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John T. Cacioppo 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 John T. Cacioppo sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 515 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John T. Cacioppo 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 John T. Cacioppo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 187 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 2002 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2000 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For his contributions to understanding the psychophysiological correlates of attitudes, cognition, and emotions, and for his use of non-invasive physiological measures to resolve basic theoretical questions regarding psychological processes.

Overview

John T. Cacioppo was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research contributed to several areas in psychology, focusing notably on infectious diseases, modeling and simulation, and clinical psychology as subfields of study.

Their work addressed topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and the intersection of COVID-19 and mental health.

The scientist published multiple papers, including:

  • The Type I interferon antiviral gene program is impaired by lockdown and preserved by caregiving, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Issue Information, 2020, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Issue Information, 2020, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Issue Information, 2023, Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Frequent co-authors included Richard Crisp, Nancy E. Adler, Bárbara Anderson, Lisa G. Aspinwall, and Robert A. Baron.

The main venues where their work appeared were:

  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

John T. Cacioppo received multiple awards during their career:

  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA), 2018
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2002
  • Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2000
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1990
  • Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1989 - For contributions to understanding the psychophysiological correlates of attitudes, cognition, and emotions, and for the use of non-invasive physiological measures to resolve basic theoretical questions regarding psychological processes

Best Publications

  • The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Message Elaboration versus Peripheral Cues

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • The need for cognition.

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty

  • Central and peripheral routes to persuasion: An individual difference perspective.

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Chuan Feng Kao;Regina Rodriguez

  • Central and Peripheral Routes to Advertising Effectiveness: The Moderating Role of Involvement

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo;David W. Schumann

  • Attitudes and Persuasion: Classic and Contemporary Approaches

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms

    Louise C. Hawkley;John T. Cacioppo

  • A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys: Results From Two Population-Based Studies.

    Mary Elizabeth Hughes;Linda J. Waite;Louise C. Hawkley;John T. Cacioppo

  • THE EFFICIENT ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR COGNITION

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Chuan Feng Kao

  • The relationship between social support and physiological processes: a review with emphasis on underlying mechanisms and implications for health.

    Bert N. Uchino;John T. Cacioppo;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser

  • On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism.

    Nicholas Epley;Adam Waytz;John T. Cacioppo

  • DISPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE MOTIVATION : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF INDIVIDUALS VARYING IN NEED FOR COGNITION

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Jeffrey A. Feinstein;W. Blair G. Jarvis

  • Personal involvement as a determinant of argument based persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo;Rachel Goldman

  • Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.

    John T. Cacioppo;Mary Elizabeth Hughes;Linda J. Waite;Louise C. Hawkley

  • Handbook of psychophysiology

    John T. Cacioppo;Louis G. Tassinary;Gary G. Berntson

  • The Effects of Involvement on Responses to Argument Quantity and Quality: Central and Peripheral Routes to Persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Issue involvement can increase or decrease persuasion by enhancing message-relevant cognitive responses.

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Relationship between attitudes and evaluative space: A critical review, with emphasis on the separability of positive and negative substrates.

    John T. Cacioppo;Gary G. Berntson

  • Perceived social isolation and cognition

    John T. Cacioppo;Louise C. Hawkley

  • Guidelines for human electromyographic research.

    Alan J. Fridlund;John T. Cacioppo

  • Negative information weighs more heavily on the brain: The negativity bias in evaluative categorizations.

    Tiffany A. Ito;Jeff T. Larsen;N. Kyle Smith;John T. Cacioppo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary G. Berntson
Gary G. Berntson The Ohio State University
Louise C. Hawkley
Louise C. Hawkley University of Chicago
Richard E. Petty
Richard E. Petty The Ohio State University
Stephanie Cacioppo
Stephanie Cacioppo University of Chicago
William B. Malarkey
William B. Malarkey The Ohio State University
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University
Ronald Glaser
Ronald Glaser The Ohio State University
Jeff T. Larsen
Jeff T. Larsen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tiffany A. Ito
Tiffany A. Ito University of Colorado Boulder

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