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Dolores Albarracín 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 Dolores Albarracín sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 225 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dolores Albarracín 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 Dolores Albarracín 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Dolores Albarracín is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences, particularly sociology and political science, health, general health professions, epidemiology, and applied psychology.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Major publication venues where Dolores Albarracín has frequently published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Psychological Inquiry
  • Health Psychology

Some recent papers where they are an author or contributor are:

  • "The Relation between Media Consumption and Misinformation at the Outset of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the US," 2020, Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • "Determinants of behaviour and their efficacy as targets of behavioural change interventions," 2024, Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation," 2021, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • "A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation," 2023, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Policy Views and Negative Beliefs About Vaccines in the United States, 2019," 2020, American Journal of Public Health

They have coauthored numerous publications with several researchers, including:

  • Man-pui Sally Chan
  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Julia Albarracín
  • Haesung Jung
  • Bita Fayaz Farkhad

Dolores Albarracín's contributions to academic literature also include books published by notable presses. These include:

  • "Creating Conspiracy Beliefs," Cambridge University Press, 2021
  • "Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts Are Shaped," American Scientific Affiliation, 2022

In recognition of their work, they were named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The Influence of Attitudes on Behavior

    Icek Ajzen;Martin Fishbein;Sophie Lohmann;Dolores Albarracín

  • Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior as Models of Condom Use: A Meta-Analysis

    Dolores Albarracín;Blair T. Johnson;Martin Fishbein;Paige A. Muellerleile

  • Forming attitudes that predict future behavior: a meta-analysis of the attitude-behavior relation.

    Laura R. Glasman;Dolores Albarracín

  • Feeling validated versus being correct: a meta-analysis of selective exposure to information.

    William Hart;Dolores Albarracín;Alice H. Eagly;Inge Brechan

  • Structure of attitudes: Judgments, memory, and implications for change

    Dolores Albarracin;Wei Wang;Hong Li;Kenji Noguchi

  • Appealing to fear: A meta-analysis of fear appeal effectiveness and theories.

    Melanie B. Tannenbaum;Justin Hepler;Rick S. Zimmerman;Lindsey Saul

  • The Handbook of Attitudes

    Dolores Albarracin;Blair T. Johnson;Mark P. Zanna

  • A Test of Major Assumptions About Behavior Change: A Comprehensive Look at the Effects of Passive and Active HIV-Prevention Interventions Since the Beginning of the Epidemic

    Dolores Albarracín;Jeffrey C. Gillette;Allison N. Earl;Laura R. Glasman

  • Debunking: A Meta-Analysis of the Psychological Efficacy of Messages Countering Misinformation.

    Man pui Sally Chan;Christopher R. Jones;Kathleen Hall Jamieson;Dolores Albarracín

  • Prediction and change of health behavior: Applying the reasoned action approach.

    Icek Ajzen;Dolores Albarracin;Robert C. Hornik

  • The Cognitive Impact of Past Behavior: Influences on Beliefs, Attitudes, and Future Behavioral Decisions

    Dolores Albarracín;Robert S. Wyer Jr.

  • The sleeper effect in persuasion: a meta-analytic review.

    G. Tarcan Kumkale;Dolores Albarracín

  • Attitudes and Attitude Change

    Dolores Albarracin;Sharon Shavitt

  • From primed concepts to action: A meta-analysis of the behavioral effects of incidentally presented words.

    Evan Weingarten;Qijia Chen;Maxwell McAdams;Jessica Yi

  • The cognitive impact of past behavior: Influences on beliefs, attitudes, and future behavioral decisions.

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  • Influences of social power and normative support on condom use decisions: a research synthesis.

    Dolores Albarracín;G. T. Kumkale;B. T. Johnson

  • Conceptualizing the Influence of Social Agents of Behavior Change: A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of HIV-Prevention Interventionists for Different Groups.

    Marta R. Durantini;Dolores Albarracín;Amy L. Mitchell;Allison N. Earl

  • Affect as Information in Persuasion: A Model of Affect Identification and Discounting

    Dolores Albarracín;G. Tarcan Kumkale

  • Persuasive communications to change actions: an analysis of behavioral and cognitive impact in HIV prevention.

    Dolores Albarracín;Penny S. McNatt;Cynthia T. F. Klein;Ringo M. Ho

  • The Relation between Media Consumption and Misinformation at the Outset of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the US

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson;Dolores Albarracín

  • The Effects of Source Credibility in the Presence or Absence of Prior Attitudes: Implications for the Design of Persuasive Communication Campaigns.

    G. Tarcan Kumkale;Dolores Albarracín;Paul J. Seignourel

Frequent Co-Authors

Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson University of Pennsylvania
Mark P. Zanna
Mark P. Zanna University of Waterloo
ChengXiang Zhai
ChengXiang Zhai University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lyle H. Ungar
Lyle H. Ungar University of Pennsylvania
Martin Fishbein
Martin Fishbein University of Pennsylvania
Robert S. Wyer
Robert S. Wyer University of Cincinnati
H. Andrew Schwartz
H. Andrew Schwartz Stony Brook University
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Icek Ajzen
Icek Ajzen University of Massachusetts Amherst

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