Hank Rothgerber

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hank Rothgerber is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Hank Rothgerber has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Hank Rothgerber's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (10 papers). Hank Rothgerber is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (10 papers). Hank Rothgerber collaborates with scholars based in United States and Norway. Hank Rothgerber's co-authors include Wendy Wood, P. Niels Christensen, Daniel L. Rosenfeld, Michelle R. Hebl, David C. Matz, Stephen Worchel, A. Janet Tomiyama, Eric Anthony Day, Jonas R. Kunst and Kirsten A. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hank Rothgerber

30 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Real men don’t eat (vegetable) quiche: Masculinity and the justification of meat consumption.
    2012 405 citations Hank Rothgerber Psychology of Men & Masculinity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hank Rothgerber United States 21 913 740 650 485 398 30 2.4k
Steve Loughnan United Kingdom 31 902 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 1.9k 2.9× 464 1.0× 1.4k 3.6× 72 5.2k
Jared Piazza United Kingdom 26 553 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 1.2k 1.8× 322 0.7× 1.2k 3.1× 58 2.8k
Matthew B. Ruby Australia 21 1.3k 1.5× 263 0.4× 699 1.1× 853 1.8× 322 0.8× 52 2.9k
Kristof Dhont United Kingdom 34 332 0.4× 2.1k 2.8× 1.5k 2.3× 141 0.3× 571 1.4× 69 3.0k
Charlotte De Backer Belgium 23 341 0.4× 603 0.8× 371 0.6× 377 0.8× 72 0.2× 79 2.0k
Anthony L. Burrow United States 27 319 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 1.5k 2.3× 162 0.3× 163 0.4× 98 3.4k
Brock Bastian Australia 46 630 0.7× 3.2k 4.3× 3.8k 5.8× 297 0.6× 2.1k 5.2× 134 7.7k
Marjaana Lindeman Finland 33 209 0.2× 1.0k 1.4× 1.4k 2.2× 370 0.8× 598 1.5× 96 3.7k
Alan Beardsworth United Kingdom 22 427 0.5× 380 0.5× 240 0.4× 734 1.5× 79 0.2× 40 2.1k
Beate Seibt Norway 27 288 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 1.3k 2.0× 260 0.5× 838 2.1× 50 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hank Rothgerber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hank Rothgerber

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rothgerber, Hank, et al.. (2024). Development of the passive and active meat-animal dissociation scale (mads). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Daniel L., Hank Rothgerber, & A. Janet Tomiyama. (2023). When meat-eaters expect vegan food to taste bad: Veganism as a symbolic threat. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 27(2). 453–468. 6 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank & Daniel L. Rosenfeld. (2021). Meat‐related cognitive dissonance: The social psychology of eating animals. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 15(5). 56 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Daniel L., Hank Rothgerber, & A. Janet Tomiyama. (2019). Mostly Vegetarian, But Flexible About It: Investigating How Meat-Reducers Express Social Identity Around Their Diets. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 11(3). 406–415. 50 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2014). Underlying differences between conscientious omnivores and vegetarians in the evaluation of meat and animals. Appetite. 87. 251–258. 73 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank, et al.. (2014). Childhood pet ownership, attachment to pets, and subsequent meat avoidance. The mediating role of empathy toward animals. Appetite. 79. 11–17. 81 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2014). Horizontal Hostility among Non-Meat Eaters. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96457–e96457. 23 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2014). Can you have your meat and eat it too? Conscientious omnivores, vegetarians, and adherence to diet. Appetite. 84. 196–203. 90 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2014). Carnivorous Cats, Vegetarian Dogs, and the Resolution of the Vegetarian's Dilemma. Anthrozoös. 27(4). 485–498. 11 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2014). Efforts to overcome vegetarian-induced dissonance among meat eaters. Appetite. 79. 32–41. 157 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2013). A comparison of attitudes toward meat and animals among strict and semi-vegetarians. Appetite. 72. 98–105. 98 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2013). A meaty matter. Pet diet and the vegetarian’s dilemma. Appetite. 68. 76–82. 52 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (2012). Real men don’t eat (vegetable) quiche: Masculinity and the justification of meat consumption.. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 14(4). 363–375. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christensen, P. Niels, Hank Rothgerber, Wendy Wood, & David C. Matz. (2004). Social Norms and Identity Relevance: A Motivational Approach to Normative Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 30(10). 1295–1309. 231 indexed citations
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Worchel, Stephen, et al.. (1998). Social identity and individual productivity within groups. British Journal of Social Psychology. 37(4). 389–413. 168 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (1997). External intergroup threat as an antecedent to perceptions in in-group and out-group homogeneity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73(6). 1206–1212. 84 indexed citations
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Wood, Wendy, P. Niels Christensen, Michelle R. Hebl, & Hank Rothgerber. (1997). Conformity to sex-typed norms, affect, and the self-concept.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73(3). 523–535. 143 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank & Stephen Worchel. (1997). The view from below: Intergroup relations from the perspective of the disadvantaged group.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73(6). 1191–1205. 7 indexed citations
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Rothgerber, Hank. (1997). External intergroup threat as an antecedent to perceptions in in-group and out-group homogeneity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73(6). 1206–1212. 90 indexed citations

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