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Kasisomayajula Viswanath

Kasisomayajula Viswanath

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
74
Citations
34915
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
270

Kasisomayajula Viswanath 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 Kasisomayajula Viswanath sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 299 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kasisomayajula Viswanath 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 Kasisomayajula Viswanath sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kasisomayajula Viswanath is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences, medicine, and health professions with a particular focus on general health professions, sociology and political science, health, epidemiology, and physiology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses themes such as mobile health and mHealth applications, smoking behavior and cessation, misinformation and its impacts, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, the impact of technology on adolescents, digital mental health interventions, and COVID-19 and mental health.

Recent publications by Viswanath include:

  • Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • We Need the Lens of Equity in COVID-19 Communication, 2020, Health Communication

Viswanath frequently publishes in several academic journals, with notable publication volumes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Medical Internet Research (8 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (4 publications)
  • Health Communication (4 publications)
  • PEDIATRICS (4 publications)
  • European Urology (4 publications)

Collaboration is a significant component of Viswanath's scholarly work. Frequent co-authors include Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Rachel McCloud, Victoria Sánchez Antelo, Silvina Arrossi, and Dhriti Dhawan.

Viswanath's research contributions cover diverse topics related to health communication and public health behaviors, with a focus on understanding and addressing factors influencing vaccine hesitancy and uptake. This includes studies on social and individual determinants as well as equity perspectives in health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • Health behavior and health education : theory, research, and practice

    Karen Glanz;Barbara K. Rimer;K. Viswanath

  • 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

  • Health behavior : theory, research, and practice

    Karen Glanz;Barbara K. Rimer;K. Viswanath

  • Lessons Learned from Public Health Mass Media Campaigns: Marketing Health in a Crowded Media World*

    Whitney Randolph;K. Viswanath

  • The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis: Twenty-Five Years Later

    K. Viswanath;John R. Finnegan

  • Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

    K. Viswanath;Mesfin Bekalu;Dhriti Dhawan;Ramya Pinnamaneni

  • Cancer knowledge and disparities in the information age.

    K Viswanath;Nancy Breen;Helen Meissner;Richard P Moser

  • Racial Disparities in the Outcomes of Communication on Medical Care Received Near Death

    Jennifer W. Mack;M. Elizabeth Paulk;Kasisomayajula Viswanath;Holly G. Prigerson

  • The communications revolution and cancer control

    K. Viswanath

  • Health and the Information Nonseeker: A Profile

    Shoba Ramanadhan;K. Viswanath

  • Health Disparities, Communication Inequalities, and eHealth

    K. Viswanath;Matthew W. Kreuter

  • Understanding Concussion Reporting Using a Model Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

    Emily Kroshus;Christine M. Baugh;Daniel H. Daneshvar;Kasisomayajula Viswanath

  • Frustrated and confused: The American public rates its cancer-related information-seeking experiences

    Neeraj K. Arora;Bradford W. Hesse;Barbara K. Rimer;K. Viswanath

  • The intersectionality of discrimination attributes and bullying among youth: an applied latent class analysis.

    Bernice Raveche Garnett;Katherine E. Masyn;S. Bryn Austin;Matthew C. Miller

  • Association of Social Media Use With Social Well-Being, Positive Mental Health, and Self-Rated Health: Disentangling Routine Use From Emotional Connection to Use

    Mesfin A. Bekalu;Rachel F. McCloud;K. Viswanath

  • What have we learned about communication inequalities during the H1N1 pandemic: a systematic review of the literature.

    Leesa Lin;Elena Savoia;Foluso Agboola;Kasisomayajula Viswanath

  • Translating research evidence into practice to reduce health disparities: a social determinants approach.

    Howard K. Koh;Sarah C. Oppenheimer;Sarah B. Massin-Short;Karen M. Emmons

  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Policy Statement From the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology

    Thomas H. Brandon;Maciej L. Goniewicz;Nasser H. Hanna;Dorothy K. Hatsukami

  • Providing health messages to Hispanics/Latinos: understanding the importance of language, trust in health information sources, and media use.

    Marla L. Clayman;Jennifer A. Manganello;K. Viswanath;Bradford W. Hesse

  • Communication Inequalities and Public Health Implications of Adult Social Networking Site Use in the United States

    Emily Z. Kontos;Karen M. Emmons;Elaine Puleo;K. Viswanath

  • Mass media, social control, and social change : a macrosocial perspective

    David P. Demers;K. Viswanath

  • 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

Tai Hing Lam
Tai Hing Lam University of Hong Kong
Karen M. Emmons
Karen M. Emmons Harvard University
Thomas P. Giordano
Thomas P. Giordano Baylor College of Medicine
Glorian Sorensen
Glorian Sorensen Harvard University
Ichiro Kawachi
Ichiro Kawachi Harvard University
Prakash C. Gupta
Prakash C. Gupta Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health
Bradford W. Hesse
Bradford W. Hesse National Institutes of Health
Barbara K. Rimer
Barbara K. Rimer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Gary G. Bennett
Gary G. Bennett Duke University

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