François Ric

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

François Ric is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, François Ric has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in François Ric's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). François Ric is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). François Ric collaborates with scholars based in France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland. François Ric's co-authors include Paula M. Niedenthal, Piotr Winkielman, Lawrence W. Barsalou, Silvia Krauth‐Gruber, Théodore Alexopoulos, Dominique Müller, Paula M. Niedenthal, Christian Marendaz, Mauro Pesenti and Arnaud Badets and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

François Ric

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Embodiment in Attitudes, Social Perception, and Emotion 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 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. Embodiment in Attitudes, Social Perception, and Emotion
    2005 975 citations Paula M. Niedenthal, François Ric 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
François Ric France 16 1.0k 713 636 382 255 34 1.8k
Mark Rotteveel Netherlands 23 861 0.8× 985 1.4× 787 1.2× 397 1.0× 158 0.6× 49 2.0k
Lynden K. Miles United Kingdom 26 1.3k 1.3× 1.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.8× 354 0.9× 332 1.3× 50 2.7k
Karen Gasper United States 18 904 0.9× 794 1.1× 777 1.2× 475 1.2× 154 0.6× 39 2.2k
Michael L. Slepian United States 29 863 0.9× 634 0.9× 788 1.2× 708 1.9× 141 0.6× 73 2.0k
Clara Michelle Cheng United States 10 1.1k 1.1× 609 0.9× 552 0.9× 924 2.4× 157 0.6× 13 2.0k
Paula M. Niedenthal France 18 1.2k 1.2× 1.7k 2.4× 1.3k 2.1× 388 1.0× 258 1.0× 30 2.8k
Keise Izuma Japan 19 857 0.8× 1.6k 2.3× 562 0.9× 417 1.1× 230 0.9× 33 2.4k
Roland Neumann Germany 22 1.3k 1.3× 795 1.1× 704 1.1× 823 2.2× 232 0.9× 47 2.4k
Max Weisbuch United States 24 828 0.8× 516 0.7× 560 0.9× 747 2.0× 166 0.7× 52 1.9k
Hans IJzerman Netherlands 21 1.1k 1.1× 526 0.7× 698 1.1× 573 1.5× 115 0.5× 66 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by François Ric

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Ric

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Ric

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Ric. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Ric 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 François Ric. François Ric 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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Robert, Christelle, et al.. (2023). Is the approach avoidance compatibility effect moderated by word imageability?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 77(6). 1281–1294. 2 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2019). The combination of multiple affective experiences and their impact on valuation judgments. Cognition & Emotion. 34(4). 684–699. 6 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2019). The Sociofunctional Model of Prejudice: Questioning the Role of Emotions in the Threat-Behavior Link. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32(1). 1–1. 9 indexed citations
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Müller, Dominique, et al.. (2019). The online-VAAST: A short and online tool to measure spontaneous approach and avoidance tendencies. Acta Psychologica. 201. 102942–102942. 23 indexed citations
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Müller, Dominique, et al.. (2017). A new look at sensorimotor aspects in approach/avoidance tendencies: The role of visual whole-body movement information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 76. 42–53. 51 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2017). Comprendre le lien culpabilité-réparation : un rôle potentiel de l’attention. L’Année psychologique. 117(3). 379–404. 1 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2017). How guilt leads to reparation? Exploring the processes underlying the effects of guilt. Motivation and Emotion. 41(3). 343–352. 17 indexed citations
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Bouazzaoui, Badiâa, et al.. (2015). Ageing-related stereotypes in memory: When the beliefs come true. Memory. 24(5). 659–668. 30 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2012). Emotional norms for 524 French personality trait words. Behavior Research Methods. 45(2). 414–421. 23 indexed citations
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Badets, Arnaud, Cédric A. Bouquet, François Ric, & Mauro Pesenti. (2012). Number generation bias after action observation. Experimental Brain Research. 221(1). 43–49. 28 indexed citations
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Alexopoulos, Théodore, Dominique Müller, François Ric, & Christian Marendaz. (2012). I, me, mine: Automatic attentional capture by self‐related stimuli. European Journal of Social Psychology. 42(6). 770–779. 109 indexed citations
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Ric, François & Dominique Müller. (2011). Unconscious addition: When we unconsciously initiate and follow arithmetic rules.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 141(2). 222–226. 34 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2010). Affective Biases in Likelihood Perception: A Possible Role of Experimental Demand in Mood Congruence Effects. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 6 indexed citations
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Niedenthal, Paula M., Silvia Krauth‐Gruber, & François Ric. (2009). Comprendre les émotions. 18 indexed citations
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Niedenthal, Paula M., Silvia Krauth‐Gruber, & François Ric. (2006). Psychology of emotion: Interpersonal, experiential, and cognitive approaches.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 432. 155 indexed citations
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Ferrand, Ludovic, François Ric, & Maria Augustinova. (2006). Quand « amour » amorce « soleil » (ou pourquoi l’amorcage affectif n’est pas un (simple) cas d’amorçage semantique ?). L’Année psychologique. 106(1). 79–79. 14 indexed citations
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Ric, François. (2004). Effects of the Activation of Affective Information on Stereotyping: When Sadness Increases Stereotype Use. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 30(10). 1310–1321. 15 indexed citations
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Ric, François, et al.. (2002). Effects of control deprivation on effort expenditure and accuracy performance. European Journal of Social Psychology. 33(1). 103–118. 11 indexed citations
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Ric, François. (1997). Effects of Control Deprivation on Subsequent Use of Stereotypes. The Journal of Social Psychology. 137(3). 333–342. 8 indexed citations

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