Anthony Leiserowitz

27.5k total citations · 18 hit papers
200 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Anthony Leiserowitz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Leiserowitz has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 90 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 25 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Anthony Leiserowitz's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (136 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (90 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (39 papers). Anthony Leiserowitz is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (136 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (90 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (39 papers). Anthony Leiserowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Anthony Leiserowitz's co-authors include Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf, Peter D. Howe, Sander van der Linden, Thomas M. Parris, Seth A. Rosenthal, Nicholas Smith, Jennifer R. Marlon, Teresa Myers and Matthew H. Goldberg 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

Anthony Leiserowitz

193 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: Th... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2005 2015 2005 2017 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: The Role of Affect, Imagery, and Values
    2006 1.6k citations Anthony Leiserowitz Climatic Change profile →
  2. What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice
    2005 952 citations Thomas M. Parris, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
  3. Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world
    2015 894 citations Peter D. Howe, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  4. American Risk Perceptions: Is Climate Change Dangerous?
    2005 659 citations Anthony Leiserowitz profile →
  5. Inoculating the Public against Misinformation about Climate Change
    2017 582 citations Sander van der Linden, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  6. Geographic variation in opinions on climate change at state and local scales in the USA
    2015 485 citations Peter D. Howe, Matto Mildenberger et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  7. A public health frame arouses hopeful emotions about climate change
    2012 441 citations Edward Maibach, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. Climatic Change profile →
  8. The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change as a Gateway Belief: Experimental Evidence
    2015 429 citations Sander van der Linden, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
  9. “Fracking” controversy and communication: Using national survey data to understand public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing
    2013 409 citations Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf et al. profile →
  10. The Role of Emotion in Global Warming Policy Support and Opposition
    2013 396 citations Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
  11. The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming
    2012 369 citations Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  12. Support for climate policy and societal action are linked to perceptions about scientific agreement
    2011 317 citations Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  13. Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change
    2015 315 citations Sander van der Linden, Edward Maibach et al. profile →
  14. An attack on science? Media use, trust in scientists, and perceptions of global warming
    2013 301 citations Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach et al. profile →
  15. Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends
    2019 221 citations Matthew T. Ballew, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
  16. Discussing global warming leads to greater acceptance of climate science
    2019 158 citations Matthew H. Goldberg, Sander van der Linden et al. profile →
  17. 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 →
  18. Global Warming’s Six Americas: a review and recommendations for climate change communication
    2021 120 citations Anthony Leiserowitz, Connie Roser‐Renouf 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
Anthony Leiserowitz United States 63 12.6k 7.7k 2.9k 2.1k 1.4k 200 17.5k
Nick Pidgeon United Kingdom 67 10.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.5× 3.8k 1.3× 850 0.4× 715 0.5× 191 17.0k
Lorraine Whitmarsh United Kingdom 57 7.8k 0.6× 7.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 605 0.3× 1.6k 1.1× 162 13.9k
Wouter Poortinga United Kingdom 56 7.4k 0.6× 4.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 548 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 125 13.2k
Sander van der Linden United Kingdom 61 10.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.3× 606 0.2× 2.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 215 14.7k
Riley E. Dunlap United States 60 14.1k 1.1× 13.6k 1.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 127 23.6k
Aaron M. McCright United States 39 7.4k 0.6× 4.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 390 0.3× 82 9.8k
Elke U. Weber United States 64 7.8k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 621 0.3× 3.5k 2.5× 238 21.7k
Kelly S. Fielding Australia 48 4.6k 0.4× 4.8k 0.6× 995 0.3× 440 0.2× 1.1k 0.8× 151 10.2k
Saffron O’Neill United Kingdom 30 4.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 712 0.3× 577 0.4× 52 6.2k
Robert Gifford Canada 51 7.5k 0.6× 5.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 230 0.1× 1.8k 1.3× 154 14.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vu, Hong Tien, et al.. (2025). Variations in climate change belief systems across 110 geographic areas. Nature Climate Change. 15(9). 947–953. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas‐Walters, Laura, et al.. (2024). Communicating the Links between Climate Change and Heat Waves with the Climate Shift Index. Weather Climate and Society. 16(3). 511–520. 4 indexed citations
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Ballew, Matthew T., Laura Thomas‐Walters, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2024). Climate change messages can promote support for climate action globally. Global Environmental Change. 90. 102951–102951. 2 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Matthew H., et al.. (2024). The evolving climate change investing strategies of asset owners. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 3 indexed citations
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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
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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
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Lowe, Benjamin S., Susan K. Jacobson, Glenn D. Israel, et al.. (2022). The generational divide over climate change among American evangelicals. Environmental Research Letters. 17(11). 114020–114020. 5 indexed citations
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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
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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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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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Leiserowitz, Anthony. (2019). Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2019. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations
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Cutler, Matthew, Jennifer R. Marlon, Peter D. Howe, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). ‘Is global warming affecting the weather?’ Evidence for increased attribution beliefs among coastal versus inland US residents. Environmental Sociology. 6(1). 6–18. 22 indexed citations
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Linden, Sander van der, Edward Maibach, John Cook, et al.. (2017). Culture versus cognition is a false dilemma. Nature Climate Change. 7(7). 457–457. 31 indexed citations
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Mildenberger, Matto, Jennifer R. Marlon, Peter D. Howe, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2017). The spatial distribution of Republican and Democratic climate opinions at state and local scales. Climatic Change. 145(3-4). 539–548. 59 indexed citations
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Mildenberger, Matto & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2017). Public opinion on climate change: Is there an economy–environment tradeoff?. Environmental Politics. 26(5). 801–824. 111 indexed citations
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Roser‐Renouf, Connie, et al.. (2015). Engaging diverse audiences with climate change: message strategies for Global Warming’s Six Americas. SSRN Electronic Journal. 388–406. 25 indexed citations
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Howe, Peter D., Jagadish Thaker, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2014). Public perceptions of rainfall change in India. Climatic Change. 127(2). 211–225. 28 indexed citations
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Roser‐Renouf, Connie, et al.. (2009). Global Warming’s Six Americas: An Audience Segmentation Analysis (Invited). AGUFM. 2009. 14 indexed citations
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Broad, Kenneth, et al.. (2007). Misinterpretations of the “Cone of Uncertainty” in Florida during the 2004 Hurricane Season. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 88(5). 651–668. 170 indexed citations
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Leiserowitz, Anthony, Robert W. Kates, & Thomas M. Parris. (2004). Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Review of Multi-national and Global Trends. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 1 indexed citations

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