Mikko Salmela

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 943 citations indexed

About

Mikko Salmela is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikko Salmela has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 943 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mikko Salmela's work include Emotions and Moral Behavior (17 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 papers). Mikko Salmela is often cited by papers focused on Emotions and Moral Behavior (17 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 papers). Mikko Salmela collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Denmark and United Kingdom. Mikko Salmela's co-authors include Christian von Scheve, Jussi Palomäki, Michael Laakasuo, Michiru Nagatsu, Tereza Capelos, Miles MacLeod, Janne Nikkinen, Marion Godman, Stavroula Chrona and Alessandro Salice and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and American Behavioral Scientist.

In The Last Decade

Mikko Salmela

41 papers receiving 887 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. Emotional roots of right-wing political populism
    2017 225 citations Mikko Salmela, Christian von Scheve Social Science Information profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mikko Salmela Finland 17 389 283 268 183 151 46 943
Bernhard Leidner United States 18 890 2.3× 628 2.2× 103 0.4× 267 1.5× 141 0.9× 61 1.3k
Jeremy A. Frimer Canada 19 727 1.9× 577 2.0× 117 0.4× 395 2.2× 130 0.9× 35 1.3k
Joseph de Rivera United States 14 581 1.5× 610 2.2× 116 0.4× 153 0.8× 235 1.6× 50 1.3k
Joanna Sterling United States 10 616 1.6× 231 0.8× 138 0.5× 112 0.6× 30 0.2× 11 882
Tobias Rothmund Germany 20 824 2.1× 415 1.5× 128 0.5× 257 1.4× 160 1.1× 58 1.2k
Robert T. Schatz United States 8 586 1.5× 245 0.9× 177 0.7× 46 0.3× 45 0.3× 13 746
Tenelle Porter United States 14 321 0.8× 354 1.3× 68 0.3× 81 0.4× 123 0.8× 33 831
Onurcan Yılmaz Türkiye 20 716 1.8× 501 1.8× 58 0.2× 527 2.9× 89 0.6× 61 1.2k
Katarzyna Jaśko Poland 17 727 1.9× 382 1.3× 60 0.2× 108 0.6× 196 1.3× 41 1.1k
Daniel C. Wisneski United States 13 640 1.6× 489 1.7× 55 0.2× 522 2.9× 91 0.6× 17 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Mikko Salmela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mikko Salmela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikko Salmela

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Salmela, Mikko, et al.. (2025). Towards the Recognition of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Researchers. Minerva. 1 indexed citations
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Capelos, Tereza, et al.. (2024). Digital campaigns of extremist violence through ressentiment:Mapping the emotional mechanism of violent extremist manifestos. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Capelos, Tereza, et al.. (2024). Ressentiment in the Manosphere: Conceptions of Morality and Avenues for Resistance in the Incel Hatred Pipeline. Philosophies. 9(2). 36–36. 4 indexed citations
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Nagatsu, Michiru, Roope Oskari Kaaronen, Mikko Salmela, & Miles MacLeod. (2023). Cultural Niche Construction as a Framework for Reorienting Human−Environment Relations. Topics in Cognitive Science. 15(3). 413–432. 4 indexed citations
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Capelos, Tereza, et al.. (2023). Narratives of Success and Failure in Ressentiment: Assuming Victimhood and Transmuting Frustration among Young Korean Men. Social Sciences. 12(5). 259–259. 6 indexed citations
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Nagatsu, Michiru & Mikko Salmela. (2022). Interpersonal and Collective Affective Niche Construction: Empirical and Normative Perspectives on Social Media. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 14(4). 1169–1196. 11 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko, et al.. (2021). Internally Incentivized Interdisciplinarity: Organizational Restructuring of Research and Emerging Tensions. Minerva. 59(3). 355–377. 16 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko & Tereza Capelos. (2021). Ressentiment: A Complex Emotion or an Emotional Mechanism of Psychic Defences?. Politics and Governance. 9(3). 191–203. 41 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko, et al.. (2018). Collective Emotions and Normativity. ProtoSociology. 35. 135–151. 2 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko & Christian von Scheve. (2017). Emotional roots of right-wing political populism. Social Science Information. 56(4). 567–595. 225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Salmela, Mikko & Michiru Nagatsu. (2016). How does it really feel to act together? Shared emotions and the phenomenology of we-agency. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. 16(3). 449–470. 42 indexed citations
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Laakasuo, Michael, Jussi Palomäki, & Mikko Salmela. (2014). Emotional and Social Factors influence Poker Decision Making Accuracy. Journal of Gambling Studies. 31(3). 933–947. 25 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko. (2014). Comment: Critical Questions for Affect Control Theory. Emotion Review. 6(2). 138–139. 3 indexed citations
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Egerer, Michael, Pekka Sulkunen, Mikko Salmela, et al.. (2013). Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs NAD 1-2/13 Volume 30. 1 indexed citations
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Palomäki, Jussi, Michael Laakasuo, & Mikko Salmela. (2012). Losing More by Losing It: Poker Experience, Sensitivity to Losses and Tilting Severity. Journal of Gambling Studies. 30(1). 187–200. 35 indexed citations
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Palomäki, Jussi, Michael Laakasuo, & Mikko Salmela. (2012). “Don’t Worry, It’s Just Poker!”-Experience, Self-Rumination and Self-Reflection as Determinants of Decision-Making in On-Line Poker. Journal of Gambling Studies. 29(3). 491–505. 31 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko. (2011). Can Emotion be Modelled on Perception?. dialectica. 65(1). 1–29. 41 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko, et al.. (2008). A Happy Introduction. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko. (2002). The problem of affectivity in cognitive theories of emotion. 3(2). 159–182. 2 indexed citations
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Salmela, Mikko. (1998). Suomalaisen moraalifilosofian vuosisata. Tiede & edistys. 23(1). 1 indexed citations

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