Iris Žeželj

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Iris Žeželj is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Iris Žeželj has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Social Psychology and 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Iris Žeželj's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (27 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (16 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (14 papers). Iris Žeželj is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (27 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (16 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (14 papers). Iris Žeželj collaborates with scholars based in Serbia, United States and Netherlands. Iris Žeželj's co-authors include Jasna Milošević Đorđević, Aleksandra Lazić, Petar Lukić, Dominique Barjolle, Matthew Gorton, Zorana Zupan, Ljiljana B. Lazarević, Predrag Teovanović, Marija Petrović and Lotte Pummerer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Iris Žeželj

65 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review

2022 193 citations Valerie van Mulukom, Lotte Pummerer et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iris Žeželj Serbia	17	689	266	228	224	150	75	1.2k
Marieke L. Fransen Netherlands	20	762 1.1×	124 0.5×	83 0.4×	289 1.3×	103 0.7×	50	1.5k
Silvia Mari Italy	17	558 0.8×	128 0.5×	123 0.5×	213 1.0×	96 0.6×	45	819
Cara C. MacInnis Canada	22	909 1.3×	271 1.0×	61 0.3×	813 3.6×	424 2.8×	54	1.8k
Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier United States	24	436 0.6×	132 0.5×	82 0.4×	212 0.9×	262 1.7×	74	1.8k
Anna R. McAlister United States	21	632 0.9×	116 0.4×	32 0.1×	207 0.9×	182 1.2×	37	1.4k
David L. Rodrigues Portugal	21	513 0.7×	92 0.3×	44 0.2×	403 1.8×	357 2.4×	102	1.5k
Alain Clémence Switzerland	16	601 0.9×	147 0.6×	179 0.8×	379 1.7×	166 1.1×	58	1.0k
Diniz Lopes Portugal	21	595 0.9×	80 0.3×	34 0.1×	392 1.8×	328 2.2×	75	1.3k
Jonathon McPhetres United States	15	1.4k 2.0×	266 1.0×	373 1.6×	201 0.9×	227 1.5×	29	1.8k
Nicole Satherley New Zealand	9	381 0.6×	47 0.2×	131 0.6×	282 1.3×	318 2.1×	24	911

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All Works

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Živančević, Katarina, Jasmina Živanović, Danijela Đukić-Ćosić, et al.. (2025). Perceptions and awareness of endocrine disruptors among mothers in Serbia and health implications. Endocrine Connections. 14(3).

Žeželj, Iris & Marija Petrović. (2025). Cultivating new ways to trust science amid the rise of questionable health practices. Current Opinion in Psychology. 67. 102207–102207.

Teovanović, Predrag, Danka Purić, Marko Živanović, et al.. (2024). The role of cognitive biases in shaping irrational beliefs: a multi-Study Investigation. Thinking & Reasoning. 31(3). 287–330. 1 indexed citations

Knežević, Goran, Marija Petrović, Zorana Zupan, et al.. (2024). Lifetime prevalence of questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: A preregistered nationally representative survey. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313173–e0313173. 1 indexed citations

Petrović, Marija & Iris Žeželj. (2024). Exploring the Mechanisms that Allow Incompatible Beliefs to Coexist in the Cognitive System. Psychological Reports. 3966429542–3966429542. 1 indexed citations

Lukić, Petar & Iris Žeželj. (2023). Delineating between scientism and science enthusiasm: Challenges in measuring scientism and the development of novel scale. Public Understanding of Science. 33(5). 568–586. 1 indexed citations

Lazić, Aleksandra, Marija Petrović, Marija Branković, & Iris Žeželj. (2023). Quick Natural Cure-Alls: Portrayal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine in Serbian Online Media. Collabra Psychology. 9(1). 4 indexed citations

Žeželj, Iris, et al.. (2023). I trust my immunity more than your vaccines: “Appeal to nature” bias strongly predicts questionable health behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0279122–e0279122. 16 indexed citations

Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Goran Knežević, Danka Purić, et al.. (2023). Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14058–14058. 7 indexed citations

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Purić, Danka, Marija Petrović, Miloš Živanović, et al.. (2023). Development of a novel instrument for assessing intentional non-adherence to official medical recommendations (iNAR-12): a sequential mixed-methods study in Serbia. BMJ Open. 13(6). e069978–e069978. 4 indexed citations

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Mulukom, Valerie van, Lotte Pummerer, Sinan Alper, et al.. (2022). Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine. 301. 114912–114912. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lazić, Aleksandra & Iris Žeželj. (2021). A systematic review of narrative interventions: Lessons for countering anti-vaccination conspiracy theories and misinformation. Public Understanding of Science. 30(6). 644–670. 59 indexed citations

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Đorđević, Jasna Milošević, et al.. (2021). Beyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theories. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 9(1). 144–158. 22 indexed citations

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Branković, Marija, Iris Žeželj, & Vladimir Turjačanin. (2020). How knowing others makes us more inclusive: Social identity inclusiveness mediates the effects of contact on out‐group acceptance. Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade). 4(3). 95–106. 7 indexed citations

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Mulukom, Valerie van, Lotte Pummerer, Sinan Alper, et al.. (2020). Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: a systematic review. Pure (Coventry University). 54 indexed citations

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Martinović, Borja, et al.. (2020). Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 8(1). 404–425. 24 indexed citations

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Teovanović, Predrag, et al.. (2020). Irrational beliefs differentially predict adherence to guidelines and pseudoscientific practices during the COVID ‐19 pandemic. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 35(2). 486–496. 122 indexed citations

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Lukić, Petar, Iris Žeželj, & Biljana Stanković. (2019). How (ir)rational is it to believe in contradictory conspiracy theories?. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 15(1). 94–107. 42 indexed citations

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Žeželj, Iris, et al.. (2012). The motivational and informational basis of attitudes toward foods with health claims. Appetite. 59(3). 960–967. 55 indexed citations

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Žeželj, Iris, et al.. (2011). Primjena i validacija testa implicitnih asocijacija u mjerenju implicitnih predrasuda kod djece. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE). 14(2). 171–181. 2 indexed citations

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