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Michael A. Sayette 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 Michael A. Sayette sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 149 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Sayette 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 Michael A. Sayette sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Michael A. Sayette is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on several subfields including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, epidemiology, and clinical psychology.

The researcher's main topics of work include behavioral health and interventions, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, death anxiety and social exclusion, counseling practices and supervision, consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Recent publications by Michael A. Sayette include:

  • "Alcohol narrows physical distance between strangers" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A social contextual review of the effects of alcohol on emotion" (2022), published in Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • "Doctoral training in counseling psychology: Analyses of 20-year trends, differences across the practice-research continuum, and comparisons with clinical psychology." (2020), published in Training and Education in Professional Psychology
  • "In the Eye of the Beholder: A Comprehensive Analysis of Stimulus Type, Perceiver, and Target in Physical Attractiveness Perceptions" (2021), published in Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
  • "The effect of alcohol on mood among males drinking with a platonic friend" (2021), published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Their frequent coauthors include Madeline E. Goodwin, Kasey G. Creswell, Molly A. Bowdring, John C. Norcross, and Catharine E. Fairbairn.

Michael A. Sayette has frequently published in venues such as Clinical Psychological Science, Eye on Psi Chi Magazine, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, Training and Education in Professional Psychology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In recognition of professional contributions, they were awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind

    Jonathan W. Schooler;Jonathan Smallwood;Kalina Christoff;Todd C. Handy

  • The measurement of drug craving.

    Michael A. Sayette;Saul Shiffman;Stephen T. Tiffany;Raymond S. Niaura

  • Prefrontal responses to drug cues: a neurocognitive analysis.

    Stephen J Wilson;Michael A Sayette;Julie A Fiez

  • An appraisal-disruption model of alcohol's effects on stress responses in social drinkers.

    Michael A. Sayette

  • Attentional bias predicts outcome in smoking cessation.

    Andrew J. Waters;Saul Shiffman;Michael A. Sayette;Jean A. Paty

  • The promotion of social competence: longitudinal study of a preventive school-based program.

    Maurice J. Elias;Michael A. Gara;Thomas F. Schuyler;Leslie R. Branden-Muller

  • A Psychometric Evaluation of the Facial Action Coding System for Assessing Spontaneous Expression

    Michael A. Sayette;Jeffrey F. Cohn;Joan M. Wertz;Michael A. Perrott

  • Alcohol and Group Formation A Multimodal Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol on Emotion and Social Bonding

    Michael A. Sayette;Kasey G. Creswell;John D. Dimoff;Catharine Edith Ann Fairbairn

  • Does Drinking Reduce Stress

    Michael A. Sayette

  • Effects of cue exposure and deprivation on cognitive resources in smokers.

    Michael A. Sayette;Michael R. Hufford

  • The Role of Craving in Substance Use Disorders: Theoretical and Methodological Issues.

    Michael A. Sayette

  • Cue-provoked craving and nicotine replacement therapy in smoking cessation.

    Andrew J. Waters;Saul Shiffman;Michael A. Sayette;Jean A. Paty

  • A multi-dimensional analysis of cue-elicited craving in heavy smokers and tobacco chippers.

    Michael A. Sayette;Christopher S. Martin;Joan M. Wertz;Saul Shiffman

  • A review of the effects of perceived drug use opportunity on self-reported urge.

    Joan M. Wertz;Michael A. Sayette

  • Experimental design in alcohol administration research: limitations and alternatives in the manipulation of dosage-set.

    Christopher S. Martin;Michael A. Sayette

  • Self-regulatory failure and addiction.

    Michael A. Sayette;Kasey M. Griffin

  • Lost in the Sauce The Effects of Alcohol on Mind Wandering

    Michael A. Sayette;Erik D. Reichle;Jonathan W. Schooler

  • Instructed smoking expectancy modulates cue-elicited neural activity: A preliminary study

    Stephen J. Wilson;Michael A. Sayette;Mauricio R. Delgado;Julie A. Fiez

  • Exploring the Cold-to-Hot Empathy Gap in Smokers

    Michael A. Sayette;George Loewenstein;Kasey M. Griffin;Jessica J. Black

  • A social-attributional analysis of alcohol response.

    Catharine E. Fairbairn;Michael A. Sayette

  • The Effects of Alcohol on Cigarette Craving in Heavy Smokers and Tobacco Chippers

    Michael A. Sayette;Christopher S. Martin;Joan M. Wertz;Michael A. Perrott

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Norcross
John C. Norcross University of Scranton
Jeffrey F. Cohn
Jeffrey F. Cohn University of Pittsburgh
Christopher S. Martin
Christopher S. Martin University of Pittsburgh
Julie A. Fiez
Julie A. Fiez University of Pittsburgh
Saul Shiffman
Saul Shiffman University of Pittsburgh
Kenneth A. Perkins
Kenneth A. Perkins University of Pittsburgh
John M. Levine
John M. Levine University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan W. Schooler
Jonathan W. Schooler University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard L. Moreland
Richard L. Moreland University of Pittsburgh
Andrew J. Waters
Andrew J. Waters Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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