John R. Kerr

5.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
47 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

John R. Kerr is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Kerr has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Health and 6 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in John R. Kerr's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (21 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (8 papers). John R. Kerr is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (21 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (8 papers). John R. Kerr collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. John R. Kerr's co-authors include Sander van der Linden, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Claudia R. Schneider, Sarah Dryhurst, Gabriel Recchia, Anne Marthe van der Bles, David Spiegelhalter, Jon Roozenbeek, Costas Panagopoulos and Marc Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Marketing and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

John R. Kerr

40 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world

2020 1.3k citations Sarah Dryhurst, Claudia R. Schneider et al. Journal of Risk Research profile →
Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

2020 849 citations Jon Roozenbeek, Claudia R. Schneider et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →
Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States

2021 226 citations John R. Kerr, Sander van der Linden et al. profile →
COVID-19 risk perception: a longitudinal analysis of its predictors and associations with health protective behaviours in the United Kingdom

2021 174 citations Claudia R. Schneider, Sarah Dryhurst et al. Journal of Risk Research profile →
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment

2023 52 citations Rakoen Maertens, Friedrich M. Götz et al. Behavior Research Methods profile →

Peers

John R. Kerr

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Claudia R. Schneider United Kingdom

Gabriel Recchia United Kingdom

Anne Marthe van der Bles Netherlands

Sarah Dryhurst United Kingdom

Todd K. Hartman United Kingdom

Erika Franklin Fowler United States

Jon Roozenbeek United Kingdom

Jeanine P. D. Guidry United States

Enny Das Netherlands

Bobby Duffy United Kingdom

Claudia R. Schneider United Kingdom

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Citations per year, relative to John R. Kerr John R. Kerr (= 1×) peers Claudia R. Schneider

Countries citing papers authored by John R. Kerr

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by John R. Kerr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John R. Kerr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John R. Kerr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John R. Kerr based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John R. Kerr. John R. Kerr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ghasemi, Omid, Viktoria Cologna, Niels G. Mede, et al.. (2025). Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: a 68 country study. Environmental Research Letters. 20(6). 61002–61002. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Matt N, et al.. (2025). Does Developing a Belief in One Conspiracy Theory Lead a Person to be More Likely to Believe in Others?. European Journal of Social Psychology. 55(4). 554–564. 2 indexed citations

Kerr, John R., et al.. (2024). Selective and consistent news avoidance in Aotearoa New Zealand: motivations and demographic influences. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 20(4). 619–638.

Marques, Mathew D., John R. Kerr, Arthur A. Stukas, & Jim McLennan. (2024). The effect of scientific conspiracy theories on scepticism towards biotechnologies. Public Understanding of Science. 34(5). 646–664. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Matt N, et al.. (2024). People do change their beliefs about conspiracy theories—but not often. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 3836–3836. 11 indexed citations

Greifeneder, Rainer, Karen M. Douglas, Aleksandra Cichocka, et al.. (2024). Does Lower Psychological Need Satisfaction Foster Conspiracy Belief? Longitudinal Effects Over 3 Years in New Zealand. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 52(4). 1004–1018. 3 indexed citations

Maertens, Rakoen, Friedrich M. Götz, Hudson Golino, et al.. (2023). The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment. Behavior Research Methods. 56(3). 1863–1899. 52 indexed citations breakdown →

Kerr, John R., Claudia R. Schneider, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Theresa M. Marteau, & Sander van der Linden. (2022). Transparent communication of evidence does not undermine public trust in evidence. PNAS Nexus. 1(5). pgac280–pgac280. 19 indexed citations

Kerr, John R., et al.. (2022). COVID-19 risk perception and hoax beliefs in the US immediately before and after the announcement of President Trump's diagnosis. Royal Society Open Science. 9(8). 212013–212013. 7 indexed citations

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Marques, Mathew D., Stephen Hill, Matt N Williams, et al.. (2022). Democracy and belief in conspiracy theories in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Political Science. 57(3). 264–279. 11 indexed citations

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Williams, Matt N, Mathew D. Marques, Stephen Hill, John R. Kerr, & Mathew Ling. (2022). Why are beliefs in different conspiracy theories positively correlated across individuals? Testing monological network versus unidimensional factor model explanations. British Journal of Social Psychology. 61(3). 1011–1031. 34 indexed citations

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Kerr, John R., Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Theresa M. Marteau, & Sander van der Linden. (2021). Effect of Information about COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Side Effects on Behavioural Intentions: Two Online Experiments. Vaccines. 9(4). 379–379. 79 indexed citations

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Freeman, Alexandra L. J., John R. Kerr, Gabriel Recchia, et al.. (2021). Communicating personalized risks from COVID-19: guidelines from an empirical study. Royal Society Open Science. 8(4). 201721–201721. 14 indexed citations

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Marques, Mathew D., John R. Kerr, Matt N Williams, Mathew Ling, & Jim McLennan. (2021). Associations between conspiracism and the rejection of scientific innovations. Public Understanding of Science. 30(7). 854–867. 19 indexed citations

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Kerr, John R., Claudia R. Schneider, Gabriel Recchia, et al.. (2021). Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open. 11(8). e048025–e048025. 87 indexed citations

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Schneider, Claudia R., Sarah Dryhurst, John R. Kerr, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 risk perception: a longitudinal analysis of its predictors and associations with health protective behaviours in the United Kingdom. Journal of Risk Research. 24(3-4). 294–313. 174 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marques, Mathew D., Mathew Ling, Matt N Williams, John R. Kerr, & Jim McLennan. (2021). Australasian Public Awareness and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Motivational Correlates. Political Psychology. 43(1). 177–198. 23 indexed citations

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Roozenbeek, Jon, Claudia R. Schneider, Sarah Dryhurst, et al.. (2020). Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world. Royal Society Open Science. 7(10). 201199–201199. 849 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dryhurst, Sarah, Claudia R. Schneider, John R. Kerr, et al.. (2020). Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world. Journal of Risk Research. 23(7-8). 994–1006. 1254 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kerr, John R., et al.. (2011). Benzylpiperazine in New Zealand: brief history and current implications. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 41(1). 155–164. 9 indexed citations

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