Scott Rick

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Scott Rick is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Safety Research and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Rick has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Decision Sciences, 13 papers in Safety Research and 9 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Scott Rick's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (20 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (13 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (7 papers). Scott Rick is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (20 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (13 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (7 papers). Scott Rick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Scott Rick's co-authors include George Loewenstein, Brian Knutson, Dražen Prelec, G. Elliott Wimmer, Cynthia Cryder, Jonathan D. Cohen, Roberto A. Weber, Katherine A. Burson, Leslie K. John and Beatriz Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Consumer Research.

In The Last Decade

Scott Rick

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Neural Predictors of Purchases 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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.

  1. Neural Predictors of Purchases
    2007 763 citations Brian Knutson, Scott Rick et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Rick United States 16 775 628 480 349 338 39 2.2k
Keith M. Marzilli Ericson United States 19 461 0.6× 793 1.3× 165 0.3× 953 2.7× 138 0.4× 44 2.1k
Adam S. Goodie United States 26 304 0.4× 491 0.8× 114 0.2× 290 0.8× 489 1.4× 57 2.9k
Andrew Ward United States 19 434 0.6× 709 1.1× 437 0.9× 315 0.9× 945 2.8× 49 3.3k
Evan Polman United States 19 316 0.4× 355 0.6× 313 0.7× 110 0.3× 464 1.4× 46 1.6k
Christopher Y. Olivola United States 22 1.4k 1.8× 331 0.5× 485 1.0× 217 0.6× 639 1.9× 41 3.3k
Joshua A. Weller United States 26 639 0.8× 637 1.0× 109 0.2× 132 0.4× 444 1.3× 48 2.3k
Alexander Fedorikhin United States 9 291 0.4× 389 0.6× 1.1k 2.4× 158 0.5× 482 1.4× 17 2.3k
Robyn A. LeBoeuf United States 15 215 0.3× 464 0.7× 208 0.4× 160 0.5× 224 0.7× 32 1.2k
Hal E. Hershfield United States 25 385 0.5× 341 0.5× 408 0.8× 222 0.6× 916 2.7× 62 2.6k
Nicolao Bonini Italy 22 440 0.6× 402 0.6× 104 0.2× 208 0.6× 182 0.5× 71 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Rick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Rick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Scott Rick. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Scott Rick. The network helps show where Scott Rick may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Rick

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olson, Jenny G., Scott Rick, Deborah A. Small, & Eli J. Finkel. (2023). Common Cents: Bank Account Structure and Couples’ Relationship Dynamics. Journal of Consumer Research. 50(4). 704–721. 24 indexed citations
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Olson, Jenny G. & Scott Rick. (2021). “You spent how much?” Toward an understanding of how romantic partners respond to each other's financial decisions. Current Opinion in Psychology. 43. 70–74. 8 indexed citations
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Pereira, Beatriz & Scott Rick. (2017). Sadness Reduces Decisiveness. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations
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Madrian, Brigitte C., Hal E. Hershfield, Abigail B. Sussman, et al.. (2017). Behaviorally informed policies for household financial decisionmaking. Behavioral Science & Policy. 3(1). 26–40. 12 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott, Gabriele Paolacci, & Katherine A. Burson. (2015). Income Tax and the Motivation to Work. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Olson, Jenny G. & Scott Rick. (2014). A Penny Saved is a Partner Earned: The Romantic Appeal of Savers. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations
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Olson, Jenny G. & Scott Rick. (2013). A Penny Saved is a Partner Earned: The Romantic Appeal of Savers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott, Beatriz Pereira, & Katherine A. Burson. (2013). The benefits of retail therapy: Making purchase decisions reduces residual sadness. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 24(3). 373–380. 100 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott. (2013). The Pain of Paying and Tightwaddism: New Insights and Open Questions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott & Maurice E. Schweitzer. (2012). The Imbibing Idiot Bias: Consuming Alcohol Can Be Hazardous to Your (Perceived) Intelligence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Pereira, Beatriz & Scott Rick. (2011). Why Retail Therapy Works: It Is Choice, Not Acquisition, That Primarily Alleviates Sadness. ACR North American Advances. 4 indexed citations
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Amar, Moty, Dan Ariely, Shahar Ayal, Cynthia Cryder, & Scott Rick. (2011). Winning the Battle but Losing the War: The Psychology of Debt Management. Journal of Marketing Research. 48(SPL). S38–S50. 92 indexed citations
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Paolacci, Gabriele, Katherine A. Burson, & Scott Rick. (2011). The intermediate alternative effect: Considering a small tradeoff increases subsequent willingness to make large tradeoffs. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 21(4). 384–392. 9 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott. (2010). Losses, Gains, and Brains: Neuroeconomics Can Help to Answer Open Questions About Loss Aversion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott, Deborah A. Small, & Eli J. Finkel. (2010). Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction: Tightwads and Spendthrifts in Marriage. ACR North American Advances. 4 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott. (2010). Losses, gains, and brains: Neuroeconomics can help to answer open questions about loss aversion. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 21(4). 453–463. 69 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian, G. Elliott Wimmer, Scott Rick, et al.. (2008). Neural Antecedents of the Endowment Effect. Neuron. 58(5). 814–822. 113 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian, Scott Rick, G. Elliott Wimmer, Dražen Prelec, & George Loewenstein. (2007). Neural Predictors of Purchases. Neuron. 53(1). 147–156. 763 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hamman, John, Scott Rick, & Roberto A. Weber. (2007). Solving coordination failure with “all-or-none” group-level incentives. Experimental Economics. 10(3). 285–303. 41 indexed citations
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Rick, Scott, Cynthia Cryder, & George Loewenstein. (2007). Tightwads and Spendthrifts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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