Michael N. Stagnaro

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 429 citations indexed

About

Michael N. Stagnaro is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael N. Stagnaro has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 429 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Michael N. Stagnaro's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers). Michael N. Stagnaro is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers). Michael N. Stagnaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael N. Stagnaro's co-authors include David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook, Antonio A. Arechar, Robb Willer, Robert M. Ross, Sophia L. Pink, Jan G. Voelkel, Joseph S. Mernyk, Chrystal Redekopp and James Druckman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael N. Stagnaro

21 papers receiving 411 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.

Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes

2022 82 citations Jan G. Voelkel, James C.H. Chu et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

2023 79 citations Antonio A. Arechar, Jennifer Allen et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael N. Stagnaro United States	10	287	86	80	76	70	23	429
Andrea Pereira Switzerland	10	510 1.8×	137 1.6×	162 2.0×	152 2.0×	33 0.5×	15	678
Patrizia Milesi Italy	11	202 0.7×	64 0.7×	65 0.8×	92 1.2×	14 0.2×	21	316
Hemant Kakkar United Kingdom	8	247 0.9×	61 0.7×	46 0.6×	158 2.1×	36 0.5×	15	429
Antonis Gardikiotis Greece	13	281 1.0×	36 0.4×	75 0.9×	112 1.5×	17 0.2×	27	425
Julian Wills United States	6	565 2.0×	119 1.4×	283 3.5×	119 1.6×	27 0.4×	6	777
Brittany E. Hanson United States	6	201 0.7×	113 1.3×	25 0.3×	115 1.5×	25 0.4×	7	354
Arlene G. Asuncion United States	8	346 1.2×	70 0.8×	79 1.0×	180 2.4×	21 0.3×	12	480
Fabian Winter Germany	9	173 0.6×	40 0.5×	32 0.4×	43 0.6×	111 1.6×	34	287
Bethany A. Brunsman United States	5	180 0.6×	52 0.6×	47 0.6×	100 1.3×	35 0.5×	7	359
Eddy Van Avermaet Belgium	11	290 1.0×	93 1.1×	30 0.4×	189 2.5×	66 0.9×	23	473

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael N. Stagnaro

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Hall, Matthew E. K., Brittany C. Solomon, Jan G. Voelkel, et al.. (2025). Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(19). e2424414122–e2424414122. 2 indexed citations

Voelkel, Jan G., et al.. (2025). Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Stagnaro, Michael N. & Eran Amsalem. (2025). Factual knowledge can reduce attitude polarization. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3809–3809.

Stagnaro, Michael N. & Gordon Pennycook. (2024). On the role of analytic thinking in religious belief change: Evidence from over 50,000 participants in 16 countries. Cognition. 254. 105989–105989. 5 indexed citations

Chu, James, Jan G. Voelkel, Michael N. Stagnaro, et al.. (2024). Academics are more specific, and practitioners more sensitive, in forecasting interventions to strengthen democratic attitudes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2307008121–e2307008121. 3 indexed citations

Voelkel, Jan G., James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, James Druckman, & Robb Willer. (2024). How to design and conduct a megastudy. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(12). 2257–2260. 1 indexed citations

Druckman, James, James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, et al.. (2023). Correcting misperceptions of out-partisans decreases American legislators’ support for undemocratic practices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2301836120–e2301836120. 25 indexed citations

Pink, Sophia L., Michael N. Stagnaro, James Chu, et al.. (2023). The effects of short messages encouraging prevention behaviors early in the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284354–e0284354. 9 indexed citations

Stagnaro, Michael N., Sophia L. Pink, David G. Rand, & Robb Willer. (2023). Increasing accuracy motivations using moral reframing does not reduce Republicans’ belief in false news. 3 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Ben M Tappin, & David G. Rand. (2023). No association between numerical ability and politically motivated reasoning in a large US probability sample. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2301491120–e2301491120. 13 indexed citations

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Arechar, Antonio A., Jennifer Allen, Adam J. Berinsky, et al.. (2023). Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(9). 1502–1513. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

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Voelkel, Jan G., James C.H. Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, et al.. (2022). Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(1). 55–64. 82 indexed citations breakdown →

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Purzycki, Benjamin Grant, Michael N. Stagnaro, & Joni Y. Sasaki. (2020). Breaches of Trust Change the Content and Structure of Religious Appeals. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 14(1). 71–94. 9 indexed citations

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Pink, Sophia L., James Chu, Joseph S. Mernyk, et al.. (2020). Framing Messages to Increase Compliance with COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines. 1 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Robert M. Ross, Gordon Pennycook, & David G. Rand. (2019). Cross-cultural support for a link between analytic thinking and disbelief in God: Evidence from India and the United Kingdom. Judgment and Decision Making. 14(2). 179–186. 30 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Gordon Pennycook, & David G. Rand. (2018). Performance on the Cognitive Reflection Test is stable across time. Judgment and Decision Making. 13(3). 260–267. 76 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Antonio A. Arechar, & David G. Rand. (2017). From good institutions to generous citizens: Top-down incentives to cooperate promote subsequent prosociality but not norm enforcement. Cognition. 167. 212–254. 37 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Yarrow Dunham, & David G. Rand. (2017). Profit versus Prejudice: Harnessing Self-Interest to Reduce In-Group Bias. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Antonio A. Arechar, & David G. Rand. (2016). From Good Institutions to Good Norms: Top-Down Incentives to Cooperate Foster Prosociality But Not Norm Enforcement. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Khan, Saera R., et al.. (2012). Stereotyping From the Perspective of Perceivers and Targets. Language arts journal of Michigan. 5(1). 8 indexed citations

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