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Michael Bang Petersen

Michael Bang Petersen

Law and Political Science
Denmark
2022

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Law and Political Science D-index 24 Citations 2,969 62 World Ranking 809 National Ranking 10
Psychology D-index 32 Citations 4,530 79 World Ranking 6936 National Ranking 15

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Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social psychology

His main research concerns Social psychology, Politics, Welfare, Public opinion and Face. His Social psychology research integrates issues from Test, Social Welfare and Ideology. His work on Opposition and Motivated reasoning as part of general Politics study is frequently linked to Extant taxon and Correctness, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His studies deal with areas such as Compassion, Anger, Social emotions and Social exchange theory as well as Public opinion. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social partners, Followership, Social conflict and Friendship. His work blends Evolutionary psychology and Social cognition studies together.

His most cited work include:

  • Deservingness versus values in public opinion on welfare: The automaticity of the deservingness heuristic (119 citations)
  • Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic (109 citations)
  • Who Deserves Help? Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions, and Public Opinion about Welfare (101 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Politics, Evolutionary psychology, Ideology and Epistemology. His research integrates issues of Test, Social Welfare, Face and Welfare in his study of Social psychology. His work in Politics covers topics such as Dominance which are related to areas like Political violence.

He combines subjects such as Criminal justice, Positive economics and Political psychology with his study of Evolutionary psychology. As part of his studies on Ideology, Michael Bang Petersen frequently links adjacent subjects like Social dominance orientation. Michael Bang Petersen studies Argument which is a part of Epistemology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (41.73%)
  • Politics (40.29%)
  • Evolutionary psychology (24.46%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Politics (40.29%)
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (7.91%)
  • Pandemic (6.47%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Michael Bang Petersen mainly investigates Politics, Coronavirus disease 2019, Pandemic, Social psychology and Cognitive psychology. His Politics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Political economy, Media studies, Dominance, Public relations and Evolutionary psychology. His study in Public relations is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both State and Psychological research.

His Evolutionary psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social dominance orientation and Biopower. His Social psychology study incorporates themes from Egalitarianism and Cultural diversity. His work deals with themes such as Scale, Replicate, Entrepreneurship, Suite and Preference, which intersect with Cognitive psychology.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Emotional Path to Action: Empathy Promotes Physical Distancing and Wearing of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (77 citations)
  • Upper‐Body Strength and Political Egalitarianism: Twelve Conceptual Replications (17 citations)
  • Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic? (15 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social psychology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Politics, Pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019, Compliance and Social psychology. His studies in Politics integrate themes in fields like Social science and Evolutionary psychology. His Evolutionary psychology study combines topics in areas such as Egalitarianism, Social dominance orientation and Biopower.

Pandemic combines with fields such as 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Global health, Globe, Empathy and Action in his investigation. Michael Bang Petersen interconnects Government, Panel data, Public economics and Perception in the investigation of issues within Compliance. His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Authoritarianism and Political psychology.

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Best Publications

Deservingness versus values in public opinion on welfare: The automaticity of the deservingness heuristic

Michael Bang Petersen;Rune Slothuus;Rune Stubager;Lise Togeby.
European Journal of Political Research (2011)

250 Citations

Who Deserves Help? Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions, and Public Opinion about Welfare

Michael Bang Petersen;Daniel Sznycer;Leda Cosmides;John Tooby.
Political Psychology (2012)

233 Citations

Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Michael Bang Petersen.
American Journal of Political Science (2012)

212 Citations

The Ancestral Logic of Politics Upper-Body Strength Regulates Men’s Assertion of Self-Interest Over Economic Redistribution

Michael Bang Petersen;Daniel Sznycer;Aaron Nathaniel Sell;Aaron Nathaniel Sell;Leda Cosmides.
Psychological Science (2013)

194 Citations

The naturalness of (many) social institutions: evolved cognition as their foundation

Pascal Boyer;Michael Bang Petersen.
Journal of Institutional Economics (2012)

176 Citations

Motivated Reasoning and Political Parties: Evidence for Increased Processing in the Face of Party Cues

Michael Bang Petersen;Martin Skov;Martin Skov;Søren Serritzlew;Thomas Ramsøy;Thomas Ramsøy.
Political Behavior (2013)

175 Citations

The Emotional Path to Action: Empathy Promotes Physical Distancing and Wearing of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Stefan Pfattheicher;Laila Nockur;Robert Böhm;Claudia Sassenrath.
Psychological Science (2020)

160 Citations

Crowding Out Culture: Scandinavians and Americans Agree on Social Welfare in the Face of Deservingness Cues

Lene Aarøe;Michael Bang Petersen.
The Journal of Politics (2014)

144 Citations

The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration

Lene Aarøe;Michael Bang Petersen;Kevin Arceneaux.
American Political Science Review (2017)

132 Citations

Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations

Joshua M. Tybur;Yoel Inbar;Lene Aarøe;Pat Barclay.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2016)

130 Citations

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