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3275
World Ranking
946
National Ranking
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Psychology

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World Ranking
9615
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Jonas R. Kunst publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 132 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonas R. Kunst 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 Jonas R. Kunst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Jonas R. Kunst is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research focuses primarily within the social sciences and psychology, with a significant emphasis on sociology and political science as well as social psychology. Their work engages with various subfields, including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and health.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics related to social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, and racial and ethnic identity research. Additional areas of study include misinformation and its impacts, terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence, as well as the psychology of moral and emotional judgment and social and cultural dynamics.

Jonas R. Kunst has published numerous papers in frequent venues such as:

  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jonas R. Kunst include:

  • Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time (2020), published in Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • The "Great Replacement" conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia (2021), published in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis (2022), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Revisiting the Integration Hypothesis: Correlational and Longitudinal Meta-Analyses Demonstrate the Limited Role of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural Adaptation (2021), published in Psychological Science
  • Why do youth participate in climate activism? A mixed-methods investigation of the #FridaysForFuture climate protests. (2021), published in Journal of Environmental Psychology

Throughout their career, Jonas has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Milan Obaidi
  • Kinga Bierwiaczonek
  • Aleksander B. Gundersen
  • Jan Piasecki
  • Rafał Ryguła

Best Publications

  • Meat eaters by dissociation: How we present, prepare and talk about meat increases willingness to eat meat by reducing empathy and disgust.

    Jonas R. Kunst;Jonas R. Kunst;Sigrid M. Hohle

  • Coping with Islamophobia : the effects of religious stigma on muslim minorities' identity formation

    Jonas R. Kunst;Hajra Tajamal;David L. Sam;Pål Ulleberg

  • Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time.

    Kinga Maria Bierwiaczonek;Kinga Maria Bierwiaczonek;Jonas R. Kunst;Olivia Pich

  • Living under threat: Mutual threat perception drives anti-Muslim and anti-Western hostility in the age of terrorism

    Milan Obaidi;Jonas R. Kunst;Nour Kteily;Lotte Thomsen

  • Sexism, Rape Myths and Feminist Identification Explain Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward the #metoo Social Media Campaign in Two Countries

    Jonas R. Kunst;April Bailey;Claire Prendergast;Aleksander Gundersen

  • Perceived islamophobia: Scale development and validation

    Jonas R. Kunst;David L. Sam;Pål Ulleberg

  • Preferences for group dominance track and mediate the effects of macro-level social inequality and violence across societies

    Jonas R. Kunst;Jonas R. Kunst;Ronald Fischer;Jim Sidanius;Lotte Thomsen;Lotte Thomsen

  • “We Are in This Together” Common Group Identity Predicts Majority Members’ Active Acculturation Efforts to Integrate Immigrants

    Jonas R. Kunst;Jonas R. Kunst;Jonas R. Kunst;Lotte Thomsen;Lotte Thomsen;Lotte Thomsen;David L. Sam;John W. Berry

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia:

    Milan Obaidi;Jonas Kunst;Simon Ozer;Sasha Y. Kimel

  • Relationship between perceived acculturation expectations and Muslim minority youth's acculturation and adaptation

    Jonas R. Kunst;David L. Sam

  • Revisiting the Integration Hypothesis: Correlational and Longitudinal Meta-Analyses Demonstrate the Limited Role of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural Adaptation

    Kinga Bierwiaczonek;Jonas R Kunst

  • Engaging in extreme activism in support of others' political struggles : The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups

    Jonas R. Kunst;Jonas R. Kunst;Beverly Boos;Sasha Y. Kimel;Milan Obaidi

  • Why do youth participate in climate activism? A mixed-methods investigation of the #FridaysForFuture climate protests.

    Christian A.P. Haugestad;Anja Duun Skauge;Jonas R. Kunst;Séamus A. Power

  • Understanding violent extremism in the 21st century: the (re)emerging role of relative deprivation.

    Jonas R Kunst;Milan Obaidi

  • A global test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Dissociating Meat from its Animal Origins: A Systematic Literature Review

    Nora C.G. Benningstad;Jonas R. Kunst

  • The missing side of acculturation : how majority-group members relate to immigrant and minority-group cultures

    Jonas R. Kunst;Katharina Lefringhausen;David L. Sam;John W. Berry;John W. Berry

  • Correlations between social dominance orientation and political attitudes reflect common genetic underpinnings

    Thomas Haarklau Kleppestø;Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski;Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski;Olav Vassend;Espen Røysamb;Espen Røysamb

  • Living in a Genetic World How Learning About Interethnic Genetic Similarities and Differences Affects Peace and Conflict

    Sasha Y. Kimel;Rowell Huesmann;Jonas R. Kunst;Eran Halperin

  • A two-way process? A qualitative and quantitative investigation of majority members’ acculturation

    Ingvild Haugen;Jonas R. Kunst

  • The effects of dissociation on willingness to eat meat are moderated by exposure to unprocessed meat: A cross-cultural demonstration

    Jonas R. Kunst;Christian Andrés Palacios Haugestad

  • How Political and Social Trust Can Impact Social Distancing Practices During COVID-19 in Unexpected Ways

    Frederike S Woelfert;Frederike S Woelfert;Jonas R Kunst

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Sam
David L. Sam University of Bergen
John F. Dovidio
John F. Dovidio Yale University
Jim Sidanius
Jim Sidanius Harvard University
John W. Berry
John W. Berry Queen's University
Nour Kteily
Nour Kteily Northwestern University
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti University of Helsinki
Jolanda Jetten
Jolanda Jetten University of Queensland
Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski University of Oslo
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen

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