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Huajian Cai 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 Huajian Cai sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 110 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Huajian Cai 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 Huajian Cai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Huajian Cai is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their primary area of research lies in psychology, with significant contributions across social sciences. The scientist has published extensively in fields related to social psychology, sociology and political science, molecular biology, gender studies, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics addressed in Cai's research include cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, nostalgia and consumer behavior, media, gender, and advertising, behavioral health and interventions, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as death anxiety and social exclusion.

Key publication venues where Cai's work frequently appears include Advances in Psychological Science, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Scientific Reports, and PsyCh Journal.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Cai feature in respected journals. Notable papers include:

  • "--" (2020), Advances in Psychological Science
  • "Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test" (2021), Behavior Research Methods
  • "Meaning making helps cope with COVID-19: A longitudinal study" (2021), Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Why does nature enhance psychological well-being? A Self-Determination account" (2022), Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Viewing nature scenes reduces the pain of social ostracism" (2020), The Journal of Social Psychology

Huajian Cai has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Ziyan Yang, Constantine Sedikides, Yiming Jing, Ying Yang, and Zhaoying Lei. The number of joint publications with these colleagues ranges from six to ten, indicating ongoing collaborative efforts in their research projects.

Best Publications

  • National differences in gender–science stereotypes predict national sex differences in science and math achievement

    Brian A. Nosek;Frederick L. Smyth;N. Sriram;Nicole M. Lindner

  • Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings

    Richard A. Klein;Michelangelo Vianello;Fred Hasselman;Byron G. Adams

  • Apparent Universality of Positive Implicit Self-Esteem:

    Susumu Yamaguchi;Anthony G. Greenwald;Mahzarin R. Banaji;Fumio Murakami

  • A sociocultural approach to narcissism: the case of modern China

    Huajian Cai;Virginia S. Y. Kwan;Constantine Sedikides

  • Self‐esteem and culture: Differences in cognitive self‐evaluations or affective self‐regard?

    Huajian Cai;Jonathon D. Brown;Ciping Deng;Mark A. Oakes

  • Tactical Self-Enhancement in China: Is Modesty at the Service of Self-Enhancement in East Asian Culture?

    Huajian Cai;Constantine Sedikides;Lowell Gaertner;Chenjun Wang

  • Patriotism, Nationalism and China's US Policy: Structures and consequences of Chinese National Identity

    Peter Hays Gries;Qingmin Zhang;H. Michael Crowson;Huajian Cai

  • Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test

    Anthony G Greenwald;Miguel Brendl;Huajian Cai;Dario Cvencek

  • A motivational hierarchy within: primacy of the individual self, relational self, or collective self?

    Lowell Gaertner;Constantine Sedikides;Michelle A. Luke;Erin M. O'Mara

  • THE IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST'S D MEASURE CAN MINIMIZE A COGNITIVE SKILL CONFOUND: COMMENT ON McFARLAND AND CROUCH (2002)

    Huajian Cai;N. Sriram;Anthony G. Greenwald;Sam G. McFarland

  • On the panculturality of self-enhancement and self-protection motivation: the case for the universality of self-esteem

    Constantine Sedikides;Lowell Gaertner;Huajian Cai

  • Is self-esteem a universal need? Evidence from The People's Republic of China

    Huajian Cai;Qiuping Wu;Jonathon D. Brown

  • Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection Strategies in China: Cultural Expressions of a Fundamental Human Motive

    Erica G. Hepper;Constantine Sedikides;Huajian Cai

  • Cross-cultural variation in men's preference for sexual dimorphism in women's faces.

    Urszula M. Marcinkowska;Mikhail V. Kozlov;Huajian Cai;Jorge Contreras-Garduño

  • Cultural Similarities in Self-Esteem Functioning East is East and West is West, But Sometimes the Twain do Meet

    Jonathon D. Brown;Huajian Cai;Mark A. Oakes;Ciping Deng

  • Explaining East-West Differences in the Likelihood of Making Favorable Self-Evaluations: The Role of Evaluation Apprehension and Directness of Expression

    Young Hoon Kim;Chi Yue Chiu;Siqing Peng;Huajian Cai

  • Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions

    Urszula M. Marcinkowska;Urszula M. Marcinkowska;Markus J. Rantala;Anthony J. Lee;Mikhail V. Kozlov

  • Increasing Need for Uniqueness in Contemporary China: Empirical Evidence.

    Huajian Cai;Xi Zou;Yi Feng;Yunzhi Liu

  • Distinguishing communal narcissism from agentic narcissism: A behavior genetics analysis on the agency–communion model of narcissism

    Yu L.L. Luo;Huajian Cai;Constantine Sedikides;Hairong Song

  • Differential item functioning of the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale in the US and China: Measurement bias matters

    Hairong Song;Huajian Cai;Jonathon D. Brown;Kevin J. Grimm

  • Guilty By Implicit Racial Bias: The Guilty/Not Guilty Implicit Association Test

    Justin D. Levinson;Huajian Cai;Danielle Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Constantine Sedikides
Constantine Sedikides University of Southampton
Ruolei Gu
Ruolei Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jonathon D. Brown
Jonathon D. Brown University of Washington
Peter Hays Gries
Peter Hays Gries University of Manchester
Lowell Gaertner
Lowell Gaertner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Anthony G. Greenwald
Anthony G. Greenwald University of Washington
Chi-Yue Chiu
Chi-Yue Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Norman P. Li
Norman P. Li Singapore Management University
Barnaby J. W. Dixson
Barnaby J. W. Dixson University of Queensland

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