Icek Ajzen

258.6k total citations · 39 hit papers
125 papers, 165.0k citations indexed

About

Icek Ajzen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Applied Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Icek Ajzen has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 165.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 49 papers in Applied Psychology and 30 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Icek Ajzen's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (49 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (38 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (25 papers). Icek Ajzen is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (49 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (38 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (25 papers). Icek Ajzen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Icek Ajzen's co-authors include Martin Fishbein, Thomas J. Madden, B. L. Driver, Peter Schmidt, Richard J. Hill, Deborah Schifter, Pamela Ellen, Lisa Beck, Sebastian Bamberg and Nicole Gilbert Cote and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Icek Ajzen

123 papers receiving 147.9k citations

Hit Papers

The theory of planned behavior 1969 2026 1988 2007 1991 1975 1980 1977 2002 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k 40.0k 50.0k
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. The theory of planned behavior
    1991 59.6k citations Icek Ajzen Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes profile →
  2. Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research
    1975 27.0k citations Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen profile →
  3. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior
    1980 19.2k citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  4. Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.
    1977 5.5k citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  5. Perceived Behavioral Control, Self‐Efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior1
    2002 5.4k citations Icek Ajzen Journal of Applied Social Psychology profile →
  6. Attitudes, Personality and Behavior
    1988 5.0k citations Icek Ajzen profile →
  7. Predicting and Changing Behavior: The Reasoned Action Approach
    2009 4.4k citations Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen profile →
  8. Prediction of goal-directed behavior: Attitudes, intentions, and perceived behavioral control
    1986 4.1k citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  9. Nature and Operation of Attitudes
    2001 3.0k citations Icek Ajzen Annual Review of Psychology profile →
  10. Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research.
    1977 1.8k citations Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  11. Predicting and Changing Behavior
    2011 1.7k citations Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen profile →
  12. The theory of planned behavior: Frequently asked questions
    2020 1.7k citations Icek Ajzen profile →
  13. A Comparison of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Theory of Reasoned Action
    1992 1.6k citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  14. Attitudes and the Attitude-Behavior Relation: Reasoned and Automatic Processes
    2000 1.3k citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  15. Emotional Conservatism: The Basis of Social Behavior?
    1980 1.2k citations Icek Ajzen Contemporary Psychology profile →
  16. Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Leisure Choice
    1992 1.1k citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  17. Predicting dishonest actions using the theory of planned behavior
    1991 1.0k citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  18. A Bayesian analysis of attribution processes.
    1975 990 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  19. Attitudes towards objects as predictors of single and multiple behavioral criteria.
    1974 972 citations Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen Psychological Review profile →
  20. Choice of Travel Mode in the Theory of Planned Behavior: The Roles of Past Behavior, Habit, and Reasoned Action
    2003 950 citations Sebastian Bamberg, Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  21. Residual Effects of Past on Later Behavior: Habituation and Reasoned Action Perspectives
    2002 940 citations Icek Ajzen profile →
  22. Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions
    2015 800 citations Icek Ajzen, Peter Schmidt et al. profile →
  23. Prediction of leisure participation from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs: An application of the theory of planned behavior
    1991 685 citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  24. Attitudinal and normative variables as predictors of specific behavior.
    1973 663 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  25. Intention, perceived control, and weight loss: An application of the theory of planned behavior.
    1985 625 citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  26. The prediction of behavior from attitudinal and normative variables
    1970 606 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  27. The theory of planned behaviour is alive and well, and not ready to retire: a commentary on Sniehotta, Presseau, and Araújo-Soares
    2014 520 citations Icek Ajzen profile →
  28. Knowledge and the Prediction of Behavior: The Role of Information Accuracy in the Theory of Planned Behavior
    2011 509 citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  29. Intention, perceived control, and weight loss: An application of the theory of planned behavior.
    1985 504 citations Icek Ajzen et al. profile →
  30. Attitudinal and normative variables as predictors of specific behaviors.
    1973 484 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  31. Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.
    1977 413 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  32. Consumer attitudes and behavior: the theory of planned behavior applied to food consumption decisions
    2019 393 citations Icek Ajzen profile →
  33. The prediction of behavioral intentions in a choice situation
    1969 385 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  34. Attitudes and normative beliefs as factors influencing behavioral intentions.
    1972 352 citations Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein profile →
  35. How Effective are Behavior Change Interventions Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior?
    2016 338 citations Icek Ajzen, Peter Schmidt et al. profile →
  36. Reasoned action in the service of goal pursuit.
    2019 288 citations Icek Ajzen, Arie W. Kruglanski Psychological Review profile →
  37. Control interactions in the theory of planned behavior: Rethinking the role of subjective norm
    2020 262 citations Francesco La Barbera, Icek Ajzen Europe’s Journal of Psychology profile →
  38. Perceived behavioral control moderating effects in the theory of planned behavior: A meta-analysis.
    2022 185 citations Martin S. Hagger, Mike W.‐L. Cheung et al. Health Psychology profile →
  39. Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear, conspiracy beliefs, and vaccine skepticism
    2022 98 citations Daniel Seddig, Dina Maskileyson et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

