Steve Loughnan

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Steve Loughnan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Loughnan has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 31 papers in Social Psychology and 29 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Steve Loughnan's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (28 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (13 papers). Steve Loughnan is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (28 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (24 papers) and Human-Animal Interaction Studies (13 papers). Steve Loughnan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. Steve Loughnan's co-authors include Nick Haslam, Brock Bastian, Meredith O’Connor, Jared Piazza, Boyka Bratanova, Helena R. M. Radke, Matthew B. Ruby, Hanne M Watkins, Jeroen Vaes and Elisa Puvia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steve Loughnan

70 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Dehumanization and Infrahumanization

2013 699 citations Nick Haslam, Steve Loughnan profile →
Rationalizing meat consumption. The 4Ns

2015 486 citations Steve Loughnan et al. Appetite profile →
Advances in Psychology Research

2008 474 citations Meredith O’Connor, Steve Loughnan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Loughnan United Kingdom	31	1.9k	1.7k	1.4k	902	736	72	5.2k
Brock Bastian Australia	46	3.8k 2.0×	3.2k 1.9×	2.1k 1.4×	630 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	134	7.7k
Gordon Hodson Canada	46	3.5k 1.8×	4.5k 2.6×	1.4k 1.0×	531 0.6×	942 1.3×	145	6.9k
Kristof Dhont United Kingdom	34	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	571 0.4×	332 0.4×	216 0.3×	69	3.0k
Jared Piazza United Kingdom	26	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	553 0.6×	186 0.3×	58	2.8k
Paul Rozin United States	30	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	3.1k 2.1×	192 0.2×	1.9k 2.5×	48	7.7k
Marc Wilson New Zealand	38	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	430 0.3×	223 0.2×	1.5k 2.1×	114	5.2k
Hank Rothgerber United States	21	650 0.3×	740 0.4×	398 0.3×	913 1.0×	104 0.1×	30	2.4k
Daniel M. T. Fessler United States	38	2.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	2.5k 1.8×	133 0.1×	698 0.9×	135	6.0k
Margo Wilson Canada	40	1.4k 0.8×	3.9k 2.3×	473 0.3×	531 0.6×	1.4k 1.9×	88	7.5k
Catherine E. Amiot Canada	31	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	331 0.2×	119 0.1×	331 0.4×	92	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Loughnan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Loughnan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Loughnan

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All Works

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Çoksan, Sami, et al.. (2025). When those fleeing the war are blue-eyed and blond: The effects of message content and social identity on blatant dehumanization in four nations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 106. 102177–102177. 2 indexed citations

Shank, Daniel B., et al.. (2025). Artificial intimacy: ethical issues of AI romance. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 29(6). 499–501.

Sainz, Mario, Steve Loughnan, Rocío Martínez, Miguel Moya, & Rosa Rodríguez‐Bailón. (2020). Dehumanization of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups Decreases Support for Welfare Policies via Perceived Wastefulness. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33(1). 12–12. 26 indexed citations

Loughnan, Steve, et al.. (2020). What factors attract people to play romantic video games?. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231535–e0231535. 12 indexed citations

Loughnan, Steve, et al.. (2019). Insights into Men’s Sexual Aggression Toward Women: Dehumanization and Objectification. Sex Roles. 81(11-12). 713–730. 35 indexed citations

Loughnan, Steve, et al.. (2019). The mechanism of over-adaptation in the United Kingdom. The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association. 83(0). 1C–31. 1 indexed citations

Loughnan, Steve, et al.. (2019). Class and objectification: An investigation into the relationship between women’s social class and self- and other-objectification. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214111–e0214111. 2 indexed citations

Brown, Amy L., et al.. (2018). The role of self-objectification and women’s blame, sympathy, and support for a rape victim. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0199808–e0199808. 11 indexed citations

Davies, Thomas L., Kumar Yogeeswaran, Maykel Verkuyten, & Steve Loughnan. (2018). From humanitarian aid to humanization: When outgroup, but not ingroup, helping increases humanization. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207343–e0207343. 10 indexed citations

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Loughnan, Steve, et al.. (2017). Chickening out of change: Will knowing more about thinking chickens change public perceptions?. Animal Sentience. 2(17). 2 indexed citations

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Bratanova, Boyka, et al.. (2016). Poverty, inequality, and increased consumption of high calorie food: Experimental evidence for a causal link. Appetite. 100. 162–171. 86 indexed citations

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Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina, et al.. (2016). Sexualization reduces helping intentions towards female victims of intimate partner violence through mediation of moral patiency. British Journal of Social Psychology. 56(2). 293–313. 50 indexed citations

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Loughnan, Steve, Jeroen Vaes, Gulnaz Anjum, et al.. (2015). Exploring the role of culture in sexual objectification: A seven nations study. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 28(1). 125–152. 56 indexed citations

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Downs, John, Frank Vetere, Steve Howard, Steve Loughnan, & Wally Smith. (2014). Audience experience in social videogaming. 3473–3482. 19 indexed citations

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Haslam, Nick, Steve Loughnan, & Elise Holland. (2013). Objectification and (de)Humanization. Springer US. 9 indexed citations

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Loughnan, Steve, Boyka Bratanova, & Elisa Puvia. (2012). The meat paradox: how are we able to love animals and love eating animals?. Mind. 1. 15–18. 23 indexed citations

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Haslam, Nick & Steve Loughnan. (2012). Dehumanization and prejudice. 89–104. 5 indexed citations

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Loughnan, Steve, Bernhard Leidner, Guy Doron, et al.. (2010). Universal biases in self‐perception: Better and more human than average. British Journal of Social Psychology. 49(3). 627–636. 25 indexed citations

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Loughnan, Steve, Nick Haslam, & Yoshihisa Kashima. (2009). Understanding the Relationship between Attribute-Based and Metaphor-Based Dehumanization. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 12(6). 747–762. 74 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Meredith, Steve Loughnan, & Nick Haslam. (2008). Advances in Psychology Research. 474 indexed citations breakdown →

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