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Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
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Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 770 21 20 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 17
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.167
Impact Factor: 1.2

Top Publications

  • Moderating role of perceived behavioral control in the theory of planned behavior: A preregistered study

    Francesco La Barbera;Icek Ajzen

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • Construct jangle or construct mangle? Thinking straight about (nonredundant) psychological constructs

    Gordon Hodson

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Longing for the “good old days” of our country: National nostalgia as a new master-frame of populist radical right parties

    Anouk Smeekes;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • The role of collective narcissism in populist attitudes and the collapse of democracy in Hungary

    Dorottya Lantos;Joseph P. Forgas

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Mindfulness buffers the adverse impact of need frustration on employee outcomes: A self‐determination theory perspective

    Anja H. Olafsen;Christopher P. Niemiec;Christopher P. Niemiec;Edward L. Deci;Edward L. Deci;Hallgeir Halvari

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • The curious case of left-wing authoritarianism: When authoritarian persons meet anti-authoritarian norms

    Lucian Gideon Conway;James D. McFarland;Thomas H. Costello;Scott O. Lilienfeld

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Who do you think you are? Ingroup and outgroup sources of identity validation

    Eunice U. Choi;Michael A. Hogg

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Testing the motivational effects of attainable role models: Field and experimental evidence

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Organizational Justice and Health: Reviewing Two Decades of Studies

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Calculating Hypocrites Effect: Moral judgments of word‐deed contradictory transgressions depend on targets' competence

    Mengchen Dong;Mengchen Dong;Jan-Willem van Prooijen;Paul A. M. van Lange

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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