William Rakowski

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
161 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

William Rakowski is a scholar working on Oncology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, William Rakowski has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Oncology, 43 papers in General Health Professions and 27 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in William Rakowski's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (70 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (36 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (26 papers). William Rakowski is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (70 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (36 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (26 papers). William Rakowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. William Rakowski's co-authors include Bess H. Marcus, Joseph S. Rossi, Michael G. Goldstein, Melissa A. Clark, Wayne F. Velicer, James O. Prochaska, Beverly Ehrich, Colleen A. Redding, Susan R. Rossi and Barbara K. Rimer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

William Rakowski

160 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors.

1994 1.7k citations Wayne F. Velicer, Joseph S. Rossi et al. Health Psychology profile →
Classification and regression tree analysis in public health: Methodological review and comparison with logistic regression

2003 682 citations Stephenie C. Lemon, Jason Roy et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine profile →
Assessing motivational readiness and decision making for exercise.

1992 507 citations Bess H. Marcus, William Rakowski et al. Health Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Rakowski United States	53	3.4k	3.3k	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	161	10.9k
Nancy K. Janz United States	57	3.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	742 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	188	16.0k
Karen M. Emmons United States	63	1.7k 0.5×	4.9k 1.5×	2.9k 1.5×	3.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	263	12.6k
Stephen Sutton United Kingdom	65	2.1k 0.6×	4.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.8×	2.9k 1.6×	4.0k 2.3×	322	15.3k
Celette Sugg Skinner United States	49	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	635 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	983 0.5×	186	9.0k
Laurence Moore United Kingdom	50	1.8k 0.5×	6.6k 2.0×	2.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	235	19.2k
Patricia Dolan Mullen United States	50	1.0k 0.3×	4.2k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	186	9.8k
Deborah J. Bowen United States	46	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	642 0.4×	265	10.6k
Ali Montazeri Iran	64	4.5k 1.3×	3.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	3.7k 2.0×	531 0.3×	711	18.5k
Victoria L. Champion United States	60	6.2k 1.8×	3.1k 0.9×	483 0.2×	2.2k 1.2×	840 0.5×	257	11.7k
Kevin D. McCaul United States	51	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	730 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	103	8.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Champion, Victoria L., Shannon M. Christy, William Rakowski, et al.. (2020). An RCT to Increase Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 59(2). e69–e78. 21 indexed citations

Schneider, Karen L., Kate L. Lapane, Melissa A. Clark, & William Rakowski. (2009). Peer Reviewed: Using Small-Area Estimation to Describe County-Level Disparities in Mammography. Preventing Chronic Disease. 6(4).

Canales, Mary K., William Rakowski, & Alan Howard. (2007). Traditionality and Cancer Screening Practices Among American Indian Women in Vermont. Health Care For Women International. 28(2). 155–181. 15 indexed citations

Smith, Kenneth J., et al.. (2007). Factors associated with thorough skin self‐examination for the early detection of melanoma. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 21(8). 1074–1081. 19 indexed citations

Weinstock, Martin A., Patricia Markham Risica, Rosemarie A. Martin, et al.. (2005). Efficacy of Intervention to Increase Thorough Skin Self-Examination and Effect on Surgery on the Skin: Results of the Check-it-out Project. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 125(4). 855–855. 4 indexed citations

Rakowski, William, et al.. (2005). Smoking Status and Mammography Among Women Aged 50–75 in the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Women & Health. 41(4). 1–21. 22 indexed citations

Rakowski, William & Erica S. Breslau. (2004). Perspectives on behavioral and social science research on cancer screening. Cancer. 101(S5). 1118–1130. 30 indexed citations

Lemon, Stephenie C., Jason Roy, Melissa A. Clark, Peter D. Friedmann, & William Rakowski. (2003). Classification and regression tree analysis in public health: Methodological review and comparison with logistic regression. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 26(3). 172–181. 682 indexed citations breakdown →

Park, Elyse R., Judith D. DePue, Michael G. Goldstein, et al.. (2003). Assessing the transtheoretical model of change constructs for physicians counseling smokers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 25(2). 120–126. 25 indexed citations

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Clark, Melissa A., William Rakowski, Beverly Ehrich, et al.. (2002). The effect of a stage-matched and tailored intervention on repeat mammography1 1The full text of this article is available via AJPM Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajpmonline.. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 22(1). 1–7. 48 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Michael G., Bernardine M. Pinto, Bess H. Marcus, et al.. (1999). Physician-based physical activity counseling for middle-aged and older adults: A randomized trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 21(1). 40–47. 128 indexed citations

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Rakowski, William, Beverly Ehrich, Michael G. Goldstein, et al.. (1998). Increasing Mammography among Women Aged 40–74 by Use of a Stage-Matched, Tailored Intervention. Preventive Medicine. 27(5). 748–756. 191 indexed citations

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Clark, Melissa A., William Rakowski, Frederick J. Kviz, & Joseph W. Hogan. (1997). Age and Stage of Readiness for Smoking Cessation. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 52B(4). S212–S221. 39 indexed citations

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Rakowski, William, David S. Pearlman, Barbara K. Rimer, & Beverly Ehrich. (1995). Correlates of Mammography among Women with Low and High Socioeconomic Resources. Preventive Medicine. 24(2). 149–158. 52 indexed citations

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Rakowski, William. (1993). The status of health behavior indicators among older adults: focusing on the "high risk" elderly.. PubMed. 76(1). 41–6. 2 indexed citations

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Rakowski, William, Barbara K. Rimer, & Sharon A. Bryant. (1993). Integrating behavior and intention regarding mammography by respondents in the 1990 National Health Interview Survey of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.. PubMed. 108(5). 605–24. 109 indexed citations

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Marcus, Bess H., William Rakowski, & Joseph S. Rossi. (1992). Assessing motivational readiness and decision making for exercise.. Health Psychology. 11(4). 257–261. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anderson, Lynda A., William Rakowski, & Tom Hickey. (1988). Satisfaction with clinical encounters among residents and geriatric patients. Academic Medicine. 63(6). 447–55. 12 indexed citations

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Rakowski, William. (1984). Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics (vol 3). Patient Education and Counseling. 5(3). 149–149. 64 indexed citations

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Hickey, Tina, et al.. (1976). Attitudes Toward Aging as a Function of In-service Training and Practitioner Age. Journal of Gerontology. 31(6). 681–686. 9 indexed citations

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