2026 Gary L. Kreps: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	49	2880	2633	1401	1262	246	14596

Overview

Gary L. Kreps is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans key areas within social sciences and health professions, with a primary focus on health communication and its impact on public health outcomes.

The main fields of study for this researcher include Social Sciences and Health Professions. Within these fields, subfields of interest cover General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Epidemiology, and Social Psychology.

Their work addresses important topics such as:

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Global Maternal and Child Health
Public Relations and Crisis Communication
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

Gary L. Kreps has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

"An Analysis of Government Communication in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Effective Government Health Risk Communication," 2020, published in World Medical & Health Policy
"Double burden of COVID-19 knowledge deficit: low health literacy and high information avoidance," 2022, published in BMC Research Notes
"The value of health communication scholarship: New directions for health communication inquiry," 2020, published in International Journal of Nursing Sciences
"Expanding the Health Information National Trends Survey Research Program Internationally to Examine Global Health Communication Trends: Comparing Health Information Seeking Behaviors in the U.S. and Germany," 2022, published in Journal of Health Communication
"Usability Evaluation of the Novel Smartphone Application, HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day, Among Pediatric Residents," 2020, published in Academic Pediatrics

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

Xuewei Chen
Devaraj Acharya
Ming Li
Ramesh Adhikari
Taichi Shimazu

Gary L. Kreps has published extensively in a range of academic journals and venues, with multiple contributions to:

World Medical & Health Policy
Health Behavior Research
Vaccines
Journal of Health Communication
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Best Publications

Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends Survey.

Bradford W. Hesse;David E. Nelson;Gary L. Kreps;Robert T. Croyle

2125
Citations
Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods

Lawrence R. Frey;Carl H. Botan;Gary L. Kreps

1117
Citations
Organizational Communication: Theory and Practice

Gary L. Kreps

1109
Citations
The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, Design, and Dissemination

David E. Nelson;Gary L. Kreps;Bradford W. Hesse;Robert T. Croyle

766
Citations
New directions in eHealth communication: Opportunities and challenges

Gary L. Kreps;Linda Neuhauser

716
Citations
Rethinking Communication in the E-health Era.

Linda Neuhauser;Gary L. Kreps

504
Citations
Health Communication: Theory and Practice

Gary L. Kreps;B C Thornton

453
Citations
Meeting the health literacy needs of immigrant populations.

Gary L. Kreps;Lisa Sparks

430
Citations
Bridging the Digital Divide: Reaching Vulnerable Populations

Betty L. Chang;Suzanne Bakken;S. Scott Brown;Thomas K. Houston

401
Citations
Guideline implementation for breast healthcare in low- and middle-income countries: early detection resource allocation.

Cheng Har Yip;Robert A. Smith;Benjamin O. Anderson;Benjamin O. Anderson;Anthony B. Miller

385
Citations
Forty Years of Diffusion of Innovations: Utility and Value in Public Health

Muhiuddin Haider;Gary L. Kreps

350
Citations
Cancer survivors information seeking behaviors: A comparison of survivors who do and do not seek information about cancer

Deborah K. Mayer;Norma C. Terrin;Gary L. Kreps;Usha Menon

310
Citations
Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings

Gary L. Kreps;Elizabeth N. Kunimoto

277
Citations
An Analysis of Government Communication in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Effective Government Health Risk Communication.

Do Kyun David Kim;Gary L. Kreps

209
Citations
Communication and Racial Inequities in Health Care

Gary L. Kreps

197
Citations
The role of social support and social networks in health information–seeking behavior among Korean Americans: a qualitative study

Wonsun Kim;Gary L Kreps;Cha-Nam Shin

185
Citations
Consumers' perceptions about and use of the internet for personal health records and health information exchange: analysis of the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey

Kuang-Yi Wen;Gary Kreps;Fang Zhu;Suzanne Miller

179
Citations
The health information national trends survey: research from the baseline.

Bradford W Hesse;Richard P Moser;Lila J Finney Rutten;Gary L Kreps

158
Citations
Health behaviors in cancer survivors.

Deborah Kay Mayer;Norma C. Terrin;Norma C. Terrin;Usha Menon;Gary L. Kreps

143
Citations
eHealth communication and behavior change: promise and performance

Linda Neuhauser;Gary L. Kreps

140
Citations
The Impact of the Internet and Its Implications for Health Care Providers: Findings From the First Health Information National Trends Survey

Bradford W. Hesse;David E. Nelson;Gary L. Kreps;Robert T. Croyle

57
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arvind Singhal The University of Texas at El Paso

Bradford W. Hesse National Institutes of Health

Kasisomayajula Viswanath Harvard University

Kevin B. Wright George Mason University

David H. Gustafson University of Wisconsin–Madison

Peter Salovey Yale University

Adriaan Visser Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Eva Kahana Case Western Reserve University

Suzanne M. Miller Fox Chase Cancer Center

Fiona McTavish University of Wisconsin–Madison

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