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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 40 5195 4819 2454 2234 111 12716

Sheila T. Murphy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sheila T. Murphy between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sheila T. Murphy published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2017. 2 of the 118 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2017. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1986 2025

118 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sheila T. Murphy: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 2
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 5
1997 0
1998 3
1999 3
2000 7
2001 5
2002 2
2003 0
2004 2
2005 3
2006 2
2007 3
2008 3
2009 2
2010 3
2011 2
2012 4
2013 6
2014 5
2015 5
2016 8
2017 11
2018 5
2019 7
2020 3
2021 5
2022 5
2023 0
2024 1
2025 1
Total 118
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Sheila T. Murphy 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 Sheila T. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 104–113 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406 111
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Sheila T. Murphy 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 Sheila T. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297 40
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Sheila T. Murphy is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the social sciences and health professions, focusing substantially on the intersection of media influence and health behavior.

Their recent publications address various aspects of health communication and behavioral interventions, highlighting topics such as vaccine coverage, psychological perspectives, and technology adoption. Notable recent papers include:

  • Testing the Effectiveness of Message Framing and Episodic Future Thinking in Promoting HPV Vaccination via Anticipated Regret (2020, Health Communication)
  • Comparing "Individual Health" Message Framing to "Organizational Efficiency" Message Framing to Encourage Adoption of Wearable Health Technologies at Work (2020, American Journal of Health Promotion)
  • A Culturally Tailored Narrative Decreased Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination Among Latinas (2022, American Journal of Health Promotion)
  • Community-Based Public Health Vaccination Campaign (VaccinateLA) in Los Angeles' Black and Latino Communities: Protocol for a Participatory Study (2023, JMIR Research Protocols)
  • Can Narratives Increase Compliance? (2021, Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications)

Murphy's frequent coauthors include Ashley Phelps, Hye Min Kim, eunjin Kim, Jillian K. Kwong, and Ignacio Cruz. This collaborative network suggests engagement across diverse aspects of public health communication and intervention strategies.

Their publications often appear in specialized venues such as the American Journal of Health Promotion, Health Communication, JMIR Research Protocols, Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications, and The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication.

The main fields of study encompassed in Murphy's work are social sciences and health professions, with subfields focusing on sociology and political science, general health professions, literature and literary theory, applied psychology, and broader health issues. The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Media Influence and Health
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Murphy's work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to studying communication strategies around health behaviors, emphasizing message framing and narrative techniques to affect health outcomes and technology adoption. This research contributes to understanding how various communication modalities influence public health decisions in diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Affect, cognition, and awareness: affective priming with optimal and suboptimal stimulus exposures.

    Sheila T. Murphy;R. B. Zajonc

  • Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Patient Autonomy

    Leslie J. Blackhall;Sheila T. Murphy;Gelya Frank;Vicki Michel

  • Narrative versus Nonnarrative: The Role of Identification, Transportation, and Emotion in Reducing Health Disparities

    Sheila T. Murphy;Lauren B. Frank;Joyee S. Chatterjee;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

  • Feeling and facial efference: implications of the vascular theory of emotion.

    R. B. Zajonc;Sheila T. Murphy;Marita Inglehart

  • Subliminal Mere Exposure: Specific, General, and Diffuse Effects

    Jennifer L. Monahan;Sheila T. Murphy;R.B. Zajonc

  • Ethnicity and attitudes towards life sustaining technology.

    Leslie J Blackhall;Gelya Frank;Sheila T Murphy;Vicki Michel

  • How to unring the bell: A meta-analytic approach to correction of misinformation

    Nathan Walter;Sheila T. Murphy

  • Involved, Transported, or Emotional? Exploring the Determinants of Change in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in Entertainment Education

    Sheila T. Murphy;Lauren B. Frank;Meghan B. Moran;Paula Patnoe-Woodley

  • Additivity of nonconscious affect: combined effects of priming and exposure.

    Sheila T. Murphy;Jennifer L. Monahan;R. B. Zajonc

  • Convergence in the physical appearance of spouses

    R. B. Zajonc;Pamela K. Adelmann;Sheila T. Murphy;Paula M. Niedenthal

  • Priming Prejudice How Stereotypes and Counter‐Stereotypes Influence Attribution of Responsibility and Credibility among Ingroups and Outgroups

    J. Gerard Power;Sheila T. Murphy;Gail Coover

  • Ethnicity and Advance Care Directives

    Sheila T. Murphy;Joycelynne M. Palmer;Stanley Azen;Gelya Frank

  • Does Entertainment-Education Work With Latinos in the United States? Identification and the Effects of a Telenovela Breast Cancer Storyline

    Holley A. Wilkin;Thomas W. Valente;Sheila Murphy;Michael J. Cody

  • Entertainment-education in a media-saturated environment: examining the impact of single and multiple exposures to breast cancer storylines on two popular medical dramas.

    Heather J Hether;Grace C Huang;Vicki Beck;Sheila T Murphy

  • Telling Stories, Saving Lives: Creating Narrative Health Messages

    Lauren B. Frank;Sheila T. Murphy;Joyee S. Chatterjee;Meghan B. Moran

  • Bioethics in a different tongue: The case of truth-telling

    Leslie J. Blackhall;Gelya Frank;Sheila Murphy;Vicki Michel

  • Predictors of Emergency Preparedness and Compliance.

    Sheila T Murphy;Michael Cody;Lauren B Frank;Deborah Glik

  • It's better to give than to receive: the role of social support, trust, and participation on health-related social networking sites.

    Heather J Hether;Sheila T Murphy;Thomas W Valente

  • More than a Media Moment: The Influence of Televised Storylines on Viewers’ Attitudes toward Transgender People and Policies

    Traci K. Gillig;Erica L. Rosenthal;Sheila T. Murphy;Kate Langrall Folb

  • A Discourse of Relationships in Bioethics: Patient Autonomy and End‐of‐Life Decision Making among Elderly Korean Americans

    Gelya Frank;Leslie J. Blackhall;Vicki Michel;Sheila T. Murphy

  • Comparing the Relative Efficacy of Narrative vs Nonnarrative Health Messages in Reducing Health Disparities Using a Randomized Trial

    Sheila T. Murphy;Lauren B. Frank;Joyee S. Chatterjee;Meghan B. Moran

  • Inference Under the Influence: The Impact of Alcohol and Inhibition Conflict on Women's Sexual Decision Making

    Sheila T. Murphy;Jennifer L. Monahan;Lynn C. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
Lynn C. Miller
Lynn C. Miller University of Southern California
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach University of Southern California
Thomas W. Valente
Thomas W. Valente University of Southern California
Stanley P. Azen
Stanley P. Azen University of Southern California
Gary Marks
Gary Marks Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert B. Zajonc
Robert B. Zajonc Stanford University
Nicole Crepaz
Nicole Crepaz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael J. Cody
Michael J. Cody University of Southern California
Deborah C. Glik
Deborah C. Glik University of California, Los Angeles

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