Melissa J. Ferguson

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Melissa J. Ferguson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa J. Ferguson has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 39 papers in Social Psychology and 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Melissa J. Ferguson's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (23 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (22 papers). Melissa J. Ferguson is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (23 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (22 papers). Melissa J. Ferguson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Melissa J. Ferguson's co-authors include John A. Bargh, Janet K. Swim, Lauri L. Hyers, Laurie Cohen, Ran R. Hassin, Thomas C. Mann, Ayelet Fishbach, Jeremy Cone, Paul E. Stillman and Clayton R. Critcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Melissa J. Ferguson

68 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Everyday Sexism: Evidence for Its Incidence, Nature, and Psychological Impact From Three Daily Diary Studies

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa J. Ferguson United States	29	1.7k	1.3k	873	773	593	70	3.3k
Diederik A. Stapel Netherlands	32	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	729 0.8×	638 0.8×	547 0.9×	95	3.5k
Yoav Bar‐Anan Israel	22	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	607 0.7×	595 0.8×	425 0.7×	56	2.6k
Richard P. Eibach Canada	27	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	507 0.6×	383 0.5×	456 0.8×	54	3.1k
Arne Roets Belgium	33	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	818 0.9×	381 0.5×	308 0.5×	111	3.7k
Robert J. Rydell United States	27	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	609 0.7×	544 0.7×	654 1.1×	48	2.8k
Michael A. Olson United States	23	3.0k 1.8×	2.3k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	900 1.2×	752 1.3×	57	4.5k
Geoffrey Haddock United Kingdom	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	370 0.4×	489 0.6×	341 0.6×	84	2.9k
A. Peter McGraw United States	23	946 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	639 0.7×	515 0.7×	762 1.3×	59	3.5k
Steven J. Stroessner United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	498 0.6×	456 0.6×	472 0.8×	40	2.5k
Johannes Keller Germany	26	1.1k 0.7×	950 0.7×	670 0.8×	574 0.7×	619 1.0×	70	2.8k

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Stillman, Paul E., et al.. (2025). The temporal dynamics of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2501425122–e2501425122.

Bigman, Yochanan, et al.. (2024). Judging robot ability: How people form implicit and explicit impressions of robot competence.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 153(5). 1309–1335.

Mann, Thomas C., et al.. (2023). Judging Guilt: Implicit Evaluations of Defendants Predict Verdicts. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(4). 471–481. 2 indexed citations

Carlson, Ryan W., Yochanan Bigman, Kurt Gray, Melissa J. Ferguson, & Molly J. Crockett. (2022). How inferred motives shape moral judgements. Nature Reviews Psychology. 1(8). 468–478. 26 indexed citations

Kurdi, Benedek, Ian Hussey, Christoph Stahl, et al.. (2022). Unaware Attitude Formation in the Surveillance Task? Revisiting the Findings of Moran et al. (2021). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35(1). 5 indexed citations

Ruisch, Benjamin C. & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2022). Changes in Americans’ prejudices during the presidency of Donald Trump. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(5). 656–665. 22 indexed citations

Mann, Thomas C., et al.. (2022). Implicit impressions of creative people: Creativity evaluation in a stigmatized domain. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 169. 104116–104116. 9 indexed citations

Bentley, Jeremiah W., Robert J. Bloomfield, Shai Davidai, & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2021). Identifying Insincere and Sincere Bias through Post-Report Interactions. The Accounting Review. 96(5). 53–78. 3 indexed citations

Mann, Thomas C., Jeremy Cone, Brianna Heggeseth, & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2019). Updating implicit impressions: New evidence on intentionality and the affect misattribution procedure.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(3). 349–374. 28 indexed citations

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Mann, Thomas C., et al.. (2019). Beware a dishonest face?: Updating face-based implicit impressions using diagnostic behavioral information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 86. 103888–103888. 21 indexed citations

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Bentley, Jeremiah W., Robert J. Bloomfield, Shai Davidai, & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2017). Identifying Bias Through Post-Report Interactions When Advisors Drink Their Own Kool-Aid. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Critcher, Clayton R. & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2016). “Whether I like it or not, it’s important”: Implicit importance of means predicts self-regulatory persistence and success.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 110(6). 818–839. 10 indexed citations

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Cone, Jeremy & Melissa J. Ferguson. (2014). He did what? The role of diagnosticity in revising implicit evaluations.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 108(1). 37–57. 106 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Melissa J. & Thomas C. Mann. (2014). Effects of Evaluation: An Example of Robust “Social” Priming. Social Cognition. 32(Supplement). 33–46. 15 indexed citations

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Helzer, Erik G., et al.. (2013). Prospection by Any Other Name? A Response to Seligman et al. (2013). Perspectives on Psychological Science. 8(2). 146–150. 12 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Melissa J., et al.. (2010). 17. What is implicit about goal pursuit. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 311–334. 4 indexed citations

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Hassin, Ran R., et al.. (2009). Précis of Implicit Nationalism. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1167(1). 135–145. 18 indexed citations

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Wojnowicz, Michael, Melissa J. Ferguson, Rick Dale, & Michael J. Spivey. (2009). The Self-Organization of Explicit Attitudes. Psychological Science. 20(11). 1428–1435. 97 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Melissa J.. (2008). On becoming ready to pursue a goal you don't know you have: Effects of nonconscious goals on evaluative readiness.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95(6). 1268–1294. 93 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Melissa J., et al.. (2004). After-affects: How automatic evaluations influence the interpretation of subsequent, unrelated stimuli. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 41(2). 182–191. 54 indexed citations

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