2026 Daniel Västfjäll: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	64	2947	2707	28	27	247	17915

Overview

Daniel Västfjäll is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has an extensive research portfolio spanning social sciences and psychology. Their work focuses on various subfields including sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, safety research, and social psychology.

The main research topics covered by Daniel Västfjäll include:

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Climate Change Communication and Perception

Their recent publications reflect a breadth of interest in behavioral finance, risk perception, and public policy. Notable papers include:

"Competence, Confidence, and Gender: The Role of Objective and Subjective Financial Knowledge in Household Finance" (2020), Journal of Family and Economic Issues
"Politicians polarize and experts depolarize public support for COVID-19 management policies across countries" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Financial well-being, COVID-19, and the financial better-than-average-effect" (2020), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
"Gender differences in financial literacy: The role of stereotype threat" (2021), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"The Affect Heuristic and Risk Perception - Stability Across Elicitation Methods and Individual Cognitive Abilities" (2020), Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Gustav Tinghög, Paul Slovic, Erkin Asutay, Hajdi Moche, and Stephan Dickert. These coauthors have worked with Västfjäll on multiple studies highlighting shared interests in decision-making and behavioral economics.

The primary venues where Daniel Västfjäll publishes are:

Judgment and Decision Making
Frontiers in Psychology
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
Scientific Reports
SSRN Electronic Journal

With a research output spanning social sciences and psychology, Västfjäll's contributions cover a range of interdisciplinary concerns involving behavioral economics, cognitive processes, and social factors influencing decision-making and emotional judgment. This range is supported by their substantial body of work in both empirical research and theoretical investigations.

Best Publications

Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms

Patrik N. Juslin;Daniel Västfjäll

2711
Citations
Numeracy and Decision Making

Ellen Peters;Daniel Västfjäll;Paul Slovic;C.K. Mertz

1553
Citations
An experience sampling study of emotional reactions to music: listener, music, and situation.

Patrik N Juslin;Simon Liljeström;Daniel Västfjäll;Gonçalo Barradas

709
Citations
Does self-control predict financial behavior and financial well-being?

Camilla Strömbäck;Thérèse Lind;Kenny Skagerlund;Daniel Västfjäll

526
Citations
Affect and decision making: A hot topic

Ellen Peters;Daniel Västfjäll;Tommy Gärling;Paul Slovic

469
Citations
Adult Age Differences in Dual Information Processes Implications for the Role of Affective and Deliberative Processes in Older Adults' Decision Making

Ellen Peters;Thomas M. Hess;Daniel Västfjäll;Corinne Auman

461
Citations
Emotion Induction through Music: A Review of the Musical Mood Induction Procedure

Daniel Västfjäll

370
Citations
Public Views on Policies Involving Nudges

William Hagman;David Andersson;Daniel Västfjäll;Gustav Tinghög

317
Citations
Intuition and cooperation reconsidered

Gustav Tinghög;David Andersson;Caroline Bonn;Harald Böttiger

299
Citations
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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292
Citations
Financial literacy and the role of numeracy–How individuals’ attitude and affinity with numbers influence financial literacy

Kenny Skagerlund;Thérèse Lind;Camilla Strömbäck;Gustav Tinghög

286
Citations
Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in Need

Daniel Västfjäll;Paul Slovic;Marcus Mayorga;Ellen Peters

276
Citations
Registered Replication Report : Rand, Greene, and Nowak (2012)

S. Bouwmeester;P. P. J. L. Verkoeijen;P. P. J. L. Verkoeijen;B. Aczel;Fernando Barbosa

265
Citations
Bringing Meaning to Numbers: The Impact of Evaluative Categories on Decisions.

Ellen Peters;Nathan F. Dieckmann;Daniel Västfjäll;C. K. Mertz

260
Citations
Iconic photographs and the ebb and flow of empathic response to humanitarian disasters

Paul Slovic;Daniel Västfjäll;Arvid Erlandsson;Robin Gregory

256
Citations
The measurement of core affect: a Swedish self-report measure derived from the affect circumplex.

Daniel Västfjäll;Margareta Friman;Tommy Gärling;Mendel Kleiner

238
Citations
Experimental evidence of the roles of music choice, social context, and listener personality in emotional reactions to music

Simon Liljeström;Patrik N. Juslin;Daniel Västfjäll

229
Citations
Neural Underpinnings of the Identifiable Victim Effect: Affect Shifts Preferences for Giving

Alexander Genevsky;Daniel Västfjäll;Paul Slovic;Brian Knutson

223
Citations
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

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213
Citations
Affect, risk perception and future optimism after the tsunami disaster

Daniel Västfjäll;Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

193
Citations
How does music evoke emotions? Exploring the underlying mechanisms.

Patrik N. Juslin;Simon Liljeström;Daniel Västfjäll;Lars-Olov Lundqvist

161
Citations
Emotional Responses to Music

Patrik N. Juslin

122
Citations
Implications for the Role of Affective and Deliberative Processes in Older Adults' Decision Making

Ellen Peters;Thomas M. Hess;Daniel Vastfjall;Corinne Auman

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Slovic University of Oregon

Ellen Peters University of Oregon

Tommy Gärling University of Gothenburg

Patrik N. Juslin Uppsala University

Manos Tsakiris Royal Holloway University of London

Terry Hartig Uppsala University

John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University

Michael A. Diefenbach Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam

Matthias Gamer University of Würzburg

External Links

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