Rebecca A. Ferrer

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Rebecca A. Ferrer is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca A. Ferrer has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Applied Psychology, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 34 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rebecca A. Ferrer's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (61 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (22 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Rebecca A. Ferrer is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (61 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (22 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Rebecca A. Ferrer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Rebecca A. Ferrer's co-authors include William M. P. Klein, Alexander Persoskie, Tania B. Huedo–Medina, Linda S. Pescatello, Blair T. Johnson, Jennifer M. Taber, Erin M. Ellis, David B. Portnoy, Shannon M. Pescatello and Justin C. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca A. Ferrer

148 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Risk perceptions and health behavior

2015 645 citations Rebecca A. Ferrer, William M. P. Klein profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca A. Ferrer United States	36	1.2k	1.1k	909	825	812	152	4.9k
Anne Moyer United States	38	674 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	95	5.2k
Elliot J. Coups United States	36	598 0.5×	839 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	707 0.9×	577 0.7×	106	4.7k
Nina Knoll Germany	37	1.4k 1.1×	583 0.5×	385 0.4×	978 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	169	4.3k
Paul Krebs United States	24	943 0.8×	579 0.5×	727 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	493 0.6×	52	4.0k
Elaine A. Leventhal United States	41	936 0.8×	670 0.6×	569 0.6×	1.9k 2.3×	933 1.1×	72	6.9k
Natalie Taylor Australia	31	1.4k 1.1×	627 0.6×	309 0.3×	1.3k 1.6×	715 0.9×	144	4.9k
Catherine Bolman Netherlands	40	1.5k 1.2×	763 0.7×	645 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	523 0.6×	151	4.8k
Brenda M. DeVellis United States	39	1.1k 0.9×	780 0.7×	506 0.6×	1.8k 2.2×	895 1.1×	113	6.2k
Lilian Lechner Netherlands	45	1.9k 1.6×	858 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	1.8k 2.1×	753 0.9×	197	6.0k
Amy McQueen United States	33	585 0.5×	878 0.8×	760 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	478 0.6×	109	4.4k

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Streck, Brennan Parmelee, Jacqueline B. Vo, Carolyn Brandt, et al.. (2025). Understanding Cancer Treatment Decision Making Among Cancer Survivors: Weighing Cancer Recurrence Versus Cardiotoxicity. Psycho-Oncology. 34(1). e70061–e70061. 1 indexed citations

Ferrer, Rebecca A., et al.. (2024). Potential role of cannabis in ameliorating observed racialized disparities in cancer pain management. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 116(7). 1019–1025.

Liou, Kevin T., Rebecca L. Ashare, Brooke Worster, et al.. (2023). SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 7(4). 7 indexed citations

Inagaki, Tristen K., et al.. (2023). Support-Giving Is Associated With Lower Systemic Inflammation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(6). 499–507. 1 indexed citations

Simmons, Janine M., Andrew L. Breeden, Rebecca A. Ferrer, et al.. (2023). Affective Science Research: Perspectives and Priorities from the National Institutes of Health. Affective Science. 4(3). 600–607. 5 indexed citations

Elwood, William N., et al.. (2021). SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON INTEGRATIVE MECHANISMS OF RESILIENCE ACROSS TIME AND SCALE. Research in Human Development. 18(3). 230–235. 1 indexed citations

Agurs‐Collins, Tanya, et al.. (2021). Emotion suppression, coping strategies, dietary patterns, and BMI. Eating Behaviors. 41. 101500–101500. 8 indexed citations

Taber, Jennifer M., Erin M. Ellis, Maija Reblin, Lee Ellington, & Rebecca A. Ferrer. (2019). Knowledge of and beliefs about palliative care in a nationally-representative U.S. sample. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0219074–e0219074. 72 indexed citations

Persky, Susan, et al.. (2019). Parental Defensiveness about Multifactorial Genomic and Environmental Causes of Children's Obesity Risk. Childhood Obesity. 15(5). 289–297. 10 indexed citations

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Trivedi, Neha, Emily Peterson, Erin M. Ellis, et al.. (2019). Awareness of Palliative Care among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(12). 1578–1582. 41 indexed citations

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Ellis, Erin M., Edward Orehek, & Rebecca A. Ferrer. (2019). Patient-provider care goal concordance: implications for palliative care decisions. Psychology and Health. 34(8). 983–998. 3 indexed citations

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Ellis, Erin M., Rebecca A. Ferrer, Jennifer M. Taber, & William M. P. Klein. (2018). Relationship of “don’t know” responses to cancer knowledge and belief questions with colorectal cancer screening behavior.. Health Psychology. 37(4). 394–398. 9 indexed citations

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Roberts, Megan C., Rebecca A. Ferrer, Katharine A. Rendle, et al.. (2018). Lay Beliefs About the Accuracy and Value of Cancer Screening. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 54(5). 699–703. 13 indexed citations

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Nebeling, Linda, Erin Hennessy, April Y. Oh, et al.. (2017). The FLASHE Study: Survey Development, Dyadic Perspectives, and Participant Characteristics. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 52(6). 839–848. 104 indexed citations

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Kobrin, Sarah C., Rebecca A. Ferrer, Helen I. Meissner, et al.. (2015). Use of Health Behavior Theory in Funded Grant Proposals: Cancer Screening Interventions as a Case Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 49(6). 809–818. 13 indexed citations

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Taber, Jennifer M., William M. P. Klein, Rebecca A. Ferrer, et al.. (2014). Dispositional optimism and perceived risk interact to predict intentions to learn genome sequencing results.. Health Psychology. 34(7). 718–728. 38 indexed citations

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Brown, Justin C., Tania B. Huedo–Medina, Linda S. Pescatello, et al.. (2011). Efficacy of Exercise Interventions in Modulating Cancer-Related Fatigue among Adult Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(1). 123–133. 301 indexed citations

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Brown, Justin C., Tania B. Huedo–Medina, Blair T. Johnson, et al.. (2011). The Efficacy Of Exercise Interventions On Depression Among Cancer-Survivors: A Meta-Analysis. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 43(5). 277–278. 2 indexed citations

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Reig-Ferrer, Abilio, et al.. (2004). Evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes de una unidad de hemodiálisis con el cuestionario Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form (KDQOL-SF). 25(2). 79–92. 10 indexed citations

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Reig, A., et al.. (2004). Láminas COOP/WONCA: ¿un instrumento válido para determinar la CVRS en el paciente en diálisis?. Nefrología. 24(2). 192–193. 6 indexed citations

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