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Rajiv N. Rimal 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 Rajiv N. Rimal sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 221 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rajiv N. Rimal 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 Rajiv N. Rimal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rajiv N. Rimal is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has a research background spanning social sciences and medicine. Their work has contributed to multiple subfields including sociology and political science, general health professions, health, nutrition and dietetics, and economics and econometrics.

Rimal's research focuses on topics such as vaccine coverage and hesitancy, child nutrition and water access, misinformation and its impacts, iron metabolism and disorders, food security and health in diverse populations, global maternal and child health, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rimal include:

  • "COVID-19 vaccination attitudes, values and intentions among United States adults prior to emergency use authorization" (2021, Vaccine)
  • "An Assessment of the Rapid Decline of Trust in US Sources of Public Information about COVID-19" (2020, Journal of Health Communication)
  • "Toxicity and verbal aggression on social media: Polarized discourse on wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021, Big Data & Society)
  • "Moving beyond individual barriers and identifying multi-level strategies to reduce anemia in Odisha India" (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • "Construction of Meaning during a Pandemic: The Forgotten Role of Social Norms" (2020, Health Communication)

Frequent collaborators of Rajiv N. Rimal include Erica Sedlander, Rohini Ganjoo, Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Hagere Yilma, and Satyanarayan Mohanty. This network indicates a collaborative approach across related public health and social science disciplines.

The scientist's work is published regularly in recognized academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include Gates Open Research, Vaccine, Journal of Health Communication, BMC Public Health, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • An Explication of Social Norms

    Maria Knight Lapinski;Rajiv N. Rimal

  • How Behaviors are Influenced by Perceived Norms A Test of the Theory of Normative Social Behavior

    Rajiv N. Rimal;Kevin Real

  • Understanding the Influence of Perceived Norms on Behaviors

    Rajiv N. Rimal;Kevin Real

  • Perceived risk and efficacy beliefs as motivators of change: Use of the risk perception attitude (RPA) framework to understand health behaviors

    Rajiv N. Rimal;Kevin Real

  • Social Norms: A Review

    Adrienne H. Chung;Rajiv N. Rimal

  • A Re‐Explication of Social Norms, Ten Years Later

    Rajiv N. Rimal;Maria K. Lapinski

  • Why health communication is important in public health

    Rajiv N Rimal;Maria K Lapinski

  • Closing the knowledge-behavior gap in health promotion: the mediating role of self-efficacy.

    Rajiv N. Rimal

  • Perceived Risk and Self-Efficacy as Motivators: Understanding Individuals' Long-Term Use of Health Information.

    Rajiv N. Rimal

  • Modeling the relationship between descriptive norms and behaviors: a test and extension of the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB).

    Rajiv N Rimal

  • Moving toward a theory of normative influences: How perceived benefits and similarity moderate the impact of descriptive norms on behaviors.

    Rajiv N Rimal;Maria Knight Lapinski;Rachel J Cook;Kevin Real

  • The Role of Anxiety in Seeking and Retaining Risk Information: Testing the Risk Perception Attitude Framework in Two Studies

    Monique Mitchell Turner;Rajiv N. Rimal;Daniel Morrison;Hyojin Kim

  • Healthy and unhealthy social norms and food selection. Findings from a field-experiment.

    Saar Mollen;Rajiv N. Rimal;Robert A.C. Ruiter;Gerjo Kok

  • Friends talk to friends about drinking: exploring the role of peer communication in the theory of normative social behavior.

    Kevin Real;Rajiv N. Rimal

  • Achieving Improvements in Overall Health Orientation Effects of Campaign Exposure, Information Seeking, and Health Media Use

    Rajiv N. Rimal;June A. Flora;Caroline Schooler

  • Information Seeking about Global Climate Change among Adolescents: The Role of Risk Perceptions, Efficacy Beliefs and Parental Influences

    Erin Mead;Connie Roser-Renouf;Rajiv N. Rimal;June A. Flora

  • Depression and mood indicators in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients.

    Henry D. Jampel;Kevin D. Frick;Nancy K. Janz;Patricia A. Wren

  • Use of the Risk Perception Attitude Framework for Promoting Breast Cancer Prevention

    Rajiv N. Rimal;Hee Soon Juon

  • The Role of Group Orientation and Descriptive Norms on Water Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors

    Maria Knight Lapinski;Rajiv N. Rimal;Rebecca DeVries;Ee Lin Lee

  • Using computers to narrowcast health messages: The role of audience segmentation, targeting, and tailoring in health promotion.

    Rajiv N. Rimal;A. Dawn Adkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Knight Lapinski
Maria Knight Lapinski Michigan State University
Hee Soon Juon
Hee Soon Juon Thomas Jefferson University
David H. Jernigan
David H. Jernigan Boston University
William DeJong
William DeJong Boston University
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel Tufts University
June A. Flora
June A. Flora Stanford University
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University
Gerjo Kok
Gerjo Kok Maastricht University
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
Rob W. Holland
Rob W. Holland Radboud University

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