Karen Akerlof

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Karen Akerlof is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Akerlof has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Karen Akerlof's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (18 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (11 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (9 papers). Karen Akerlof is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (18 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (11 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (9 papers). Karen Akerlof collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Karen Akerlof's co-authors include Edward Maibach, Anthony Leiserowitz, Connie Roser‐Renouf, Teresa Myers, Matthew C. Nisbet, Guoqing Diao, Paula K. Baldwin, Katherine E. Rowan, Paul L. Delamater and Clifford S. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Karen Akerlof

27 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?

2012 452 citations Karen Akerlof, Edward Maibach et al. profile →
The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming

2012 369 citations Teresa Myers, Edward Maibach et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Training researchers to engage in policy in the United States: mapping the growth and diversity of programme models 2025 ·Evidence & Policy ·Karen Akerlof, Todd Schenk, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jessica L. Rosenberg, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher T. Smith, Lee A. Solomon, Anne‐Lise K. Velez	0
2	What’s local policy got to do with it? Testing the efficacy of federal interventions to protect coastal parks from sunscreen chemical pollution in Hawaii and North Carolina 2023 ·Marine Policy ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Science communication in Congress: for what use? 2023 ·Evidence & Policy ·Karen Akerlof, Maria Carmen Lemos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
4	AI tools as science policy advisers? The potential and the pitfalls 2023 ·Nature ·Chris Tyler, Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Josh A. Goldstein, David Budtz Pedersen, William J. Sutherland	12
5	What Does Equitable Co‐Production Entail? Three Perspectives 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Gavazzi, Nathan P. Kettle, (unknown), Jeremy S. Littell, Malgosia Madajewicz, Julian Reyes, (unknown), Jylana L. Sheats, (unknown), R. Toohey	13
6	Behaviorally segmented audiences for managing sunscreen chemical pollution risk in protected coastal natural resource areas 2023 ·Risk Analysis ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
7	Global perspectives on scientists’ roles in legislative policymaking 2022 ·Policy Sciences ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Chris Tyler	2
8	Beyond the sheltering academic silo: Norms for scientists' participation in policy 2022 ·Progress in molecular biology and translational science ·Karen Akerlof	3
9	The Growth and Disciplinary Convergence of Environmental Communication: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Field (1970–2019) 2022 ·Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), Katherine E. Rowan, John Olds, (unknown)	15
10	Climate and health concerns of Montana’s public and environmental health professionals: a cross-sectional study 2021 ·BMC Public Health ·Lori G. Byron, Karen Akerlof	5
11	New Methods in Creating Transdisciplinary Science Policy Research Agendas: The Case of Legislative Science Advice 2020 ·Science and Public Policy ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), Thomas Webler, (unknown), (unknown), Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Chris Tyler	3
12	Governmental Communication of Climate Change Risk and Efficacy: Moving Audiences Toward “Danger Control” 2020 ·Environmental Management ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	13
13	Perceptions of social consensus at the regional level relate to prioritization and support of climate policy in Maryland, USA 2020 ·Regional Environmental Change ·(unknown), Karen Akerlof	6
14	Key beliefs and attitudes for sea-level rise policy 2019 ·Coastal Management ·Karen Akerlof, (unknown), Juita‐Elena Yusuf, (unknown), (unknown)	8
15	Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise and inundation 2016 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Karen Akerlof, Katherine E. Rowan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	23
16	The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming breakdown → 2012 ·Nature Climate Change ·Teresa Myers, Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf, Karen Akerlof, Anthony Leiserowitz	369
17	A Rose by Any Other Name …?: What Members of the General Public Prefer to Call 'Climate Change' 2011 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Karen Akerlof, Edward Maibach	18
18	A rose by any other name ...?: What members of the general public prefer to call “climate change” 2011 ·Climatic Change ·Karen Akerlof, Edward Maibach	24
19	Reframing climate change as a public health issue: an exploratory study of public reactions 2010 ·BMC Public Health ·Edward Maibach, Matthew C. Nisbet, Paula K. Baldwin, Karen Akerlof, Guoqing Diao	304
20	Public Perceptions of Climate Change as a Human Health Risk: Surveys of the United States, Canada and Malta 2010 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Karen Akerlof, R. DeBono, Peter Berry, Anthony Leiserowitz, Connie Roser‐Renouf, (unknown), (unknown), Matthew C. Nisbet, Melinda Weathers, Edward Maibach	126

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