Health Communication 75.7k citations
3.4k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Topics Media Influence and Health Behavioral Health and Interventions Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Health Communication
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Sociology and Political Science 27.9k General Health Professions 20.5k Literature and Literary Theory 11.5k Social Psychology 11.3k Clinical Psychology 11.3k Journal of Health Communication United States
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About Health Communication The 3.4k papers published in Health Communication in the last decades have received a total of 75.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Health Communication usually cover Applied Psychology (637 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (718 papers) and Communication (374 papers) specifically the topics of Media Influence and Health (667 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (580 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (422 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Health Communication are Mohan J. Dutta , Christopher J. Carpenter , Rajiv N. Rimal , Xiaoli Nan , Lee Ann Kahlor , Robin L. Nabi , Jeffrey D. Robinson , Tanya Stivers , Lijiang Shen and Chris Segrin .
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