Jeff Galak

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jeff Galak is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Marketing and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Galak has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Marketing and 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jeff Galak's work include Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (17 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (14 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 papers). Jeff Galak is often cited by papers focused on Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (17 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (14 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 papers). Jeff Galak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Latvia and United Kingdom. Jeff Galak's co-authors include Andrew T. Stephen, Joseph P. Redden, Julian Givi, Deborah A. Small, Leif D. Nelson, Justin Kruger, Joseph P. Simmons, Yang Yang, Rosalind M. Chow and George Loewenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Galak

48 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The Effects of Traditional and Social Earned Media on Sales: A Study of a Microlending Marketplace

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeff Galak United States	23	811	776	311	292	239	50	1.8k
Simona Botti United Kingdom	15	807 1.0×	933 1.2×	217 0.7×	387 1.3×	87 0.4×	31	2.2k
Eric Greenleaf United States	19	615 0.8×	1.6k 2.1×	416 1.3×	367 1.3×	202 0.8×	39	2.7k
Catherine Cole United States	24	738 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	192 0.6×	320 1.1×	95 0.4×	52	2.7k
Andrea Bonezzi United States	13	922 1.1×	667 0.9×	84 0.3×	406 1.4×	71 0.3×	25	2.1k
Elyria Kemp United States	26	792 1.0×	849 1.1×	201 0.6×	328 1.1×	45 0.2×	70	2.0k
Susan Powell Mantel United States	16	525 0.6×	963 1.2×	85 0.3×	230 0.8×	87 0.4×	27	1.6k
Ana Valenzuela United States	16	712 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	169 0.5×	340 1.2×	50 0.2×	39	1.9k
June Cotte Canada	23	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	132 0.4×	364 1.2×	39 0.2×	58	2.4k
Colleen P. Kirk United States	15	486 0.6×	530 0.7×	297 1.0×	190 0.7×	47 0.2×	29	1.7k
Christopher P. Puto United States	15	549 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	973 3.1×	161 0.6×	119 0.5×	21	2.8k

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Givi, Julian & Jeff Galak. (2024). A social norms-based framework for understanding and predicting giver-recipient discrepancies in gift selection. European Journal of Marketing. 58(4). 1115–1140. 2 indexed citations

Givi, Julian, Jeff Galak, & Christopher Y. Olivola. (2020). The thought that counts is the one we ignore: How givers overestimate the importance of relative gift value. Journal of Business Research. 123. 502–515. 22 indexed citations

Galak, Jeff & Rosalind M. Chow. (2019). Compensate a little, but punish a lot: Asymmetric routes to restoring justice. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210676–e0210676. 5 indexed citations

Givi, Julian & Jeff Galak. (2019). Keeping the Joneses From Getting Ahead in the First Place: Envy’s Influence on Gift Giving Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Givi, Julian & Jeff Galak. (2019). The “future is now” bias: Anchoring and (insufficient) adjustment when predicting the future from the present. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 84. 103830–103830. 5 indexed citations

Givi, Julian, Jeff Galak, & Christopher Y. Olivola. (2017). Two's Company, Three's a Crowd: Givers' Oversensitivity to Other Givers' Gifts. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

Givi, Julian & Jeff Galak. (2017). Sentimental value and gift giving: Givers' fears of getting it wrong prevents them from getting it right. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 27(4). 473–479. 54 indexed citations

Jacoby, Jacob & Jeff Galak. (2016). The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154383–e0154383. 1 indexed citations

Galak, Jeff, et al.. (2016). Trickle-Down Preferences: Preferential Conformity to High Status Peers in Fashion Choices. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0153448–e0153448. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang & Jeff Galak. (2015). Sentimental value and its influence on hedonic adaptation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 109(5). 767–790. 43 indexed citations

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Chow, Rosalind M. & Jeff Galak. (2012). The Effect of Inequality Frames on Redistributive Income Policy Support. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Redden, Joseph P. & Jeff Galak. (2012). The subjective sense of feeling satiated.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 142(1). 209–217. 50 indexed citations

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Galak, Jeff, Robyn A. LeBoeuf, Leif D. Nelson, & Joseph P. Simmons. (2012). Correcting the past: Failures to replicate psi.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 103(6). 933–948. 75 indexed citations

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Chow, Rosalind M. & Jeff Galak. (2012). The Effect of Inequality Frames on Support for Redistributive Tax Policies. Psychological Science. 23(12). 1467–1469. 52 indexed citations

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Galak, Jeff, Justin Kruger, & George Loewenstein. (2011). Is variety the spice of life? It all depends on the rate of consumption. Judgment and Decision Making. 6(3). 230–238. 9 indexed citations

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Galak, Jeff & Tom Meyvis. (2011). The pain was greater if it will happen again: The effect of anticipated continuation on retrospective discomfort.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 140(1). 63–75.

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Simmons, Joseph P., Leif D. Nelson, Jeff Galak, & Shane Frederick. (2010). Are Crowds Wise When Predicting Against Point Spreads? It Depends on How You Ask. ACR North American Advances. 2 indexed citations

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Galak, Jeff, Deborah A. Small, & Andrew T. Stephen. (2010). Micro-Finance Decision Making: A Field Study of Prosocial Lending. SSRN Electronic Journal. 45 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leif D., Tom Meyvis, & Jeff Galak. (2009). Enhancing the Television-Viewing Experience through Commercial Interruptions. Journal of Consumer Research. 36(2). 160–172. 9 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leif D., Jeff Galak, & Joachim Vosgerau. (2008). The Unexpected Enjoyment of Expected Events: the Suboptimal Consumption of Televised Sports.. ACR North American Advances. 2 indexed citations

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