Steven A. McCornack

2.6k total citations
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Steven A. McCornack is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven A. McCornack has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Social Psychology, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steven A. McCornack's work include Deception detection and forensic psychology (19 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (8 papers). Steven A. McCornack is often cited by papers focused on Deception detection and forensic psychology (19 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (8 papers). Steven A. McCornack collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Russia. Steven A. McCornack's co-authors include Timothy R. Levine, Hee Sun Park, Malcolm R. Parks, Kelly Morrison, Barbara J. O’Keefe, Merissa Ferrara, Xun Zhu, Chad Harms, Thomas Hugh Feeley and Maria Knight Lapinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Communication Research, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and Communication Monographs.

In The Last Decade

Steven A. McCornack

22 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven A. McCornack United States 18 1.4k 988 538 409 273 23 1.8k
Laura Muhlenbruck United States 7 1.6k 1.2× 835 0.8× 896 1.7× 483 1.2× 277 1.0× 12 2.3k
Susan E. Kirkendol United States 7 1.3k 0.9× 940 1.0× 581 1.1× 263 0.6× 123 0.5× 8 1.9k
Melissa M. Wyer United States 8 1.2k 0.9× 988 1.0× 567 1.1× 236 0.6× 103 0.4× 10 1.9k
Daniel M. Ogilvie United States 14 795 0.6× 705 0.7× 351 0.7× 474 1.2× 86 0.3× 20 2.0k
Jeffrey J. Walczyk United States 23 735 0.5× 278 0.3× 378 0.7× 215 0.5× 93 0.3× 46 1.6k
Maria Hartwig United States 27 2.3k 1.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 2.7× 516 1.3× 173 0.6× 52 2.6k
Joseph P. Mazer United States 23 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 152 0.3× 140 0.3× 216 0.8× 82 2.6k
Erin E. Buckels Canada 10 609 0.4× 638 0.6× 841 1.6× 201 0.5× 81 0.3× 13 1.5k
Benzion Chanowitz United States 9 444 0.3× 487 0.5× 252 0.5× 76 0.2× 29 0.1× 12 1.3k
Nicholas S. Holtzman United States 18 546 0.4× 612 0.6× 746 1.4× 126 0.3× 34 0.1× 26 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morrison, Kelly & Steven A. McCornack. (2025). Can We Be Honest? Cognition, Intention, Speech Production, and the Future of Deception Research. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 45(1). 122–146.
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McCornack, Steven A., et al.. (2014). Information Manipulation Theory 2. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 33(4). 348–377. 119 indexed citations
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Morrison, Kelly & Steven A. McCornack. (2014). Rethinking Susceptibility: Examining the Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Other-Directed Persuasive Fear Appeal Messages. Communication Reports. 28(2). 103–114. 1 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R. & Steven A. McCornack. (2014). An Introduction to Advances in Deception Theory. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 33(4). 345–347. 2 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R., et al.. (2005). Testing the Effects of Nonverbal Behavior Training on Accuracy in Deception Detection with the Inclusion of a Bogus Training Control Group. Western Journal of Communication. 69(3). 203–217. 46 indexed citations
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Park, Hee Sun, Timothy R. Levine, Steven A. McCornack, Kelly Morrison, & Merissa Ferrara. (2002). How people really detect lies. Communication Monographs. 69(2). 144–157. 139 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R. & Steven A. McCornack. (2001). Behavioral Adaptation, Confidence, and Heuristic-Based Explanations of the Probing Effect. Human Communication Research. 27(4). 471–502. 38 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R., Hee Sun Park, & Steven A. McCornack. (1999). Accuracy in detecting truths and lies: Documenting the “veracity effect”. Communication Monographs. 66(2). 125–144. 301 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A.. (1997). The generation of deceptive messages: Laying the groundwork for a viable theory of interpersonal deception.. 69 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A., Timothy R. Levine, Kelly Morrison, & Maria Knight Lapinski. (1996). Speaking of information manipulation: A critical rejoinder. Communication Monographs. 63(1). 83–92. 14 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R. & Steven A. McCornack. (1996). Can Behavioral Adaptation Explain the Probing Effect? Rejoinder to Buller et al.. Human Communication Research. 22(4). 604–613. 8 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R. & Steven A. McCornack. (1992). Linking Love and Lies: A Formal Test of the Mccornack and Parks Model of Deception Detection. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 9(1). 143–154. 71 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A., et al.. (1992). When the alteration of information is viewed as deception: An empirical test of information manipulation theory. Communication Monographs. 59(1). 17–29. 87 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A.. (1992). Information manipulation theory. Communication Monographs. 59(1). 1–16. 285 indexed citations
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Levine, Timothy R. & Steven A. McCornack. (1991). The dark side of trust: Conceptualizing and measuring types of communicative suspicion. Communication Quarterly. 39(4). 325–340. 81 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A. & Timothy R. Levine. (1990). When lies are uncovered: Emotional and relational outcomes of discovered deception. Communication Monographs. 57(2). 119–138. 112 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A. & Malcolm R. Parks. (1990). What Women Know that Men don't: Sex Differences in Determining the Truth Behind Deceptive Messages. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 7(1). 107–118. 27 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A. & Timothy R. Levine. (1990). When lovers become leery: The relationship between suspicion and accuracy in detecting deception. Communication Monographs. 57(3). 219–230. 118 indexed citations
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O’Keefe, Barbara J. & Steven A. McCornack. (1987). Message Design Logic and Message Goal Structure Effects on Perceptions of Message Quality in Regulative Communication Situations. Human Communication Research. 14(1). 68–92. 71 indexed citations
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McCornack, Steven A. & Malcolm R. Parks. (1986). Deception Detection and Relationship Development: The Other Side of Trust. Annals of the International Communication Association. 9(1). 377–389. 156 indexed citations

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