| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Health Belief Model Variables in Predicting Behavior | Health Communication | 2010 | 1,024 |
| 2 | The Health Belief Model as an Explanatory Framework in Communication Research: Exploring Parallel, Serial, and Moderated Mediation | Health Communication | 2015 | 504 |
| 3 | Considering Emotion in COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Fostering Vaccine Confidence | Health Communication | 2020 | 492 |
| 4 | Primary Sources of Health Information: Comparisons in the Domain of Health Attitudes, Health Cognitions, and Health Behaviors | Health Communication | 2004 | 464 |
| 5 | See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media | Health Communication | 2018 | 418 |
| 6 | Communication of Social Support in Computer-Mediated Groups for People With Disabilities | Health Communication | 1999 | 405 |
| 7 | PRISM: A Planned Risk Information Seeking Model | Health Communication | 2010 | 372 |
| 8 | Examining the Dimensions of Cancer-Related Information Seeking and Scanning Behavior | Health Communication | 2007 | 290 |
| 9 | An Interactional Structure of Medical Activities During Acute Visits and Its Implications for Patients' Participation | Health Communication | 2003 | 286 |
| 10 | Adolescent Reactance and Anti-Smoking Campaigns: A Theoretical Approach | Health Communication | 2003 | 284 |
| 11 | When Vaccines Go Viral: An Analysis of HPV Vaccine Coverage on YouTube | Health Communication | 2012 | 282 |
| 12 | Othering and Being Othered in the Context of Health Care Services | Health Communication | 2004 | 279 |
| 13 | Perceptions of Health Care Providers' Communication: Relationships Between Patient-Centered Communication and Satisfaction | Health Communication | 2004 | 269 |
| 14 | Social Support and the Management of Uncertainty for People Living With HIV or AIDS | Health Communication | 2004 | 250 |
| 15 | The Effects of Social Media Use on Preventive Behaviors during Infectious Disease Outbreaks: The Mediating Role of Self-relevant Emotions and Public Risk Perception | Health Communication | 2021 | 244 |
| 16 | The Many Meanings of Uncertainty in Illness: Toward a Systematic Accounting | Health Communication | 1998 | 242 |
| 17 | Embodied Metaphor In Women's Narratives About Their Experiences With Cancer | Health Communication | 2002 | 220 |
| 18 | Closing the Knowledge-Behavior Gap in Health Promotion: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy | Health Communication | 2000 | 216 |
| 19 | Analyzing Patient Participation in Medical Encounters | Health Communication | 2001 | 212 |
| 20 | Parent Resistance to Physicians' Treatment Recommendations: One Resource for Initiating a Negotiation of the Treatment Decision | Health Communication | 2005 | 211 |
| 21 | Health Information, Credibility, Homophily, and Influence via the Internet: Web Sites Versus Discussion Groups | Health Communication | 2008 | 206 |
| 22 | Functions of Loneliness, Social Support, Health Behaviors, and Stress in Association With Poor Health | Health Communication | 2010 | 205 |
| 23 | The Structure of Patients' Presenting Concerns: Physicians' Opening Questions | Health Communication | 2006 | 204 |
| 24 | Modeling the Relationship Between Descriptive Norms and Behaviors: A Test and Extension of the Theory of Normative Social Behavior (TNSB)∗ | Health Communication | 2008 | 200 |
| 25 | Seeking Formula for Misinformation Treatment in Public Health Crises: The Effects of Corrective Information Type and Source | Health Communication | 2020 | 199 |
| 26 | Theory and Practice in Health Communication Campaigns: A Critical Interrogation | Health Communication | 2005 | 198 |
| 27 | Silence and Cancer: Why Do Families and Patients Fail To Communicate? | Health Communication | 2003 | 192 |
| 28 | Beyond the Organ Donor Card: The Effect of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Values on Willingness to Communicate About Organ Donation to Family Members | Health Communication | 2002 | 190 |
| 29 | Health and the Information Nonseeker: A Profile | Health Communication | 2006 | 187 |
| 30 | The Differential Impact of Statistical and Narrative Evidence on Beliefs, Attitude, and Intention: A Meta-Analysis | Health Communication | 2015 | 187 |
| 31 | Toward the Development of Critical Health Communication Praxis | Health Communication | 1994 | 185 |
| 32 | Media Celebrities and Public Health: Responses to 'Magic' Johnson's HIV Disclosure and Its Impact on AIDS Risk and High-Risk Behaviors | Health Communication | 1995 | 181 |
| 33 | Developing a Profile of Consumer Intention to Seek Out Additional Information Beyond a Doctor: The Role of Communicative and Motivation Variables | Health Communication | 2005 | 179 |
| 34 | “Not Soldiers but Fire-fighters” – Metaphors and Covid-19 | Health Communication | 2021 | 179 |
| 35 | HPV Vaccine Information in the Blogosphere: How Positive and Negative Blogs Influence Vaccine-Related Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions | Health Communication | 2012 | 176 |
| 36 | The Impact of Patient Participation on Physicians' Information Provision During a Primary Care Medical Interview | Health Communication | 2007 | 165 |
| 37 | Public Anxiety and Information Seeking Following the H1N1 Outbreak: Blogs, Newspaper Articles, and Wikipedia Visits | Health Communication | 2012 | 165 |
| 38 | Cancer Patients' Desires for Communication of Prognosis Information | Health Communication | 2002 | 155 |
| 39 | A Further Extension of the Extended Parallel Process Model (E-EPPM): Implications of Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Emotion and Dispositional Coping Style | Health Communication | 2013 | 154 |
| 40 | Effects of Insightful Disclosure Within Computer Mediated Support Groups on Women With Breast Cancer | Health Communication | 2006 | 153 |
| 41 | Design and Evaluation of a Computer Game to Promote a Healthy Diet for Young Adults | Health Communication | 2009 | 150 |
| 42 | Evaluating the Impact of Attempts to Correct Health Misinformation on Social Media: A Meta-Analysis | Health Communication | 2021 | 150 |
| 43 | Online Health Information Seeking: A Review and Meta-Analysis | Health Communication | 2021 | 148 |
| 44 | Presenting the Problem in Pediatric Encounters: "Symptoms Only" Versus "Candidate Diagnosis" Presentations | Health Communication | 2002 | 147 |
| 45 | Toward a Theory of Persuasive Hope: Effects of Cognitive Appraisals, Hope Appeals, and Hope in the Context of Climate Change | Health Communication | 2015 | 147 |
| 46 | Friends Talk to Friends About Drinking: Exploring the Role of Peer Communication in the Theory of Normative Social Behavior | Health Communication | 2007 | 145 |
| 47 | Examining the Use of Forceful Language When Designing Exercise Persuasive Messages for Adults: A Test of Conceptualizing Reactance Arousal as a Two-Step Process | Health Communication | 2008 | 144 |
| 48 | To Tweet or to Retweet? That Is the Question for Health Professionals on Twitter | Health Communication | 2013 | 143 |
| 49 | The Effect of Computer-Mediated Social Support in Online Communities on Patient Empowerment and Doctor–Patient Communication | Health Communication | 2012 | 141 |
| 50 | The Relative Persuasiveness of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages for Promoting Vaccination: A Meta-Analytic Review | Health Communication | 2012 | 139 |
