Nikhila Mahadevan

612 total citations
18 papers, 379 citations indexed

About

Nikhila Mahadevan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikhila Mahadevan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 379 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nikhila Mahadevan's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (11 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (7 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (5 papers). Nikhila Mahadevan is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (11 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (7 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (5 papers). Nikhila Mahadevan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Netherlands. Nikhila Mahadevan's co-authors include Aiden P. Gregg, Constantine Sedikides, Wendy Andrews, Christian H. Jordan, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg and Patrick J. Leman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

In The Last Decade

Nikhila Mahadevan

17 papers receiving 371 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nikhila Mahadevan United Kingdom 11 247 199 170 95 58 18 379
Kristy K. Dean United States 7 319 1.3× 182 0.9× 100 0.6× 62 0.7× 37 0.6× 11 419
Sandra D. Lackenbauer Canada 5 231 0.9× 153 0.8× 53 0.3× 67 0.7× 44 0.8× 5 314
Molly E. Lynch United States 6 155 0.6× 165 0.8× 58 0.3× 78 0.8× 52 0.9× 6 346
Ashton C. Southard United States 12 264 1.1× 156 0.8× 368 2.2× 150 1.6× 39 0.7× 21 529
Maria Jarymowicz Poland 8 155 0.6× 153 0.8× 51 0.3× 63 0.7× 106 1.8× 22 354
Faby M. Gagné Canada 8 292 1.2× 197 1.0× 71 0.4× 144 1.5× 25 0.4× 9 405
Chihiro Kobayashi Japan 6 370 1.5× 355 1.8× 86 0.5× 71 0.7× 82 1.4× 6 473
Birgit Koopmann‐Holm United States 8 244 1.0× 81 0.4× 102 0.6× 79 0.8× 41 0.7× 17 359
Gregory R. Gunn Canada 5 172 0.7× 147 0.7× 80 0.5× 81 0.9× 76 1.3× 5 320
Julian A. Scheffer United States 6 149 0.6× 89 0.4× 69 0.4× 44 0.5× 113 1.9× 11 321

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nikhila Mahadevan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikhila Mahadevan

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Mahadevan, Nikhila & Christian H. Jordan. (2025). Climbing the Dark Ladder: How Status and Inclusion Aspirations, Perceived Attainment, and Behaviors Relate to the Dark Triad. Behavioral Sciences. 15(9). 1221–1221.
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Mahadevan, Nikhila. (2024). Conceptualizing grandiose and vulnerable narcissism as alternative status‐seeking strategies: Insights from hierometer theory. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 18(6). 1 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2022). Daily fluctuations in social status, self‐esteem, and clinically relevant emotions: Testing hierometer theory and social rank theory at a within‐person level. Journal of Personality. 91(2). 519–536. 10 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2022). How does social status relate to self-esteem and emotion? An integrative test of hierometer theory and social rank theory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 152(3). 632–656. 11 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2021). Self-esteem as a hierometer: Sociometric status is a more potent and proximate predictor of self-esteem than socioeconomic status.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 150(12). 2613–2635. 15 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila & Christian H. Jordan. (2021). Desperately Seeking Status: How Desires for, and Perceived Attainment of, Status and Inclusion Relate to Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 48(5). 704–717. 29 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2020). The ups and downs of social life: Within‐person variations in daily status and inclusion differentially predict self‐regard and interpersonal behavior. Journal of Personality. 88(6). 1111–1128. 16 indexed citations
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Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. van, et al.. (2020). Citizen vain? Exposure to the UK citizenship test predicts milder demands from immigrants across the political spectrum. British Journal of Social Psychology. 60(3). 888–901. 1 indexed citations
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Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. van & Nikhila Mahadevan. (2019). When imitating successful others fails: Accidentally successful exemplars inspire risky decisions and can hamper performance. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 73(6). 941–956. 4 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2018). Is self-regard a sociometer or a hierometer? Self-esteem tracks status and inclusion, narcissism tracks status.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(3). 444–466. 97 indexed citations
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Gregg, Aiden P., Nikhila Mahadevan, & Constantine Sedikides. (2018). Taking the High Ground: The Impact of Social Status on the Derogation of Ideological Opponents. Social Cognition. 36(1). 43–77. 14 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, & Constantine Sedikides. (2018). Where I am and where I want to be: Perceptions of and aspirations for status and inclusion differentially predict psychological health. Personality and Individual Differences. 139. 170–174. 14 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Nikhila, Aiden P. Gregg, Constantine Sedikides, & Wendy Andrews. (2016). Winners, Losers, Insiders, and Outsiders: Comparing Hierometer and Sociometer Theories of Self-Regard. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 334–334. 70 indexed citations
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Gregg, Aiden P., Nikhila Mahadevan, & Constantine Sedikides. (2016). Intellectual arrogance and intellectual humility: correlational evidence for an evolutionary-embodied-epistemological account. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 12(1). 59–73. 25 indexed citations
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Gregg, Aiden P., Nikhila Mahadevan, & Constantine Sedikides. (2016). The SPOT Effect: People Spontaneously Prefer their Own Theories. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 70(6). 996–1010. 34 indexed citations
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Gregg, Aiden P. & Nikhila Mahadevan. (2014). Intellectual Arrogance and Intellectual Humility: An Evolutionary-Epistemological Account. Journal of Psychology and Theology. 42(1). 7–18. 36 indexed citations
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Gregg, Aiden P., et al.. (2013). Detecting lies about consumer attitudes using the timed antagonistic response alethiometer. Behavior Research Methods. 46(3). 758–771. 1 indexed citations

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