Neal J. Roese

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Neal J. Roese is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Applied Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neal J. Roese has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in General Decision Sciences, 31 papers in Applied Psychology and 26 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Neal J. Roese's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (34 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (26 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (21 papers). Neal J. Roese is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (34 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (26 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (21 papers). Neal J. Roese collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Neal J. Roese's co-authors include James M. Olson, Kai Epstude, Amy Summerville, Ginger L. Pennington, Kathleen D. Vohs, Taekyun Hur, David W. Jamieson, Rachel Smallman, Mike Morrison and Florian Fessel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Neal J. Roese

81 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Counterfactual thinking.

1997 799 citations Neal J. Roese profile →
The Functional Theory of Counterfactual Thinking

2008 569 citations Kai Epstude, Neal J. Roese profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neal J. Roese United States	39	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	84	6.2k
Thomas Mussweiler Germany	47	3.6k 1.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	109	8.6k
Herbert Bless Germany	42	2.8k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	109	7.0k
David M. Sanbonmatsu United States	29	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	698 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	88	5.8k
Victoria Husted Medvec United States	27	1.7k 0.9×	982 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	746 0.5×	46	4.3k
Irwin P. Levin United States	45	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.9×	1.6k 1.1×	156	8.8k
Donna M. Webster United States	17	3.1k 1.6×	946 0.5×	2.6k 1.5×	550 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	18	6.2k
James Y. Shah United States	27	2.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	3.2k 1.8×	548 0.4×	942 0.7×	40	6.8k
Mark D. Alicke United States	36	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	441 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	79	6.2k
Joachim I. Krueger United States	38	3.8k 2.0×	1.1k 0.6×	3.5k 2.0×	718 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	175	8.7k
Rosemary Pacini United States	10	1.1k 0.6×	711 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	996 0.7×	844 0.6×	10	4.0k

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Effron, Daniel A., Kai Epstude, & Neal J. Roese. (2024). Motivated Counterfactual Thinking and Moral Inconsistency: How We Use Our Imaginations to Selectively Condemn and Condone. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 33(3). 146–152.

Epstude, Kai, Daniel A. Effron, & Neal J. Roese. (2022). Polarized imagination: partisanship influences the direction and consequences of counterfactual thinking. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1866). 20210342–20210342. 3 indexed citations

Smallman, Rachel, et al.. (2020). Dispositional optimism weakly predicts upward, rather than downward, counterfactual thinking: A prospective correlational study using episodic recall. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237644–e0237644. 5 indexed citations

Roese, Neal J., Rachel Smallman, & Kai Epstude. (2017). Do episodic counterfactual thoughts focus on controllable action?: The role of self-initiation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 73. 14–23. 19 indexed citations

Ma, Jingjing, et al.. (2014). The Impact of the Maximizing Mindset on Decision Time. ACR North American Advances.

Morrison, Mike, Kai Epstude, & Neal J. Roese. (2012). Life Regrets and the Need to Belong. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 3(6). 675–681. 21 indexed citations

Ma, Jingjing & Neal J. Roese. (2012). The Countability Effect: Comparative versus Experiential Reactions to Reward Distributions. Journal of Consumer Research. 39(6). 1219–1233. 11 indexed citations

Roese, Neal J. & Kathleen D. Vohs. (2012). Hindsight Bias. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 7(5). 411–426. 270 indexed citations

Fessel, Florian, Kai Epstude, & Neal J. Roese. (2009). Hindsight bias redefined: It’s about time. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 110(1). 56–64. 20 indexed citations

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Summerville, Amy, et al.. (2008). Praise for regret: People value regret above other negative emotions. Motivation and Emotion. 32(1). 46–54. 106 indexed citations

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Summerville, Amy & Neal J. Roese. (2007). Dare to compare: Fact-based versus simulation-based comparison in daily life. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 44(3). 664–671. 78 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J., et al.. (2006). The Propensity Effect. Psychological Science. 17(4). 305–310. 26 indexed citations

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Burrus, Jeremy & Neal J. Roese. (2006). Long Ago It Was Meant to Be: The Interplay Between Time, Construal, and Fate Beliefs. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 32(8). 1050–1058. 51 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J.. (2003). Counterfactual Thinking and Regulatory Focus: The Ontario Symposium Volume 9. 263–284. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, James M., et al.. (2000). Comparing Comparisons An Integrative Perspective on Social Comparison and CounterfactuaJ Thinking. 16 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J. & Michael W. Morris. (1999). Impression valence constrains social explanations: The case of discounting versus conjunction effects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77(3). 437–448. 26 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J., et al.. (1999). Counterfactual thinking and regulatory focus: Implications for action versus inaction and sufficiency versus necessity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77(6). 1109–1120. 21 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J. & Taekyun Hur. (1997). Affective Determinants of Counterfactual Thinking. Social Cognition. 15(4). 274–290. 90 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J.. (1994). The functional basis of counterfactual thinking.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 66(5). 805–818. 486 indexed citations

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Roese, Neal J., et al.. (1991). The Role of Expectancy in Hypnotic Hypermnesia: A Brief Communication. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 39(4). 193–197. 1 indexed citations

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