Lisa Zaval

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Lisa Zaval is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Zaval has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 7 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lisa Zaval's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers). Lisa Zaval is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers). Lisa Zaval collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Lisa Zaval's co-authors include Eric J. Johnson, Elke U. Weber, Ezra M. Markowitz, Ye Li, Claudia R. Schneider, Elizabeth A. Keenan, James Mitchell, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, Sander van der Linden and David Spiegelhalter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Zaval

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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. Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science
    2019 249 citations Anne Marthe van der Bles, Sander van der Linden et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lisa Zaval United States 13 885 634 239 188 157 18 1.6k
Matthew T. Ballew United States 20 1.2k 1.3× 828 1.3× 198 0.8× 177 0.9× 106 0.7× 32 1.7k
Matthew H. Goldberg United States 25 1.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.6× 242 1.0× 302 1.6× 179 1.1× 74 2.3k
Tim Kurz Australia 24 1.2k 1.3× 642 1.0× 143 0.6× 234 1.2× 141 0.9× 58 2.1k
Adrian Brügger Switzerland 18 779 0.9× 822 1.3× 344 1.4× 111 0.6× 57 0.4× 30 1.4k
Abel Gustafson United States 22 1.2k 1.4× 682 1.1× 209 0.9× 180 1.0× 84 0.5× 36 1.7k
Rachel I. McDonald Australia 11 1.0k 1.1× 901 1.4× 387 1.6× 120 0.6× 105 0.7× 13 1.8k
Nathaniel Geiger United States 18 822 0.9× 650 1.0× 284 1.2× 141 0.8× 44 0.3× 34 1.3k
Patricia L. Winter United States 17 737 0.8× 541 0.9× 210 0.9× 231 1.2× 206 1.3× 46 1.7k
Torsten Masson Germany 19 946 1.1× 720 1.1× 266 1.1× 366 1.9× 51 0.3× 47 1.5k
Magnus Bergquist Sweden 16 591 0.7× 750 1.2× 302 1.3× 117 0.6× 142 0.9× 31 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lisa Zaval

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lisa Zaval

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lisa Zaval

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lisa Zaval. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lisa Zaval 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 Lisa Zaval. Lisa Zaval is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Schneider, Claudia R., Lisa Zaval, & Ezra M. Markowitz. (2021). Positive emotions and climate change. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 42. 114–120. 118 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa, et al.. (2021). More than nature: Linkages between well-being and greenspace influenced by a combination of elements of nature and non-nature in a New York City urban park. Urban forestry & urban greening. 61. 127081–127081. 29 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa, et al.. (2020). The impact of place and legacy framing on climate action: A lifespan approach. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228963–e0228963. 30 indexed citations
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Bles, Anne Marthe van der, Sander van der Linden, Alexandra L. J. Freeman, et al.. (2019). Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science. Royal Society Open Science. 6(5). 181870–181870. 249 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Mimi, et al.. (2019). Racial Disparity in the Clinical Risk Assessment. Community Mental Health Journal. 56(4). 586–591. 3 indexed citations
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Orlove, Ben, et al.. (2019). Framing climate change in frontline communities: anthropological insights on how mountain dwellers in the USA, Peru, and Italy adapt to glacier retreat. Regional Environmental Change. 19(5). 1295–1309. 24 indexed citations
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Schneider, Claudia R., Lisa Zaval, Elke U. Weber, & Ezra M. Markowitz. (2017). The influence of anticipated pride and guilt on pro-environmental decision making. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188781–e0188781. 158 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa & James F. M. Cornwell. (2017). Effective education and communication strategies to promote environmental engagement. European Journal of Education. 52(4). 477–486. 20 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa, et al.. (2016). Effective education and communication strategies to promote environmental engagement : The role of social-psychological mechanisms. 3 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa. (2016). Culture and climate action. Nature Climate Change. 6(12). 1061–1062. 7 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa, Ezra M. Markowitz, & Elke U. Weber. (2015). How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the Environment for the Sake of One’s Legacy. Psychological Science. 26(2). 231–236. 140 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Ezra M., et al.. (2014). Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 28 indexed citations
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Petrović, Nada, Jaime Madrigano, & Lisa Zaval. (2014). Motivating mitigation: when health matters more than climate change. Climatic Change. 126(1-2). 245–254. 83 indexed citations
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Li, Ye, et al.. (2014). Sound credit scores and financial decisions despite cognitive aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(1). 65–69. 99 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Eric J. Johnson, & Elke U. Weber. (2014). How warm days increase belief in global warming. Nature Climate Change. 4(2). 143–147. 291 indexed citations
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Li, Ye, Eric J. Johnson, & Lisa Zaval. (2011). Local Warming: Daily Temperature Change Influences Belief in Global Warming. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Ye, Eric J. Johnson, & Lisa Zaval. (2011). Local Warming. Psychological Science. 22(4). 454–459. 292 indexed citations
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Zaval, Lisa & Todd M. Gureckis. (2010). The impact of perceptual aliasing on exploration and learning in a dynamic decision making task. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 32(32). 1 indexed citations

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