Dolores Albarracín

18.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
200 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Dolores Albarracín is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Applied Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Dolores Albarracín has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 60 papers in Applied Psychology and 47 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Dolores Albarracín's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (60 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (33 papers). Dolores Albarracín is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (60 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (33 papers). Dolores Albarracín collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Dolores Albarracín's co-authors include Laura R. Glasman, Blair T. Johnson, Martin Fishbein, Paige Muellerleile, G. Tarcan Kumkale, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Allison Earl, Marta R. Durantini, Man‐pui Sally Chan and Justin Hepler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Dolores Albarracín

185 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Theories of reasoned action and planned behavior as model... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2006 2009 2015 2005 400 800 1.2k
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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. Theories of reasoned action and planned behavior as models of condom use: A meta-analysis.
    2001 1.3k citations Dolores Albarracín et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  2. Forming attitudes that predict future behavior: A meta-analysis of the attitude-behavior relation.
    2006 1.0k citations Dolores Albarracín et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. Feeling validated versus being correct: A meta-analysis of selective exposure to information.
    2009 798 citations Dolores Albarracín et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  4. Appealing to fear: A meta-analysis of fear appeal effectiveness and theories.
    2015 724 citations Dolores Albarracín et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  5. A Test of Major Assumptions About Behavior Change: A Comprehensive Look at the Effects of Passive and Active HIV-Prevention Interventions Since the Beginning of the Epidemic.
    2005 556 citations Dolores Albarracín, Allison Earl et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  6. Debunking: A Meta-Analysis of the Psychological Efficacy of Messages Countering Misinformation
    2017 512 citations Man‐pui Sally Chan, Christopher Jones et al. profile →
  7. Attitudes and Attitude Change
    2017 275 citations Dolores Albarracín et al. profile →
  8. Determinants of behaviour and their efficacy as targets of behavioural change interventions
    2024 73 citations Dolores Albarracín, Javier A. Granados Samayoa et al. profile →
  9. A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation
    2023 51 citations Man‐pui Sally Chan, Dolores Albarracín Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dolores Albarracín United States 45 4.7k 2.5k 2.1k 2.0k 1.2k 200 10.9k
Daniel Römer United States 54 4.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 2.2× 202 19.4k
Rajiv N. Rimal United States 43 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 924 0.5× 751 0.6× 157 7.7k
Seth M. Noar United States 55 3.2k 0.7× 4.3k 1.8× 5.1k 2.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 249 13.9k
Alexander J. Rothman United States 57 3.8k 0.8× 6.0k 2.4× 2.8k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 2.5k 2.0× 201 14.8k
Blair T. Johnson United States 62 3.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 4.8k 2.2× 3.1k 1.5× 2.4k 1.9× 177 17.9k
Deborah Lupton Australia 70 6.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.4× 4.8k 2.2× 1.3k 0.7× 2.2k 1.8× 313 18.4k
Brian J. Hall United States 60 5.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 5.2k 4.3× 365 15.8k
Leandre R. Fabrigar Canada 38 4.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 3.7k 1.8× 2.3k 1.9× 78 14.8k
Megan A. Moreno United States 48 5.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 341 9.9k
Duane T. Wegener United States 42 6.2k 1.3× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 4.8k 2.3× 2.3k 1.9× 135 17.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Étienne, Tom, et al.. (2025). How civilian casualty information shapes support for US involvement in an ally country’s war effort. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12(1).
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Chan, Man‐pui Sally, et al.. (2024). Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.. Psychological Bulletin. 150(7). 798–838. 8 indexed citations
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Durantini, Marta R., et al.. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of strategies to promote vaccination uptake. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(9). 1689–1705. 8 indexed citations
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Samayoa, Javier A. Granados, et al.. (2024). Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences. Social Science & Medicine. 352. 117031–117031.
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Calabrese, Christopher & Dolores Albarracín. (2023). Bypassing misinformation without confrontation improves policy support as much as correcting it. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6005–6005. 9 indexed citations
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Chan, Man‐pui Sally & Dolores Albarracín. (2023). A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(9). 1514–1525. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Brien, Thomas C., Judith Feinberg, Robert Gross, & Dolores Albarracín. (2022). Supportive environments during the substance use disorder epidemic in the rural United States: Provider support for interventions and expectations of interactions with providers. Social Science & Medicine. 294. 114691–114691. 1 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores. (2022). Processes of persuasion and social influence in conspiracy beliefs. Current Opinion in Psychology. 48. 101463–101463. 7 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, et al.. (2022). It's time to do more research on the attitude–behavior relation: A commentary on implicit attitude measures. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 13(4). e1602–e1602. 5 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, et al.. (2021). A research agenda for the post‐COVID‐19 world: Theory and research in social psychology. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology. 24(1). 10–17. 18 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, et al.. (2020). Mistaking an Intention for a Behavior: The Case of Enacting Behavioral Decisions Versus Simply Intending to Enact Them. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(3). 455–467. 2 indexed citations
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Farhadloo, Mohsen, Kenneth M. Winneg, Man‐pui Sally Chan, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, & Dolores Albarracín. (2018). Associations of Topics of Discussion on Twitter With Survey Measures of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors Related to Zika: Probabilistic Study in the United States. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 4(1). e16–e16. 34 indexed citations
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Chan, Man‐pui Sally, Christopher Jones, & Dolores Albarracín. (2017). Countering False Beliefs. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Feldman, Gilad & Dolores Albarracín. (2016). Norm theory and the action-effect: The role of social norms in regret following action and inaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 69. 111–120. 41 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, et al.. (2014). The Embodied Psychology of Time Limits: How Unrelated Motion States Shape Intentions to Act By a Deadline. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations
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Cappella, Joseph N., Hyun Suk Kim, & Dolores Albarracín. (2014). Selection and Transmission Processes for Information in the Emerging Media Environment: Psychological Motives and Message Characteristics. Media Psychology. 18(3). 396–424. 127 indexed citations
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Handley, Ian M., et al.. (2007). Inferential and Perceptual Influences of Affective Expectations on Judgments of Experienced Affect. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, Kenji Noguchi, & Allison Earl. (2006). Joyce's Ulysses and Woolf's Jacob's Room as the phenomenology of reasoning: Intentions and control as emergent of language and social interaction. Psychological Inquiry. 17(3). 236–245. 3 indexed citations
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Albarracín, Dolores, et al.. (1996). Divorcio y resolucion de conflictos: un modelo policausado complejo de determinacion ambiental. Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. 30(1). 15–25. 1 indexed citations

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