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Joseph Bulbulia publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph Bulbulia sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 179 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Joseph Bulbulia D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph Bulbulia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joseph Bulbulia is a researcher affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their scholarly work primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, health, social psychology, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their main research topics include:

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Joseph Bulbulia has contributed articles to a variety of academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Religion Brain & Behavior
  • Evolutionary Human Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Human Behaviour

Their recent papers showcase a range of topics related to religion, psychology, and well-being. Notable works include:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Religion Brain & Behavior
  • Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods, 2021, Nature
  • A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being, 2022, Religion Brain & Behavior
  • Religious residue: Cross-cultural evidence that religious psychology and behavior persist following deidentification, 2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Joseph Bulbulia frequently collaborates with several scholars in their research activities. Key co-authors include:

  • Chris G. Sibley
  • Richard Sosis
  • Wesley J. Wildman
  • Quentin D. Atkinson
  • Kumar Yogeeswaran

Best Publications

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

    Chris G. Sibley;Lara M. Greaves;Nicole Satherley;Marc S. Wilson

  • Synchronized arousal between performers and related spectators in a fire-walking ritual

    Ivana Konvalinka;Dimitris Xygalatas;Joseph Bulbulia;Uffe Schjødt

  • Let's dance together: synchrony, shared intentionality and cooperation.

    Paul Reddish;Paul Reddish;Ronald Fischer;Joseph Bulbulia;Joseph Bulbulia

  • Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality

    Dimitrios Xygalatas;Dimitrios Xygalatas;Panagiotis Mitkidis;Panagiotis Mitkidis;Ronald Fischer;Paul Reddish;Paul Reddish

  • To be in synchrony or not? A meta-analysis of synchrony's effects on behavior, perception, cognition and affect

    Reneeta Mogan;Ronald Fischer;Joseph A. Bulbulia

  • The cognitive and evolutionary psychology of religion

    Joseph Bulbulia

  • Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia

    Joseph Watts;Simon J. Greenhill;Quentin Douglas Atkinson;Thomas E. Currie

  • The ecology of religious beliefs

    Carlos A. Botero;Beth Gardner;Kathryn R. Kirby;Joseph Bulbulia

  • Signalling theory and the evolution of religious cooperation

    Joseph Bulbulia;Richard Sosis

  • Faith after an earthquake: a longitudinal study of religion and perceived health before and after the 2011 Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake

    Chris G. Sibley;Joseph Bulbulia

  • Does synchrony promote generalized prosociality

    Paul Reddish;Joseph Bulbulia;Ronald Fischer

  • How do rituals affect cooperation? An experimental field study comparing nine ritual types.

    Ronald Fischer;Rohan Callander;Paul Reddish;Joseph Bulbulia

  • Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists

    Will M. Gervais;Dimitris Xygalatas;Dimitris Xygalatas;Ryan T. Mckay;Michiel Van Elk

  • Ritual human sacrifice promoted and sustained the evolution of stratified societies

    Joseph Watts;Oliver Sheehan;Quentin Douglas Atkinson;Joseph Bulbulia

  • Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions

    Uffe Schjoedt;Jesper Sørensen;Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo;Dimitrios Xygalatas

  • Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic

    Wesley J. Wildman;Joseph Bulbulia;Richard Sosis;Uffe Schjoedt

  • The need to believe: a neuroscience account of religion as a motivated process

    Michael Inzlicht;Alexa M. Tullett;Marie Good

  • The Fire-Walker’s High: Affect and Physiological Responses in an Extreme Collective Ritual

    Ronald Fischer;Dimitris Xygalatas;Panagiotis Mitkidis;Panagiotis Mitkidis;Paul Reddish

  • Quantifying collective effervescence: Heart-rate dynamics at a fire-walking ritual

    Dimitris Xygalatas;Ivana Konvalinka;Joseph Bulbulia;Andreas Roepstorff

  • The Evolution of Religion Studies, Theories, & Critiques

    J Bulbulia;R Sosis;E Harris;R Genet

  • Demographic and Psychological Predictors of Panel Attrition: Evidence from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study

    Nicole Satherley;Petar Milojev;Lara M. Greaves;Yanshu Huang

  • The cultural evolution of religion

    Joseph Bulbulia;Armin W. Geertz;Quentin D. Atkinson;Emma Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Richard Sosis
Richard Sosis University of Connecticut
Danny Osborne
Danny Osborne University of Auckland
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Quentin D. Atkinson
Quentin D. Atkinson University of Auckland
Fiona Kate Barlow
Fiona Kate Barlow University of Queensland
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Simon J. Greenhill
Simon J. Greenhill Max Planck Society

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