Robert A. Bell

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Bell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Bell has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in General Health Professions and 31 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Bell's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (25 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (16 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (16 papers). Robert A. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (25 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (16 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (16 papers). Robert A. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert A. Bell's co-authors include Richard L. Kravitz, Jeanette B. Ruiz, Michael S. Wilkes, Edward Krupat, John A. Daly, David H. Thom, Rahman Azari, Meng Chen, Lisa M. Soederberg Miller and Robert Hopper and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Bell

148 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Predictors of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Results of a nationwide survey

2021 467 citations Jeanette B. Ruiz, Robert A. Bell Vaccine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Bell	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	943	691	150	5.8k
Richard T. Campbell	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	630 0.6×	544 0.6×	47 0.1×	106	6.6k
Timothy P. Johnson	2.7k 1.8×	3.1k 2.5×	930 0.8×	2.3k 2.4×	28 0.0×	277	11.5k
Douglas A. Luke	3.3k 2.2×	997 0.8×	723 0.6×	737 0.8×	29 0.0×	180	8.6k
Diana Rose	4.6k 3.0×	1.4k 1.1×	889 0.8×	4.3k 4.5×	33 0.0×	223	13.2k
Martin Johnson	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	144 0.1×	332 0.4×	14 0.0×	180	5.8k
Jonathan D. Klein	4.6k 3.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	611 0.6×	34 0.0×	257	11.8k
Elizabeth Murphy	2.3k 1.5×	901 0.7×	176 0.2×	243 0.3×	34 0.0×	164	6.7k
Peter Congdon	1.0k 0.7×	595 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	245 0.3×	11 0.0×	201	5.2k
Ian Rees Jones	1.4k 0.9×	720 0.6×	501 0.4×	533 0.6×	13 0.0×	202	6.1k
Hua Fu	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	591 0.5×	649 0.7×	4 0.0×	194	6.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bell, Robert A., Meng Chen, & Laramie D. Taylor. (2021). Narratives of Prevention and Affliction in Type 2 Diabetes: Mechanisms of Influence in a Sample of Middle-aged Women. Journal of Health Communication. 26(4). 253–263. 2 indexed citations

Bell, Robert A., et al.. (2019). Effects of public versus media responsibility messages on stigmatization of people with schizophrenia in an American adult sample. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 55(7). 917–927. 4 indexed citations

Bell, Robert A.. (2018). The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 and the Sioux: Is the United States Honoring the Agreements it Made?. 28(3). 1 indexed citations

Perez, Susan, et al.. (2016). Characterizing internet health information seeking strategies by socioeconomic status: a mixed methods approach. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 16(1). 107–107. 42 indexed citations

Perez, Susan, et al.. (2015). Characterizing the Processes for Navigating Internet Health Information Using Real-Time Observations: A Mixed-Methods Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(7). e173–e173. 16 indexed citations

Ruiz, Jeanette B. & Robert A. Bell. (2014). Understanding vaccination resistance: Vaccine search term selection bias and the valence of retrieved information. Vaccine. 32(44). 5776–5780. 53 indexed citations

Taylor, Laramie D., Robert A. Bell, & Richard L. Kravitz. (2010). Third-person effects and direct-to-consumer advertisements for antidepressants. Depression and Anxiety. 28(2). 160–165. 3 indexed citations

Epstein, Ronald M., Paul R. Duberstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, et al.. (2010). “I Didn’t Know What Was Wrong:” How People With Undiagnosed Depression Recognize, Name and Explain Their Distress. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 25(9). 954–961. 75 indexed citations

Bell, Robert A., et al.. (2008). Fatigue life prediction of cracked padded plates. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 31(3-4). 234–241. 1 indexed citations

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Young, Henry N., Robert A. Bell, Ronald M. Epstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, & Richard L. Kravitz. (2006). Types of information physicians provide when prescribing antidepressants. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 21(11). 1172–1177. 36 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., et al.. (2004). 88.19 Latin squares and their inverses. The Mathematical Gazette. 88(511). 127–128. 4 indexed citations

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Street, Richard L., Edward Krupat, Robert A. Bell, Richard L. Kravitz, & Paul Haidet. (2003). Beliefs about control in the physician-patient relationship. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 18(8). 609–616. 163 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., Richard L. Kravitz, David H. Thom, Edward Krupat, & Rahman Azari. (2002). Unmet expectations for care and the patient-physician relationship. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 17(11). 817–824. 187 indexed citations

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Kravitz, Richard L., et al.. (2002). Request Fulfillment in Office Practice. Medical Care. 40(1). 38–51. 90 indexed citations

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Wilkes, Michael S., Robert A. Bell, & Richard L. Kravitz. (2000). Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising: Trends, Impact, And Implications. Health Affairs. 19(2). 110–128. 304 indexed citations

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Molitor, Fred, Robert A. Bell, Steven R. Truax, Juan D. Ruiz, & Richard Sun. (1999). Predictors of Failure to Return for HIV Test Result and Counseling By Test Site Type. AIDS Education and Prevention. 11(1). 1–13. 61 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Gerald S., et al.. (1998). The Effects of a Managed Care Educational Program on Faculty and Trainee Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions. Academic Medicine. 73(10). 1107–1113. 7 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., Richard L. Kravitz, Allan D. Siefkin, & Garrett E. Foulke. (1997). Physicians' attitudes toward managed care: assessment and potential effects on practice behaviors.. The American Journal of Managed Care. 3(9). 1297–304. 9 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A.. (1996). Economics of MRI technology. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 6(1). 10–25. 35 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., Christopher J. Zahn, & Robert Hopper. (1984). Disclaiming: A test of two competing views. Communication Quarterly. 32(1). 28–36. 17 indexed citations

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