Tory Higgins

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Tory Higgins is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tory Higgins has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Applied Psychology, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tory Higgins's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 papers). Tory Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 papers). Tory Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Netherlands. Tory Higgins's co-authors include James Y. Shah, Ronald Friedman, Orit E. Tykocinski, Lorena Gil de Montes, Gün R. Semin, José Valencia, Arie W. Kruglanski, Antonio Pierro, C. Douglas McCann and Lucia Mannetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

In The Last Decade

Tory Higgins

13 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus in... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus influences goal attainment.
    1998 504 citations James Y. Shah, Tory Higgins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus influences goal attainment.
    1998 500 citations James Y. Shah, Tory Higgins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tory Higgins United States 10 941 617 581 291 267 14 1.6k
Scott Spiegel United States 16 957 1.0× 675 1.1× 752 1.3× 283 1.0× 293 1.1× 17 1.9k
Christopher J. R. Roney Canada 11 777 0.8× 635 1.0× 623 1.1× 312 1.1× 233 0.9× 23 1.7k
Marlone D. Henderson United States 20 741 0.8× 954 1.5× 771 1.3× 322 1.1× 161 0.6× 32 2.0k
Robert E. Harlow United States 7 724 0.8× 535 0.9× 485 0.8× 244 0.8× 201 0.8× 11 1.5k
Amy Taylor United States 2 649 0.7× 352 0.6× 350 0.6× 184 0.6× 172 0.6× 2 1.1k
Tal Eyal Israel 18 697 0.7× 906 1.5× 710 1.2× 256 0.9× 130 0.5× 34 1.8k
Cassie Mogilner United States 19 535 0.6× 752 1.2× 719 1.2× 267 0.9× 266 1.0× 44 2.1k
Erik P. Thompson United States 15 588 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 1.4k 2.4× 301 1.0× 205 0.8× 18 2.3k
John J. Seta United States 22 529 0.6× 776 1.3× 841 1.4× 245 0.8× 119 0.4× 81 1.8k
Annette Y. Lee-Chai United States 7 590 0.6× 989 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 365 1.3× 216 0.8× 11 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tory Higgins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tory Higgins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tory Higgins

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Gilead, Michael, et al.. (2022). Just be yourself? Regulatory focus moderates the effects of societal standards attainment on personal well-being.. Motivation Science. 8(3). 252–267. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Rajesh, Gerben A. van Kleef, & Tory Higgins. (2014). How Emotions Impact Alliance Relationships: Reconceptualizing the Role of Discrepancies. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 10212–10212.
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Harreveld, Frenk van, et al.. (2013). How decision reversibility affects motivation.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 143(2). 835–849. 11 indexed citations
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Kruglanski, Arie W., Antonio Pierro, Lucia Mannetti, & Tory Higgins. (2013). The Distinct Psychologies of “Looking” and “Leaping”: Assessment and Locomotion as the Springs of Action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 7(2). 79–92. 42 indexed citations
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Pierro, Antonio, Mauro Giacomantonio, Lucia Mannetti, Tory Higgins, & Arie W. Kruglanski. (2012). Leaders as Planners and Movers: Supervisors' Regulatory Modes and Subordinates' Performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 42(10). 2564–2582. 8 indexed citations
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Pierro, Antonio, Fabio Presaghi, Tory Higgins, & Arie W. Kruglanski. (2009). Regulatory mode preferences for autonomy supporting versus controlling instructional styles. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 79(4). 599–615. 30 indexed citations
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Mannetti, Lucia, et al.. (2009). Priming the ant or the grasshopper in people's mind: How regulatory mode affects inter‐temporal choices. European Journal of Social Psychology. 39(6). 1120–1125. 32 indexed citations
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Zhou, Rongrong, Michel Tuan Pham, & Tory Higgins. (2006). Motivational Influences in Consumer Behavior: The Role of Regulatory Focus. Advances in consumer research. 33. 532. 3 indexed citations
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Semin, Gün R., et al.. (2005). Linguistic Signatures of Regulatory Focus: How Abstraction Fits Promotion More Than Prevention.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(1). 36–45. 206 indexed citations
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Shah, James Y., Tory Higgins, & Ronald Friedman. (1998). Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus influences goal attainment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(2). 285–293. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shah, James Y., Tory Higgins, & Ronald Friedman. (1998). Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus influences goal attainment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(2). 285–293. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Higgins, Tory & Orit E. Tykocinski. (1992). Seff-Discrepancies and Biographical Memory: Personality and Cognition at the Level of Psychological Situation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 18(5). 527–535. 199 indexed citations
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McCann, C. Douglas & Tory Higgins. (1992). Personal and contextual factors in communication: A review of the 'communication game.'. 43 indexed citations
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Newman, Leonard S., et al.. (1992). Self-Guide Strength and Emotional Vulnerability: Birth Order as a Moderator of Self-Affect Relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 18(4). 402–411. 26 indexed citations

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