2026 Joseph P. Forgas: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	77	1621	1453	75	71	311	33064

Overview

Joseph P. Forgas is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans several fields within the social and cognitive sciences, with a focus on social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental psychology. The main fields of study in their work include Social Sciences, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Safety Research.

Their research topics cover a range of themes within psychology and social sciences, including:

Social and Intergroup Psychology
Cultural Differences and Values
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Social and Cultural Dynamics
Academic integrity and plagiarism
Media Influence and Health

Joseph P. Forgas has authored publications across several notable venues, most frequently appearing in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
European Journal of Social Psychology
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Forgas include:

"Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries," 2020, European Journal of Social Psychology
"The role of collective narcissism in populist attitudes and the collapse of democracy in Hungary," 2021, Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
"Mood Effects on Humor Production: Positive Mood Improves the Verbal Ability to Be Funny," 2020, Journal of Language and Social Psychology
"Reply to Darlow and Gray: Censorship is exclusion," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Connie J. Clark, Komi Frey, Musa al-Gharbi, Roy F. Baumeister, and April Bleske-Rechek, each associated with multiple co-authored works.

Best Publications

Mood and judgment: the affect infusion model (AIM).

Joseph P. Forgas

5280
Citations
Mood effects on person-perception judgments

Joseph P. Forgas;Gordon H. Bower

1368
Citations
Affective Influences on Judgments and Behavior in Organizations: An Information Processing Perspective

Joseph P. Forgas;Jennifer M. George

1322
Citations
FEELING AND THINKING : The Role of Affect in Social Cognition

Joseph P. Forgas

1140
Citations
On feeling good and getting your way: mood effects on negotiator cognition and bargaining strategies.

Joseph P. Forgas

873
Citations
Affect in Social Judgments and Decisions: A Multiprocess Model

Joseph Paul Forgas

713
Citations
Emotion and social judgments

Joseph P. Forgas

671
Citations
Feeling and Doing: Affective Influences on Interpersonal Behavior

Joseph P. Forgas

660
Citations
On being happy and mistaken: Mood effects on the fundamental attribution error.

Joseph P. Forgas

653
Citations
The Influence of Mood on Perceptions of Social Interactions

Joseph P Forgas;Joseph P Forgas;Gordon H Bower;Susan E Krantz

626
Citations
Handbook of Affect and Social Cognition

Joseph P. Forgas

534
Citations
Social categorization: Cognitions, values and groups.

Henri Tajfel;Joseph P. Forgas

513
Citations
Soziale Interaktion und Kommunikation : Eine Einführung in die Sozialpsychologie

Joseph P. Forgas

478
Citations
The Social Outcast : Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying

Kipling D. Williams;Joseph P. Forgas;William Von Hippel

419
Citations
Affect and Cognition

Joseph P. Forgas

405
Citations
Emotional intelligence in everyday life : a scientific inquiry

Joseph P. Forgas;Joseph Ciarrochi

397
Citations
Praise or blame? Affective influences on attributions for achievement.

Joseph P. Forgas;Gordon H. Bower;Stephanie J. Moylan

397
Citations
Affect, memory, and social cognition.

Gordon H. Bower;Joseph P. Forgas

384
Citations
Social Episodes: The Study of Interaction Routines

Joseph P. Forgas

359
Citations
Mood and Social Memory

Gordon H. Bower;Joseph P. Forgas

351
Citations
Social Cognition: Perspectives on Everyday Understanding

Joseph P. Forgas

300
Citations
Affect in Social Thinking and Behavior

Joseph P. Forgas

249
Citations
Recent advances in social psychology : an international perspective

Joseph P. Forgas;J. Michael Innes

230
Citations
Affect, Cognition and Social Behavior@@@Growth Points in Cognition

Dipankar Chakravarti;Klaus Fiedler;Joseph Forgas;Guy Claxton

74
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kipling D. Williams Purdue University West Lafayette

William von Hippel University of Queensland

Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland

Dianne M. Tice Brigham Young University

Joseph Ciarrochi Australian Catholic University

Eddie Harmon-Jones University of New South Wales

Gordon H. Bower Stanford University

Martie G. Haselton University of California, Los Angeles

Christian Unkelbach University of Cologne

John D. Mayer University of New Hampshire

External Links

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