Rachel Gershon

951 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Rachel Gershon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Gershon has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Safety Research and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Gershon's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 papers). Rachel Gershon is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 papers). Rachel Gershon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Rachel Gershon's co-authors include Ariel Fridman, Ayelet Gneezy, Cynthia Cryder, Leslie K. John, Rosanna Smith, Katherine L. Milkman, Warren J. Ferguson, Alicea Lieberman, Sydney Scott and Remi Trudel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Gershon

17 papers receiving 568 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.

COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study

2021 442 citations Ariel Fridman, Rachel Gershon et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Sixiao Liu United States

Jennifer A. Lueck United States

Xizhu Xiao China

Steven Sylvester United States

Jennifer Gaskell United Kingdom

Florian Justwan United States

Pol Campos‐Mercade Denmark

Viktor Orri Valgarðsson United Kingdom

Armando N. Meier Switzerland

Julia Partheymüller Austria

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Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Gershon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Gershon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Gershon

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gershon, Rachel, Alicea Lieberman, & Sydney Scott. (2025). Consumers Believe Legal Products Are Less Effective Than Illegal Products. Journal of Marketing Research. 62(5). 837–853. 1 indexed citations

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Weingarten, Evan, Rachel Gershon, & Amit Bhattacharjee. (2025). The interpersonal consequences of community gatekeeping.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Referral Contagion: Downstream Benefits of Customer Referrals. Journal of Marketing Research. 62(1). 97–116. 1 indexed citations

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Cryder, Cynthia, et al.. (2024). Fighting fiscal awkwardness: How relationship strength changes individuals’ communication approach when resolving interpersonal debt.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 154(1). 152–170. 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, Cynthia Cryder, & Katherine L. Milkman. (2024). Friends with Health Benefits: A Field Experiment. Management Science. 3 indexed citations

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Fridman, Ariel, Rachel Gershon, & Ayelet Gneezy. (2022). Increased generosity under COVID-19 threat. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 4886–4886. 25 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Less is More (Natural): The Effect of Ingredient Quantity Framing on Consumer Preferences and Naturalness Perceptions. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Fridman, Ariel, Rachel Gershon, & Ayelet Gneezy. (2022). Increased Generosity under COVID-19 Threat. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Referral Contagion: Downstream Benefits of Customer Referrals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Fridman, Ariel, Rachel Gershon, & Ayelet Gneezy. (2021). COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0250123–e0250123. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fridman, Ariel, Rachel Gershon, & Ayelet Gneezy. (2020). COVID-19 and Vaccine Hesitancy. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 2 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel & Ariel Fridman. (2020). The Cost of Opposition: Harming our Own Rather than Helping our Opponent. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, Cynthia Cryder, & Leslie K. John. (2019). Why Prosocial Referral Incentives Work: The Interplay of Reputational Benefits and Action Costs. Journal of Marketing Research. 57(1). 156–172. 39 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel & Rosanna Smith. (2019). Twice-told tales: Self-repetition decreases observer assessments of performer authenticity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 118(2). 307–324. 22 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel & Rosanna Smith. (2018). Repeat Performances Decrease Consumer Perceptions of Authenticity. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel & Cynthia Cryder. (2017). Goods Donations Increase Charitable Credit for Low-Warmth Donors. Journal of Consumer Research. 45(2). 451–469. 41 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2017). The MassHealth Waiver 2016–2022: Delivering Reform. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association). 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel & Cynthia Cryder. (2016). When Money Doesn’T Talk: Corporations Receive Less Credit For Monetary Donations. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2016). Including Language Access into Medicaid ACO Design. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 44(3). 492–502. 2 indexed citations

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Gershon, Rachel, et al.. (2015). How Proposed HUSKY Cuts Will Harm Low-Income Families. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association).

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