Alexa Spence

8.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
67 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Alexa Spence is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexa Spence has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 12 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexa Spence's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (29 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (24 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (14 papers). Alexa Spence is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (29 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (24 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (14 papers). Alexa Spence collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Alexa Spence's co-authors include Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, Catherine Butler, Christina Demski, Nicholas Frank Pidgeon, Stuart Capstick, Murray Goulden, Karen Parkhill, Lorraine Whitmarsh and Ellen Townsend and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexa Spence

63 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Psychological Distance of Climate Change 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2011 2010 2011 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
    2011 966 citations Alexa Spence, Wouter Poortinga et al. Risk Analysis profile →
  2. Perceptions of climate change and willingness to save energy related to flood experience
    2011 756 citations Alexa Spence, Wouter Poortinga et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  3. Framing and communicating climate change: The effects of distance and outcome frame manipulations
    2010 539 citations Alexa Spence, Nick Pidgeon Global Environmental Change profile →
  4. Uncertain climate: An investigation into public scepticism about anthropogenic climate change
    2011 492 citations Wouter Poortinga, Alexa Spence et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
  5. Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses
    2016 333 citations Christina Demski, Stuart Capstick et al. Climatic Change profile →
  6. The digital workplace and its dark side: An integrative review
    2021 152 citations Elizabeth Marsh, Elvira Pérez Vallejos et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexa Spence United Kingdom 31 3.9k 2.5k 1.2k 677 534 67 6.0k
Irene Lorenzoni United Kingdom 40 5.2k 1.3× 2.9k 1.1× 2.7k 2.3× 323 0.5× 90 0.2× 91 8.5k
Goda Perlaviciute Netherlands 26 1.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.9× 397 0.3× 537 0.8× 196 0.4× 65 3.6k
Saffron O’Neill United Kingdom 30 4.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 577 0.9× 65 0.1× 52 6.2k
Lorraine Whitmarsh United Kingdom 57 7.8k 2.0× 7.2k 2.8× 2.1k 1.8× 1.6k 2.3× 692 1.3× 162 13.9k
Julian Agyeman United States 29 3.8k 1.0× 4.7k 1.9× 1.0k 0.9× 605 0.9× 110 0.2× 67 9.5k
Tim Schwanen United Kingdom 59 2.5k 0.6× 493 0.2× 1.3k 1.1× 244 0.4× 540 1.0× 190 12.0k
Wokje Abrahamse New Zealand 27 2.1k 0.5× 4.9k 1.9× 328 0.3× 1.1k 1.6× 728 1.4× 48 7.4k
Stuart Capstick United Kingdom 31 2.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 750 0.6× 357 0.5× 44 0.1× 57 3.9k
Sebastian Bamberg Germany 32 2.8k 0.7× 5.7k 2.3× 512 0.4× 2.1k 3.1× 289 0.5× 67 9.9k
Patrick Devine‐Wright United Kingdom 61 10.1k 2.6× 3.5k 1.4× 4.9k 4.2× 303 0.4× 1.7k 3.1× 159 14.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexa Spence

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexa Spence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexa Spence

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexa Spence. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexa Spence 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 Alexa Spence. Alexa Spence is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Long, Gavin, et al.. (2025). Dimensions underlying public perceptions and misperceptions of food's environmental impact. Journal of Cleaner Production. 531. 146938–146938.
2.
Marsh, Elizabeth, Elvira Pérez Vallejos, & Alexa Spence. (2024). Overloaded by Information or Worried About Missing Out on It: A Quantitative Study of Stress, Burnout, and Mental Health Implications in the Digital Workplace. SAGE Open. 14(3). 13 indexed citations
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Einav, Shiri, Alexa Spence, Laura E. R. Blackie, Sarah Cassidy, & Harriet A. Allen. (2023). Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment. Psychology Learning & Teaching. 23(2). 224–234. 2 indexed citations
4.
Shipman, Rob, et al.. (2021). Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science. 87. 102469–102469. 20 indexed citations
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Balta‐Ozkan, Nazmiye, Tom Watson, Peter Connor, et al.. (2020). FAR out? An examination of converging, diverging and intersecting smart grid futures in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science. 70. 101675–101675. 7 indexed citations
6.
Ogunbode, Charles A., Gisela Böhm, Stuart Capstick, et al.. (2018). The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions. Climate Policy. 19(6). 703–715. 64 indexed citations
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Spence, Alexa, Murray Goulden, Caroline Leygue, et al.. (2017). Digital energy visualizations in the workplace: the e-Genie tool. Building Research & Information. 46(3). 272–283. 14 indexed citations
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Demski, Christina, Alexa Spence, & Nick Pidgeon. (2017). Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool. Nature Energy. 2(4). 45 indexed citations
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Demski, Christina, Darrick Evensen, Nick Pidgeon, & Alexa Spence. (2017). Public prioritisation of energy affordability in the UK. Energy Policy. 110. 404–409. 21 indexed citations
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Demski, Christina, Stuart Capstick, Nick Pidgeon, Robert Gennaro Sposato, & Alexa Spence. (2016). Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses. Climatic Change. 140(2). 149–164. 333 indexed citations breakdown →
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Staddon, Sam, et al.. (2016). Intervening to change behaviour and save energy in the workplace: A systematic review of available evidence. Energy Research & Social Science. 17. 30–51. 131 indexed citations
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Demski, Christina, Catherine Butler, Karen Parkhill, Alexa Spence, & Nick Pidgeon. (2015). Public values for energy system change. Global Environmental Change. 34. 59–69. 158 indexed citations
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Pidgeon, Nick, Christina Demski, Catherine Butler, Karen Parkhill, & Alexa Spence. (2014). Creating a national citizen engagement process for energy policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(supplement_4). 13606–13613. 141 indexed citations
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Poortinga, Wouter, Alexa Spence, Christina Demski, & Nick Pidgeon. (2012). Individual-motivational factors in the acceptability of demand-side and supply-side measures to reduce carbon emissions. Energy Policy. 48. 812–819. 70 indexed citations
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Keller, Carmen, Ann Bostrom, M. Kuttschreuter, et al.. (2011). Bringing appraisal theory to environmental risk perception: a review of conceptual approaches of the past 40 years and suggestions for future research. Journal of Risk Research. 15(3). 237–256. 68 indexed citations
16.
Spence, Alexa, Wouter Poortinga, Catherine Butler, & Nicholas Frank Pidgeon. (2011). Perceptions of climate change and willingness to save energy related to flood experience. Nature Climate Change. 1(1). 46–49. 756 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spence, Alexa, Wouter Poortinga, Nick Pidgeon, & Irene Lorenzoni. (2010). Public Perceptions of Energy Choices: The Influence of Beliefs about Climate Change and the Environment. Energy & Environment. 21(5). 385–407. 110 indexed citations
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Spence, Alexa, Nicholas Frank Pidgeon, & David Uzzell. (2009). Climate change – psychology’s contribution. Psychologist. 21. 21 indexed citations
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Spence, Alexa & Nick Pidgeon. (2009). Psychology, Climate Change & Sustainable Bahaviour. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 51(6). 8–18. 75 indexed citations
20.
Spence, Alexa & Ellen Townsend. (2006). Examining Consumer Behavior Toward Genetically Modified (GM) Food in Britain. Risk Analysis. 26(3). 657–670. 77 indexed citations

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