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D-Index
49
Citations
14596
World Ranking
2880
National Ranking
1401

Gary L. Kreps publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary L. Kreps sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 246 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Gary L. Kreps D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary L. Kreps sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

  • Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods

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

  • Organizational Communication: Theory and Practice

    Gary L. Kreps

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

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

  • New directions in eHealth communication: Opportunities and challenges

    Gary L. Kreps;Linda Neuhauser

  • Rethinking Communication in the E-health Era.

    Linda Neuhauser;Gary L. Kreps

  • Health Communication: Theory and Practice

    Gary L. Kreps;B C Thornton

  • Meeting the health literacy needs of immigrant populations.

    Gary L. Kreps;Lisa Sparks

  • Bridging the Digital Divide: Reaching Vulnerable Populations

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

  • 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

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

    Muhiuddin Haider;Gary L. Kreps

  • 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

  • Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings

    Gary L. Kreps;Elizabeth N. Kunimoto

  • 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

  • Communication and Racial Inequities in Health Care

    Gary L. Kreps

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Health behaviors in cancer survivors.

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

  • eHealth communication and behavior change: promise and performance

    Linda Neuhauser;Gary L. Kreps

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Arvind Singhal
Arvind Singhal The University of Texas at El Paso
Bradford W. Hesse
Bradford W. Hesse National Institutes of Health
Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Kasisomayajula Viswanath Harvard University
Alex H. Krist
Alex H. Krist Virginia Commonwealth University
Kevin B. Wright
Kevin B. Wright George Mason University
Barbara K. Rimer
Barbara K. Rimer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David H. Gustafson
David H. Gustafson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Usha Menon
Usha Menon University College London
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
Adriaan Visser
Adriaan Visser Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

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