B. Keith Payne

14.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
104 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

B. Keith Payne is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Keith Payne has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 53 papers in Social Psychology and 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in B. Keith Payne's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (68 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (38 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (33 papers). B. Keith Payne is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (68 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (38 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (33 papers). B. Keith Payne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. B. Keith Payne's co-authors include Bertram Gawronski, Olesya Govorun, C. Daryl Cameron, Brandon D. Stewart, Jazmin L. Brown‐Iannuzzi, Clara Michelle Cheng, Heidi A. Vuletich, Chris Loersch, Kent M. Lee and Mimi V. Chapman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

B. Keith Payne

101 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias Among Hea... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2015 2005 2010 2001 2001 400 800 1.2k
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. Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias Among Health Care Professionals and Its Influence on Health Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review
    2015 1.5k citations Kent M. Lee, B. Keith Payne et al. profile →
  2. An inkblot for attitudes: Affect misattribution as implicit measurement.
    2005 920 citations B. Keith Payne, Clara Michelle Cheng et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  3. Handbook of implicit social cognition : measurement, theory,and applications
    2010 714 citations Bertram Gawronski, B. Keith Payne Guilford Press eBooks profile →
  4. Prejudice and perception: The role of automatic and controlled processes in misperceiving a weapon.
    2001 569 citations B. Keith Payne Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  5. Prejudice and perception: The role of automatic and controlled processes in misperceiving a weapon.
    2001 559 citations B. Keith Payne Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  6. Knowledge does not protect against illusory truth.
    2015 336 citations Lisa K. Fazio, Nadia M. Brashier et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
  7. The Bias of Crowds: How Implicit Bias Bridges Personal and Systemic Prejudice
    2017 285 citations B. Keith Payne, Heidi A. Vuletich 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
B. Keith Payne United States 40 5.5k 3.6k 2.4k 1.4k 1.1k 104 9.5k
E. Ashby Plant United States 43 4.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 96 7.7k
Jennifer A. Richeson United States 52 6.5k 1.2× 3.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 831 0.6× 922 0.8× 113 9.0k
Christian S. Crandall United States 47 4.4k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 805 0.6× 950 0.9× 97 9.3k
Joachim I. Krueger United States 38 3.8k 0.7× 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 175 8.7k
Geoffrey L. Cohen United States 50 5.7k 1.0× 5.0k 1.4× 803 0.3× 1.7k 1.2× 2.2k 2.0× 117 13.7k
David K. Sherman United States 42 4.1k 0.7× 4.3k 1.2× 804 0.3× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.0× 113 9.4k
Patricia G. Devine United States 48 10.3k 1.9× 7.2k 2.0× 3.3k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.5× 110 15.6k
Peter H. Ditto United States 41 4.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.7k 1.1× 992 0.7× 400 0.4× 98 8.8k
Dolores Albarracín United States 45 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 921 0.4× 2.5k 1.8× 596 0.5× 200 10.9k
Toni Schmader Canada 43 5.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 840 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 100 8.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sommet, Nicolas & B. Keith Payne. (2025). Black Poverty Leads White Americans to Blame Racial Inequality on Black Americans Themselves. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 17(2). 229–241.
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Vuletich, Heidi A. & B. Keith Payne. (2025). Convergent Validity of Two Implicit Racial Bias Measures for Individuals and Contexts. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 17(3). 351–360.
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Payne, B. Keith, et al.. (2024). Implicit Bias as a Cognitive Manifestation of Systemic Racism. Daedalus. 153(1). 106–122. 13 indexed citations
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Vuletich, Heidi A., et al.. (2024). Exploring the relation between early childhood education and historical and contemporary racism and bias for Black children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 69. S51–S59. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Kent M., Kristen A. Lindquist, & B. Keith Payne. (2022). Constructing Explicit Prejudice: Evidence From Large Sample Datasets. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 49(4). 541–553. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Kent M., Kristen A. Lindquist, Nathan L. Arbuckle, Samantha M. Mowrer, & B. Keith Payne. (2019). An indirect measure of discrete emotions.. Emotion. 20(4). 659–676. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Kent M., Kristen A. Lindquist, & B. Keith Payne. (2017). Constructing bias: Conceptualization breaks the link between implicit bias and fear of Black Americans.. Emotion. 18(6). 855–871. 19 indexed citations
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Cooley, Erin, et al.. (2017). The paradox of group mind: “People in a group” have more mind than “a group of people”.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 146(5). 691–699. 26 indexed citations
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Fazio, Lisa K., Nadia M. Brashier, B. Keith Payne, & Elizabeth J. Marsh. (2015). Knowledge does not protect against illusory truth.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 144(5). 993–1002. 336 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pinkham, Amy E., et al.. (2015). Intact implicit processing of facial threat cues in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 170(1). 150–155. 11 indexed citations
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Lundberg, Kristjen B. & B. Keith Payne. (2014). Decisions among the Undecided: Implicit Attitudes Predict Future Voting Behavior of Undecided Voters. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85680–e85680. 29 indexed citations
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Brown‐Iannuzzi, Jazmin L., Kathryn C. Adair, B. Keith Payne, Laura Smart Richman, & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2013). Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences. 56. 201–205. 64 indexed citations
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Gawronski, Bertram & B. Keith Payne. (2010). Handbook of implicit social cognition : measurement, theory,and applications. Guilford Press eBooks. 714 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pasek, Josh, Yphtach Lelkes, Jon A. Krosnick, et al.. (2009). Determinants of Turnout and Candidate Choice in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election: Illuminating the Impact of Racial Prejudice and Other Considerations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Payne, B. Keith, et al.. (2008). Why do implicit and explicit attitude tests diverge? The role of structural fit.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 94(1). 16–31. 244 indexed citations
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Payne, B. Keith, F. Joseph McClernon, & Ian G. Dobbins. (2007). Automatic affective responses to smoking cues.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 15(4). 400–409. 74 indexed citations
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Payne, B. Keith. (2005). Conceptualizing Control in Social Cognition: How Executive Functioning Modulates the Expression of Automatic Stereotyping.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(4). 488–503. 208 indexed citations
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Payne, B. Keith, Clara Michelle Cheng, Olesya Govorun, & Brandon D. Stewart. (2005). An inkblot for attitudes: Affect misattribution as implicit measurement.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(3). 277–293. 920 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lambert, Alan J., et al.. (2003). Stereotypes as dominant responses: On the "social facilitation" of prejudice in anticipated public contexts.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 84(2). 277–295. 92 indexed citations
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Payne, B. Keith. (2001). Prejudice and perception: The role of automatic and controlled processes in misperceiving a weapon.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 81(2). 181–192. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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