Paolo Riva

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Paolo Riva is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Riva has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Social Psychology, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paolo Riva's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (46 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (15 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (14 papers). Paolo Riva is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (46 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (15 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (14 papers). Paolo Riva collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Paolo Riva's co-authors include Luca Pancani, Marco Marinucci, Kipling D. Williams, Nicolas Aureli, Brad J. Bushman, Leonor J. Romero Lauro, Lorenzo Montali, Marco Brambilla, James H. Wirth and Simona Sacchi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Psychological Science and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Riva

101 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Forced Social Isolation and Mental Health: A Study on 1,006 Italians Under COVID-19 Lockdown

2021 208 citations Luca Pancani, Marco Marinucci et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Riva Italy	30	1.3k	908	742	466	329	101	2.6k
Chiara Volpato Italy	31	831 0.7×	589 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	641 1.4×	259 0.8×	109	2.9k
Zhenhong Wang China	30	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	410 0.6×	316 0.7×	523 1.6×	121	2.8k
Steven K. Sutton United States	33	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	678 0.9×	1.4k 2.9×	1.1k 3.5×	136	5.2k
Michael J. Bernstein United States	25	1.1k 0.9×	468 0.5×	846 1.1×	1.2k 2.7×	973 3.0×	81	2.8k
Derek Roger United Kingdom	26	827 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	339 0.5×	361 0.8×	703 2.1×	58	3.0k
Gerty Lensvelt‐Mulders Netherlands	22	560 0.4×	905 1.0×	822 1.1×	523 1.1×	606 1.8×	42	3.5k
Renata Tambelli Italy	28	1.2k 0.9×	2.3k 2.5×	610 0.8×	311 0.7×	629 1.9×	109	3.9k
Olga Klimecki Germany	16	972 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	253 0.3×	589 1.3×	540 1.6×	48	2.5k
Loren Toussaint United States	27	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.9×	526 0.7×	188 0.4×	163 0.5×	170	3.7k
Eleanor Miles United Kingdom	20	955 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	545 0.7×	666 1.4×	1.1k 3.3×	48	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Riva

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Marinucci, Marco, et al.. (2025). Understanding Imprisonment Through the Lens of Social Exclusion: A Novel Integrative Theoretical Model. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 47(5). 257–275. 1 indexed citations

Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2025). Updating the temporal need-threat model of ostracism: challenges and future directions. The Journal of Social Psychology. 166(1). 26–38. 4 indexed citations

Marinucci, Marco & Paolo Riva. (2024). Homelessness in Virtual Reality: Experiencing Social Exclusion Improves Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Unhoused People. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 28(1). 65–71. 2 indexed citations

Waldeck, Daniel, C.N. Smyth, Paolo Riva, et al.. (2024). Unraveling Perceived Ostracism: The Role of Antagonistic Traits and Attachment Orientation. The Journal of Psychology. 159(3). 207–225. 3 indexed citations

Gallucci, Alessia, et al.. (2023). The regulation of emotions associated with social exclusion: modulating effects of tDCS on patients with borderline personality disorder. Brain stimulation. 16(1). 325–326. 1 indexed citations

Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2023). The near-miss effect in flood risk estimation: A survey-based approach to model private mitigation intentions into agent-based models. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 89. 103629–103629. 4 indexed citations

Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2022). Social isolation in space: An investigation of LUNARK, the first human mission in an Arctic Moon analog habitat. Acta Astronautica. 195. 215–225. 7 indexed citations

Spaccatini, Federica, et al.. (2022). From past to present (for a better future): The moderating role of cognitive mindset on spillover effects in environmental behaviors. Current Psychology. 42(18). 15858–15873. 8 indexed citations

Pancani, Luca, Nicolas Aureli, & Paolo Riva. (2022). Relationship dissolution strategies: Comparing the psychological consequences of ghosting, orbiting, and rejection. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 16(2). 26 indexed citations

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Pancani, Luca, Davide Mazzoni, Nicolas Aureli, & Paolo Riva. (2021). Ghosting and orbiting: An analysis of victims’ experiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 38(7). 1987–2007. 39 indexed citations

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Gabbiadini, Alessandro, Paolo Riva, Luca Andrighetto, Chiara Volpato, & Brad J. Bushman. (2021). Preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of a brief self‐control intervention on reducing the short‐term harmful consequences of violent video games on adolescents. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 52(4). 246–258. 4 indexed citations

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Marinucci, Marco & Paolo Riva. (2020). Surrendering to social emptiness: Chronic social exclusion longitudinally predicts resignation in asylum seekers. British Journal of Social Psychology. 60(2). 429–447. 25 indexed citations

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Marinucci, Marco & Paolo Riva. (2020). How intergroup social connections shape immigrants’ responses to social exclusion. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 24(3). 411–435. 28 indexed citations

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Spaccatini, Federica, Luca Pancani, Juliette Richetin, Paolo Riva, & Simona Sacchi. (2020). Individual cognitive style affects flood‐risk perception and mitigation intentions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 51(3). 208–218. 5 indexed citations

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Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2019). Turning Away From Averted Gazes: The Effect of Social Exclusion on Gaze Cueing. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 1000–1000. 13 indexed citations

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Garrett, R., et al.. (2019). Toeing the Party Lie: Ostracism Promotes Endorsement of Partisan Election Falsehoods. Political Communication. 37(2). 157–172. 11 indexed citations

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Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2019). Learning to cope with everyday instances of social exclusion: A review of emotional and cognitive strategies for children and adolescents. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research. 24(4). 15 indexed citations

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Vergallito, Alessandra, Paolo Riva, Alberto Pisoni, & Leonor J. Romero Lauro. (2018). Modulation of negative emotions through anodal tDCS over the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychologia. 119. 128–135. 36 indexed citations

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Panfilis, Chiara De, et al.. (2015). When social inclusion is not enough: Implicit expectations of extreme inclusion in borderline personality disorder.. Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment. 6(4). 301–309. 80 indexed citations

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Riva, Paolo, et al.. (2011). Strutture prefabbricate:moderni sistemi di protezione antisismica. 23–44. 1 indexed citations

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