Michael Nielsen

1.1k total citations
36 papers, 647 citations indexed

About

Michael Nielsen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Nielsen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 647 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Health and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Nielsen's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (23 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (16 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (6 papers). Michael Nielsen is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (23 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (16 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (6 papers). Michael Nielsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Denmark. Michael Nielsen's co-authors include Brandon Randolph-Seng, Ryan T. Cragun, Joseph H. Hammer, Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Michael J. Donahue, Bette L. Bottoms, Jim Fultz, Henrietta H. Filipas and Charles E. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and International Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Michael Nielsen

30 papers receiving 567 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Nielsen United States 13 411 335 207 81 77 36 647
Michael B. Lupfer United States 18 400 1.0× 188 0.6× 286 1.4× 96 1.2× 139 1.8× 33 707
Suresh Kanekar India 16 330 0.8× 114 0.3× 138 0.7× 68 0.8× 85 1.1× 74 687
Anne Geyer United States 7 238 0.6× 46 0.1× 267 1.3× 109 1.3× 112 1.5× 8 542
Tenelle Porter United States 14 321 0.8× 68 0.2× 354 1.7× 123 1.5× 81 1.1× 33 831
Barbara A. Hunter United States 3 763 1.9× 85 0.3× 329 1.6× 100 1.2× 51 0.7× 3 1.2k
Hans Werner Bierhoff Germany 8 267 0.6× 39 0.1× 183 0.9× 56 0.7× 69 0.9× 26 528
Mark A. Whatley United States 9 305 0.7× 128 0.4× 121 0.6× 103 1.3× 25 0.3× 23 547
Katherine Stroebe Netherlands 16 416 1.0× 32 0.1× 255 1.2× 53 0.7× 46 0.6× 41 638
Rosalind M. Chow United States 13 661 1.6× 48 0.1× 520 2.5× 113 1.4× 131 1.7× 21 977
Paweł Boski Poland 13 438 1.1× 34 0.1× 391 1.9× 136 1.7× 42 0.5× 39 800

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Nielsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Nielsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Nielsen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pummerer, Lotte, et al.. (2025). Leaving the Catholic Church: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Predictors of Leaving Intentions. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 36(1). 115–132.
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Nielsen, Michael. (2023). The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 33(3). 251–253. 3 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael, et al.. (2016). ‘War on Terror’ in our backyard: effects of framing and violent ISIS propaganda on anti-Muslim prejudice. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 8(3). 163–176. 14 indexed citations
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Cragun, Ryan T., et al.. (2016). Predictors of opposition to and support for the ordination of women: insights from the LDS Church. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 19(2). 124–137.
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Cragun, Ryan T., Joseph H. Hammer, & Michael Nielsen. (2015). The NonReligious-NonSpiritual Scale (NRNSS): Measuring Everyone from Atheists to Zionists. 2(3). 36–53. 31 indexed citations
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Cragun, Ryan T., Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Joseph H. Hammer, & Michael Nielsen. (2012). On the Receiving End: Discrimination toward the Non-Religious in the United States. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 27(1). 105–127. 121 indexed citations
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Cragun, Ryan T., Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Joseph H. Hammer, & Michael Nielsen. (2012). On the Receiving End: Discrimination Toward the Non-Religious in the United States [post-print]. Trinity College Digital Repository (Trinity College).
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Nielsen, Michael & Ryan T. Cragun. (2010). Religious orientation, religious affiliation, and boundary maintenance: The case of polygamy. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 13(7-8). 761–770. 6 indexed citations
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Cragun, Ryan T. & Michael Nielsen. (2009). Fighting Over "Mormon": Media Coverage of the FLDS and LDS. Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought. 42(1). 65–104. 9 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael, Jennifer S. Williams, & Brandon Randolph-Seng. (2009). Religious Orientation, Personality, and Attitudes About Human Stem Cell Research. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 19(2). 81–91. 6 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael, et al.. (2008). Men's grooming in the Latter-day Saints Church: A qualitative study of norm violation. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 11(8). 807–825. 1 indexed citations
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Randolph-Seng, Brandon, Michael Nielsen, Bette L. Bottoms, & Henrietta H. Filipas. (2008). The relationship between ethnicity, Christian orthodoxy, and mental health. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 11(8). 795–805. 10 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael. (2008). The Politics of Corporate Responsibility: CSR and the Governance of Child Labor and Core labor Rights in the 1990s. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael. (2005). The politics of corporate responsibility and child labour in the Bangladeshi garment industry. International Affairs. 81(3). 559–580. 40 indexed citations
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Bottoms, Bette L., et al.. (2004). Religion-Related Child Physical Abuse. Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma. 8(1-2). 87–114. 35 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael. (2000). Descriptions of Religious Experience Using Trait and Affect Adjectives. Psychological Reports. 86(1). 308–310. 3 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael & Jim Fultz. (1997). An Alternative View of Religious Complexity. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 7(1). 23–35. 2 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael. (1996). H-Comp: A program to calculate information complexity. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 28(3). 483–485. 7 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Michael. (1991). Religious Orientation Among Mormons. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 17(1). 9. 1 indexed citations

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