Steven J. Spencer

26.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
178 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Steven J. Spencer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven J. Spencer has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 34 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steven J. Spencer's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (40 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (25 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (21 papers). Steven J. Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (40 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (25 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (21 papers). Steven J. Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Steven J. Spencer's co-authors include Claude M. Steele, Mark P. Zanna, Diane M. Quinn, Geoffrey T. Fong, Paul Davies, Steven Fein, M. P. Seah, Gregory M. Walton, Christine Logel and Ziva Kunda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Steven J. Spencer

173 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Stereotype Threat and Women's Math Performance

1999 2.2k citations Steven J. Spencer, Claude M. Steele et al. profile →
Establishing a causal chain: Why experiments are often more effective than mediational analyses in examining psychological processes.

2005 1.9k citations Steven J. Spencer, Mark P. Zanna et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Prejudice as self-image maintenance: Affirming the self through derogating others.

1997 711 citations Steven J. Spencer et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Stereotype Threat

2015 552 citations Steven J. Spencer, Christine Logel et al. profile →
Two brief interventions to mitigate a “chilly climate” transform women’s experience, relationships, and achievement in engineering.

2014 318 citations Gregory M. Walton, Christine Logel et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven J. Spencer

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Patterns of Social Support and LGBTQ + Community Involvement Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia and Their Effect on HIV-Related Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis 2025 ·AIDS and Behavior ·Curtis Chan, Benjamin R. Bavinton, Horas Wong, John Rule, Long Nguyen, Steven J. Spencer, Martin Holt	1
2	Coordinated Admittance-Impedance Control with Force Excitation for Compliant, Underactuated Aerial Manipulation 2024 ·IFAC-PapersOnLine ·(unknown), (unknown), Steven J. Spencer, Stephen Buerger	1
3	The Recursive Cycle of Perceived Mindset and Psychological Distress in College 2024 ·Social Psychological and Personality Science ·Kathryn M. Kroeper, (unknown), Tao Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven J. Spencer, Andrew F. Heckler, Kentaro Fujita	3
4	Celebrating organizational history triggers social identity threat among Black Americans 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Laura Wallace, Stephanie L. Reeves, Steven J. Spencer	4
5	The relation between authoritarian leadership and belief in fake news 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Juan Camilo Ospina, Gábor Orosz, Steven J. Spencer	2
6	Quantifiable correlation of ToF‐SIMS and XPS data from polymer surfaces with controlled amino acid and peptide content 2022 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·Michael D. Taylor, Fábio Ruiz Simões, James G.W. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Weng C. Chan, Chris Denning, David J. Scurr, Rory T. Steven, Steven J. Spencer, Alexander G. Shard, Morgan R. Alexander, Mischa Zelzer	3
7	When seeing stigma creates paternalism: Learning about disadvantage leads to perceptions of incompetence 2021 ·Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ·Stephanie L. Reeves, (unknown), Christine Logel, Steven J. Spencer	8
8	Achieving Versatile Energy Efficiency With the WANDERER Biped Robot 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·(unknown), Anirban Mazumdar, Steven J. Spencer, Morgan Quigley, Jesper Smith, Sylvain Bertrand, Jerry Pratt, (unknown), Stephen Buerger	17
9	Morphology-performance relationships in polymer/fullerene blends probed by complementary characterisation techniques – effects of nanowire formation and subsequent thermal annealing 2015 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·Jong Soo Kim, Sebastian Wood, Safa Shoaee, Steven J. Spencer, Fernando A. Castro, Wing Chung Tsoi, Craig E. Murphy, Myungsun Sim, Kilwon Cho, James R. Durrant, Ji‐Seon Kim	11
10	Corticospinal Excitability as a Predictor of Functional Gains at the Affected Upper Limb Following Robotic Training in Chronic Stroke Survivors 2014 ·Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Marie-Hélène Milot, Steven J. Spencer, Vicky Chan, James Allington, Julius Klein, Cathy Chou, Kristin M. Pearson‐Fuhrhop, J.E. Bobrow, David J. Reinkensmeyer, Steven C. Cramer	35
11	Effects of temperature and ammonia flow rate on the chemical vapour deposition growth of nitrogen-doped graphene 2014 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Antal A. Koós, Adrian T. Murdock, Péter Nemes‐Incze, Rebecca J. Nicholls, Andrew J. Pollard, Steven J. Spencer, Alexander G. Shard, Debdulal Roy, László Péter Biró, Nicole Grobert	20
12	Breaking It Down Is Better: Haptic Decomposition of Complex Movements Aids in Robot-Assisted Motor Learning 2012 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ·Julius Klein, Steven J. Spencer, David J. Reinkensmeyer	54
13	Inequality, discrimination, and the power of the status quo: Direct evidence for a motivation to see the way things are as the way they should be. 2009 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Aaron C. Kay, Danielle Gaucher, Jennifer M. Peach, Kristin Laurin, Justin Friesen, Mark P. Zanna, Steven J. Spencer	290
14	Interacting with sexist men triggers social identity threat among female engineers. 2009 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Christine Logel, Gregory M. Walton, Steven J. Spencer, Emma Iserman, William von Hippel, Amy Bell	208
15	The cost of lower self-esteem: Testing a self- and social-bonds model of health. 2008 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Danu Anthony Stinson, Christine Logel, Mark P. Zanna, John G. Holmes, Jessica J. Cameron, Joanne V. Wood, Steven J. Spencer	117
16	Don’t take another bite: How sociocultural norms for appearance affect women's eating behavior 2007 ·Body Image ·Erin J. Strahan, Steven J. Spencer, Mark P. Zanna	22
17	An on-line surface vibration monitoring system for AG/SAG mills 2006 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·J. J. Campbell, Ralph J. Holmes, Steven J. Spencer, (unknown), (unknown), Keith Davey	1
18	Clearing the Air: Identity Safety Moderates the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Women's Leadership Aspirations. 2005 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Paul Davies, Steven J. Spencer, Claude M. Steele	442
19	Motivated social perception 2003 ·Steven J. Spencer	49
20	Brain lithium concentrations in bipolar disorder patients: preliminary 7Li magnetic resonance studies at 3 T 2001 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Jair C. Soares, Fernando E. Boada, Steven J. Spencer, Alan G. Mallinger, Christine Dippold, (unknown), Ellen Frank, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Samuel Gershon, David J. Kupfer	39

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