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D-Index
40
Citations
17028
World Ranking
5170
National Ranking
2437

Kim Witte 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 Kim Witte sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 67 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kim Witte 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 Kim Witte sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kim Witte is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their academic profile encompasses a focus on scientific research and scholarly pursuits within this institution.

There are no records of recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues associated with Kim Witte available at this time.

Information on book publications by Kim Witte is not present in the available data.

Details regarding main fields of study, subfields of study, and main topics of work have not been provided, limiting insight into the specific academic disciplines or research areas they specialize in.

No awards or honors conferred upon Kim Witte are documented in the current dataset.

Kim Witte is not recorded as deceased and is presumably an active member of the research community based on the affiliation data.

Best Publications

  • Putting the fear back into fear appeals: The extended parallel process model

    Kim Witte

  • A Meta-Analysis of Fear Appeals: Implications for Effective Public Health Campaigns

    Kim Witte;Mike Allen

  • Fear control and danger control: A test of the extended parallel process model (EPPM)

    Kim Witte

  • Predicting risk behaviors: development and validation of a diagnostic scale.

    Kim Witte;Kenzie A. Cameron;Janet K. McKeon;Judy M. Berkowitz

  • Effective Health Risk Messages: A Step-By-Step Guide

    Kim Witte;Gary Meyer;Dennis P. Martell

  • Fear as motivator, fear as inhibitor: Using the extended parallel process model to explain fear appeal successes and failures.

    Kim Witte

  • Fear appeals and persuasion: A review and update of the Extended Parallel Process Model.

    Erin K. Maloney;Maria K. Lapinski;Kim Witte

  • Preventing the Spread of Genital Warts: Using Fear Appeals to Promote Self-Protective Behaviors

    Kim Witte;Judy M. Berkowitz;Kenzie A. Cameron;Janet K. McKeon

  • The role of threat and efficacy in AIDS prevention.

    Kim Witte

  • Fear, threat, and perceptions of efficacy from frightening skin cancer messages.

    Stephenson Mt;Witte K

  • Can fear arousal in public health campaigns contribute to the decline of HIV prevalence

    Edward C. Green;Kim Witte

  • Addressing cultural orientations in fear appeals: promoting AIDS-protective behaviors among Mexican immigrant and African American adolescents and American and Taiwanese college students.

    Lisa Murray-Johnson;Kim Witte;Wen-Ying Liu;Anne P. Hubbell

  • Generating Effective Risk Messages: How Scary Should Your Risk Communication Be?

    Kim Witte

  • Social Sides of Health Risks: Stigma and Collective Efficacy

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  • Fishing for success: Using the persuasive health message framework to generate effective campaign messages.

    Kim Witte

  • A theoretically based evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns along the trans-Africa highway in Kenya.

    Kim Witte;Kenzie A. Cameron;Maria Knight Lapinski;Solomon Nzyuko

  • Creating Fear in a Risky World: Generating Effective Health Risk Messages

    Michael T. Stephenson;Kim Witte

  • Drama Theory and Entertainment Education: Exploring the Effects of a Radio Drama on Behavioral Intentions to Limit HIV Transmission in Ethiopia

    Rachel A. Smith;Edward Downs;Kim Witte

  • The perception of risk messages regarding electromagnetic fields: extending the extended parallel process model to an unknown risk.

    Shari McMahan;Kim Witte;Jon'a Meyer

  • Examining the influence of trait anxiety/repression‐sensitization on individuals’ reactions to fear appeals

    Kim Witte;Kelly Morrison

  • Preventing teen pregnancy through persuasive communications: realities, myths, and the hard-fact truths.

    Kim Witte

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenzie A. Cameron
Kenzie A. Cameron Northwestern University
Michael T. Stephenson
Michael T. Stephenson Texas A&M University
Maria Knight Lapinski
Maria Knight Lapinski Michigan State University
Arvind Singhal
Arvind Singhal The University of Texas at El Paso
Lee S. Newman
Lee S. Newman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Kurt M. Ribisl
Kurt M. Ribisl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hye-Jin Paek
Hye-Jin Paek Hanyang University
Mike Allen
Mike Allen University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
James Price Dillard
James Price Dillard Pennsylvania State University
Michael S. Allen
Michael S. Allen Michigan State University

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