Stuart Capstick

11.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
57 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Stuart Capstick is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart Capstick has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 27 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stuart Capstick's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (34 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (25 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (9 papers). Stuart Capstick is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (34 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (25 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (9 papers). Stuart Capstick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Stuart Capstick's co-authors include Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wouter Poortinga, Nick Pidgeon, Alexa Spence, Nicholas Frank Pidgeon, Christina Demski, Robert Gennaro Sposato, Paul Upham, Nicholas Nash and J. Steinberger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Psychologist and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stuart Capstick

54 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Uncertain climate: An investigation into public scepticism about anthropogenic climate change

2011 492 citations Wouter Poortinga, Alexa Spence et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century

2014 458 citations Stuart Capstick, Lorraine Whitmarsh et al. profile →
Discourses of climate delay

2020 351 citations Stuart Capstick et al. profile →
Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses

2016 333 citations Christina Demski, Stuart Capstick et al. Climatic Change profile →
How psychology can help limit climate change.

2020 223 citations Kristian Steensen Nielsen, Susan Clayton et al. American Psychologist profile →
Behaviour change to address climate change

2021 169 citations Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wouter Poortinga et al. Current Opinion in Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stuart Capstick United Kingdom	31	2.4k	1.8k	750	357	310	57	3.9k
Adam Corner United Kingdom	32	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	976 1.3×	270 0.8×	298 1.0×	67	3.8k
Ezra M. Markowitz United States	29	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	643 0.9×	589 1.6×	472 1.5×	79	4.3k
Peter D. Howe United States	31	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	218 0.6×	142 0.5×	88	4.2k
Rachael Shwom United States	22	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	548 0.7×	197 0.6×	459 1.5×	41	2.9k
Sophie Nicholson-Cole United Kingdom	10	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	763 1.0×	279 0.8×	199 0.6×	15	3.1k
Arnold Vedlitz United States	36	3.7k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	203 0.6×	268 0.9×	133	5.8k
Connie Roser‐Renouf United States	26	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	683 0.9×	361 1.0×	112 0.4×	48	4.1k
Gisela Böhm Norway	29	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	279 0.4×	443 1.2×	433 1.4×	70	3.1k
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon United Kingdom	25	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	694 0.9×	215 0.6×	210 0.7×	49	2.9k
Saffron O’Neill United Kingdom	30	4.1k 1.7×	2.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	577 1.6×	806 2.6×	52	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stuart Capstick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stuart Capstick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart Capstick

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20 of 20 papers shown

Demski, Christina, et al.. (2025). Opening-up or closing-down climate deliberations: comparing the Climate Assembly UK and French Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat. Environmental Research Communications. 7(6). 65004–65004.

Spence, Alexa, Charles A. Ogunbode, Christina Demski, & Stuart Capstick. (2025). The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 8. 100221–100221.

Demski, Christina, et al.. (2024). Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities. PLOS Climate. 3(1). e0000322–e0000322. 11 indexed citations

Demski, Christina, et al.. (2023). A people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals. Journal of the British Academy. 11. 97–124. 13 indexed citations

Whitmarsh, Lorraine, Wouter Poortinga, & Stuart Capstick. (2021). Behaviour change to address climate change. Current Opinion in Psychology. 42. 76–81. 169 indexed citations breakdown →

Nielsen, Kristian Steensen, Susan Clayton, Paul C. Stern, et al.. (2020). How psychology can help limit climate change.. American Psychologist. 76(1). 130–144. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

Nash, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Perceptions of Local Environmental Issues and the Relevance of Climate Change in Nepal's Terai: Perspectives From Two Communities. Frontiers in Sociology. 4. 60–60. 25 indexed citations

Nash, Nicholas, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Stuart Capstick, et al.. (2019). Reflecting on Behavioral Spillover in Context: How Do Behavioral Motivations and Awareness Catalyze Other Environmentally Responsible Actions in Brazil, China, and Denmark?. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 788–788. 33 indexed citations

Nash, Nicholas, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Stuart Capstick, et al.. (2019). Local climate change cultures: climate-relevant discursive practices in three emerging economies. Climatic Change. 163(1). 63–82. 36 indexed citations

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Corner, Adam, et al.. (2018). Climate communication in practice: how are we engaging the UK public on climate change?. Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University). 10038. 4 indexed citations

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Ogunbode, Charles A., Gisela Böhm, Stuart Capstick, et al.. (2018). The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions. Climate Policy. 19(6). 703–715. 64 indexed citations

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Ogunbode, Charles A., Christina Demski, Stuart Capstick, & Robert Gennaro Sposato. (2018). Attribution matters: Revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change mitigation responses. Global Environmental Change. 54. 31–39. 122 indexed citations

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Whitmarsh, Lorraine, Stuart Capstick, & Nicholas Nash. (2017). Who is reducing their material consumption and why? A cross-cultural analysis of dematerialization behaviours. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 375(2095). 20160376–20160376. 35 indexed citations

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Demski, Christina, Stuart Capstick, Nick Pidgeon, Robert Gennaro Sposato, & Alexa Spence. (2016). Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses. Climatic Change. 140(2). 149–164. 333 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corner, Adam, Stuart Capstick, & Nicholas Frank Pidgeon. (2014). Public perceptions of ocean acidification summary findings of two nationally representative surveys of the British public, October 2014. 2 indexed citations

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Capstick, Stuart & Alan Lewis. (2010). Effects of personal carbon allowances on decision-making: evidence from an experimental simulation. Climate Policy. 10(4). 369–384. 36 indexed citations

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Capstick, Stuart, et al.. (2009). Relationships between health and culture in Polynesia – A review. Social Science & Medicine. 68(7). 1341–1348. 62 indexed citations

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Capstick, Stuart, Rosemary Beresford, & Andrew Gray. (2008). Rural pharmacy in New Zealand: Effects of a compulsory externship on student perspectives and implications for workforce shortage. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 16(3). 150–155. 21 indexed citations

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Capstick, Stuart, et al.. (2008). Personal carbon trading: a view from psychology and behavioural economics. Vaccine. 26(15). 1879–86. 4 indexed citations

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Capstick, Stuart & Rosemary Beresford. (2007). A comparison of student attitudes and intentions at the start and end of their BPharm degree programme. Pharmacy Education. 7(3). 267–277. 2 indexed citations

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