Steven L. Neuberg

18.8k citations

105 papers · 9.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 42

Applied Psychology top 0.5%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions 10
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior 35
Social Psychology top 0.1%
- Cultural Differences and Values 18
General Decision Sciences top 1%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment 31
Sociology and Political Science
- Social and Intergroup Psychology 39
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 11
- Psychology of Social Influence 6
Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Child and Animal Learning Development 6

Co-authors: Douglas T. Kenrick Catherine A. Cottrell Mark Schaller Jason T. Newsom Susan T. Fiske D. Vaughn Becker Vladas Griskevicius Robert B. Cialdini
Cited by: Applied Psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (32 papers)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Croatia

In The Last Decade

Steven L. Neuberg

101 papers receiving 8.9k citations

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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.

2010 Perspectives on Psychological Science
2005 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1997 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1993 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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1	Ecological Affordances across Life Stages: An Affordance Management Framework Behavioral and Brain Sciences ·Ahra Ko,Steven L. Neuberg	2025	1
2	Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-19-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility. American Psychologist ·Ahra Ko,Steven L. Neuberg,Cari M. Pick,Michael E. W. Varnum,D. Vaughn Becker	2024	2
3	Rational reasons for irrational beliefs. American Psychologist ·Michael Barlev,Steven L. Neuberg	2024	2
4	Beyond Observation: Manipulating Circumstances to Detect Affordances and Infer Traits Personality and Social Psychology Review ·Cari M. Pick,Steven L. Neuberg	2022	1
5	Effects of economic uncertainty and socioeconomic status on reproductive timing: A life history approach SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kenneth Tan,Norman P. Li,Andrea L. Meltzer,J. Chin,Lynn K. L. Tan,Amy J. Lim,Steven L. Neuberg,Mark van Vugt	2022	6
6	The behavioral ecology of cultural psychological variation. Psychological Review ·Oliver Sng,Steven L. Neuberg,Michael E. W. Varnum,Douglas T. Kenrick	2018	95
7	The crowded life is a slow life: Population density and life history strategy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Oliver Sng,Steven L. Neuberg,Michael E. W. Varnum,Douglas T. Kenrick	2017	88
8	Women selectively guard their (desirable) mates from ovulating women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Jaimie Arona Krems,Rebecca Neel,Steven L. Neuberg,David A. Puts,Douglas T. Kenrick	2016	27
9	Individual differences in fundamental social motives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Rebecca Neel,Douglas T. Kenrick,Andrew Edward White,Steven L. Neuberg	2015	179
10	Evolutionary Social Cognition Oxford University Press eBooks ·Steven L. Neuberg,D. Vaughn Becker,Douglas T. Kenrick	2013	12
11	When nasty breeds nice: Threats of violence amplify agreeableness at national, individual, and situational levels. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Andrew Edward White,Douglas T. Kenrick,Yexin Jessica Li,Chad R. Mortensen,Steven L. Neuberg,Adam B. Cohen	2012	25
12	Overlooking Evolution: A Systematic Analysis of Cancer Relapse and Therapeutic Resistance Research PLoS ONE ·Athena Aktipis,Virginia S. Y. Kwan,Kathryn A. Johnson,Steven L. Neuberg,Carlo C. Maley	2011	75
13	Who expressed what emotion? Men grab anger, women grab happiness Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Rebecca Neel,D. Vaughn Becker,Steven L. Neuberg,Douglas T. Kenrick	2011	22
14	Threatened selves and differential prejudice expression by White and Black perceivers Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Jenessa R. Shapiro,Stephen A. Mistler,Steven L. Neuberg	2010	9
15	I only have eyes for you: Ovulation redirects attention (but not memory) to attractive men Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Uriah S. Anderson,Elaine F. Perea,D. Vaughn Becker,Joshua M. Ackerman,Jenessa R. Shapiro,Steven L. Neuberg,Douglas T. Kenrick	2010	53
16	The confounded nature of angry men and happy women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·D. Vaughn Becker,Douglas T. Kenrick,Steven L. Neuberg,Kimberly C Blackwell,Dylan Smith	2007	298
17	What do people desire in others? A sociofunctional perspective on the importance of different valued characteristics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Catherine A. Cottrell,Steven L. Neuberg,Norman P. Li	2007	241
18	Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Jon K. Maner,Douglas T. Kenrick,D. Vaughn Becker,Theresa E. Robertson,Brian Hofer,Steven L. Neuberg,Andrew W. Delton,Jonathan Butner,Mark Schaller	2005	330
19	Target complicity in the confirmation and disconfirmation of erroneous perceiver expectations: Immediate and longer term implications. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Dustin Smith,Steven L. Neuberg,T. Nicole Judice,Jeremy C. Biesanz	1997	7
20	Motivational influences on impression formation: Outcome dependency, accuracy-driven attention, and individuating processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Steven L. Neuberg,Susan T. Fiske	1987	71

About Steven L. Neuberg

Steven L. Neuberg is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 105 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (39 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (35 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (31 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (18 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (11 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (6 papers) and Psychology of Social Influence (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (1.1k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.8k citations) and Social Psychology (4.2k citations). Steven L. Neuberg has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Croatia. Frequent co-authors include Douglas T. Kenrick, Catherine A. Cottrell, Mark Schaller, Jason T. Newsom, Susan T. Fiske, D. Vaughn Becker, Vladas Griskevicius, Robert B. Cialdini, Jenessa R. Shapiro and Brian P. Lewis. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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