2026 Ellen Peters: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	74	1826	1646	1073	945	208	43377

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ellen Peters is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research spans across several interrelated fields within the social sciences, with a particular focus on areas such as sociology and political science, general health professions, applied psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

Climate Change Communication and Perception
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Disaster Management and Resilience

Ellen Peters has contributed to a number of highly cited papers, including:

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
Current Best Practice for Presenting Probabilities in Patient Decision Aids: Fundamental Principles, 2021, Medical Decision Making
Current Challenges When Using Numbers in Patient Decision Aids: Advanced Concepts, 2021, Medical Decision Making
A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19, 2023, Nature
Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peters include:

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard
Daniel Chapman
Catherine E. Slavik
Pär Bjälkebring
Michael Silverstein

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

Medical Decision Making
SSRN Electronic Journal
UNC Libraries
Nature Human Behaviour
Health Psychology

In addition to journal articles, Ellen Peters has contributed to book publications, including a title found within Oxford University Press: Innumeracy in the Wild (2020).

The scientist's academic achievements include recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2016.

Best Publications

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

5562
Citations
Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality

Paul Slovic;Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Donald G. MacGregor

5119
Citations
The affect heuristic

Paul Slovic;Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Donald G. MacGregor

4196
Citations
The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

Dan M. Kahan;Ellen Peters;Maggie Wittlin;Paul Slovic

3020
Citations
Risk Perception and Affect

Paul Slovic;Ellen Peters

1941
Citations
Numeracy and Decision Making

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

1553
Citations
The affect heuristic

Unknown

1360
Citations
Affect, risk, and decision making.

Paul Slovic;Ellen Peters;Melissa L. Finucane;Donald G. MacGregor

1310
Citations
Motivated numeracy and enlightened self-government

Dan M. Kahan;Ellen Peters;Erica Cantrell Dawson;Paul Slovic

1151
Citations
Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture

Eric J. Johnson;Suzanne B. Shu;Benedict G. C. Dellaert;Craig Fox

1024
Citations
The Role of Affect and Worldviews as Orienting Dispositions in the Perception and Acceptance of Nuclear Power1

Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

904
Citations
Rational actors or rational fools: implications of the affect heuristic for behavioral economics

Paul Slovic;Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Donald G. MacGregor

874
Citations
Less is more in presenting quality information to consumers.

Ellen Peters;Nathan Dieckmann;Anna Dixon;Judith H. Hibbard

669
Citations
Beyond Comprehension: The Role of Numeracy in Judgments and Decisions

Ellen Peters

483
Citations
Development and Testing of an Abbreviated Numeracy Scale: A Rasch Analysis Approach

Joshua A. Weller;Nathan F. Dieckmann;Martin Tusler;C. K. Mertz

474
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
The Springs of Action: Affective and Analytical Information Processing in Choice

Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

447
Citations
Beyond Information: Exploring Patients’ Preferences

Ronald M. Epstein;Ellen Peters

381
Citations
Clinical implications of numeracy: theory and practice.

Wendy Nelson;Valerie F. Reyna;Valerie F. Reyna;Angela Fagerlin;Isaac Lipkus

378
Citations
Judgment and decision making: The dance of affect and reason.

Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

332
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Slovic University of Oregon

Daniel Västfjäll Linköping University

Kevin D. McCaul North Dakota State University

Michael A. Diefenbach Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Valerie F. Reyna Cornell University

Angela H. Gutchess Brandeis University

Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced

Craig R. Fox University of California, Los Angeles

Elke U. Weber Princeton University

Howard Leventhal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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