Donald F. Sacco

Donald F. Sacco 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 Donald F. Sacco sits on this spectrum.

Donald F. Sacco 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 Donald F. Sacco sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The categorization-individuation model: an integrative account of the other-race recognition deficit.

  Kurt Hugenberg;Steven G. Young;Michael Jason Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco

  649
  Citations

• Many Labs 3: Evaluating participant pool quality across the academic semester via replication

  Charles R. Ebersole;Olivia E. Atherton;Aimee L. Belanger;Hayley M. Skulborstad

  592
  Citations

• Adaptive Responses to Social Exclusion Social Rejection Improves Detection of Real and Fake Smiles

  Michael J. Bernstein;Steven G. Young;Christina M. Brown;Donald F. Sacco

  402
  Citations

• Eye Gaze as Relational Evaluation: Averted Eye Gaze Leads to Feelings of Ostracism and Relational Devaluation

  James H. Wirth;Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg;Kipling D. Williams

  378
  Citations

• Perception and Motivation in Face Recognition: A Critical Review of Theories of the Cross-Race Effect

  Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg;Michael J. Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco

  286
  Citations

• A preference for genuine smiles following social exclusion

  Michael J. Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco;Christina M. Brown;Steven G. Young

  238
  Citations

• Social categorization and stereotyping: How social categorization biases person perception and face memory.

  Kurt Hugenberg;Donald F. Sacco

  216
  Citations

• Being “In” With the In-Crowd: The Effects of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Are Enhanced by the Perceived Essentialism of Ingroups and Outgroups

  Michael Jason Bernstein;Donald F. Sacco;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  206
  Citations

• The Language of Lyrics: An Analysis of Popular Billboard Songs Across Conditions of Social and Economic Threat

  Terry F. Pettijohn;Donald F. Sacco

  119
  Citations

• Social belongingness satisfaction as a function of interaction medium

  Donald F. Sacco;Mohamed M. Ismail

  116
  Citations

• The world in black and white: Ostracism enhances the categorical perception of social information ☆

  Donald F. Sacco;James H. Wirth;Kurt Hugenberg;Zhansheng Chen

  110
  Citations

• The look of fear and anger: Facial maturity modulates recognition of fearful and angry expressions

  Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg

  105
  Citations

• Vulnerability to disease is associated with a domain‐specific preference for symmetrical faces relative to symmetrical non‐face stimuli

  Steven G. Young;Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg

  101
  Citations

• Balancing Competing Motives Adaptive Trade-Offs Are Necessary to Satisfy Disease Avoidance and Interpersonal Affiliation Goals

  Donald F. Sacco;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  88
  Citations

• The Adaptive Utility of Deontology: Deontological Moral Decision-Making Fosters Perceptions of Trust and Likeability

  Donald F. Sacco;Mitch Brown;Christopher J. N. Lustgraaf;Kurt Hugenberg

  64
  Citations

• Sociosexuality and face perception: Unrestricted sexual orientation facilitates sensitivity to female facial cues

  Donald F. Sacco;Kurt Hugenberg;Jon A. Sefcek

  61
  Citations

• Callous-unemotional traits and empathy deficits: Mediating effects of affective perspective-taking and facial emotion recognition.

  Joyce H. L. Lui;Christopher T. Barry;Donald F. Sacco

  53
  Citations

• Reactions to social inclusion and ostracism as a function of perceived in-group similarity.

  Donald F. Sacco;Michael Jason Bernstein;Steven G. Young;Kurt Hugenberg

  47
  Citations

• Avoiding Extraverts: Pathogen Concern Downregulates Preferences for Extraverted Faces

  Mitch Brown;Donald F. Sacco

  41
  Citations

• Is pulling the lever sexy? Deontology as a downstream cue to long-term mate quality:

  Mitch Brown;Donald F. Sacco

  40
  Citations