Kelton Rhoads

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Kelton Rhoads is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelton Rhoads has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Kelton Rhoads's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (2 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers). Kelton Rhoads is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (2 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers). Kelton Rhoads collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kelton Rhoads's co-authors include Brad J. Sagarin, Robert B. Cialdini, Patricia L. Winter, Daniel W. Barrett, Linda J. Demaine, Rosanna E. Guadagno, Renée J. Bator, Beth L. Green, Nancy Eisenberg and R. Curtis Bay and has published in prestigious journals such as Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Kelton Rhoads

8 papers receiving 772 citations

Hit Papers

Managing social norms for persuasive impact 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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.

  1. Managing social norms for persuasive impact
    2006 679 citations Robert B. Cialdini, Linda J. Demaine et al. Social Influence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kelton Rhoads United States 6 358 276 194 173 129 8 836
Linda J. Demaine United States 6 344 1.0× 247 0.9× 184 0.9× 128 0.7× 137 1.1× 12 807
Daniel W. Barrett United States 9 574 1.6× 276 1.0× 237 1.2× 310 1.8× 199 1.5× 14 1.2k
Ryan P. Jacobson United States 11 432 1.2× 292 1.1× 213 1.1× 216 1.2× 162 1.3× 17 853
Rebecca Reno United States 11 298 0.8× 179 0.6× 181 0.9× 132 0.8× 120 0.9× 28 861
Brittany Bloodhart United States 16 453 1.3× 342 1.2× 134 0.7× 146 0.8× 219 1.7× 24 1.1k
Ann M. Beaton Canada 14 629 1.8× 239 0.9× 158 0.8× 322 1.9× 149 1.2× 42 1.2k
Brian Bishop Australia 14 330 0.9× 350 1.3× 121 0.6× 117 0.7× 245 1.9× 26 1.2k
Gregg Sparkman United States 13 616 1.7× 637 2.3× 284 1.5× 158 0.9× 188 1.5× 26 1.2k
Patrizia Catellani Italy 19 348 1.0× 299 1.1× 297 1.5× 147 0.8× 241 1.9× 92 1.1k
Dena M. Gromet United States 15 603 1.7× 169 0.6× 80 0.4× 200 1.2× 77 0.6× 29 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kelton Rhoads

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kelton Rhoads

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelton Rhoads

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Guadagno, Rosanna E., Kelton Rhoads, & Brad J. Sagarin. (2011). Figural Vividness and Persuasion: Capturing the “Elusive” Vividness Effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 37(5). 626–638. 35 indexed citations
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Rhoads, Kelton. (2008). The Culture Variable in the Influence Equation. 3 indexed citations
3.
Cialdini, Robert B., Linda J. Demaine, Brad J. Sagarin, et al.. (2006). Managing social norms for persuasive impact. Social Influence. 1(1). 3–15. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rhoads, Kelton, et al.. (2001). Hispanic and Anglo Patients' Reported Use of Alternative Medicine in the Medical Clinic Context. Complementary health practice review. 6(3). 205–217. 4 indexed citations
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Winter, Patricia L., Brad J. Sagarin, Kelton Rhoads, Daniel W. Barrett, & Robert B. Cialdini. (2000). Choosing to Encourage or Discourage: Perceived Effectiveness of Prescriptive Versus Proscriptive Messages. Environmental Management. 26(6). 589–594. 27 indexed citations
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Winter, Patricia L., Robert B. Cialdini, Renée J. Bator, Kelton Rhoads, & Brad J. Sagarin. (1998). An Analysis of Normative Messages in Signs at Recreation Settings. Journal of Interpretation Research. 3(1). 39–47. 30 indexed citations
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Cialdini, Robert B., Nancy Eisenberg, Beth L. Green, Kelton Rhoads, & Renée J. Bator. (1998). Undermining the Undermining Effect of Reward on Sustained Interest1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 28(3). 249–263. 25 indexed citations
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Sagarin, Brad J., Kelton Rhoads, & Robert B. Cialdini. (1998). Deceiver's Distrust: Denigration as a Consequence of Undiscovered Deception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 24(11). 1167–1176. 33 indexed citations

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