2026 Michael W. Kraus: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	45	6535	6082	3545	3216	88	15120

Michael W. Kraus 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 W. Kraus sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 88 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael W. Kraus 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 W. Kraus sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael W. Kraus is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a concentration in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, General Health Professions, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics covered in Kraus's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Gender Diversity and Inequality, Social and Cultural Dynamics, Health disparities and outcomes, and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology.

Recent papers published by Kraus and their colleagues include:

"The association between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and subjective well-being: A meta-analytic review." (2020, Psychological Bulletin)
"Disrupting Beliefs in Racial Progress: Reminders of Persistent Racism Alter Perceptions of Past, But Not Current, Racial Economic Equality" (2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
"Psychological Science Is Not Race Neutral" (2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
"How narratives of racial progress create barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations" (2021, Current Opinion in Psychology)
"Testing the efficacy of three informational interventions for reducing misperceptions of the Black-White wealth gap" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Kraus frequently collaborates with several coauthors. Those with whom they have published most often include Jennifer A. Richeson, Cydney H. Dupree, Brittany Torrez, LaStarr Hollie, and Bennett Callaghan.

Their work appears in a variety of publication venues. Key venues where Kraus has multiple publications are:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Affective Science
Nature Reviews Psychology

Best Publications

Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior

Paul K. Piff;Michael W. Kraus;Stéphane Côté;Bonnie Hayden Cheng

1966
Citations
Social class, solipsism, and contextualism: how the rich are different from the poor.

Michael W. Kraus;Paul K. Piff;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;Michelle L. Rheinschmidt

1621
Citations
Social Class, Sense of Control, and Social Explanation

Michael W. Kraus;Paul K. Piff;Dacher Keltner

1255
Citations
Social Class, Contextualism, and Empathic Accuracy

Michael W. Kraus;Stéphane Côté;Dacher Keltner

877
Citations
Signs of Socioeconomic Status A Thin-Slicing Approach

Michael W. Kraus;Dacher Keltner

710
Citations
The Local-Ladder Effect Social Status and Subjective Well-Being

Cameron Anderson;Michael W. Kraus;Adam D. Galinsky;Dacher Keltner

672
Citations
Social Class as Culture The Convergence of Resources and Rank in the Social Realm

Michael W. Kraus;Paul K. Piff;Dacher Keltner

626
Citations
Class and Compassion: Socioeconomic Factors Predict Responses to Suffering

Jennifer E. Stellar;Vida M. Manzo;Michael W. Kraus;Dacher Keltner

544
Citations
The association between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and subjective well-being: A meta-analytic review.

Jacinth J. X. Tan;Michael W. Kraus;Nichelle C. Carpenter;Nancy E. Adler

461
Citations
A Reciprocal Influence Model of Social Power: Emerging Principles and Lines of Inquiry

D. Keltner;G.A. van Kleef;S. Chen;M. Kraus

411
Citations
Americans overestimate social class mobility

Michael W. Kraus;Jacinth J.X. Tan

400
Citations
A Road Map for an Emerging Psychology of Social Class

Michael W. Kraus;Nicole M. Stephens

365
Citations
Social power facilitates the effect of prosocial orientation on empathic accuracy.

Stéphane Côté;Michael W. Kraus;Bonnie Hayden Cheng;Christopher Oveis

329
Citations
The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity

Michael W. Kraus;Serena Chen;Dacher Keltner

318
Citations
Signs of Social Class: The Experience of Economic Inequality in Everyday Life.

Michael W. Kraus;Jun Won Park;Jacinth J. X. Tan

309
Citations
Social class rank, essentialism, and punitive judgment.

Michael W. Kraus;Dacher Keltner

284
Citations
The Social Ladder: A Rank-Based Perspective on Social Class

Michael W. Kraus;Jacinth J. X. Tan;Melanie B. Tannenbaum

273
Citations
Social Class Rank, Threat Vigilance, and Hostile Reactivity

Michael W. Kraus;E. J. Horberg;Jennifer L. Goetz;Dacher Keltner

264
Citations
The Misperception of Racial Economic Inequality.

Michael W. Kraus;Ivuoma N. Onyeador;Natalie M. Daumeyer;Julian M. Rucker

245
Citations
Americans misperceive racial economic equality.

Michael W. Kraus;Julian M. Rucker;Jennifer A. Richeson

223
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dacher Keltner University of California, Berkeley

Paul K. Piff University of California, Irvine

Jennifer A. Richeson Yale University

Serena Chen University of California, Berkeley

Cameron Anderson University of California, Berkeley

Stéphane Côté University of Toronto

Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University

Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco

Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton University of California, Berkeley

Dov Cohen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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