Abel Gustafson

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Abel Gustafson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Abel Gustafson has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 8 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Abel Gustafson's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (29 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (23 papers) and Media Influence and Health (7 papers). Abel Gustafson is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (29 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (23 papers) and Media Influence and Health (7 papers). Abel Gustafson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Abel Gustafson's co-authors include Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, Anthony Leiserowitz, Ronald E. Rice, Matthew T. Ballew, Robin L. Nabi, Sander van der Linden, Edward Maibach, John Kotcher and Parrish Bergquist and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Energy Policy and Nature Energy.

In The Last Decade

Abel Gustafson

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Framing Climate Change: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Generating Advocacy Behavior

2018 280 citations Robin L. Nabi, Abel Gustafson et al. Science Communication profile →
A review of the effects of uncertainty in public science communication

2020 142 citations Abel Gustafson, Ronald E. Rice profile →
The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States

2021 131 citations Anandita Sabherwal, Matthew T. Ballew et al. Journal of Applied Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abel Gustafson United States	22	1.2k	682	255	211	209	36	1.7k
Matthew T. Ballew United States	20	1.2k 1.0×	828 1.2×	187 0.7×	150 0.7×	198 0.9×	32	1.7k
Matthew H. Goldberg United States	25	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	245 1.0×	157 0.7×	242 1.2×	74	2.3k
Nicholas Smith United Kingdom	12	1.2k 1.0×	663 1.0×	193 0.8×	140 0.7×	166 0.8×	21	1.6k
Tim Kurz Australia	24	1.2k 0.9×	642 0.9×	401 1.6×	74 0.4×	143 0.7×	58	2.1k
Teresa Myers United States	23	2.2k 1.8×	1.0k 1.5×	619 2.4×	269 1.3×	209 1.0×	46	3.0k
Lisa Zaval United States	13	885 0.7×	634 0.9×	86 0.3×	87 0.4×	239 1.1×	18	1.6k
Gregory N. Mandel United States	9	1.4k 1.1×	679 1.0×	201 0.8×	85 0.4×	74 0.4×	39	1.8k
Maggie Wittlin United States	4	1.4k 1.1×	672 1.0×	195 0.8×	85 0.4×	74 0.4×	7	1.7k
Nathaniel Geiger United States	18	822 0.7×	650 1.0×	90 0.4×	86 0.4×	284 1.4×	34	1.3k
Bruno Takahashi United States	21	967 0.8×	399 0.6×	610 2.4×	110 0.5×	81 0.4×	76	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Abel Gustafson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Abel Gustafson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abel Gustafson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Abel Gustafson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Abel Gustafson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Abel Gustafson. Abel Gustafson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gustafson, Abel, et al.. (2025). Testing the Durability of Persuasion From Moral Appeals About Renewable Energy. Science Communication. 47(6). 800–827. 1 indexed citations

Goldberg, Matthew H. & Abel Gustafson. (2022). A Framework for Understanding the Effects of Strategic Communication Campaigns. International Journal of Strategic Communication. 17(1). 1–20. 22 indexed citations

Goldberg, Matthew H., Abel Gustafson, Sander van der Linden, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2022). Communicating the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: Diverse Audiences and Effects Over Time. Environment and Behavior. 54(7-8). 1133–1165. 24 indexed citations

Bergquist, Parrish, Jennifer R. Marlon, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2022). Information about the human causes of global warming influences causal attribution, concern, and policy support related to global warming. Thinking & Reasoning. 28(3). 465–486. 18 indexed citations

Gustafson, Abel, Matthew H. Goldberg, Parrish Bergquist, et al.. (2022). The durable, bipartisan effects of emphasizing the cost savings of renewable energy. Nature Energy. 7(11). 1023–1030. 20 indexed citations

Lacroix, Karine, et al.. (2022). Does personal climate change mitigation behavior influence collective behavior? Experimental evidence of no spillover in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 94. 102875–102875. 18 indexed citations

Lacroix, Karine, Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, et al.. (2022). Measuring Americans’ Support for Adapting to ‘Climate Change’ or ‘Extreme Weather’. Environmental Communication. 16(5). 577–588. 11 indexed citations

Rice, Ronald E., et al.. (2022). Relationships Among Environmental Attitudes, Environmental Efficacy, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors Across and Within 11 Countries. Environment and Behavior. 54(7-8). 1063–1096. 55 indexed citations

Goldberg, Matthew H., Abel Gustafson, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2021). Shifting Republican views on climate change through targeted advertising. Nature Climate Change. 11(7). 573–577. 73 indexed citations

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Sabherwal, Anandita, Matthew T. Ballew, Sander van der Linden, et al.. (2021). The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 51(4). 321–333. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew, Abel Gustafson, Anthony Leiserowitz, et al.. (2020). Environmental Literature as Persuasion: An Experimental Test of the Effects of Reading Climate Fiction. Environmental Communication. 17(1). 35–50. 45 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Abel, Matthew T. Ballew, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2020). Personal Stories Can Shift Climate Change Beliefs and Risk Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Emotion. Communication Reports. 33(3). 121–135. 77 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Abel, Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer R. Marlon, et al.. (2020). American Public Responses to COVID-19. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 7 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Abel, Jennifer R. Marlon, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2020). Blame Where Blame Is Due: Many Americans Support Suing Fossil Fuel Companies for Global Warming Damages. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 62(2). 30–35. 12 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Abel & Ronald E. Rice. (2019). The Effects of Uncertainty Frames in Three Science Communication Topics. Science Communication. 41(6). 679–706. 61 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Matthew H., Abel Gustafson, Matthew T. Ballew, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T., Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, Abel Gustafson, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Systems thinking as a pathway to global warming beliefs and attitudes through an ecological worldview. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(17). 8214–8219. 48 indexed citations

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Nabi, Robin L., et al.. (2018). Framing Climate Change: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Generating Advocacy Behavior. Science Communication. 40(4). 442–468. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Benjamin K. & Abel Gustafson. (2017). Using Wikipedia to Predict Election Outcomes. Public Opinion Quarterly. 81(3). 714–735. 11 indexed citations

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Tokunaga, Robert S. & Abel Gustafson. (2014). Seeking interpersonal information over the Internet. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 31(8). 1019–1039. 26 indexed citations

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