Rachel A. Smith, PhD

Rachel A. Smith, PhD

Penn State University

H-index: 29

North America-United States

About Rachel A. Smith, PhD

Rachel A. Smith, PhD, With an exceptional h-index of 29 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Penn State University, specializes in the field of social influence, stigma, health communication, quantitative methods for interdependent data.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Extending the theory of normative social behavior: Collective norms, opinion leadership, and masking during the COVID-19 pandemic

Character Perceptions of Storytellers: Investigating the Mediated Contact Hypothesis and Stories About Living With HIV

Adoption and Discontinuance of Innovation Packages: A Longitudinal Study of Transitions in COVID-19 Mitigation

Longitudinal study of an emerging COVID-19 stigma: Media exposure, danger appraisal, and stress.

Different Politics, Different Realities? The Structure of Partisan Sensemaking About COVID-19

Different Politics, Different Realities? A Case Study of Students’ Partisan Sensemaking About COVID-19

COVID-19 mitigation among college students: Social influences, behavioral spillover, and antibody results

Anomia, Networks, and Communication: A Hidden Gem

Rachel A. Smith, PhD Information

University

Position

Professor in Communication Arts & Sciences and HDFS The

Citations(all)

3767

Citations(since 2020)

2078

Cited By

2424

hIndex(all)

29

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

62

i10Index(since 2020)

48

Email

University Profile Page

Penn State University

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Rachel A. Smith, PhD Skills & Research Interests

social influence

stigma

health communication

quantitative methods for interdependent data

Top articles of Rachel A. Smith, PhD

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Extending the theory of normative social behavior: Collective norms, opinion leadership, and masking during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health Communication

Xun Zhu

Christopher J Carpenter

Rachel A Smith

Jessica Gall Myrick

Molly A Martin

...

2024/1/2

Character Perceptions of Storytellers: Investigating the Mediated Contact Hypothesis and Stories About Living With HIV

AIDS Education and Prevention

Rachel A Smith

Ruth A Osoro

2023/2

Adoption and Discontinuance of Innovation Packages: A Longitudinal Study of Transitions in COVID-19 Mitigation

Health Communication

Rachel A Smith

Jessica Gall Myrick

Molly A Martin

Robert P Lennon

Lauren J Van Scoy

...

2023/11/2

Longitudinal study of an emerging COVID-19 stigma: Media exposure, danger appraisal, and stress.

Stigma and Health

Rachel A Smith

Xun Zhu

Molly A Martin

Jessica G Myrick

Robert P Lennon

...

2023/2

Different Politics, Different Realities? The Structure of Partisan Sensemaking About COVID-19

Negotiation and Conflict Management Research

Shannon Cruz

Xun Zhu

Rachel A Smith

James P Dillard

Lijiang Shen

...

2023/10/19

Different Politics, Different Realities? A Case Study of Students’ Partisan Sensemaking About COVID-19

Shannon M Cruz

Xun Zhu

Rachel A Smith

James Price Dillard

Lijiang Shen

...

2023

COVID-19 mitigation among college students: Social influences, behavioral spillover, and antibody results

Health Communication

Rachel A Smith

Meg L Small

Nita Bharti

Samuel J DeMatte

Robert P Lennon

...

2023/8/24

Anomia, Networks, and Communication: A Hidden Gem

Asian Communication Research

Rachel A. Smith

2023

Persuasive messages, social norms, and reactance: A study of masking behavior during a COVID-19 campus health campaign

Health communication

James Price Dillard

Xi Tian

Shannon M Cruz

Rachel A Smith

Lijiang Shen

2023/6/7

Accidents and Attributions: Differential Consequences for Religious Bias

Asian Communication Research

Rachel A Smith

Edward L Fink

Deborah A Cai

Carolyn E Montagnolo

2023/4

College students’ COVID-19 vaccine beliefs and intentions: Implications for interventions

Journal of American College Health

Meg L Small

Robert P Lennon

John J Dziak

Rachel A Smith

Gillian Sommerville

...

2022/4/9

Essential and non-essential US workers’ health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Preventive Medicine Reports

Molly A Martin

Robert P Lennon

Rachel A Smith

Jessica G Myrick

Meg L Small

...

2022/10/1

A meta-analysis of weight stigma and health behaviors.

Stigma and Health

Xun Zhu

Rachel A Smith

Emily Buteau

2022/2

The Role of Fatigue in a Campus COVID-19 Safety Behaviors Campaign

American Behavioral Scientist

Lijiang Shen

James Price Dillard

Xi Tian

Shannon Cruz

Rachel A Smith

2022/9/29

Mixed-methods Analysis of Adults Likely versus Unlikely to Get a COVID-19 Vaccination

American Journal of Health Behavior

Lauren J Van Scoy

Heather Costigan

Rachel A Smith

Bethany Snyder

Molly A Martin

...

2022/9/1

Unique predictors of intended uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine in adults living in a rural college town in the United States

American Journal of Health Promotion

Robert P Lennon

Meg L Small

Rachel A Smith

Lauren J Van Scoy

Jessica G Myrick

...

2022/1

Skeptical Health Mavens May Limit COVID-19 Vaccine Diffusion: Using the Innovation Diffusion Cycle to Interpret Results of a Cross-sectional Survey among People Who are …

Journal of Health Communication

Rachel A Smith

Curtis Bone

Ashley Visco

William A Calo

Jessica Wright

...

2022/6/3

How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics

Health Communication

Edward L Fink

Rachel A Smith

Deborah A Cai

Heeyoung Jung

Joseph Woelfel

2022/4/16

Sexual Minority Mothers: A Dyadic Exploration of Stigma, Identity, Support, and Parental Wellbeing

Journal of Homosexuality

Samantha L Tornello

Rachel A Smith

2022/10/19

College Students' COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs and Intentions: Implications for interventions (preprint)

Meg L Small

Robert Lennon

John Dziak

Rachel A Smith

Gillian Sommerville

...

2021

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Co-Authors

H-index: 45
Roxanne Parrott

Roxanne Parrott

Penn State University

H-index: 32
Edward L Fink

Edward L Fink

Temple University

H-index: 15
Kelly Rossetto

Kelly Rossetto

Boise State University

H-index: 12
Brittany L. Peterson

Brittany L. Peterson

Ohio University

H-index: 12
Xun Zhu

Xun Zhu

University of North Dakota

H-index: 8
Youllee Kim

Youllee Kim

Penn State University

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