Matthew T. Ballew

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Matthew T. Ballew is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew T. Ballew has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 5 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Matthew T. Ballew's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (23 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (20 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (6 papers). Matthew T. Ballew is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (23 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (20 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (6 papers). Matthew T. Ballew collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Matthew T. Ballew's co-authors include Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth A. Rosenthal, Matthew H. Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, Edward Maibach, Allen M. Omoto, John Kotcher, Jennifer R. Marlon, Adam R. Pearson and Connie Roser‐Renouf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Matthew T. Ballew

32 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends

2019 221 citations Matthew T. Ballew, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development profile →
The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States

2021 131 citations Anandita Sabherwal, Matthew T. Ballew et al. Journal of Applied Social Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew T. Ballew United States	20	1.2k	828	198	187	177	32	1.7k
Matthew H. Goldberg United States	25	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	242 1.2×	245 1.3×	302 1.7×	74	2.3k
Abel Gustafson United States	22	1.2k 1.0×	682 0.8×	209 1.1×	255 1.4×	180 1.0×	36	1.7k
Lisa Zaval United States	13	885 0.7×	634 0.8×	239 1.2×	86 0.5×	188 1.1×	18	1.6k
Tim Kurz Australia	24	1.2k 1.0×	642 0.8×	143 0.7×	401 2.1×	234 1.3×	58	2.1k
John Kotcher United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	616 0.7×	124 0.6×	325 1.7×	241 1.4×	61	2.1k
Nicholas Smith United Kingdom	12	1.2k 1.0×	663 0.8×	166 0.8×	193 1.0×	175 1.0×	21	1.6k
Nathaniel Geiger United States	18	822 0.7×	650 0.8×	284 1.4×	90 0.5×	141 0.8×	34	1.3k
Karen Akerlof United States	13	1.1k 0.9×	639 0.8×	120 0.6×	141 0.8×	270 1.5×	28	1.5k
Adrian Brügger Switzerland	18	779 0.7×	822 1.0×	344 1.7×	58 0.3×	111 0.6×	30	1.4k
Kari Marie Norgaard United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	661 0.8×	84 0.4×	73 0.4×	426 2.4×	30	2.2k

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Ballew, Matthew T., Laura Thomas‐Walters, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2024). Climate change messages can promote support for climate action globally. Global Environmental Change. 90. 102951–102951. 2 indexed citations

Ballew, Matthew T., Teresa Myers, Eryn Campbell, et al.. (2024). Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 8 indexed citations

Rosenthal, Seth A., et al.. (2024). Geeks versus climate change: understanding American video gamers’ engagement with global warming. Climatic Change. 177(6). 3 indexed citations

Marlon, Jennifer R., Matthew T. Ballew, Edward Maibach, et al.. (2024). Changes in Global Warming’s Six Americas: an analysis of repeat respondents. Climatic Change. 177(6). 5 indexed citations

Ballew, Matthew T., Jennifer R. Marlon, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2022). Changing minds about global warming: vicarious experience predicts self-reported opinion change in the USA. Climatic Change. 173(3-4). 19 indexed citations

Sabherwal, Anandita, Matthew T. Ballew, Sander van der Linden, et al.. (2021). The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 51(4). 321–333. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

Gustafson, Abel, Matthew T. Ballew, Matthew H. Goldberg, et al.. (2020). Personal Stories Can Shift Climate Change Beliefs and Risk Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Emotion. Communication Reports. 33(3). 121–135. 77 indexed citations

Gustafson, Abel, Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer R. Marlon, et al.. (2020). American Public Responses to COVID-19. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 7 indexed citations

Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew, Abel Gustafson, Anthony Leiserowitz, et al.. (2020). Environmental Literature as Persuasion: An Experimental Test of the Effects of Reading Climate Fiction. Environmental Communication. 17(1). 35–50. 45 indexed citations

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Lewis, Neil A., Matthew T. Ballew, H. Oliver Gao, et al.. (2020). What counts as an “environmental” issue? Differences in issue conceptualization by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 68. 101404–101404. 48 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Matthew H., Abel Gustafson, Matthew T. Ballew, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2020). Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy in the United States. Behavioural Public Policy. 5(4). 480–502. 96 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T., Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, Matthew Cutler, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Climate Change Activism Among Latino and White Americans. Frontiers in Communication. 3. 40 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Matthew H., Abel Gustafson, Matthew T. Ballew, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T., Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, Abel Gustafson, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Systems thinking as a pathway to global warming beliefs and attitudes through an ecological worldview. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(17). 8214–8219. 48 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T., Anthony Leiserowitz, Connie Roser‐Renouf, et al.. (2019). Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 61(3). 4–18. 221 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gustafson, Abel, Seth A. Rosenthal, Matthew T. Ballew, et al.. (2019). The development of partisan polarization over the Green New Deal. Nature Climate Change. 9(12). 940–944. 82 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T., Adam R. Pearson, Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Does socioeconomic status moderate the political divide on climate change? The roles of education, income, and individualism. Global Environmental Change. 60. 102024–102024. 113 indexed citations

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Ballew, Matthew T. & Allen M. Omoto. (2018). Absorption: How Nature Experiences Promote Awe and Other Positive Emotions. Ecopsychology. 10(1). 26–35. 116 indexed citations

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Bruni, Coral M., Matthew T. Ballew, Patricia L. Winter, & Allen M. Omoto. (2018). Natural History Museums May Enhance Youth's Implicit Connectedness with Nature. Ecopsychology. 10(4). 280–288. 13 indexed citations

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Pearson, Adam R., Jonathon P. Schuldt, Rainer Romero‐Canyas, Matthew T. Ballew, & Dylan Larson-Konar. (2018). Diverse segments of the US public underestimate the environmental concerns of minority and low-income Americans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(49). 12429–12434. 110 indexed citations

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