Spassena Koleva

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Spassena Koleva is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Spassena Koleva has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Spassena Koleva's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers). Spassena Koleva is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (6 papers). Spassena Koleva collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Spassena Koleva's co-authors include Jesse Graham, Ravi Iyer, Peter H. Ditto, Jonathan Haidt, Brian A. Nosek, Andrea L. Glenn, Jia Wei Zhang, Dacher Keltner, Paul K. Piff and Isaac H. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Spassena Koleva

20 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Mapping the moral domain.

2011 1.7k citations Jesse Graham, Brian A. Nosek et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Tracing the threads: How five moral concerns (especially Purity) help explain culture war attitudes

2012 438 citations Spassena Koleva, Jesse Graham et al. Journal of Research in Personality profile →
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians

2012 405 citations Ravi Iyer, Spassena Koleva et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Morality beyond the WEIRD: How the nomological network of morality varies across cultures.

2023 97 citations Mohammad Atari, Jonathan Haidt et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Spassena Koleva United States	15	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	480	372	20	3.5k
Ravi Iyer United States	24	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	467 1.0×	556 1.5×	47	4.8k
David A. Pizarro United States	27	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	485 1.0×	400 1.1×	54	3.9k
Lawrence J. Walker Canada	37	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 2.3×	934 2.5×	97	4.2k
Mark J. Brandt Netherlands	33	2.5k 1.2×	984 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	147 0.3×	268 0.7×	118	3.8k
Matthew Feinberg United States	27	2.5k 1.3×	760 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	166 0.3×	277 0.7×	51	4.1k
Brian Lickel United States	34	3.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.7×	170 0.4×	505 1.4×	71	5.3k
Mina Cikara United States	33	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	100 0.2×	409 1.1×	69	3.9k
Darcia Narváez United States	30	828 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	952 0.6×	1.2k 2.6×	363 1.0×	114	3.6k
Jim A. C. Everett United Kingdom	23	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	824 0.5×	294 0.6×	137 0.4×	44	2.2k
Bogdan Wojciszke Poland	25	2.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	219 0.5×	429 1.2×	73	4.2k

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Atari, Mohammad, Jonathan Haidt, Jesse Graham, et al.. (2023). Morality beyond the WEIRD: How the nomological network of morality varies across cultures.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 125(5). 1157–1188. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

Selterman, Dylan, Amy C. Moors, & Spassena Koleva. (2018). Moral judgment toward relationship betrayals and those who commit them. Personal Relationships. 25(1). 65–86. 12 indexed citations

Graham, Jesse, Peter Meindl, Spassena Koleva, Ravi Iyer, & KATE JOHNSON. (2015). When Values and Behavior Conflict: Moral Pluralism and Intrapersonal Moral Hypocrisy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 9(3). 158–170. 50 indexed citations

Koleva, Spassena, Dylan Selterman, Hannah Kang, & Jesse Graham. (2014). Beyond Kohlberg vs. Gilligan: Empathy and Disgust Sensitivity Mediate Gender Differences in Moral Judgments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

Selterman, Dylan & Spassena Koleva. (2014). Moral judgment of close relationship behaviors. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 32(7). 922–945. 20 indexed citations

Smith, Isaac H., Karl Aquino, Spassena Koleva, & Jesse Graham. (2014). The Moral Ties That Bind . . . Even to Out-Groups: The Interactive Effect of Moral Identity and the Binding Moral Foundations. Psychological Science. 25(8). 1554–1562. 114 indexed citations

Koleva, Spassena, Dylan Selterman, Ravi Iyer, Peter H. Ditto, & Jesse Graham. (2013). The Moral Compass of Insecurity. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 5(2). 185–194. 38 indexed citations

Zhang, Jia Wei, Paul K. Piff, Ravi Iyer, Spassena Koleva, & Dacher Keltner. (2013). An occasion for unselfing: Beautiful nature leads to prosociality. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 37. 61–72. 193 indexed citations

Koleva, Spassena & Jonathan Haidt. (2012). Let's Use Einstein's Safety Razor, Not Occam's Swiss Army Knife or Occam's Chainsaw. Psychological Inquiry. 23(2). 175–178. 8 indexed citations

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Iyer, Ravi, Spassena Koleva, Jesse Graham, Peter H. Ditto, & Jonathan Haidt. (2012). Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42366–e42366. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koleva, Spassena, Jesse Graham, Ravi Iyer, Peter H. Ditto, & Jonathan Haidt. (2012). Tracing the threads: How five moral concerns (especially Purity) help explain culture war attitudes. Journal of Research in Personality. 46(2). 184–194. 438 indexed citations breakdown →

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Graham, Jesse, Brian A. Nosek, Jonathan Haidt, et al.. (2011). Mapping the moral domain.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101(2). 366–385. 1734 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ditto, Peter H. & Spassena Koleva. (2011). Moral Empathy Gaps and the American Culture War. Emotion Review. 3(3). 331–332. 44 indexed citations

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Glenn, Andrea L., Spassena Koleva, Ravi Iyer, Jesse Graham, & Peter H. Ditto. (2010). Moral identity in psychopathy. Judgment and Decision Making. 5(7). 497–505. 110 indexed citations

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Iyer, Ravi, et al.. (2010). Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Roots of an Individualist Ideology. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

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Iyer, Ravi, Spassena Koleva, Jesse Graham, Jonathan Haidt, & Peter H. Ditto. (2010). Separating Anti-War from Pro-Peace Attitudes using Moral Psychology measures. 2 indexed citations

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Iyer, Ravi, Jesse Graham, Spassena Koleva, Peter H. Ditto, & Jonathan Haidt. (2010). Beyond Identity Politics: Moral Psychology and the 2008 Democratic Primary. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. 10(1). 293–306. 19 indexed citations

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Glenn, Andrea L., Ravi Iyer, Jesse Graham, Spassena Koleva, & Jonathan Haidt. (2009). Are All Types of Morality Compromised in Psychopathy?. Journal of Personality Disorders. 23(4). 384–398. 125 indexed citations

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Koleva, Spassena & Blanka Rip. (2009). Attachment Style and Political Ideology: A Review of Contradictory Findings. Social Justice Research. 22(2-3). 241–258. 24 indexed citations

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Critcher, Clayton R., et al.. (2009). Political Orientation and Ideological Inconsistencies: (Dis)comfort with Value Tradeoffs. Social Justice Research. 22(2-3). 181–205. 13 indexed citations

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