Scott Akalis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Scott Akalis is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Akalis has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Scott Akalis's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (1 paper) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 paper). Scott Akalis is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (1 paper) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 paper). Scott Akalis collaborates with scholars based in United States. Scott Akalis's co-authors include Nicholas Epley, Adam Waytz, John T. Cacioppo, Mahzarin R. Banaji and Stephen M. Kosslyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Social Cognition and Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.

In The Last Decade

Scott Akalis

4 papers receiving 939 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.

When We Need A Human: Motivational Determinants of Anthropomorphism

2008 531 citations Nicholas Epley, Adam Waytz et al. Social Cognition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Akalis United States	4	510	345	280	186	172	4	998
Stephen Loughnan Australia	9	485 1.0×	416 1.2×	329 1.2×	34 0.2×	88 0.5×	14	947
Sau-lai Lee Hong Kong	13	841 1.6×	553 1.6×	172 0.6×	59 0.3×	154 0.9×	22	1.1k
Alex Koch Germany	20	584 1.1×	863 2.5×	433 1.5×	72 0.4×	89 0.5×	42	1.3k
Jason Faulkner Canada	6	472 0.9×	550 1.6×	538 1.9×	52 0.3×	19 0.1×	6	983
Richard Heslin United States	17	520 1.0×	402 1.2×	158 0.6×	143 0.8×	21 0.1×	34	1.0k
Erica J. Boothby United States	13	426 0.8×	311 0.9×	191 0.7×	65 0.3×	29 0.2×	18	841
Catherine E. Seta United States	18	458 0.9×	431 1.2×	299 1.1×	83 0.4×	49 0.3×	61	1.1k
Konstantin O. Tskhay Canada	16	272 0.5×	321 0.9×	211 0.8×	78 0.4×	27 0.2×	25	727
E. J. Horberg United States	10	830 1.6×	594 1.7×	532 1.9×	86 0.5×	18 0.1×	17	1.3k
Lucius Caviola United Kingdom	17	378 0.7×	388 1.1×	581 2.1×	40 0.2×	29 0.2×	36	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Akalis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Akalis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Akalis

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

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Epley, Nicholas, Scott Akalis, Adam Waytz, & John T. Cacioppo. (2008). Creating Social Connection Through Inferential Reproduction. Psychological Science. 19(2). 114–120. 447 indexed citations

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Epley, Nicholas, Adam Waytz, Scott Akalis, & John T. Cacioppo. (2008). When We Need A Human: Motivational Determinants of Anthropomorphism. Social Cognition. 26(2). 143–155. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akalis, Scott. (2008). A new spin on losses looming larger than gains: asymmetric implicit associations from slot machine experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 21(4). 378–398. 6 indexed citations

4.

Akalis, Scott, Mahzarin R. Banaji, & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (2008). CRIME ALERT!. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race. 5(2). 217–233. 14 indexed citations

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