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Michael Siegrist

Michael Siegrist

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Psychology
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
105
Citations
41172
World Ranking
492
National Ranking
5

Michael Siegrist 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 Siegrist sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 333 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Siegrist 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 Siegrist sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Michael Siegrist is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans various interdisciplinary fields linked to sociology, political science, food science, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Organic Food and Agriculture

Frequent co-authors of Michael Siegrist include:

  • Christina Hartmann
  • Angela Bearth
  • Anne Berthold
  • Larissa Luchsinger
  • Fabienne Michel

Their research is often published in specific academic venues, with repeated contributions in:

  • Food Quality and Preference
  • Risk Analysis
  • Appetite
  • Journal of Risk Research
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Michael Siegrist include:

  • Consumer acceptance of novel food technologies, 2020, Nature Food
  • Risk Perception: Reflections on 40 Years of Research, 2020, Risk Analysis
  • Perceived naturalness, disgust, trust and food neophobia as predictors of cultured meat acceptance in ten countries, 2020, Appetite

Co-authors have also led works related to consumer perceptions and sustainability issues, broadening the scope of research through collaborative studies.

Siegrist's work intersects with several domains such as environmental policy, sustainable agriculture, and consumer behavior, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary challenges in food systems and risk management.

Best Publications

  • Perception of hazards: the role of social trust and knowledge

    Michael Siegrist;George Cvetkovich

  • The influence of trust and perceptions of risks and benefits on the acceptance of gene technology.

    Michael Siegrist

  • Salient value similarity, social trust, and risk/benefit perception

    Michael Siegrist;George Cvetkovich;Claudia Roth

  • Consumer perception and behaviour regarding sustainable protein consumption: A systematic review

    Christina Hartmann;Michael Siegrist

  • Sorting out food waste behaviour: A survey on the motivators and barriers of self-reported amounts of food waste in households

    Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Nadine Wickli;Michael Siegrist

  • Eating green. Consumers' willingness to adopt ecological food consumption behaviors.

    Christina Tobler;Vivianne H.M. Visschers;Michael Siegrist

  • Perception of risk: the influence of general trust, and general confidence

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher;Timothy C. Earle

  • The importance of food naturalness for consumers: Results of a systematic review

    Sergio Román;Luis Manuel Sánchez-Siles;Michael Siegrist

  • The role of the affect and availability heuristics in risk communication.

    Carmen Keller;Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Public acceptance of nanotechnology foods and food packaging: The influence of affect and trust

    Michael Siegrist;Marie Eve Cousin;Hans Kastenholz;Arnim Wiek

  • Factors influencing public acceptance of innovative food technologies and products

    Michael Siegrist

  • The psychology of eating insects: A cross-cultural comparison between Germany and China

    Christina Hartmann;Jing Shi;Alice Giusto;Michael Siegrist

  • Importance of cooking skills for balanced food choices

    Christina Hartmann;Simone Dohle;Michael Siegrist

  • Flooding risks: a comparison of lay people's perceptions and expert's assessments in Switzerland.

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Consumers’ associations, perceptions and acceptance of meat and plant-based meat alternatives

    Fabienne Michel;Christina Hartmann;Michael Siegrist

  • Natural hazards and motivation for mitigation behavior: people cannot predict the affect evoked by a severe flood.

    Michael Siegrist;Heinz Gutscher

  • Trust and Risk Perception: A Critical Review of the Literature

    Michael Siegrist

  • Convenience food products. Drivers for consumption.

    Thomas A. Brunner;Klazine van der Horst;Michael Siegrist

  • Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions.

    Cornelia Betsch;Noel T. Brewer;Pauline Brocard;Patrick Davies

  • Test of a trust and confidence model in the applied context of electromagnetic field (EMF) risks.

    Michael Siegrist;Timothy C. Earle;Heinz Gutscher

  • Laypeople's and Experts' Perception of Nanotechnology Hazards

    Michael Siegrist;Carmen Keller;Hans Kastenholz;Silvia Frey

  • A new look at the psychometric paradigm of perception of hazards.

    Michael Siegrist;Carmen Keller;Henk A.L. Kiers

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivianne H.M. Visschers
Vivianne H.M. Visschers University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Arnim Wiek
Arnim Wiek Arizona State University
Uwe Herwig
Uwe Herwig University of Zurich
Lynn J. Frewer
Lynn J. Frewer Newcastle University
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Ulf Emanuelson
Ulf Emanuelson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University

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