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Ellen Peters 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 Ellen Peters sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 208 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ellen Peters 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 Ellen Peters sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The affect heuristic

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

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

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

  • Risk Perception and Affect

    Paul Slovic;Ellen Peters

  • Numeracy and Decision Making

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

  • The affect heuristic

    Unknown

  • Affect, risk, and decision making.

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

  • Motivated numeracy and enlightened self-government

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

  • Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture

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

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

    Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

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

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

  • Less is more in presenting quality information to consumers.

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

  • Beyond Comprehension: The Role of Numeracy in Judgments and Decisions

    Ellen Peters

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

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

  • 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

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

    Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

  • Beyond Information: Exploring Patients’ Preferences

    Ronald M. Epstein;Ellen Peters

  • Clinical implications of numeracy: theory and practice.

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

  • Judgment and decision making: The dance of affect and reason.

    Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Paul Slovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic University of Oregon
Daniel Västfjäll
Daniel Västfjäll Linköping University
Judith H. Hibbard
Judith H. Hibbard University of Oregon
C. K. Mertz
C. K. Mertz University of Oregon
Dan M. Kahan
Dan M. Kahan Yale University
Noel T. Brewer
Noel T. Brewer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Isaac M. Lipkus
Isaac M. Lipkus Duke University
Paul K. J. Han
Paul K. J. Han Maine Medical Center
David P. Baker
David P. Baker Pennsylvania State University
Kevin D. McCaul
Kevin D. McCaul North Dakota State University

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