2026 Ad van Knippenberg: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	45	6534	6081	298	286	87	16404

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Psychology

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Overview

Ad van Knippenberg is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research spans several main fields, including Psychology, Neuroscience, and Social Sciences, with specific work in subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research focuses on topics related to Deception detection and forensic psychology, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, and Misinformation and its Impacts.

They have published in venues such as Frontiers in Psychology. One recent paper is titled The Limits of Conscious Deception Detection: When Reliance on False Deception Cues Contributes to Inaccurate Judgments, published in 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology.

Ad van Knippenberg has collaborated frequently with coauthors including:

Mariëlle Stel
annika schwarz
Eric van Dijk

Best Publications

Presentation and validation of the Radboud Faces Database

Oliver Langner;Ron Dotsch;Gijsbert Bijlstra;Daniel H. J. Wigboldus

2891
Citations
Mimicry and Prosocial Behavior

Rick B. van Baaren;Rob W. Holland;Kerry Kawakami;Ad van Knippenberg

1063
Citations
The relation between perception and behavior, or how to win a game of Trivial Pursuit.

A Dijksterhuis;A van Knippenberg

849
Citations
Effects of the legitimacy of low group or individual status on individual and collective status-enhancement strategies.

Naomi Ellemers;Henk Wilke;Ad van Knippenberg

832
Citations
ATTITUDE VERSUS GENERAL HABIT -- ANTECEDENTS OF TRAVEL MODE CHOICE /

Bas Verplanken;Henk Aarts;Ad van Knippenberg;Carina van Knippenberg

745
Citations
The Cessation of Rumination Through Self-Affirmation

Sander L. Koole;Karianne Smeets;Ad van Knippenberg;Ap Dijksterhuis

633
Citations
Mimicry for money: Behavioral consequences of imitation

Rick B. van Baaren;Rob W. Holland;Bregje Steenaert;Ad van Knippenberg

623
Citations
Literal and symbolic immortality: the effect of evidence of literal immortality on self-esteem striving in response to mortality salience

Mark Dechesne;Tom Pyszczynski;Jamie Arndt;Sean Ransom

621
Citations
Social identification and permeability of group boundaries

Naomi Ellemers;Ad van Knippenberg;Nanne De Vries;Henk Wilke

580
Citations
The Influence of Permeability of Group Boundaries and Stability of Group Status on Strategies of Individual Mobility and Social Change

Naomi Ellemers;Ad Van Knippenberg;Henk A. Wilke

551
Citations
It takes two to mimic: behavioral consequences of self-construals.

Rick B. van Baaren;William W. Maddux;Tanya L. Chartrand;Cris de Bouter

451
Citations
On the nature of attitude-behavior relations: the strong guide, the weak follow

Rob W. Holland;Bas Verplanken;Ad Van Knippenberg

352
Citations
Motivated Social Cognition: Need for Closure Effects on Memory and Judgment

Ap Dijksterhuis;Ad van Knippenberg;Arie W. Kruglanski;Carel Schaper

305
Citations
Status protection in high status minority groups

Naomi Ellemers;Bertjan Doosje;Ad Van Knippenberg;Henk Wilke

298
Citations
Derogation and distancing as terror management strategies: The moderating role of need for closure and permeability of group boundaries.

Mark Dechesne;Jacques Janssen;Ad van Knippenberg

294
Citations
Ethnic Out-Group Faces Are Biased in the Prejudiced Mind

Ron Dotsch;Daniël H.J. Wigboldus;Oliver Langner;Ad van Knippenberg

284
Citations
The Role of Facial Mimicry in the Recognition of Affect

Mariëlle Stel;Ad van Knippenberg

282
Citations
When approach motivation and behavioral inhibition collide: Behavior regulation through stimulus devaluation

Harm Veling;Rob W. Holland;Ad van Knippenberg

216
Citations
Finding Comfort in a Joke: Consolatory Effects of Humor Through Cognitive Distraction

Madelijn Strick;Rob W. Holland;Rick B. van Baaren;Ad van Knippenberg

214
Citations
Social comparison processes among cancer patients.

Eric Molleman;Jean Pruyn;Ad van Knippenberg

211
Citations
From repetition to conviction: Attitude accessibility as a determinant of attitude certainty

Rob W Holland;Bas Verplanken;Ad van Knippenberg

211
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob W. Holland Radboud University

Ap Dijksterhuis Radboud University

Rick B. van Baaren Radboud University

Daniël H. J. Wigboldus Radboud University

Bas Verplanken University of Bath

Naomi Ellemers Utrecht University

Henk A. M. Wilke Leiden University

Sander L. Koole Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Skyler T. Hawk Chinese University of Hong Kong

Eric van Dijk Leiden University

External Links

Personal website of Ad van Knippenberg

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