Rachel McCloud

1.2k total citations
26 papers, 772 citations indexed

About

Rachel McCloud is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel McCloud has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 772 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Rachel McCloud's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (6 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers). Rachel McCloud is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (6 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers). Rachel McCloud collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and South Korea. Rachel McCloud's co-authors include Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Leesa Lin, Minsoo Jung, Glorian Sorensen, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Edmund W. J. Lee, Cabral A. Bigman, Stacy W. Gray and Sara Minsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, British Journal of Cancer and American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rachel McCloud

24 papers receiving 737 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel McCloud United States	17	347	236	164	133	129	26	772
Lourdes S. Martinez United States	13	265 0.8×	204 0.9×	104 0.6×	115 0.9×	48 0.4×	35	642
Karlijn Massar Netherlands	18	395 1.1×	241 1.0×	80 0.5×	91 0.7×	263 2.0×	69	1.3k
Jingyuan Shi Hong Kong	15	568 1.6×	223 0.9×	170 1.0×	149 1.1×	110 0.9×	42	1.0k
Amber Marie Reinhart United States	12	286 0.8×	353 1.5×	182 1.1×	157 1.2×	77 0.6×	19	863
Joseph Fera United States	13	362 1.0×	148 0.6×	193 1.2×	55 0.4×	89 0.7×	41	681
Piper Liping Liu Macao	17	492 1.4×	277 1.2×	201 1.2×	71 0.5×	157 1.2×	45	1.0k
Eva Baumann Germany	13	224 0.6×	307 1.3×	121 0.7×	111 0.8×	90 0.7×	68	740
Woohyun Yoo South Korea	16	461 1.3×	149 0.6×	138 0.8×	145 1.1×	182 1.4×	32	868
Kang Namkoong United States	16	444 1.3×	233 1.0×	132 0.8×	149 1.1×	100 0.8×	25	985
Mesfin Awoke Bekalu United States	16	433 1.2×	149 0.6×	363 2.2×	99 0.7×	113 0.9×	40	958

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Brady, Jeff, et al.. (2025). The evolution of barriers and facilitators to using a COPD app among older adults: results from a pilot study. Frontiers in Digital Health. 7. 1557590–1557590.

Dhawan, Dhriti, et al.. (2025). Can we convince the unvaccinated to vaccinate: lessons from COVID-19 vaccination. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1689–1689.

McCloud, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Evidence for Decision-Making: The Importance of Systematic Data Collection as an Essential Component of Responsive Feedback. Global Health Science and Practice. 11(Supplement 2). e2200246–e2200246. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Edmund W. J., Rachel McCloud, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2022). Designing Effective eHealth Interventions for Underserved Groups: Five Lessons From a Decade of eHealth Intervention Design and Deployment. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(1). e25419–e25419. 44 indexed citations

Dhawan, Dhriti, Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Ramya Pinnamaneni, Rachel McCloud, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2021). COVID-19 News and Misinformation: Do They Matter for Public Health Prevention?. Journal of Health Communication. 26(11). 799–808. 35 indexed citations

Lee, Edmund W. J., Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Rachel McCloud, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2021). Toward an Extended Infodemiology Framework: Leveraging Social Media Data and Web Search Queries as Digital Pulse on Cancer Communication. Health Communication. 38(2). 335–348. 8 indexed citations

McCloud, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Using Smart Speaker Technology for Health and Well-being in an Older Adult Population: Pre-Post Feasibility Study. JMIR Aging. 5(2). e33498–e33498. 20 indexed citations

Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke, Dhriti Dhawan, Rachel McCloud, Ramya Pinnamaneni, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2021). Adherence to COVID-19 mitigation measures among American adults: the need for consistent and unified messaging. Health Education Research. 36(2). 178–191. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Edmund W. J., Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Rachel McCloud, et al.. (2020). The Potential of Smartphone Apps in Informing Protobacco and Antitobacco Messaging Efforts Among Underserved Communities: Longitudinal Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(7). e17451–e17451. 10 indexed citations

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Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke, Rachel McCloud, Sara Minsky, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2020). Association of social participation, perception of neighborhood social cohesion, and social media use with happiness: Evidence of trade‐off (JCOP‐20‐277). Journal of Community Psychology. 49(2). 432–446. 17 indexed citations

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Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke, Rachel McCloud, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2019). Association of Social Media Use With Social Well-Being, Positive Mental Health, and Self-Rated Health: Disentangling Routine Use From Emotional Connection to Use. Health Education & Behavior. 46(2_suppl). 69S–80S. 177 indexed citations

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McCloud, Rachel, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Glorian Sorensen, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2017). Cigarette graphic health warning labels and information avoidance among individuals from low socioeconomic position in the U.S.. Cancer Causes & Control. 28(4). 351–360. 18 indexed citations

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McCloud, Rachel, Racquel E. Kohler, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2017). Cancer Risk–Promoting Information: The Communication Environment of Young Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 53(3). S63–S72. 17 indexed citations

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Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke, Cabral A. Bigman, Rachel McCloud, Leesa Lin, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2017). The relative persuasiveness of narrative versus non-narrative health messages in public health emergency communication: Evidence from a field experiment. Preventive Medicine. 111. 284–290. 36 indexed citations

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Lin, Leesa, Rachel McCloud, Minsoo Jung, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2017). Facing a Health Threat in a Complex Information Environment: A National Representative Survey Examining American Adults’ Behavioral Responses to the 2009/2010 A(H1N1) Pandemic. Health Education & Behavior. 45(1). 77–89. 21 indexed citations

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Lin, Leesa, Rachel McCloud, Cabral A. Bigman, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2016). Tuning in and catching on? Examining the relationship between pandemic communication and awareness and knowledge of MERS in the USA. Journal of Public Health. 39(2). fdw028–fdw028. 32 indexed citations

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Ramanadhan, Shoba, Rebekah H. Nagler, Michael P. McCauley, et al.. (2016). Much Ventured, Much Gained: Community-Engaged Data Collection by Adolescents and Young Adults. Progress in community health partnerships. 10(2). 217–224. 4 indexed citations

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McCloud, Rachel, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Glorian Sorensen, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2016). Entertainment or Health? Exploring the Internet Usage Patterns of the Urban Poor: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(3). e46–e46. 19 indexed citations

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McCloud, Rachel, Minsoo Jung, Stacy W. Gray, & Kasisomayajula Viswanath. (2013). Class, race and ethnicity and information avoidance among cancer survivors. British Journal of Cancer. 108(10). 1949–1956. 55 indexed citations

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Viswanath, Kasisomayajula, Rachel McCloud, Sara Minsky, et al.. (2013). Internet Use, Browsing, and the Urban Poor: Implications for Cancer Control. JNCI Monographs. 2013(47). 199–205. 38 indexed citations

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