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Christopher F. Chabris

Christopher F. Chabris

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
33465
World Ranking
3290
National Ranking
1854

Christopher F. Chabris publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher F. Chabris sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 138 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Christopher F. Chabris D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher F. Chabris sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher F. Chabris is affiliated with the Geisinger Health System in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in public health, economics, decision sciences, and sociology. Their work spans a range of disciplines with a strong emphasis on vaccine coverage, behavioral economics, and the impacts of misinformation.

The scientist's research prominently focuses on topics including:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborations across related fields, featuring:

  • Michelle N. Meyer
  • Amir Goren
  • Patrick R. Heck
  • Maheen Shermohammed
  • Katherine L. Milkman

Chabris's publications are often found in high-impact venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

Among noteworthy recent papers are:

  • A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Putting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Can You Ever Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Effects of Cognitive Ability on Life Outcomes, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • A Mega-Study of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

The topics and venues indicate a focus on interdisciplinary research combining behavioral science, health economics, and epidemiology. The scientist's studies often employ large-scale megastudies and meta-analytic methods to evaluate interventions promoting public health actions, such as vaccination uptake.

Their publication history shows consistent engagement with research that merges psychological science with health policy, reflecting expertise in decision sciences and health system evaluations. The range of frequent publication venues also suggests contributions to evolving topics in neuropsychopharmacology and psychological perspectives on societal challenges.

Best Publications

  • Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events.

    Daniel J Simons;Christopher F Chabris

  • Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups

    Anita Williams Woolley;Christopher F. Chabris;Christopher F. Chabris;Alexander Pentland;Nada Hashmi

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Beautiful Faces Have Variable Reward Value: fMRI and Behavioral Evidence

    Itzhak Aharon;Nancy Etcoff;Dan Ariely;Christopher F Chabris;Christopher F Chabris

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Neural mechanisms of general fluid intelligence.

    Jeremy R. Gray;Christopher F. Chabris;Todd S. Braver

  • Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?:

    Daniel J. Simons;Walter R. Boot;Neil Charness;Susan E. Gathercole

  • The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

    Christopher F. Chabris;Daniel J. Simons

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Visual mental imagery activates topographically organized visual cortex: Pet investigations

    Stephen M. Kosslyn;Nathaniel M. Alpert;William L. Thompson;Vera Maljkovic

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Is the Web as good as the lab? Comparable performance from Web and lab in cognitive/perceptual experiments

    Laura Germine;Laura Germine;Ken Nakayama;Bradley C. Duchaine;Christopher F. Chabris

  • Individual laboratory-measured discount rates predict field behavior

    Christopher F. Chabris;David I. Laibson;Carrie L. Morris;Jonathon P. Schuldt

  • Human face recognition ability is specific and highly heritable

    Jeremy B. Wilmer;Laura Germine;Christopher F. Chabris;Garga Chatterjee

  • How not to be Seen: The Contribution of Similarity and Selective Ignoring to Sustained Inattentional Blindness

    Steven B. Most;Daniel J. Simons;Brian J. Scholl;Rachel Jimenez

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 78,308 individuals identifies new loci and genes influencing human intelligence

    Suzanne Sniekers;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen

  • Activation of the fusiform gyrus when individuals with autism spectrum disorder view faces

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Robert M. Joseph;Josh Snyder;Christopher F. Chabris

  • The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics

    Christopher F. Chabris;James J. Lee;David Cesarini;Daniel J. Benjamin

  • Categorical versus coordinate spatial relations: computational analyses and computer simulations

    Stephen M. Kosslyn;Christopher F. Chabris;Chad J. Marsolek;Olivier Koenig

  • Abnormal asymmetry in language association cortex in autism

    Martha R. Herbert;Gordon J. Harris;Kristen T. Adrien;David A. Ziegler

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

David Laibson
David Laibson Harvard University
Daniel J. Benjamin
Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles
David Cesarini
David Cesarini New York University
Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Magnus Johannesson
Magnus Johannesson Stockholm School of Economics
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Dalton Conley
Dalton Conley Princeton University
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu

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