Lucas A. Keefer

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lucas A. Keefer is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucas A. Keefer has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Social Psychology, 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 32 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lucas A. Keefer's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (22 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (15 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (15 papers). Lucas A. Keefer is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (22 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (15 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (15 papers). Lucas A. Keefer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Lucas A. Keefer's co-authors include Mark J. Landau, Brian P. Meier, Zachary K. Rothschild, Daniel Sullivan, Steven Shepherd, Aaron C. Kay, George C. Smith, Daphna Oyserman, Mitch Brown and Ludwin E. Molina and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Lucas A. Keefer

61 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A metaphor-enriched social cognition. 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. A metaphor-enriched social cognition.
    2010 542 citations Mark J. Landau, Brian P. Meier et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucas A. Keefer United States 18 860 628 627 353 155 64 1.7k
Gerald Echterhoff Germany 25 1.2k 1.4× 377 0.6× 968 1.5× 769 2.2× 190 1.2× 80 2.3k
Jane L. Risen United States 19 1.1k 1.3× 347 0.6× 675 1.1× 820 2.3× 78 0.5× 41 2.3k
Katie A. Liljenquist United States 10 945 1.1× 372 0.6× 809 1.3× 637 1.8× 80 0.5× 15 1.9k
Yubo Hou China 18 629 0.7× 273 0.4× 734 1.2× 264 0.7× 100 0.6× 70 1.6k
Julian A. Oldmeadow Australia 20 574 0.7× 602 1.0× 1.0k 1.6× 558 1.6× 108 0.7× 43 2.0k
Spike W. S. Lee Canada 11 867 1.0× 284 0.5× 562 0.9× 343 1.0× 72 0.5× 23 1.4k
Marc‐André Reinhard Germany 22 783 0.9× 271 0.4× 726 1.2× 279 0.8× 77 0.5× 109 1.7k
Michael L. Slepian United States 29 863 1.0× 788 1.3× 708 1.1× 634 1.8× 55 0.4× 73 2.0k
Alison P. Lenton United Kingdom 22 963 1.1× 563 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 306 0.9× 99 0.6× 26 2.1k
Heather M. Claypool United States 22 1.0k 1.2× 492 0.8× 802 1.3× 588 1.7× 124 0.8× 47 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucas A. Keefer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2023). Metaphors subtly influence feelings of gratitude to God. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 19(1). 49–65.
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Patterson, Lauren, et al.. (2022). You get what you give: Pet relationships in a communal orientation framework. Personality and Individual Differences. 192. 111590–111590. 3 indexed citations
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Rothschild, Zachary K. & Lucas A. Keefer. (2021). Meaningful outrage: Anger at injustice bolsters meaning for justice sensitive individuals. European Journal of Social Psychology. 52(1). 124–146. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Mitch, et al.. (2021). Demonstrate values: Behavioral displays of moral outrage as a cue to long-term mate potential.. Emotion. 22(6). 1239–1254. 8 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2021). An initial investigation of the role of death concerns in evaluations of metaphoric language about God. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. 43(2). 135–160. 2 indexed citations
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Rothschild, Zachary K., et al.. (2020). Defensive Partisanship? Evidence that In‐Party Scandals Increase Out‐Party Hostility. Political Psychology. 42(1). 3–21. 11 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2020). Gratitude predicts selective moral concern about interpersonal harms. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 16(5). 701–713. 4 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Matthew & Lucas A. Keefer. (2019). Being Here and Now: The Benefits of Belonging in Space and Time. Journal of Happiness Studies. 21(8). 3069–3093. 5 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2019). Anti-Natalism from an Evolutionary Psychological Perspective. Evolutionary Psychological Science. 6(3). 283–291. 12 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2018). Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being Outcomes. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. 40(2-3). 225–257. 13 indexed citations
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Derrick, Jaye L., Lucas A. Keefer, & Jordan D. Troisi. (2018). Who needs friends? Personality as a predictor of social surrogate use. Personality and Individual Differences. 138. 349–354. 8 indexed citations
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Rothschild, Zachary K. & Lucas A. Keefer. (2017). Righteous or self‐righteous anger? Justice sensitivity moderates defensive outrage at a third‐party harm‐doer. European Journal of Social Psychology. 48(4). 507–522. 17 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Lucas A. Keefer, & Trevor Swanson. (2017). “Undoing” a Rhetorical Metaphor: Testing the Metaphor Extension Strategy. Metaphor and Symbol. 32(2). 63–83. 10 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2017). Time–space distanciation: An empirically supported integrative framework for the cultural psychology of time and space. Time & Society. 28(1). 297–332. 10 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A., et al.. (2017). Can false memory for critical lures occur without conscious awareness of list words?. Consciousness and Cognition. 58. 136–157. 1 indexed citations
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Keefer, Lucas A.. (2016). Is There Anybody Out There?. Journal of Individual Differences. 37(4). 231–238. 15 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Daphna Oyserman, Lucas A. Keefer, & George C. Smith. (2014). The college journey and academic engagement: How metaphor use enhances identity-based motivation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 106(5). 679–698. 90 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Matthew, et al.. (2012). Perceived importance of cross-race targets facilitates recall: Support for a motivated account of face memory. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 16(4). 505–515. 17 indexed citations
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Rothschild, Zachary K., Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan, & Lucas A. Keefer. (2012). A dual-motive model of scapegoating: Displacing blame to reduce guilt or increase control.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102(6). 1148–1163. 118 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Brian P. Meier, & Lucas A. Keefer. (2010). A metaphor-enriched social cognition.. Psychological Bulletin. 136(6). 1045–1067. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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