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Daniel Västfjäll

Daniel Västfjäll

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
17915
World Ranking
2947
National Ranking
28

Daniel Västfjäll 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 Daniel Västfjäll sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 247 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Daniel Västfjäll 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 Daniel Västfjäll sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 75th percentile

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

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

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

  • Numeracy and Decision Making

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

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

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

  • Does self-control predict financial behavior and financial well-being?

    Camilla Strömbäck;Thérèse Lind;Kenny Skagerlund;Daniel Västfjäll

  • Affect and decision making: A hot topic

    Ellen Peters;Daniel Västfjäll;Tommy Gärling;Paul Slovic

  • 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

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

    Daniel Västfjäll

  • Public Views on Policies Involving Nudges

    William Hagman;David Andersson;Daniel Västfjäll;Gustav Tinghög

  • Intuition and cooperation reconsidered

    Gustav Tinghög;David Andersson;Caroline Bonn;Harald Böttiger

  • National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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  • 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

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

    Daniel Västfjäll;Paul Slovic;Marcus Mayorga;Ellen Peters

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

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

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

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

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

    Paul Slovic;Daniel Västfjäll;Arvid Erlandsson;Robin Gregory

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

    Daniel Västfjäll;Margareta Friman;Tommy Gärling;Mendel Kleiner

  • 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

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

    Alexander Genevsky;Daniel Västfjäll;Paul Slovic;Brian Knutson

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

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  • Affect, risk perception and future optimism after the tsunami disaster

    Daniel Västfjäll;Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

  • How does music evoke emotions? Exploring the underlying mechanisms.

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

  • Emotional Responses to Music

    Patrik N. Juslin

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Tommy Gärling
Tommy Gärling University of Gothenburg
Patrik N. Juslin
Patrik N. Juslin Uppsala University
Manos Tsakiris
Manos Tsakiris Royal Holloway University of London
Terry Hartig
Terry Hartig Uppsala University
John J. Skowronski
John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University
Michael A. Diefenbach
Michael A. Diefenbach Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Matthias Gamer
Matthias Gamer University of Würzburg

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