2026 Jennifer D. Allen: 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	52	2477	2259	1204	1083	120	7410

Overview

Jennifer D. Allen is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, racial and ethnic identity research, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, cervical cancer and HPV research, migration, health and trauma, and mental health associated with COVID-19.

Their main fields of study span Social Sciences and Medicine, with specific subfields including Health, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Epidemiology.

Jennifer D. Allen has published frequently in several academic venues, including:

BMC Public Health
Annals of Medicine
Vaccines
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Research Square (Research Square)

Among their recent papers are:

"Discrimination and systemic inflammation: A critical review and synthesis," 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
"Changes in COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate by socioeconomic characteristics and geographic area, United States, January 6 - March 29, 2021," 2021, Annals of Medicine
"Medical mistrust, discrimination, and COVID-19 vaccine behaviors among a national sample U.S. adults," 2022, SSM - Population Health
"Disparities in national and state estimates of COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intent to vaccinate by race/ethnicity, income, and age group among adults ≥ 18 years, United States," 2021, Vaccine
"Why are some people reluctant to be vaccinated for COVID-19? A cross-sectional survey among U.S. Adults in May-June 2020," 2021, Preventive Medicine Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jennifer D. Allen include:

Kimberly H. Nguyen
Laura Corlin
Rebecca Rose
Adolfo G. Cuevas
Thomas J. Stopka

Best Publications

Evaluating the fake news problem at the scale of the information ecosystem.

Jennifer Allen;Baird Howland;Markus Mobius;David Rothschild

534
Citations
The transition from breast cancer 'patient' to 'survivor'.

Jennifer D. Allen;Sanghamitra Savadatti;Andrea Gurmankin Levy

299
Citations
Parental Decision Making about the HPV Vaccine

Jennifer D. Allen;Megan K.D. Othus;Rachel C. Shelton;Yi Li

245
Citations
Stage of adoption of the human papillomavirus vaccine among college women

Jennifer D. Allen;Anshu P. Mohllajee;Rachel C. Shelton;Megan K.D. Othus

233
Citations
Preparation and evaluation of unimolecular pentavalent and hexavalent antigenic constructs targeting prostate and breast cancer: a synthetic route to anticancer vaccine candidates.

Govind Ragupathi;Fusataka Koide;Philip O. Livingston;Young Shin Cho

208
Citations
Interdependence and the cost of uncoordinated responses to COVID-19.

David Michael Holtz;Michael Zhao;Seth Gordon Benzell;Seth Gordon Benzell;Cathy Y. Cao

197
Citations
Fidelity and its relationship to implementation effectiveness, adaptation, and dissemination

Jennifer D. Allen;Rachel C. Shelton;Karen M. Emmons;Laura A. Linnan

181
Citations
African-American men's perceptions about prostate cancer: Implications for designing educational interventions

Jennifer D. Allen;Jennifer D. Allen;Mark Kennedy;Athene Wilson-Glover;Timothy D. Gilligan

173
Citations
A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability

Jennifer D. Allen;Gloria D. Coronado;Rebecca S. Williams;Beth Glenn

170
Citations
Decreasing women's anxieties after abnormal mammograms: a controlled trial.

Mary B. Barton;Debra S. Morley;Sara Moore;Jennifer D. Allen

165
Citations
HPV Vaccine Decision-Making and Acceptance: Does Religion Play a Role?

Rachel C. Shelton;Anna C. Snavely;Maria De Jesus;Megan D. Othus

159
Citations
Discrimination and systemic inflammation: A critical review and synthesis.

Adolfo G Cuevas;Anthony D Ong;Keri Carvalho;Thao Ho

156
Citations
On the power of chemical synthesis: Immunological evaluation of models for multiantigenic carbohydrate-based cancer vaccines

Govindaswami Ragupathi;Don M. Coltart;Lawrence J. Williams;Fusataka Koide

147
Citations
Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds.

Jennifer Nancy Lee Allen;Antonio Alonso Arechar;Antonio Alonso Arechar;Gordon Pennycook;David Rand

143
Citations
Follow-up of abnormal screening mammograms among low-income ethnically diverse women: findings from a qualitative study.

Jennifer D. Allen;Jennifer D. Allen;Rachel C. Shelton;Elizabeth Harden;Roberta E. Goldman

135
Citations
Integration of health protection and health promotion: rationale, indicators, and metrics.

Glorian Sorensen;Deborah McLellan;Jack T. Dennerlein;Nicolaas P. Pronk

129
Citations
A church-based intervention to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African American men.

Bettina F. Drake;Rachel C. Shelton;Timothy D. Gilligan;Jennifer D. Allen

125
Citations
Pathways between acculturation and health behaviors among residents of low-income housing: The mediating role of social and contextual factors

Jennifer Dacey Allen;Caitlin Caspi;May Yang;Bryan Leyva

125
Citations
National Institutes of Health state-of-the-science conference statement: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening.

Donald Steinwachs;Jennifer Dacey Allen;William Eric Barlow;R. Paul Duncan

124
Citations
Integrating Clinical, Community, and Policy Perspectives on Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Marí A E Fernández;Jennifer D. Allen;Ritesh Mistry;Jessica A. Kahn

119
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Glorian Sorensen Harvard University

Maria E. Fernandez The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Judith R. Lave University of Pittsburgh

Thomas A. LaVeist Tulane University

Laura A. Linnan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Roberta B. Ness The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Marcia G. Ory Texas A&M University

Annette E. Maxwell University of California, Los Angeles

Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University

Roshan Bastani University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

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