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Kurt M. Ribisl 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 Kurt M. Ribisl sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 287 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kurt M. Ribisl 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 Kurt M. Ribisl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

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

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

Overview

Kurt M. Ribisl is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, general health professions, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The main topics addressed in their work include smoking behavior and cessation, obesity, physical activity, diet, behavioral health and interventions, air quality and health impacts, health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, and media influence and health.

Some recent papers authored by Ribisl and colleagues are:

  • Motivations and Barriers for the Use of Face Coverings during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Messaging Insights from Focus Groups, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Associations of tobacco retailer density and proximity with adult tobacco use behaviours and health outcomes: a meta-analysis, 2021, Tobacco Control
  • Reactions to messages about smoking, vaping and COVID-19: two national experiments, 2020, Tobacco Control
  • Neighborhood Inequities in Tobacco Retailer Density and the Presence of Tobacco-Selling Pharmacies and Tobacco Shops, 2021, Health Education & Behavior
  • Neighborhood Disparities in the Availability, Advertising, Promotion, and Youth Appeal of Little Cigars and Cigarillos, United States, 2015, 2020, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Noel T. Brewer
  • Seth M. Noar
  • Shelley D. Golden
  • Marissa G. Hall
  • Amanda Y. Kong

Ribisl's publications appear regularly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Tobacco Control
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Further Validation and Reliability Testing of the Trust in Physician Scale

    David H. Thom;Kurt M. Ribisl;Anita L. Stewart;Douglas A. Luke

  • Pictorial cigarette pack warnings: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

    Seth M Noar;Marissa G Hall;Diane B Francis;Kurt M Ribisl

  • Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Banning Outdoor Tobacco Advertising Near Schools and Playgrounds

    Douglas A. Luke;Kurt M. Ribisl;Carson Smith;Amy A. Sorg

  • Electronic Cigarettes A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

    Aruni Bhatnagar;Laurie P. Whitsel;Kurt M. Ribisl;Chris Bullen

  • A description of the social–ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG)

    John P. Elder;Leslie Lytle;James F. Sallis;Deborah Rohm Young

  • Tracking the Rise in Popularity of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (Electronic Cigarettes) Using Search Query Surveillance

    John W. Ayers;Kurt M. Ribisl;John S. Brownstein;John S. Brownstein

  • Cohort study of the impact of high-dose opioid analgesics on overdose mortality

    Nabarun Dasgupta;Michele Jonsson Funk;Scott Proescholdbell;Annie Hirsch

  • A Systematic Review of Neighborhood Disparities in Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing

    Joseph G. L. Lee;Lisa Henriksen;Shyanika W. Rose;Sarah Moreland-Russell

  • The impact of strengthening cigarette pack warnings: Systematic review of longitudinal observational studies.

    Seth M. Noar;Diane B. Francis;Christy Bridges;Jennah M. Sontag

  • Minimizing participant attrition in panel studies through the use of effective retention and tracking strategies: Review and recommendations

    Kurt M. Ribisl;Maureen A. Walton;Carol T. Mowbray;Douglas A. Luke

  • Effect of Pictorial Cigarette Pack Warnings on Changes in Smoking Behavior: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Noel T. Brewer;Marissa G. Hall;Seth M. Noar;Humberto Parada

  • Crowdsourcing Applications for Public Health

    Daren C. Brabham;Kurt M. Ribisl;Thomas R. Kirchner;Jay Michael Bernhardt

  • The role of peer social network factors and physical activity in adolescent girls.

    Carolyn C. Voorhees;David Murray;Greg Welk;Amanda Birnbaum

  • Reasons for Starting and Stopping Electronic Cigarette Use

    Jessica K. Pepper;Kurt M. Ribisl;Sherry L. Emery;Noel T. Brewer

  • Adolescents' interest in trying flavoured e-cigarettes.

    J K Pepper;K M Ribisl;N T Brewer

  • English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Tess Boley Cruz;Louise Ann Rohrbach;Kurt M. Ribisl

  • Electronic cigarette sales to minors via the internet.

    Rebecca S. Williams;Jason Derrick;Kurt M. Ribisl

  • How tobacco companies ensure prime placement of their advertising and products in stores: interviews with retailers about tobacco company incentive programmes

    E C Feighery;K M Ribisl;P I Clark;H H Haladjian

  • Energy expenditure and enjoyment during video game play: differences by game type.

    Elizabeth J. Lyons;Deborah F. Tate;Dianne S. Ward;J. Michael Bowling

  • Understanding why pictorial cigarette pack warnings increase quit attempts.

    Noel T Brewer;Humberto Parada;Humberto Parada;Marissa G Hall;Marcella H Boynton

  • Measuring the climate for health at organizations. Development of the worksite health climate scales.

    Kurt M. Ribisl;Thomas M. Reischl

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel T. Brewer
Noel T. Brewer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth M. Noar
Seth M. Noar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas A. Luke
Douglas A. Luke Washington University in St. Louis
Lisa Henriksen
Lisa Henriksen Stanford University
Sherry Emery
Sherry Emery University of Chicago
Brian G. Southwell
Brian G. Southwell Duke University
Leslie A. Lytle
Leslie A. Lytle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Laura A. Linnan
Laura A. Linnan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)

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