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Rebecca A. Ferrer 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 Rebecca A. Ferrer sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rebecca A. Ferrer 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 Rebecca A. Ferrer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rebecca A. Ferrer is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including psychology, medicine, and social sciences, with substantial contributions in applied psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, health, and general health professions.

The scientist's main areas of study concentrate on behavioral health and interventions, media influence and health, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, health disparities and outcomes, patient-provider communication in healthcare, family support in illness, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Rebecca A. Ferrer has published extensively in several scholarly journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Psychology and Health
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on psychological processes, health behavior, and decision-making. Notable papers include:

  • From Self-Esteem to Selflessness: An Evidence (Gap) Map of Self-Related Processes as Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Interventions, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Emotion-Related Constructs Engaged by Mindfulness-Based Interventions: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2020, Mindfulness
  • Perceptions and tolerance of uncertainty: relationship to trust in COVID-19 health information and vaccine hesitancy, 2022, Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • Preliminary evidence for differential effects of integral and incidental emotions on risk perception and behavioral intentions: A meta-analysis of eight experiments, 2020, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
  • The role of incidental affective states in appetitive risk behavior: A meta-analysis, 2020, Health Psychology

Throughout their career, Rebecca A. Ferrer has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Key coauthors include:

  • William M. P. Klein
  • Arielle S. Gillman
  • Irina A. Ileş
  • Laura A. Dwyer
  • Amanda M. Acevedo

Best Publications

  • Risk perceptions and health behavior

    Rebecca A Ferrer;William Mp Klein

  • Efficacy of Exercise Interventions in Modulating Cancer-Related Fatigue among Adult Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis

    Justin C. Brown;Tania B. Huedo-Medina;Linda S. Pescatello;Shannon M. Pescatello

  • The NIH Science of Behavior Change Program: Transforming the science through a focus on mechanisms of change.

    Lisbeth Nielsen;Melissa Riddle;Jonathan W. King

  • Exercise Interventions for Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis of Quality of Life Outcomes

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;Tania B. Huedo-Medina;Blair T. Johnson;Stacey Ryan

  • The Tripartite Model of Risk Perception (TRIRISK): Distinguishing Deliberative, Affective, and Experiential Components of Perceived Risk.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;William M. P. Klein;Alexander Persoskie;Aya Avishai-Yitshak

  • The Efficacy of Exercise in Reducing Depressive Symptoms among Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis

    Justin C. Brown;Tania B. Huedo-Medina;Linda S. Pescatello;Stacey M. Ryan

  • Risk perception measures' associations with behavior intentions, affect, and cognition following colon cancer screening messages.

    Amanda J. Dillard;Rebecca A. Ferrer;Peter A. Ubel;Angela Fagerlin

  • Association of cancer worry and perceived risk with doctor avoidance: an analysis of information avoidance in a nationally representative US sample

    Alexander Persoskie;Rebecca A. Ferrer;William M. P. Klein

  • The FLASHE Study: Survey Development, Dyadic Perspectives, and Participant Characteristics.

    Linda C. Nebeling;Erin Hennessy;April Y. Oh;Laura A. Dwyer

  • Worry and risk perceptions as independent and interacting predictors of health protective behaviors.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;David B. Portnoy;William M. P. Klein

  • When does risk perception predict protection motivation for health threats? A person-by-situation analysis.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;William M. P. Klein;Aya Avishai;Katelyn Jones

  • Emotion, health decision making, and health behaviour.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;Wendy Berry Mendes

  • Feelings of vulnerability in response to threatening messages: Effects of self-affirmation

    William M.P. Klein;William M.P. Klein;Peter R. Harris;Rebecca A. Ferrer;Laura E. Zajac

  • Understanding the heterogeneity of cervical cancer screening non-participants: Data from a national sample of British women.

    Laura A.V. Marlow;Amanda J. Chorley;Jessica Haddrell;Rebecca Ferrer

  • Effectiveness of internet-based affect induction procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;Emily G. Grenen;Jennifer M. Taber

  • Reconceptualizing Self-Affirmation With the Trigger and Channel Framework: Lessons From the Health Domain:

    Rebecca A Ferrer;Geoffrey L Cohen

  • Knowledge of and beliefs about palliative care in a nationally-representative U.S. sample.

    Jennifer M. Taber;Erin M. Ellis;Maija Reblin;Lee Ellington

  • Physicians' attitudes about communicating and managing scientific uncertainty differ by perceived ambiguity aversion of their patients

    David B. Portnoy;Paul K. J. Han;Rebecca A. Ferrer;William M. P. Klein

  • Interventions to Engage Affective Forecasting in Health-Related Decision Making: A Meta-Analysis.

    Erin M Ellis;Glyn Elwyn;Wendy L Nelson;Peter Scalia

  • A Most Odd Ratio:: Interpreting and Describing Odds Ratios.

    Alexander Persoskie;Rebecca A. Ferrer

  • Pilot test of an emotional education intervention component for sexual risk reduction.

    Rebecca A. Ferrer;Jeffrey D. Fisher;Ross Buck;K. Rivet Amico

  • A Daily Process Investigation of Alcohol-involved Sexual Risk Behavior Among Economically Disadvantaged Problem Drinkers Living with HIV/AIDS

    William D. Barta;David B. Portnoy;Susan M. Kiene;Howard Tennen

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Peter R. Harris
Peter R. Harris University of Sussex
Leslie G. Biesecker
Leslie G. Biesecker National Institutes of Health
Barbara B. Biesecker
Barbara B. Biesecker RTI International
Paul K. J. Han
Paul K. J. Han Maine Medical Center
Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut
Jeffrey D. Fisher
Jeffrey D. Fisher University of Connecticut
Edward Orehek
Edward Orehek San Diego State University
Jennifer S. Lerner
Jennifer S. Lerner Harvard University
William A. Fisher
William A. Fisher University of Western Ontario

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