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William A. Fisher publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William A. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 216 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

William A. Fisher D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William A. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

William A. Fisher is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Social Sciences, with a total of 32 publications in Medicine and 17 in Social Sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study include Epidemiology, Health, Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science. These subfields reflect a range of interests encompassing both biomedical and social dimensions of health and behavior.

The main topics covered in their work highlight specialization in Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender, Feminism, and Media, Blood Donation and Transfusion Practices, Reproductive Health and Contraception, and Respiratory Viral Infections Research.

Frequent publication venues for William A. Fisher include:

  • Vaccines
  • Transfusion
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Coauthors often collaborating with William A. Fisher are:

  • Taylor Kohut
  • James A. Mansi
  • Constantina Boikos
  • Vladimir Gîlca
  • Michelle Murti

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William A. Fisher include:

  • "The Role of Blood Glucose Monitoring in Diabetes Management" (2020) published in ADA Clinical Compendia
  • "An Exploration of Factors That Influence Enactment of Affirmative Consent Behaviors" (2020) published in The Journal of Sex Research
  • "Vaccination during pregnancy: Canadian maternity care providers' opinions and practices" (2020) published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • "But What's Your Partner Up to? Associations Between Relationship Quality and Pornography Use Depend on Contextual Patterns of Use Within the Couple" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Understanding Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy in Canada: Attitudes, Norms, Intentions, and Vaccine Uptake" (2021) published in Health Education & Behavior

Best Publications

  • Changing AIDS-risk behavior.

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher

  • Erotophobia‐erotophilia as a dimension of personality

    William A. Fisher;Leonard A. White;Donn Byrne;Kathryn Kelley

  • An information-motivation-behavioral skills model of adherence to antiretroviral therapy

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher;K. Rivet Amico;Jennifer J. Harman

  • The multinational Men's Attitudes to Life Events and Sexuality (MALES) study: I. Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and related health concerns in the general population.

    Raymond C. Rosen;William A. Fisher;Ian Eardley;Craig Niederberger

  • The Information‐Motivation‐Behavioral Skills Model: A General Social Psychological Approach to Understanding and Promoting Health Behavior

    William A. Fisher;Jeffrey D. Fisher;Jennifer Harman

  • Theoretical Approaches to Individual-Level Change in HIV Risk Behavior

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher

  • Comprehensive control of human papillomavirus infections and related diseases.

    F. Xavier Bosch;Thomas R. Broker;David Forman;Anna Barbara Moscicki

  • Changing AIDS risk behavior: effects of an intervention emphasizing AIDS risk reduction information, motivation, and behavioral skills in a college student population.

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher;Stephen J. Misovich;Diane L. Kimble

  • Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model-Based HIV Risk Behavior Change Intervention for Inner-City High School Youth

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher;Angela D. Bryan;Stephen J. Misovich

  • Close relationships and elevated HIV risk behavior: Evidence and possible underlying psychological processes.

    Stephen J. Misovich;Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher

  • Restraint and seclusion: A review of the literature.

    William A. Fisher

  • Empirical tests of an information-motivation-behavioral skills model of AIDS-preventive behavior with gay men and heterosexual university students.

    Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher;Sunyna S. Williams;Thomas E. Malloy

  • A Behavioral Process Approach to Information Acquisition in Nondurable Purchasing

    Jacob Jacoby;Robert W. Chestnut;William A. Fisher

  • Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Happiness in Midlife and Older Couples in Five Countries

    Julia R. Heiman;J. Scott Long;Shawna N. Smith;William A. Fisher

  • High-Risk STD/HIV Behavior Among College Students

    Noni E. MacDonald;George A. Wells;William A. Fisher;Wendy K. Warren

  • Understanding and promoting AIDS-preventive behavior: Insights from the theory of reasoned action.

    William A. Fisher;Jeffrey D. Fisher;Barbara J. Rye

  • Sexual Experience of Female Partners of Men with Erectile Dysfunction: The Female Experience of Men's Attitudes to Life Events and Sexuality (FEMALES) Study

    William A. Fisher;Raymond C. Rosen;Ian Eardley;Michael Sand

  • Internet pornography: A social psychological perspective on internet sexuality

    William A. Fisher;Azy Barak

  • The Social Psychology of Hiv Infection

    William Fisher

  • Tests of the mediational role of preparatory safer sexual behavior in the context of the theory of planned behavior.

    Angela Bryan;Jeffrey D. Fisher;William A. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Fisher
Jeffrey D. Fisher University of Connecticut
Raymond C. Rosen
Raymond C. Rosen New England Research Institutes
Azy Barak
Azy Barak University of Haifa
K. Rivet Amico
K. Rivet Amico University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donn Byrne
Donn Byrne Purdue University West Lafayette
Angela D. Bryan
Angela D. Bryan University of Colorado Boulder
Julia R. Heiman
Julia R. Heiman Indiana University
Rebecca A. Ferrer
Rebecca A. Ferrer National Institutes of Health
Irwin Goldstein
Irwin Goldstein Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
Marita P. McCabe
Marita P. McCabe Swinburne University of Technology

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