2026 Geoffrey L. Cohen: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	61	3293	3035	1855	1670	125	32295

Overview

Geoffrey L. Cohen is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and applied psychology.

The main topics covered in Cohen's work include:

Social and Intergroup Psychology
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Cultural Differences and Values
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation

Cohen has contributed research published in several venues, including multiple papers in:

UNC Libraries
Journal of Social Issues
Annals of Oncology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science Advances

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Cohen include:

A brief social-belonging intervention in college improves adult outcomes for black Americans, 2020, Science Advances
A strategic mindset: An orientation toward strategic behavior during goal pursuit, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Passion matters but not equally everywhere: Predicting achievement from interest, enjoyment, and efficacy in 59 societies, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The objectivity illusion and voter polarization in the 2016 presidential election, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A psychological intervention strengthens students' peer social networks and promotes persistence in STEM, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent collaborators include:

Mitchell J. Prinstein
Valerie Purdie Greenaway
Jonathan Cook
Shannon T. Brady
Gregory M. Walton

Best Publications

A question of belonging: race, social fit, and achievement.

Gregory M. Walton;Geoffrey L. Cohen

2968
Citations
A Brief Social-Belonging Intervention Improves Academic and Health Outcomes of Minority Students

Gregory M. Walton;Geoffrey L. Cohen

2635
Citations
The Psychology of Self‐defense: Self‐Affirmation Theory

David K. Sherman;Geoffrey L. Cohen

2384
Citations
Party over policy: The dominating impact of group influence on political beliefs.

Geoffrey L. Cohen

1854
Citations
Reducing the racial achievement gap: a social-psychological intervention.

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Julio Garcia;Nancy Apfel;Allison Master

1660
Citations
The psychology of change: Self-affirmation and social psychological intervention.

Geoffrey L. Cohen;David K. Sherman

1549
Citations
Recursive Processes in Self-Affirmation: Intervening to Close the Minority Achievement Gap

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Geoffrey L. Cohen;Geoffrey L. Cohen;Julio Garcia;Julio Garcia;Julio Garcia;Valerie Purdie-Vaughns;Valerie Purdie-Vaughns;Valerie Purdie-Vaughns;Nancy Apfel;Nancy Apfel;Nancy Apfel

1140
Citations
When Beliefs Yield to Evidence: Reducing Biased Evaluation by Affirming the Self

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Joshua Aronson;Claude M. Steele

944
Citations
Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation

Akira Miyake;Lauren E. Kost-Smith;Noah D. Finkelstein;Steven J. Pollock

925
Citations
Mere belonging: The power of social connections.

Gregory M. Walton;Geoffrey L. Cohen;David Cwir;Steven J. Spencer

818
Citations
Academic Tenacity: Mindsets and Skills that Promote Long-Term Learning.

Carol S. Dweck;Gregory M. Walton;Geoffrey L. Cohen

796
Citations
The Mentor’s Dilemma: Providing Critical Feedback Across the Racial Divide

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Claude M. Steele;Lee D. Ross

750
Citations
Cultural cognition of the risks and benefits of nanotechnology

Dan M. Kahan;Donald Braman;Paul Slovic;John W. Gastil

742
Citations
Constructed Criteria Redefining Merit to Justify Discrimination

Eric Luis Uhlmann;Geoffrey L. Cohen

678
Citations
Accepting Threatening Information: Self–Affirmation and the Reduction of Defensive Biases

David K. Sherman;Geoffrey L. Cohen

636
Citations
Teaching a lay theory before college narrows achievement gaps at scale.

David S. Yeager;Gregory M. Walton;Shannon T. Brady;Ezgi N. Akcinar

555
Citations
Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: how self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.

David K. Sherman;Kimberly A. Hartson;Kevin R. Binning;Valerie Purdie-Vaughns

541
Citations
"I am us": negative stereotypes as collective threats.

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Julio Garcia

539
Citations
Peer Contagion of Aggression and Health Risk Behavior Among Adolescent Males: An Experimental Investigation of Effects on Public Conduct and Private Attitudes

Geoffrey L. Cohen;Mitchell J. Prinstein

527
Citations
Who Fears the HPV Vaccine, Who Doesn’t, and Why? An Experimental Study of the Mechanisms of Cultural Cognition

Dan M. Kahan;Donald Braman;Geoffrey L. Cohen;John Gastil

517
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Sherman University of California, Santa Barbara

Gregory M. Walton Stanford University

Mitchell J. Prinstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Paul Slovic University of Oregon

David S. Yeager The University of Texas at Austin

Carol S. Dweck Stanford University

Margaret A. Neale Stanford University

Joshua Aronson New York University

Sophia Choukas-Bradley University of Pittsburgh

Claude M. Steele Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Geoffrey L. Cohen

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