Kelly S. Fielding

14.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
151 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Kelly S. Fielding is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelly S. Fielding has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 79 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 23 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kelly S. Fielding's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (81 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (40 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (21 papers). Kelly S. Fielding is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (81 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (40 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (21 papers). Kelly S. Fielding collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Kelly S. Fielding's co-authors include Matthew J. Hornsey, Emily A. Harris, Winnifred R. Louis, Rachel I. McDonald, Sally Russell, Paul G. Bain, Megan J. Bissing‐Olson, Aarti Iyer, Michael A. Hogg and Angela J. Dean and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Kelly S. Fielding

143 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change

2016 1.0k citations Matthew J. Hornsey, Emily A. Harris et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Theory of planned behaviour, identity and intentions to engage in environmental activism

2008 653 citations Kelly S. Fielding, Winnifred R. Louis et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology profile →
Relationships between daily affect and pro‐environmental behavior at work: The moderating role of pro‐environmental attitude

2012 548 citations Kelly S. Fielding et al. profile →
The psychological roots of anti-vaccination attitudes: A 24-nation investigation.

2018 475 citations Matthew J. Hornsey, Emily A. Harris et al. Health Psychology profile →
A Social Identity Analysis of Climate Change and Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: Insights and Opportunities

2016 369 citations Kelly S. Fielding, Matthew J. Hornsey profile →
Relationships among conspiratorial beliefs, conservatism and climate scepticism across nations

2018 285 citations Matthew J. Hornsey, Emily A. Harris et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Attitude roots and Jiu Jitsu persuasion: Understanding and overcoming the motivated rejection of science.

2017 232 citations Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelly S. Fielding Australia	48	4.8k	4.6k	1.7k	1.1k	1.1k	151	10.2k
Robert Gifford Canada	51	5.8k 1.2×	7.5k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.9×	1.8k 1.7×	154	14.6k
Lorraine Whitmarsh United Kingdom	57	7.2k 1.5×	7.8k 1.7×	2.1k 1.2×	700 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	162	13.9k
Charles Vlek Netherlands	31	6.7k 1.4×	3.3k 0.7×	3.4k 1.9×	868 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	81	11.1k
Julian Agyeman United States	29	4.7k 1.0×	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	823 0.7×	605 0.6×	67	9.5k
Wouter Poortinga United Kingdom	56	4.8k 1.0×	7.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	798 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	125	13.2k
P. Wesley Schultz United States	60	10.0k 2.1×	6.1k 1.3×	4.5k 2.6×	3.5k 3.0×	2.8k 2.6×	103	18.4k
Sebastian Bamberg Germany	32	5.7k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	3.5k 2.0×	751 0.7×	2.1k 2.0×	67	9.9k
Florian G. Kaiser Germany	47	6.7k 1.4×	3.4k 0.7×	3.4k 2.0×	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	93	9.8k
Wokje Abrahamse New Zealand	27	4.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.3×	519 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	48	7.4k
Gregory A. Guagnano United States	15	5.6k 1.2×	2.9k 0.6×	3.5k 2.0×	841 0.7×	949 0.9×	18	7.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelly S. Fielding

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Morphett, Kylie, et al.. (2025). Framing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) risk: assessing the influence of message content and source on concern about emerging contaminants. Journal of Risk Research. 1–16. 1 indexed citations

Rhodes, Jonathan R., et al.. (2025). Practitioner and landholder perspectives on conservation covenants and extreme weather events. Conservation Science and Practice. 7(5).

Gulliver, Robyn, Xiongzhi Wang, Winnifred R. Louis, Kelly S. Fielding, & Rebecca Colvin. (2025). Media ownership and coverage patterns of established, disruptive, and unconventional climate advocacy groups. Climatic Change. 178(2).

Colvin, Rebecca, Frank Jotzo, & Kelly S. Fielding. (2024). Is Australia's urban-regional schism on climate reality or rhetoric?. Journal of Rural Studies. 112. 103446–103446. 2 indexed citations

McAlpine, Clive, John Callaghan, Daniel Lunney, et al.. (2023). Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW. Austral Ecology. 48(5). 928–951. 3 indexed citations

Fielding, Kelly S., Suzanne M. Prober, Kristen J. Williams, & Angela J. Dean. (2023). Developing an indicator of community appreciation of biodiversity. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 19. 100278–100278. 5 indexed citations

Gulliver, Robyn, et al.. (2023). Resources that Help Sustain Environmental Volunteer Activist Leaders. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 34(6). 1299–1309. 9 indexed citations

Dean, Angela J., Fiona J. Newton, Robyn Gulliver, Kelly S. Fielding, & Helen Ross. (2022). Accelerating the adoption of water sensitive innovations: community perceptions of practices and technologies to mitigate urban stormwater pollution. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 66(4). 759–778. 6 indexed citations

Hornsey, Matthew J., et al.. (2022). A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars. Nature Climate Change. 12(8). 695–696. 9 indexed citations

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Fielding, Kelly S., et al.. (2022). What predicts community members’ intentions to take action to protect koalas?. Pacific Conservation Biology. 29(1). 26–37. 6 indexed citations

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Charlson, Fiona, Suhailah Ali, Jura Augustinavicius, et al.. (2021). Global priorities for climate change and mental health research. Environment International. 158. 106984–106984. 58 indexed citations

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King, Bill, Ron Borland, Kylie Morphett, et al.. (2021). ‘It’s all the other stuff!’ How smokers understand (and misunderstand) chemicals in cigarettes and cigarette smoke. Public Understanding of Science. 30(6). 777–796. 6 indexed citations

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Fielding, Kelly S., et al.. (2020). The relationship between country and individual household wealth and climate change concern: The mediating role of control. Toulouse Capitole Publications (University Toulouse 1 Capitole). 1 indexed citations

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Lindsay, Jo, et al.. (2019). The Role of Community Champions in Long-Term Sustainable Urban Water Planning. Water. 11(3). 476–476. 25 indexed citations

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Dean, Angela J., et al.. (2018). How do marine and coastal citizen science experiences foster environmental engagement?. Journal of Environmental Management. 213. 409–416. 94 indexed citations

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Hornsey, Matthew J., Emily A. Harris, & Kelly S. Fielding. (2018). Relationships among conspiratorial beliefs, conservatism and climate scepticism across nations. Nature Climate Change. 8(7). 614–620. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hornsey, Matthew J., Emily A. Harris, & Kelly S. Fielding. (2018). The psychological roots of anti-vaccination attitudes: A 24-nation investigation.. Health Psychology. 37(4). 307–315. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hornsey, Matthew J., et al.. (2015). Evidence for motivated control: Understanding the paradoxical link between threat and efficacy beliefs about climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 42. 57–65. 77 indexed citations

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Fielding, Kelly S., et al.. (2009). Environmental sustainability in residential housing: Understanding attitudes and behaviour towards waste, water, and energy consumption and conservation among Australian households. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 121(121). 1–132. 5 indexed citations

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Fielding, Kelly S., Deborah J. Terry, Prashant Bordia, Michael A. Hogg, & Barbara Masser. (2003). Explaining rural landholders' use of sustainable practices: The role of attitudes, norms, and the intergroup context. Australian Journal of Psychology. 55. 42–42. 3 indexed citations

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