David Zendle

2.7k total citations
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

David Zendle is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Zendle has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Clinical Psychology, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Zendle's work include Gambling Behavior and Treatments (26 papers), Digital Games and Media (17 papers) and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (13 papers). David Zendle is often cited by papers focused on Gambling Behavior and Treatments (26 papers), Digital Games and Media (17 papers) and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (13 papers). David Zendle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and New Zealand. David Zendle's co-authors include Paul Cairns, Rachel Meyer, Nick Ballou, Harriet Over, Elena Petrovskaya, Heather Wardle, Christian Guckelsberger, Alena Denisova, Cade McCall and Aaron Drummond and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

David Zendle

40 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Zendle United Kingdom 18 946 742 164 154 98 42 1.4k
Margherita Zito Italy 16 251 0.3× 344 0.5× 57 0.3× 112 0.7× 74 0.8× 56 1.2k
Jonathan Parke United Kingdom 18 1.3k 1.3× 444 0.6× 24 0.1× 228 1.5× 196 2.0× 55 1.4k
T. L. Taylor Denmark 11 156 0.2× 996 1.3× 208 1.3× 101 0.7× 43 0.4× 18 1.2k
Eunike Wetzel Germany 21 603 0.6× 283 0.4× 43 0.3× 37 0.2× 60 0.6× 49 1.1k
Mengyang Cao United States 12 261 0.3× 158 0.2× 26 0.2× 37 0.2× 28 0.3× 22 777
Jo Bryce United Kingdom 15 91 0.1× 519 0.7× 203 1.2× 25 0.2× 52 0.5× 21 947
Hwajung Hong South Korea 19 96 0.1× 173 0.2× 53 0.3× 49 0.3× 44 0.4× 76 969
Leonard G. Rorer United States 16 326 0.3× 228 0.3× 165 1.0× 56 0.4× 33 0.3× 30 1.2k
Şahin Gökçearslan Türkiye 16 83 0.1× 447 0.6× 53 0.3× 88 0.6× 19 0.2× 45 969
Petko Kusev United Kingdom 13 155 0.2× 215 0.3× 25 0.2× 60 0.4× 22 0.2× 35 755

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Zendle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Zendle

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All Works

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Xiao, Leon Y., David Zendle, Elena Petrovskaya, Rune Kristian Lundedal Nielsen, & Philip Newall. (2025). Physical card pack and especially video game loot box spending are both positively correlated with problem gambling but not linked to negative mental health: An international survey.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 40(1). 66–85.
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Over, Harriet, et al.. (2025). Understanding the influence of online misogyny in schools from the perspective of teachers. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0299339–e0299339. 2 indexed citations
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Zendle, David & Philip Newall. (2024). Better data access can lead to better collaborative conclusions: Results of a discussion with Heirene. Addiction. 119(10). 1838–1839. 3 indexed citations
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Ballou, Nick, et al.. (2024). Registered report evidence suggests no relationship between objectively tracked video game playtime and well-being over 3 months.. Spiral (Imperial College London). 5(1). 28–42. 3 indexed citations
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Zendle, David, et al.. (2023). The Relationship Between Lockdowns and Video Game Playtime: Multilevel Time-Series Analysis Using Massive-Scale Data Telemetry. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e40190–e40190. 3 indexed citations
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Zendle, David, et al.. (2023). The relationship between psycho-environmental characteristics and wellbeing in non-spending players of certain mobile games. Royal Society Open Science. 10(1). 221129–221129. 5 indexed citations
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Petrovskaya, Elena & David Zendle. (2022). “These People Had Taken Advantage of Me”: A Grounded Theory of Problematic Consequences of Player Interaction with Mobile Games Perceived as “Designed to Drive Spending”. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 2022. 1–14. 5 indexed citations
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Vuorre, Matti, David Zendle, Elena Petrovskaya, Nick Ballou, & Andrew K Przybylski. (2021). A large-scale study of changes to the quantity, quality, and distribution of video game play during a global health pandemic.. Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London). 2(4). 281–288. 15 indexed citations
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Drummond, Aaron, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(6). 802–802. 1 indexed citations
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Drummond, Aaron, et al.. (2020). Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(10). 986–988. 81 indexed citations
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Wang, Qian Janice, et al.. (2020). A Dash of Virtual Milk: Altering Product Color in Virtual Reality Influences Flavor Perception of Cold-Brew Coffee. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 595788–595788. 29 indexed citations
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Zendle, David, et al.. (2020). Inside the decentralised casino: A longitudinal study of actual cryptocurrency gambling transactions. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240693–e0240693. 15 indexed citations
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Zendle, David, et al.. (2019). Paying for loot boxes is linked to problem gambling, regardless of specific features like cash-out and pay-to-win. Computers in Human Behavior. 102. 181–191. 96 indexed citations
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Denisova, Alena, Paul Cairns, Christian Guckelsberger, & David Zendle. (2019). Measuring perceived challenge in digital games: Development & validation of the challenge originating from recent gameplay interaction scale (CORGIS). International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 137. 102383–102383. 67 indexed citations
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Zendle, David & Paul Cairns. (2019). Loot boxes are again linked to problem gambling: Results of a replication study. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0213194–e0213194. 112 indexed citations
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Zendle, David, Rachel Meyer, & Harriet Over. (2019). Adolescents and loot boxes: links with problem gambling and motivations for purchase. Royal Society Open Science. 6(6). 190049–190049. 151 indexed citations
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Zendle, David & Paul Cairns. (2018). Video game loot boxes are linked to problem gambling: Results of a large-scale survey. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0206767–e0206767. 198 indexed citations

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