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Michael I. Norton

Michael I. Norton

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
77
Citations
32138
World Ranking
1620
National Ranking
964

Michael I. Norton 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 I. Norton sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 279 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael I. Norton 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 I. Norton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael I. Norton is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within social sciences and psychology, with a notable focus on behavioral and social psychology topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, their work covers various subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Applied Psychology
  • Marketing

Key topics in Michael I. Norton's research portfolio include:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Selected recent papers provide insight into the focus and dissemination of their research:

  • Does spending money on others promote happiness?: A registered replication report, 2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government, 2020, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • White (but Not Black) Americans Continue to See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game; White Conservatives (but Not Moderates or Liberals) See Themselves as Losing, 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Relational diversity in social portfolios predicts well-being, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others, 2021, Journal of Consumer Research

Michael I. Norton frequently publishes in a variety of scholarly venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Grant E. Donnelly
  • Serena Hagerty
  • Juliana Schroeder
  • Francesca Gino
  • Cait Lamberton

Best Publications

  • Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought

    Malia F. Mason;Michael I. Norton;John D. Van Horn;Daniel M. Wegner

  • Spending money on others promotes happiness.

    Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael I. Norton

  • The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love

    Michael Irwin Norton;Daniel Mochon;Dan Ariely

  • Building a Better America—One Wealth Quintile at a Time:

    Michael I. Norton;Dan Ariely

  • How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

    Ilyana Kuziemko;Michael Irwin Norton;Emmanuel Saez;Stefana Pentcheva Stantcheva

  • This Old Stereotype: The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Elderly Stereotype

    Amy J.C. Cuddy;Michael I. Norton;Susan Tufts Fiske

  • Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

    Lara B. Aknin;Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Elizabeth W. Dunn;John F. Helliwell

  • Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game That They Are Now Losing

    Michael I. Norton;Samuel R. Sommers

  • Seeing race and seeming racist? Evaluating strategic colorblindness in social interaction.

    Evan P. Apfelbaum;Samuel R. Sommers;Michael I. Norton

  • Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness

    Lara B. Aknin;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Michael I. Norton

  • Racial Color Blindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications

    Evan P. Apfelbaum;Michael I. Norton;Samuel R. Sommers

  • Prosocial Spending and Happiness Using Money to Benefit Others Pays Off

    Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael Irwin Norton

  • Casuistry and social category bias.

    Michael I. Norton;Joseph A. Vandello;John M. Darley

  • The Counterfeit Self The Deceptive Costs of Faking It

    Francesca Gino;Michael I. Norton;Dan Ariely

  • Persuasive Robotics: The influence of robot gender on human behavior

    Mikey Siegel;Cynthia Breazeal;Michael I. Norton

  • Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior

    Ayelet Gneezy;Alex Imas;Amber Brown;Leif D. Nelson

  • Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Inferences of Secondary Emotions and Intergroup Helping

    Amy J. C. Cuddy;Mindi S. Rock;Michael I. Norton

  • How actions create--not just reveal--preferences.

    Dan Ariely;Michael I. Norton

  • Color Blindness and Interracial Interaction Playing the Political Correctness Game

    Michael I. Norton;Samuel R. Sommers;Evan P. Apfelbaum;Natassia Pura

  • Less is more: the lure of ambiguity, or why familiarity breeds contempt.

    Michael I. Norton;Jeana H. Frost;Dan Ariely

  • Vicarious Dissonance: Attitude Change from the Inconsistency of Others

    Michael I. Norton;Benoît Monin;Joel Cooper;Michael A. Hogg

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Gino
Francesca Gino Harvard University
Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely Duke University
Elizabeth W. Dunn
Elizabeth W. Dunn University of British Columbia
Lara B. Aknin
Lara B. Aknin Simon Fraser University
Samuel R. Sommers
Samuel R. Sommers Tufts University
Kurt Gray
Kurt Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy J. C. Cuddy
Amy J. C. Cuddy Harvard University
David G. Rand
David G. Rand Cornell University
Maurice E. Schweitzer
Maurice E. Schweitzer University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Aaker
Jennifer Aaker Stanford University

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