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Melvin J. Lerner

Melvin J. Lerner

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
17093
World Ranking
8997
National Ranking
605

Melvin J. Lerner publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 90 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Melvin J. Lerner D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Melvin J. Lerner is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science as well as cognitive neuroscience.

Lerner's work concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Power and Status Dynamics

Recent publications by Lerner reflect these interests and include:

  • Confusing the Expression of Social Norms and Justice Motivation, 2023, Social Justice Research
  • Correction to: Confusing the Expression of Social Norms and Justice Motivation, 2023, Social Justice Research

Lerner has frequently collaborated with other researchers such as William Buse, Karl A. Menninger, I Ramzy, Joseph Sandler, and Yasser Ad-Dab'bagh.

The venues where Lerner's work has appeared most often include:

  • Social Justice Research
  • International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies

The research output of Melvin J. Lerner contributes to better understanding of social norms, justice motivation, and related psychological processes in social contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • Just world research and the attribution process: Looking back and ahead.

    Melvin J. Lerner;Dale T. Miller

  • Observer's reaction to the "innocent victim": compassion or rejection?

    Melvin J. Lerner;Carolyn H. Simmons

  • The justice motive: Some hypotheses as to its origins and forms1

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Belief in a Just World

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF PERFORMER'S REWARD AND ATTRACTIVENESS.

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Justice Motive in Social Behavior

    Melvin J. Lerner;Sally C. Lerner

  • Deserving and the Emergence of Forms of Justice1

    Melvin J. Lerner;Dale T. Miller;John G. Holmes

  • Personality and social psychology

    Theodore Millon;Melvin J. Lerner

  • Life Crises and Experiences of Loss in Adulthood

    Leo Montada;Sigrun-Heide Filipp;Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Justice Motive in Social Behavior: Introduction

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Justice Motive: Where Social Psychologists Found It, How they Lost It, and Why They May Not Find It Again:

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Justice Motive: "Equity" and "Parity" among Children.

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • Reactions to suffering of others under conditions of indirect responsibility.

    Melvin J. Lerner;Gail Matthews

  • Responses to victimizations and belief in a just world

    Leo Montada;Melvin J. Lerner

  • Rejection as a consequence of perceived similarity.

    David W. Novak;Melvin J. Lerner

  • Committing Altruism under the Cloak of Self-Interest: The Exchange Fiction ☆ ☆☆

    John G. Holmes;Dale T. Miller;Melvin J. Lerner

  • Integrating societal and psychological rules of entitlement: The basic task of each social actor and fundamental problem for the social sciences

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • Observers evaluation of a victim: Justice, guilt, and veridical perception.

    Melvin J. Lerner

  • The Justice motive in social behavior : adapting to times of scarcity and change

    Melvin J. Lerner;Sally C. Lerner

  • Who Believes in a Just World

    Melvin J. Lerner

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton College of Wooster
Patricia G. Greene
Patricia G. Greene Babson College
Richard T. Harrison
Richard T. Harrison University of Edinburgh
Candida G. Brush
Candida G. Brush Babson College
Per Davidsson
Per Davidsson Jönköping University
Colin Mason
Colin Mason University of Glasgow
Shaker A. Zahra
Shaker A. Zahra University of Minnesota
John G. Holmes
John G. Holmes University of Waterloo
Dale T. Miller
Dale T. Miller Stanford University
Robin R. Vallacher
Robin R. Vallacher Florida Atlantic University

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