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Mark J. Landau 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 Mark J. Landau sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 129 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark J. Landau 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 Mark J. Landau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark J. Landau is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields, including Medicine, Psychology, and Social Sciences.

Landau's work touches on several specific subfields such as Social Psychology, Surgery, Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered by Landau's research include:

  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Breast Implant and Reconstruction
  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions

The scientist has contributed to a range of research articles published in various academic venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Surgical Management of Gynecomastia: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature" (2020), Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • "The Psychological Appeal of Fake-News Attributions" (2020), Psychological Science
  • "Pandemic Nostalgia: Reduced Social Contact Predicts Consumption of Nostalgic Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2023), Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • "Walls block waves: Using an inundation metaphor of immigration predicts support for a border wall" (2021), Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • "Mucormycosis following burn injuries: A systematic review" (2022), Burns

Frequent publication venues where Landau's work appears include:

  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
  • Psychological Science
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Landau collaborates regularly with several authors, including:

  • Jeff Greenberg
  • Hahns Y. Kim
  • Stephanie W. Holzmer
  • Jamie Arndt
  • Austin R. Swisher

Best Publications

  • Deliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bush

    Mark J. Landau;Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg;Florette Cohen

  • A metaphor-enriched social cognition.

    Mark J. Landau;Brian P. Meier;Lucas A. Keefer

  • Compensatory control and the appeal of a structured world.

    Mark J. Landau;Aaron C. Kay;Jennifer A. Whitson

  • A function of form: Terror management and structuring the social world

    Mark J. Landau;Michael Johns;Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski

  • An existential function of enemyship: evidence that people attribute influence to personal and political enemies to compensate for threats to control.

    Daniel Sullivan;Mark J. Landau;Zachary K. Rothschild

  • Death Goes to the Polls: A Meta-Analysis of Mortality Salience Effects on Political Attitudes*

    Brian L. Burke;Spee Kosloff;Mark J. Landau

  • Windows into nothingness: Terror management, meaninglessness, and negative reactions to modern art.

    Mark J. Landau;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Tom Pyszczynski

  • Seeing I to I: A Pathway to Interpersonal Connectedness

    Elizabeth C. Pinel;Anson E. Long;Mark J. Landau;Kira Alexander

  • Competitive victimhood as a response to accusations of ingroup harm doing.

    Daniel Sullivan;Mark J. Landau;Nyla R. Branscombe;Zachary K. Rothschild

  • Ageism and Death: Effects of Mortality Salience and Perceived Similarity to Elders on Reactions to Elderly People:

    Andy Martens;Jeff Greenberg;Jeff Schimel;Mark J. Landau

  • The dynamics of death and meaning: the effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life.

    Matthew Vess;Clay Routledge;Mark J. Landau;Jamie Arndt

  • A dual-motive model of scapegoating: displacing blame to reduce guilt or increase control.

    Zachary K. Rothschild;Mark J. Landau;Daniel Sullivan;Lucas A. Keefer

  • Remembering the real me: Nostalgia offers a window to the intrinsic self.

    Matthew Baldwin;Monica Biernat;Mark J. Landau

  • Attachment to objects as compensation for close others' perceived unreliability

    Lucas A. Keefer;Mark J. Landau;Zachary K. Rothschild;Daniel Sullivan

  • Evidence That Self-Relevant Motives and Metaphoric Framing Interact to Influence Political and Social Attitudes:

    Mark J. Landau;Daniel Sullivan;Jeff Greenberg

  • Evidence for the specificity of control motivations in worldview defense: Distinguishing compensatory control from uncertainty management and terror management processes.

    Steven Shepherd;Aaron C. Kay;Mark J. Landau;Lucas A. Keefer

  • The college journey and academic engagement: how metaphor use enhances identity-based motivation.

    Mark J. Landau;Daphna Oyserman;Lucas A. Keefer;George C. Smith

  • Finding the Meaning of Meaning: Emerging Insights on Four Grand Questions:

    Roy F. Baumeister;Mark J. Landau

  • The Power of Metaphor: Examining Its Influence on Social Life

    Mark J. Landau;Michael D. Robinson;Brian P. Meier

  • The siren's call: terror management and the threat of men's sexual attraction to women.

    Mark J. Landau;Jamie L. Goldenberg;Jeff Greenberg;Omri Gillath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg University of Arizona
Aaron C. Kay
Aaron C. Kay Duke University
Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon Skidmore College
Jamie Arndt
Jamie Arndt University of Missouri
Tom Pyszczynski
Tom Pyszczynski University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Jamie L. Goldenberg
Jamie L. Goldenberg University of South Florida
Nyla R. Branscombe
Nyla R. Branscombe University of Kansas
Brian P. Meier
Brian P. Meier Gettysburg College
Linda D. Cameron
Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced
Omri Gillath
Omri Gillath University of Kansas

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