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Kevin B. Wright 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 Kevin B. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 107 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin B. Wright 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 Kevin B. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kevin B. Wright is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans interdisciplinary areas primarily situated within Social Sciences and Medicine. These contributions emphasize subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics including:

  • Family Support in Illness
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Genetic and rare skin diseases.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Kevin B. Wright include:

  • Work-life imbalance during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring social support and health outcomes in the United States, 2021, Journal of Applied Communication Research
  • A Content Analysis of Social Support Messages about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk within Blogs for Mothers, 2020, Health Communication
  • Faith-Based Community Members, Family, and COVID-19: The Role of Family Cohesion, Social Support, and Spiritual Support on Quality of Life, Depression, and COVID-19-Prevention Behaviors, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Additional related works with frequent co-authors include:

  • Blood cancer caregiving during COVID-19: understanding caregivers' needs, 2021, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Impact of the family communication environment on burden and clinical communication in blood cancer caregiving, 2022, Psycho-Oncology

Collaborations with several professionals have been consistent throughout their research. Frequent co-authors include Carla L. Fisher, Carma L. Bylund, Maria Sae-Hau, Elisa S. Weiss, and Gemme Campbell-Salome.

Kevin B. Wright's research has been published in journals such as Cureus, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Cancers, Translational Behavioral Medicine, and Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Best Publications

  • Researching Internet‐Based Populations: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Survey Research, Online Questionnaire Authoring Software Packages, and Web Survey Services

    Kevin B. Wright

  • Health-related Support Groups on the Internet: Linking Empirical Findings to Social Support and Computer-mediated Communication Theory:

    Kevin B. Wright;Sally B. Bell

  • Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping.

    Kevin Bradley. Wright

  • Health Communication in the 21st Century

    Kevin B. Wright;Lisa Sparks;H. Dan O'Hair

  • Communication competence, social support, and depression among college students: a model of facebook and face-to-face support network influence.

    Kevin B Wright;Jenny Rosenberg;Nicole Egbert;Nicole A Ploeger

  • Credibility of Anonymous Online Product Reviews: A Language Expectancy Perspective

    Matthew L. Jensen;Joshua M. Averbeck;Zhu Zhang;Kevin B. Wright

  • Perceptions of on‐line support providers: An examination of perceived homophily, source credibility, communication and social support within on‐line support groups

    Kevin Wright

  • Social support within an on-line cancer community: an assessment of emotional support, perceptions of advantages and disadvantages, and motives for using the community from a communication perspective

    Kevin Wright

  • Communicating Social Support in Computer-mediated Contexts: A Meta-analytic Review of Content Analyses Examining Support Messages Shared Online among Individuals Coping with Illness

    Stephen A. Rains;Emily B. Peterson;Kevin B. Wright

  • Communication in health-related online social support groups/communities: a review of research on predictors of participation, applications of social support theory, and health outcomes

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  • Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships

    Kevin B. Wright;Lynne M. Webb

  • Computer‐mediated support groups: An examination of relationships among social support, perceived stress, and coping strategies

    Kevin B. Wright

  • ON LINE RELATIONAL MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES AND PERCEPTIONS OF PARTNERS WITHIN EXCLUSIVELY INTERNET BASED AND PRIMARILY INTERNET-BASED RELATIONSHIPS.

    Kevin B. Wright

  • Weak-tie support network preference and perceived life stress among participants in health-related, computer-mediated support groups

    Kevin B. Wright;Steve Rains;John Banas

  • Notification pending: Online social support from close and nonclose relational ties via Facebook

    Bobby Rozzell;Cameron W. Piercy;Caleb T. Carr;Shawn King

  • A Measure of Weak-Tie/Strong-Tie Support Network Preference

    Kevin B. Wright;Claude H. Miller

  • Work-Related Communication Technology Use Outside of Regular Work Hours and Work Life Conflict The Influence of Communication Technologies on Perceived Work Life Conflict, Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions

    Kevin B. Wright;Bryan Abendschein;Kevin Wombacher;Michaela O’Connor

  • Framing medical tourism: an examination of appeal, risk, convalescence, accreditation, and interactivity in medical tourism web sites.

    Alicia Mason;Kevin B Wright

  • Baby Boomers’ Adoption of Consumer Health Technologies: Survey on Readiness and Barriers

    Cynthia LeRouge;Craig Van Slyke;Deborah Seale;Kevin Wright

  • Social Support and Computer-Mediated Communication: A State-of-the-Art Review and Agenda for Future Research

    Stephen A. Rains;Kevin B. Wright

  • Assessing communication competence in an online study: toward informing subsequent interventions among older adults with cancer, their lay caregivers, and peers.

    Jim L. Query;Kevin Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Rains
Stephen A. Rains University of Arizona
Gary L. Kreps
Gary L. Kreps George Mason University
Carma L. Bylund
Carma L. Bylund University of Florida
Thomas Heinze
Thomas Heinze Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Kevin J. Edgar
Kevin J. Edgar Virginia Tech
Gabriele Centi
Gabriele Centi University of Messina
Kristen Harrison
Kristen Harrison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris Segrin
Chris Segrin University of Arizona
Allison J. Applebaum
Allison J. Applebaum Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dieter Klemm
Dieter Klemm Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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