkan Okan, & Melanie Messer. (2021). COVID-19 Health Literacy School Principals Survey (COVID-HL: School Principal). Questionnaire and Scale Documentation. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 1 indexed citations
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Leung, Angela Yee Man, Laurence Lloyd Parial, Timothy Sim, et al.. (2021). Sense of coherence mediates the relationship between digital health literacy and anxiety about the future in aging population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a path analysis. Aging & Mental Health. 26(3). 544–553. 49 indexed citations
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Okan, Orkan, et al.. (2020). Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung im Umgang mit der Coronavirus-Pandemie. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 3 indexed citations
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Rosário, Rafaela, Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins, Cláudia Augusto, et al.. (2020). Associations between COVID-19-Related Digital Health Literacy and Online Information-Seeking Behavior among Portuguese University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8987–8987. 74 indexed citations
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Kor, Patrick Pui Kin, Angela Yee Man Leung, Laurence Lloyd Parial, et al.. (2020). Are People With Chronic Diseases Satisfied With the Online Health Information Related to COVID‐19 During the Pandemic?. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 53(1). 75–86. 38 indexed citations
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Davis, Terry C., Jennifer A. Manganello, Orkan Okan, et al.. (2019). Health literacy in a social context: A meta-narrative review. Policy Press eBooks. 665–688. 2 indexed citations

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