Jocelyn J. Bélanger

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Jocelyn J. Bélanger is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jocelyn J. Bélanger has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 49 papers in Social Psychology and 20 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jocelyn J. Bélanger's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (24 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). Jocelyn J. Bélanger is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (24 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (17 papers). Jocelyn J. Bélanger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Arab Emirates and Italy. Jocelyn J. Bélanger's co-authors include Arie W. Kruglanski, Rohan Gunaratna, Birga M. Schumpe, Michele J. Gelfand, Antonio Pierro, Robert J. Vallerand, Claudia F. Nisa, Anna Sheveland, Manuel Moyano and Daiane Gracieli Faller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jocelyn J. Bélanger

85 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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 Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism

2014 426 citations Arie W. Kruglanski, Jocelyn J. Bélanger et al. profile →
Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

2021 235 citations Qing Han, Bang Zheng et al. Psychological Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jocelyn J. Bélanger United States	25	1.8k	1.3k	649	495	319	92	3.1k
Katharine H. Greenaway Australia	31	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	807 1.2×	586 1.2×	266 0.8×	81	3.5k
Vivian L. Vignoles United Kingdom	26	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	771 1.2×	290 0.6×	148 0.5×	68	3.5k
Constanze Beierlein Luxembourg	20	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	494 0.8×	306 0.6×	122 0.4×	51	2.9k
Sik Hung Ng New Zealand	36	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	440 0.7×	378 0.8×	484 1.5×	132	4.1k
Lijiang Shen United States	27	2.3k 1.3×	887 0.7×	336 0.5×	1.2k 2.5×	270 0.8×	81	4.2k
David A. Schroeder United States	14	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	532 0.8×	363 0.7×	301 0.9×	25	3.4k
Gerd Bohner Germany	39	2.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	555 0.9×	631 1.3×	782 2.5×	136	5.3k
Robin L. Nabi United States	38	3.2k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	559 0.9×	1.2k 2.4×	302 0.9×	80	6.2k
Niklas K. Steffens Australia	39	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	685 1.1×	468 0.9×	496 1.6×	127	4.7k
Kristin Laurin Canada	24	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	409 0.6×	337 0.7×	438 1.4×	58	2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2025). Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1498936–1498936.

Bélanger, Jocelyn J., N. Pontus Leander, Maximilian Agostini, Jannis Kreienkamp, & Wolfgang Stroebe. (2024). Passion for guns and beliefs in a dangerous world: An examination of defensive gun ownership. Aggressive Behavior. 50(3). e22146–e22146. 1 indexed citations

Nisa, Claudia F., et al.. (2023). COVID-19 may have increased global support for universal health coverage: multi-country observational study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1213037–1213037.

Suchodoletz, Antje von, et al.. (2023). COVID-19’s shadow on families: A structural equation model of parental stress, family relationships, and child wellbeing. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0292292–e0292292. 4 indexed citations

Han, Qing, Bang Zheng, N. Pontus Leander, et al.. (2022). Impact of National Pandemic Lockdowns on Perceived Threat of Immigrants: A Natural Quasi-Experiment Across 23 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14(7). 796–807. 5 indexed citations

Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2022). Assessing the effectiveness of food waste messaging. Environmental Science & Policy. 132. 224–236. 12 indexed citations

Lucas, Todd, Mark Manning, Peter Strelan, et al.. (2022). Justice beliefs and cultural values predict support for COVID-19 vaccination and quarantine behavioral mandates: a multilevel cross-national study. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 12(2). 284–290. 9 indexed citations

Han, Qing, Bang Zheng, Mioara Cristea, et al.. (2021). Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine. 53(1). 149–159. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

Romano, Angelo, Giuliana Spadaro, Daniel Balliet, et al.. (2021). Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52(7). 622–642. 39 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2020). Do Counter-Narratives Reduce Support for ISIS? Yes, but Not for Their Target Audience. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1059–1059. 12 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2020). COVID-19 Knowledge Test: An Assessment Tool for Health Educators During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 580204–580204. 5 indexed citations

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Nisa, Claudia F. & Jocelyn J. Bélanger. (2019). Reducing food waste with behavioral interventions: A multiple treatment reversal design. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., Arie W. Kruglanski, & Ursula Kessels. (2019). On Sin and Sacrifice: How Intrinsic Religiosity and Sexual-Guilt Create Support for Martyrdom. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 66–66. 5 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2019). Radicalization Leading to Violence: A Test of the 3N Model. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10. 42–42. 67 indexed citations

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Kruglanski, Arie W., Jocelyn J. Bélanger, & Rohan Gunaratna. (2019). The Three Pillars of Radicalization. 109 indexed citations

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Schumpe, Birga M., et al.. (2018). Counterfinality: On the Increased Perceived Instrumentality of Means to a Goal. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1052–1052. 22 indexed citations

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Williams, Michael, John Horgan, William P. Evans, & Jocelyn J. Bélanger. (2018). Expansion and replication of the theory of vicarious help-seeking. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 12(2). 89–117. 6 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2016). Classification and Collection of Terrorism Incident Data in Canada. 10(5). 1 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Jocelyn J., et al.. (2012). When passion makes the heart grow colder: The role of passion in alternative goal suppression.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 104(1). 126–147. 111 indexed citations

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Kruglanski, Arie W., Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Xiaohong Chen, et al.. (2011). The energetics of motivated cognition: A force-field analysis.. Psychological Review. 119(1). 1–20. 185 indexed citations

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