Jon K. Maner

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Jon K. Maner is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon K. Maner has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 83 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 69 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jon K. Maner's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (86 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (46 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (42 papers). Jon K. Maner is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (86 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (46 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (42 papers). Jon K. Maner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Jon K. Maner's co-authors include C. Nathan DeWall, Saul L. Miller, Matthew T. Gailliot, Roy F. Baumeister, Norman B. Schmidt, Mark Schaller, Austin Nichols, Nicole L. Mead, E. Ashby Plant and D. Vaughn Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jon K. Maner

174 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem."

2007 843 citations Jon K. Maner, C. Nathan DeWall et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source: Willpower is more than a metaphor.

2007 831 citations Roy F. Baumeister, C. Nathan DeWall et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jon K. Maner United States	53	4.4k	4.4k	3.8k	2.6k	2.5k	179	10.6k
Elaine N. Aron United States	39	3.2k 0.7×	6.0k 1.4×	3.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	75	11.8k
Wilhelm Hofmann Germany	49	3.9k 0.9×	4.7k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.1×	3.9k 1.5×	190	14.4k
Ap Dijksterhuis Netherlands	54	3.0k 0.7×	4.3k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	4.0k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	138	12.6k
Simine Vazire United States	44	2.8k 0.6×	3.4k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	4.1k 1.6×	98	11.2k
Tanya L. Chartrand United States	38	3.5k 0.8×	6.7k 1.5×	4.2k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	80	13.2k
Michael Inzlicht Canada	56	4.1k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	173	13.3k
William A. Cunningham United States	39	3.1k 0.7×	5.2k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	4.5k 1.8×	2.9k 1.1×	139	13.5k
Phoebe C. Ellsworth United States	52	3.2k 0.7×	7.0k 1.6×	4.7k 1.3×	3.7k 1.4×	1.8k 0.7×	112	13.9k
Arthur Aron United States	58	4.8k 1.1×	10.0k 2.3×	6.3k 1.7×	2.9k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	137	18.1k
Joseph P. Forgas Australia	52	2.2k 0.5×	5.0k 1.1×	4.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	176	10.4k

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Makhanova, Anastasia, et al.. (2025). Women's affiliation across the menstrual cycle: Cycle phase variation and associations with progesterone and estradiol. Hormones and Behavior. 170. 105709–105709. 2 indexed citations

Reynolds, Tania, Jon K. Maner, & Roy F. Baumeister. (2024). Bless her heart: Gossip phrased with concern provides advantages in female intrasexual competition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 116. 104670–104670. 1 indexed citations

French, Juliana E., et al.. (2024). Distinct individual differences in motivations for pair-bonding and sexual behavior: Implications for close relationships. Personality and Individual Differences. 230. 112779–112779. 1 indexed citations

Maner, Jon K., et al.. (2024). Individual differences in spite predict costly third‐party punishment. Journal of Personality. 92(6). 1777–1796. 2 indexed citations

Reynolds, Tania, Jon K. Maner, David A. Frederick, K. Jean Forney, & Justin R. Garcia. (2023). A Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio on Women’s Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52(7). 3043–3062. 1 indexed citations

Ronay, Richard, et al.. (2023). Banding together to avoid exploitation: Dominant (but not prestige-based) leaders motivate collective moral opposition from followers. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 27(1). 76–98. 1 indexed citations

Overall, Nickola C., Jon K. Maner, Matthew D. Hammond, et al.. (2022). Actor and partner power are distinct and have differential effects on social behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 124(2). 311–343. 14 indexed citations

Gerend, Mary A., et al.. (2021). Coping with weight discrimination: Findings from a qualitative study.. Stigma and Health. 6(4). 440–449. 8 indexed citations

Case, Charleen R., et al.. (2020). The precautious nature of prestige: When leaders are hypervigilant to subtle signs of social disapproval.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 120(3). 694–715. 12 indexed citations

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Maner, Jon K., et al.. (2019). Power, status, and social judgment. Current Opinion in Psychology. 33. 1–5. 12 indexed citations

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McNulty, James K., Andrea L. Meltzer, Anastasia Makhanova, & Jon K. Maner. (2018). Attentional and evaluative biases help people maintain relationships by avoiding infidelity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 115(1). 76–95. 37 indexed citations

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DeWall, C. Nathan, et al.. (2011). Forbidden fruit: Inattention to attractive alternatives provokes implicit relationship reactance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 100(4). 621–629. 25 indexed citations

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Fincham, Frank D., Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Alan Reifman, et al.. (2010). Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 180 indexed citations

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Miller, Saul L. & Jon K. Maner. (2010). Ovulation as a male mating prime: Subtle signs of women's fertility influence men's mating cognition and behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 100(2). 295–308. 55 indexed citations

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Mallott, Michael A., et al.. (2009). Compensatory deficits following rejection: the role of social anxiety in disrupting affiliative behavior. Depression and Anxiety. 26(5). 438–446. 49 indexed citations

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DeWall, C. Nathan, et al.. (2009). Social exclusion and early-stage interpersonal perception: Selective attention to signs of acceptance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(4). 729–741. 292 indexed citations

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Buckner, Julia D., Jon K. Maner, & Norman B. Schmidt. (2008). Difficulty Disengaging Attention from Social Threat in Social Anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 34(1). 99–105. 144 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Norman B., John A. Richey, Michael J. Zvolensky, & Jon K. Maner. (2007). Exploring human freeze responses to a threat stressor. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 39(3). 292–304. 82 indexed citations

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Baumeister, Roy F., Jon K. Maner, & C. Nathan DeWall. (2006). Evoked culture and evoked nature: Coevolution and the emergence of cultural animals. Psychological Inquiry. 17(2). 128–130. 1 indexed citations

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Kenrick, Douglas T., D. Vaughn Becker, Jonathan Butner, Norman P. Li, & Jon K. Maner. (2003). Evolutionary Cognitive Science: Adding What and Why to How the Mind Works. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 13–38. 9 indexed citations

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