Michael Lerner

826 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 480 citations indexed

About

Michael Lerner is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lerner has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 480 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Strategy and Management, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Michael Lerner's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (2 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (2 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 papers). Michael Lerner is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (2 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (2 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 papers). Michael Lerner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Michael Lerner's co-authors include Jacob Montgomery, Andrew M. Guess, Brendan Nyhan, Neelanjan Sircar, Jason Reifler, Benjamin Lyons, Iain Osgood, Rebecca Kihslinger, David Salvesen and Sidney Tarrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Political Science and Health Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lerner

9 papers receiving 460 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. A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India
    2020 402 citations Andrew M. Guess, Michael Lerner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Lerner United States 5 386 188 101 50 47 12 480
Ray Surette United States 13 422 1.1× 97 0.5× 27 0.3× 41 0.8× 69 1.5× 35 602
Edward Hurcombe Australia 10 355 0.9× 292 1.6× 73 0.7× 38 0.8× 25 0.5× 22 507
Elina Lindgren Sweden 9 499 1.3× 429 2.3× 141 1.4× 57 1.1× 60 1.3× 23 688
Suay Melisa Özkula United Kingdom 8 304 0.8× 230 1.2× 33 0.3× 23 0.5× 41 0.9× 17 481
Nel Ruigrok Netherlands 13 305 0.8× 339 1.8× 85 0.8× 18 0.4× 34 0.7× 28 616
Adam Acar Japan 8 410 1.1× 283 1.5× 51 0.5× 40 0.8× 36 0.8× 15 564
Axel Westerwick United States 12 381 1.0× 265 1.4× 72 0.7× 36 0.7× 53 1.1× 19 534
Leonie Rösner Germany 8 294 0.8× 246 1.3× 143 1.4× 18 0.4× 60 1.3× 10 480
Rachel E. Moran United States 11 253 0.7× 165 0.9× 69 0.7× 26 0.5× 8 0.2× 23 432
Tijana Milošević Ireland 11 297 0.8× 152 0.8× 81 0.8× 30 0.6× 38 0.8× 33 469

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Lerner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Lerner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Lerner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Lerner. The network helps show where Michael Lerner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lerner

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Lerner, Michael & Iain Osgood. (2025). Greens in the boardroom: director attitudes and corporate climate policy. Business and Politics. 1–25.
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Lerner, Michael, et al.. (2024). Expert views on carbon pricing in the developing world*. Environmental Research Letters. 20(1). 14050–14050. 1 indexed citations
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Lerner, Michael & Iain Osgood. (2022). Across the Boards: Explaining Firm Support for Climate Policy. British Journal of Political Science. 53(3). 934–957. 8 indexed citations
4.
Lerner, Michael. (2021). Local power: Understanding the adoption and design of county wind energy regulation. Review of Policy Research. 39(2). 120–142. 10 indexed citations
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Guess, Andrew M., Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, et al.. (2020). A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 15536–15545. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lerner, Michael, et al.. (2020). Supply Chain Linkages and the Extended Carbon Coalition. American Journal of Political Science. 65(1). 69–87. 43 indexed citations
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Salvesen, David, et al.. (2017). Floodplain buyouts: An action guide for local governments on how to maximize community benefits, habitat connectivity, and resilience. 10 indexed citations
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Lerner, Michael. (2014). Opportunity, Risk, and Public Acceptability: The Question of Shale Gas Exploitation in Québec. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Lerner, Michael. (2006). Katrina: The Perfect Storm. EXPLORE. 2(1). 62–63. 1 indexed citations
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Lerner, Michael. (2003). On Being A Grantmaker. Health Affairs. 22(3). 183–188. 1 indexed citations
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Lerner, Michael, et al.. (1977). Improvement of fuel combustion process in gas turbine engines by the use of additives. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 13(4). 253–256. 1 indexed citations
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Barber, James David, Donald R. Matthews, James W. Prothro, et al.. (1973). Power to the Citizen: Introductory Readings. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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