Christopher M. Murphy Data-verified

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High Impact

Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

54 h-index 225 pubs 9,490 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Christopher M. Murphy is a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with extensive scholarship, evidenced by an h-index of 53 and over 225 publications cited more than 9,400 times. His research frequently addresses interpersonal violence, including intimate partner violence and sexual misconduct. Publications examine the influence of racial discrimination on mental health and perpetration of intimate partner violence in Black adults, as well as survivor perspectives on domestic violence intervention programs and the impact of police intervention initiation on survivor safety. Murphy has also investigated the prevalence and predictors of cyber psychological abuse and student experiences reporting sexual and gender-based misconduct to university Title IX offices.

His federally funded work includes two awards totaling over $1.2 million. One grant, funded by the NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, focuses on STEAM education and training for underrepresented students and teachers in the Arkansas Delta. The second grant, from the NSF, supports the University of Arkansas Empowering Networked Groups for Arkansas Gender Equity (ENGAGE) initiative. Murphy leads a research group and maintains an active lab website, indicating a collaborative and ongoing research presence. His work has been recognized with a high-impact researcher designation due to high citation counts.

Metrics

  • h-index: 54
  • Publications: 225
  • Citations: 9,490

Selected Publications

  • Playing Alone: Recess Physical Activity and Social Interactions of Children with and Without Obesity and Severe Obesity (2025)
  • Examining relationships between U.S. children's physical activity levels during recess, school days, and weekend days (2025)
  • Where the children play: Gender gaps in recess physical activity by age and playground area (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $1,249,026 total

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Co-PI Aug 2022 - May 2025

STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $249,026 R25

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