Mark D. Alicke

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
79 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Mark D. Alicke is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D. Alicke has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 31 papers in Social Psychology and 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mark D. Alicke's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (37 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (29 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (18 papers). Mark D. Alicke is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (37 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (29 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (18 papers). Mark D. Alicke collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Mark D. Alicke's co-authors include Constantine Sedikides, Ethan Zell, Constantine Sedikides, M. L. Klotz, Tricia J. Yurak, Teresa L. Davis, Bahr Weiss, John R. Weisz, David Rosé and Justin T. Buckingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Alicke

76 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Global self-evaluation as determined by the desirability and controllability of trait adjectives.
    1985 763 citations Mark D. Alicke Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Culpable control and the psychology of blame.
    2000 701 citations Mark D. Alicke Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. Personal contact, individuation, and the better-than-average effect.
    1995 646 citations Mark D. Alicke, M. L. Klotz et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  4. Self-enhancement and self-protection: What they are and what they do
    2009 539 citations Mark D. Alicke, Constantine Sedikides profile →
  5. Handbook of self-enhancement and self-protection
    2011 415 citations Mark D. Alicke, Constantine Sedikides Guilford Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark D. Alicke United States 36 2.7k 2.5k 1.9k 1.1k 1.0k 79 6.2k
Gordon B. Moskowitz United States 32 3.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 509 0.5× 65 5.8k
Donna M. Webster United States 17 3.1k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 946 0.9× 478 0.5× 18 6.2k
Zakary L. Tormala United States 42 4.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.1× 866 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 724 0.7× 87 7.4k
Larissa Z. Tiedens United States 28 2.9k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 555 0.5× 597 0.6× 38 5.7k
David L. Hamilton United States 44 5.3k 2.0× 4.0k 1.6× 1.7k 0.9× 933 0.9× 483 0.5× 109 8.1k
John J. Skowronski United States 39 3.0k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 711 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 145 6.6k
Elizabeth W. Dunn Canada 45 2.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.5× 757 0.4× 1.7k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 104 7.5k
James Y. Shah United States 27 2.7k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 942 0.5× 3.2k 3.0× 923 0.9× 40 6.8k
Neal J. Roese United States 39 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 688 0.7× 84 6.2k
Alain Van Hiel Belgium 47 4.6k 1.7× 3.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 658 0.6× 993 1.0× 192 6.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (2020). The reasonably prudent person, or me?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 50(5). 313–323. 2 indexed citations
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Eisenbarth, Hedwig, et al.. (2020). Explaining the better‐than‐average effect among prisoners. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 51(2). 90–106.
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (2020). My True Self is Better Than Yours: Comparative Bias in True Self Judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(2). 216–231. 22 indexed citations
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Zell, Ethan, Jason E. Strickhouser, Constantine Sedikides, & Mark D. Alicke. (2019). The better-than-average effect in comparative self-evaluation: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 146(2). 118–149. 197 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (2019). The motivation to maintain favorable identities. Self and Identity. 19(5). 572–589. 16 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D., David R. Mandel, Denis Hilton, Tobias Gerstenberg, & David A. Lagnado. (2015). Causal Conceptions in Social Explanation and Moral Evaluation. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(6). 790–812. 59 indexed citations
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Zell, Ethan & Mark D. Alicke. (2012). Local dominance in health risk perception. Psychology and Health. 28(4). 469–476. 9 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D. & Constantine Sedikides. (2011). Handbook of self-enhancement and self-protection. Guilford Press eBooks. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (2011). Causation, Norm Violation, and Culpable Control. The Journal of Philosophy. 108(12). 670–696. 98 indexed citations
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Zell, Ethan & Mark D. Alicke. (2011). Age and the Better-Than-Average Effect. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 41(5). 1175–1188. 22 indexed citations
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Guenther, Corey L. & Mark D. Alicke. (2010). Deconstructing the better-than-average effect.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 99(5). 755–770. 78 indexed citations
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Zell, Ethan & Mark D. Alicke. (2009). Contextual neglect, self-evaluation, and the frog-pond effect.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 97(3). 467–482. 80 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D.. (2007). In Defense of Social Comparison. Cairn.info. 20(1). 11–29. 10 indexed citations
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Mazzocco, Philip J., Mark D. Alicke, & Teresa L. Davis. (2004). On the Robustness of Outcome Bias: No Constraint by Prior Culpability. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 26(2). 131–146. 41 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D.. (2000). Culpable control and the psychology of blame.. Psychological Bulletin. 126(4). 556–574. 701 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (1996). Using Personal Attitudes to Judge Others: The Roles of Outcomes and Consensus. Journal of Research in Personality. 30(1). 103–119. 6 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D., et al.. (1995). Personal contact, individuation, and the better-than-average effect.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 68(5). 804–825. 646 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alicke, Mark D.. (1992). Culpable causation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 63(3). 368–378. 8 indexed citations
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Alicke, Mark D. & Teresa L. Davis. (1989). The role of a posteriori victim information in judgments of blame and sanction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 25(4). 362–377. 50 indexed citations
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Hilton, Denis, et al.. (1988). Knowledge-based information acquisition: Norms and the functions of consensus information.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 55(4). 530–540. 26 indexed citations

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