Silvia Saccardo

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Silvia Saccardo is a scholar working on Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvia Saccardo has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Safety Research, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in Silvia Saccardo's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (6 papers). Silvia Saccardo is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (6 papers). Silvia Saccardo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. Silvia Saccardo's co-authors include Sally Sadoff, Kelly Hyde, Osea Giuntella, Uri Gneezy, Marta Serra-García, Sitaram Vangala, Maria Han, Hengchen Dai, Daniel M. Croymans and Naveen Raja and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Silvia Saccardo

32 papers receiving 989 citations

Hit Papers

Lifestyle and mental heal... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during COVID-19
    2021 407 citations Osea Giuntella, Kelly Hyde et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations
    2021 271 citations Hengchen Dai, Silvia Saccardo et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvia Saccardo United States 10 282 270 260 157 155 34 1.0k
Chris Reinders Folmer Netherlands 18 248 0.9× 67 0.2× 417 1.6× 119 0.8× 107 0.7× 59 838
Adam Fine United States 22 491 1.7× 203 0.8× 895 3.4× 53 0.3× 109 0.7× 91 1.4k
Sally Sadoff United States 15 286 1.0× 81 0.3× 183 0.7× 290 1.8× 278 1.8× 31 1.2k
N. Pontus Leander Netherlands 18 303 1.1× 267 1.0× 548 2.1× 32 0.2× 93 0.6× 44 1.0k
Cheskie Rosenzweig United States 11 221 0.8× 114 0.4× 479 1.8× 106 0.7× 59 0.4× 14 1.1k
Maximilian Agostini Netherlands 11 184 0.7× 140 0.5× 420 1.6× 25 0.2× 89 0.6× 22 699
Anton Gollwitzer United States 13 201 0.7× 128 0.5× 385 1.5× 27 0.2× 103 0.7× 36 895
Michael Becher United States 13 357 1.3× 209 0.8× 317 1.2× 17 0.1× 305 2.0× 36 1.1k
Friedrich M. Götz United Kingdom 19 279 1.0× 120 0.4× 390 1.5× 22 0.1× 80 0.5× 55 1.3k
Alexander Bor Denmark 14 185 0.7× 374 1.4× 754 2.9× 20 0.1× 136 0.9× 30 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Silvia Saccardo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silvia Saccardo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvia Saccardo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gneezy, Uri, Silvia Saccardo, & Roel van Veldhuizen. (2025). An experimental investigation of lobbying and bribes. Experimental Economics. 28(3). 455–467.
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Dai, Hengchen, Daniel M. Croymans, Silvia Saccardo, et al.. (2025). Population Health Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies in Adults Aged 45 to 49 Years. JAMA. 334(9). 778–778. 1 indexed citations
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Giuntella, Osea, Silvia Saccardo, & Sally Sadoff. (2024). Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Field testing the transferability of behavioural science knowledge on promoting vaccinations. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(5). 878–890. 5 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2023). Image Concerns and Generosity: Field Evidence and Predictions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia & Marta Serra-García. (2023). Enabling or Limiting Cognitive Flexibility? Evidence of Demand for Moral Commitment. American Economic Review. 113(2). 396–429. 23 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2022). One Size Does Not Fit All: Behavioral Intervention to Promote Vaccination. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Golman, Russell, George Loewenstein, András Molnár, & Silvia Saccardo. (2021). The Demand for, and Avoidance of, Information. Management Science. 68(9). 6454–6476. 50 indexed citations
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Giuntella, Osea, Kelly Hyde, Silvia Saccardo, & Sally Sadoff. (2021). Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(9). 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Downs, Julie S., et al.. (2021). How Close is Too Close: The effect of near losses on subsequent risk taking. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Giuntella, Osea, et al.. (2021). Lifestyle and mental health 1 year into COVID-19. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23349–23349. 27 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Silvia Saccardo, Maria Han, et al.. (2021). Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature. 597(7876). 404–409. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dai, Hengchen, Silvia Saccardo, Maria Han, et al.. (2021). Behavioral Nudges Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations: Two Randomized Controlled Trials. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia & Marta Serra-García. (2020). Cognitive Flexibility or Moral Commitment? Evidence of Anticipated Belief Distortion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2020). Nudging generosity in consumer elective pricing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 163. 91–104. 8 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia & Marta Serra-García. (2020). Cognitive Flexibility or Moral Commitment? Evidence of Anticipated Belief Distortion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Gneezy, Uri, Silvia Saccardo, & Roel van Veldhuizen. (2018). Bribery: Behavioral Drivers of Distorted Decisions. Journal of the European Economic Association. 17(3). 917–946. 39 indexed citations
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Keenan, Elizabeth A., Silvia Saccardo, & Ayelet Gneezy. (2017). Overcoming Overhead Aversion With Choice. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations
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Alempaki, Despoina, et al.. (2016). Deception and Reciprocity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2015). Shifting Mindset in Consumer Elective Pricing. ACR North American Advances. 2 indexed citations

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