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  • Sociology and Political Science 55.2k
  • Marketing 31.8k
  • Information Systems and Management 30.2k
  • Applied Psychology 22.8k
  • Social Psychology 21.0k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
First test of the theory of reasoned goal pursuit: predicting physical activity
2022 ·Psychology and Health ·Kyra Hamilton, Daniel J. Phipps, Peter Schmidt, Sebastian Bamberg, Icek Ajzen
32
2
Perceived behavioral control moderating effects in the theory of planned behavior: A meta-analysis. breakdown →
2022 ·Health Psychology ·Martin S. Hagger, Mike W.‐L. Cheung, Icek Ajzen, Kyra Hamilton
185
3
Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear, conspiracy beliefs, and vaccine skepticism breakdown →
2022 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Daniel Seddig, Dina Maskileyson, Eldad Davidov, Icek Ajzen, Peter Schmidt
98
4
Farmer Behaviour as Reasoned Action: A Critical Review of Research with the Theory of Planned Behaviour
2020 ·Journal of Agricultural Economics ·Jaap Sok, João Augusto Rossi Borges, Peter Schmidt, Icek Ajzen
179
5
Control interactions in the theory of planned behavior: Rethinking the role of subjective norm breakdown →
2020 ·Europe’s Journal of Psychology ·Francesco La Barbera, Icek Ajzen
262
6
Reasoned action in the service of goal pursuit. breakdown →
2019 ·Psychological Review ·Icek Ajzen, Arie W. Kruglanski
288
7
Consumer attitudes and behavior: the theory of planned behavior applied to food consumption decisions breakdown →
2019 ·Icek Ajzen
393
8
Predicting substance abuse treatment completion using a new scale based on the theory of planned behavior
2013 ·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment ·Sarah E. Zemore, Icek Ajzen
87
9
Martin Fishbein’s Legacy
2012 ·The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ·Icek Ajzen
259
10
Understanding employers' hiring intention in relation to qualified workers with disabilities
2011 ·Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation ·Robert Fraser, Icek Ajzen, Kurt Johnson, James C. Hebert, Fong Chan
86
11
Job Satisfaction, Effort, and Performance: A Reasoned Action Perspective
2011 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Icek Ajzen
8
12
Understanding Employers’ Hiring Intentions in Relation to Qualified Workers with Disabilities: Preliminary Findings
2009 ·Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation ·Robert Fraser, Kurt Johnson, James R. Hébert, Icek Ajzen, (unknown), Pat Brown, Fong Chan
96
13
An Assessment of Beliefs About Mental Health Care Among Veterans Who Served in Iraq
2007 ·Psychiatric Services ·Tracy Stecker, John C. Fortney, Francis Hamilton, Icek Ajzen
160
14
Perceived Behavioral Control, Self‐Efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior1 breakdown →
2002 ·Journal of Applied Social Psychology ·Icek Ajzen
5420
15
Nature and Operation of Attitudes breakdown →
2001 ·Annual Review of Psychology ·Icek Ajzen
3033
16
Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Adolescents’ Condom Use: A Panel Study1
1996 ·Journal of Applied Social Psychology ·Jost Reinecke, Peter Schmidt, Icek Ajzen
136
17
The theory of planned behavior breakdown →
1991 ·Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·Icek Ajzen
59595
18
A New Paradigm in the Psychology of Persuasion
1987 ·Contemporary Psychology ·Icek Ajzen
3
19
Predicting and understanding family planning behaviors
1980 ·Martin Fishbein, James Jaccard, Andrew R. Davidson, Icek Ajzen, Barbara Loken
99
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Attitudes towards objects as predictors of single and multiple behavioral criteria. breakdown →
1974 ·Psychological Review ·Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen
972

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