Raffael Heiss

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Raffael Heiss is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffael Heiss has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 27 papers in Communication and 6 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Raffael Heiss's work include Social Media and Politics (27 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (16 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Raffael Heiss is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (27 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (16 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Raffael Heiss collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Raffael Heiss's co-authors include Jörg Matthes, Desirée Schmuck, Andreas Nanz, Johannes Knoll, Marlis Stubenvoll, Christian von Sikorski, Kathrin Karsay, Sangwon Lee, Brigitte Naderer and Sven Engesser and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, BMJ and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Raffael Heiss

43 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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 influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review of the research field

2023 53 citations Raffael Heiss, Kathrin Karsay et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →
Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis

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

Peers

Raffael Heiss

SPS

COMMU

PSIR

LLT

Shira Dvir-Gvirsman Israel

Benjamin Lyons United States

Melissa R. Gotlieb United States

Moran Yarchi Israel

Benjamin R. Warner United States

D.J. Flynn United States

Danielle K. Brown United States

Václav Štětka United Kingdom

Michael A. Beam United States

Ashley A. Anderson United States

Shira Dvir-Gvirsman Israel

Raffael Heiss

738 ×1.1

SPS

646 ×1.1

COMMU

205 ×1.2

PSIR

114 ×0.8

57 ×0.6

LLT

Citations per year, relative to Raffael Heiss Raffael Heiss (= 1×) peers Shira Dvir-Gvirsman

Countries citing papers authored by Raffael Heiss

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Raffael Heiss's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Raffael Heiss with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Raffael Heiss more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Raffael Heiss

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Raffael Heiss. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Raffael Heiss. The network helps show where Raffael Heiss may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raffael Heiss

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Karsay, Kathrin, et al.. (2025). Engagement With Influencers as Sources of Health Information and Product Promotions: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Austrian Youth Aged 15–25 Years. Journal of Adolescent Health. 78(1). 157–165. 1 indexed citations

Sikorski, Christian von, et al.. (2025). Both AI-generated and human influencers can correct misinformation: Investigating the effectiveness of corrections for polarized and non-polarized issues. Computers in Human Behavior. 176. 108845–108845.

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

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). Challenges and Benefits of Social Media Influencers for Adolescent Health – A Scoping Review. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 3 indexed citations

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). Peer correction of misinformation on social media: (In)civility, success experience and relationship consequences. New Media & Society. 27(4). 2293–2312. 2 indexed citations

Matthes, Jörg, et al.. (2023). The distraction effect. Political and entertainment-oriented content on social media, political participation, interest, and knowledge. Computers in Human Behavior. 142. 107644–107644. 17 indexed citations

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). How (Un-)Healthy are Austrian school food environments? Evidence from focus groups and citizen science. Appetite. 188. 106636–106636. 7 indexed citations

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). Social media influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review of the research field. Social Science & Medicine. 340. 116387–116387. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). How School Food Environments Influence Food Choices: Evidence from Citizen Science and Focus Groups. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2).

10.

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2022). Food labeling in the European Union: a review of existing approaches. International Journal of Health Governance. 27(4). 460–468. 12 indexed citations

11.

Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2022). Explaining Attitude-Consistent Exposure on Social Network Sites: The Role of Ideology, Political Involvement, and Network Characteristics. Social Science Computer Review. 41(4). 1207–1226. 2 indexed citations

12.

Stubenvoll, Marlis, Raffael Heiss, & Jörg Matthes. (2021). Media Trust Under Threat: Antecedents and Consequences of Misinformation Perceptions on Social Media. International journal of communication. 15. 22. 23 indexed citations

13.

Heiss, Raffael. (2021). How Humorous Posts Influence Engagement With Political Posts on Social Media. Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications. 34(1). 16–29. 3 indexed citations

14.

Naderer, Brigitte, Raffael Heiss, & Jörg Matthes. (2020). The skilled and the interested: How personal curation skills increase or decrease exposure to political information on social media. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 17(4). 452–460. 10 indexed citations

15.

Schmuck, Desirée, Raffael Heiss, & Jörg Matthes. (2020). Drifting Further Apart? How Exposure to Media Portrayals of Muslims Affects Attitude Polarization. Political Psychology. 41(6). 1055–1072. 14 indexed citations

16.

Heiss, Raffael, Brigitte Naderer, & Jörg Matthes. (2020). Healthwashing in high-sugar food advertising: the effect of prior information on healthwashing perceptions in Austria. Health Promotion International. 36(4). 1029–1038. 14 indexed citations

17.

Nanz, Andreas, Raffael Heiss, & Jörg Matthes. (2020). Antecedents of intentional and incidental exposure modes on social media and consequences for political participation: a panel study. Acta Politica. 57(2). 235–253. 21 indexed citations

18.

Binder, Alice, et al.. (2020). Dealigned but mobilized? Insights from a citizen science study on youth political engagement. Journal of Youth Studies. 24(2). 232–249. 16 indexed citations

19.

Matthes, Jörg, Andreas Nanz, Marlis Stubenvoll, & Raffael Heiss. (2020). Processing news on social media. The political incidental news exposure model (PINE). Journalism. 21(8). 1031–1048. 65 indexed citations

20.

Sikorski, Christian von, Raffael Heiss, & Jörg Matthes. (2019). How Political Scandals Affect the Electorate. Tracing the Eroding and Spillover Effects of Scandals with a Panel Study. Political Psychology. 41(3). 549–568. 36 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact