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D-Index
55
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11340
World Ranking
2038
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16

Christian A. Klöckner publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian A. Klöckner sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Christian A. Klöckner D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian A. Klöckner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian A. Klöckner is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research spans key domains within social sciences and environmental science, focusing on the intersection of human behavior and sustainability issues.

Their work covers various subfields, including sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, transportation, marketing, and applied psychology. The main topics addressed in their research are environmental education and sustainability, climate change communication and perception, social acceptance of renewable energy, behavioral health and interventions, environmental sustainability in business, transportation and mobility innovations, and urban transport and accessibility.

Christian A. Klöckner has contributed to numerous academic publications. Recent papers include:

  • Social Desirability in Environmental Psychology Research: Three Meta-Analyses (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Climate change action as a project of identity: Eight meta-analyses (2021, Global Environmental Change)
  • Validation of the WHOQOL-Bref: psychometric properties and normative data for the Norwegian general population (2021, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
  • Green Across the Board: Board Games as Tools for Dialogue and Simplified Environmental Communication (2020, Simulation & Gaming)
  • Psychological Predictors of Energy Saving Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Approach (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Štěpán Veselý
  • Milad Mehdizadeh
  • Erica Löfström
  • Giuseppe Carrus
  • Andrea Kollmann

Christian A. Klöckner publishes regularly in several academic venues with multiple contributions, especially in:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Energy Research & Social Science

In addition to articles, they have published books such as "Disruptive Environmental Communication" (2022), which appears under the publisher Psychology and our planet.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive model of the psychology of environmental behaviour—A meta-analysis

    Christian A. Klöckner

  • A comprehensive action determination model: Toward a broader understanding of ecological behaviour using the example of travel mode choice

    Christian A. Klöckner;Anke Blöbaum

  • How habits interfere with norm-directed behaviour: A normative decision-making model for travel mode choice

    Christian A. Klöckner;Ellen Matthies

  • The role of parental behaviour for the development of behaviour specific environmental norms – The example of recycling and re-use behaviour

    Ellen Matthies;Sebastian Selge;Christian A. Klöckner

  • Travel Mode Choice of Women: The Result of Limitation, Ecological Norm, or Weak Habit?

    Ellen Matthies;Silke Kuhn;Christian A. Klöckner

  • Positive and negative spillover effects from electric car purchase to car use

    Christian Andreas Klöckner;Alim Nayum;Mehmet Mehmetoglu

  • A multi-level approach to travel mode choice – How person characteristics and situation specific aspects determine car use in a student sample

    Christian A. Klöckner;Thomas Friedrichsmeier

  • Social Desirability in Environmental Psychology Research: Three Meta-Analyses

    Stepan Vesely;Christian A. Klöckner

  • Saving electricity – For the money or the environment? Risks of limiting pro-environmental spillover when using monetary framing

    Julia Steinhorst;Christian A. Klöckner;Ellen Matthies

  • Adolescent school absenteeism: modelling social and individual risk factors

    Jo Magne Ingul;Jo Magne Ingul;Christian A. Klöckner;Wendy K. Silverman;Hans M. Nordahl;Hans M. Nordahl

  • Applying a Modified Moral Decision Making Model to Change Habitual Car Use: How Can Commitment be Effective?

    Ellen Matthies;Christian A. Klöckner;Claudia L. Preißner

  • Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

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  • Car use of young adults: the role of travel socialization

    Sonja Haustein;Christian A. Klöckner;Anke Blöbaum

  • General vs. domain specific recycling behaviour—Applying a multilevel comprehensive action determination model to recycling in Norwegian student homes

    Christian Andreas Klöckner;Inger Olin Oppedal

  • Problems of Operationalizing Habits and Integrating Habits in Normative Decision‐Making Models

    Christian A. KLöckner;Ellen Matthies;Marcel Hunecke

  • The importance of personal norms for purchasing organic milk

    Christian A. Klöckner;Silvia Ohms

  • Individual motivations for limiting meat consumption

    Ifat Zur;Christian A. Klöckner

  • A comprehensive socio-psychological approach to car type choice

    Alim Nayum;Christian A. Klöckner

  • Psychological factors in the diffusion of sustainable technology: A study of Norwegian households’ adoption of wood pellet heating

    Bertha Maya Sopha;Christian A. Klöckner

  • Comparison of socio-psychological characteristics of conventional and battery electric car buyers

    Alim Nayum;Christian A. Klöckner;Mehmet Mehmetoglu

  • Adoption and diffusion of heating systems in Norway: Coupling agent-based modeling with empirical research

    Bertha Maya Sopha;Bertha Maya Sopha;Christian A. Klöckner;Edgar G. Hertwich

Frequent Co-Authors

Immo Fritsche
Immo Fritsche Leipzig University
Are Holen
Are Holen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Edgar G. Hertwich
Edgar G. Hertwich Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jan L. Wallander
Jan L. Wallander University of California, Merced
Geir Arild Espnes
Geir Arild Espnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John Thøgersen
John Thøgersen Aarhus University
Bruce E. Wampold
Bruce E. Wampold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Janet K. Swim
Janet K. Swim Pennsylvania State University
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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