D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Michael W. Kraus

Yale University
United States

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 Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Psychology D-index 38 Citations 10,896 80 World Ranking 6071 National Ranking 3400

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Social psychology
Self-esteem
Cognition

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Social environment, Interpersonal relationship, Developmental psychology and Social relation. Social psychology connects with themes related to Nonverbal communication in his study. His Social environment studies intersect with other disciplines such as Social perception and Social cognition.

In his study, Association, Prosocial behavior and Distress is strongly linked to Empathy, which falls under the umbrella field of Interpersonal relationship. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social influence and Thin-slicing. His study in the field of Social position is also linked to topics like Reputation, Ideology and Reciprocal.

His most cited work include:

Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior (690 citations)
Social class, solipsism, and contextualism: how the rich are different from the poor. (443 citations)
Social Class, Sense of Control, and Social Explanation (413 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Social relation, Social status, Perception and Life chances. His Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Developmental psychology and Social cognition. His Social relation research incorporates elements of Empathy, Interpersonal relationship, Social competence and Social group.

His Empathy course of study focuses on Association and Empathic accuracy. His work in Subjective well-being covers topics such as Sociometric status which are related to areas like Feeling, Friendship and Sociometry. His work in the fields of Social transformation overlaps with other areas such as Social order.

He most often published in these fields:

Social psychology (68.29%)
Social relation (18.29%)
Social status (12.20%)

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

Social psychology (68.29%)
Economic inequality (10.98%)
Perception (12.20%)

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

His main research concerns Social psychology, Economic inequality, Perception, White and Positive economics. His research in Prosocial behavior and Psychological science are components of Social psychology. Economic inequality is connected with Social cognition, Pronunciation, Social perception, Signing bonus and Competence in his study.

His Social cognition study frequently involves adjacent topics like High status. His research integrates issues of Developmental psychology and Persistence in his study of Perception. A majority of his Positive economics research is a blend of other scientific areas, such as Disadvantaged, Policy making, Behavioural sciences, Race ethnicity and Economic security.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

The Misperception of Racial Economic Inequality. (27 citations)
Evidence for the reproduction of social class in brief speech. (12 citations)
The association between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and subjective well-being: A meta-analytic review. (6 citations)

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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.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2010)

1554 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.
Psychological Review (2012)

1114 Citations

Social Class, Sense of Control, and Social Explanation

Michael W. Kraus;Paul K. Piff;Dacher Keltner.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2009)

966 Citations

Social Class, Contextualism, and Empathic Accuracy

Michael W. Kraus;Stéphane Côté;Dacher Keltner.
Psychological Science (2010)

735 Citations

Signs of Socioeconomic Status A Thin-Slicing Approach

Michael W. Kraus;Dacher Keltner.
Psychological Science (2009)

590 Citations

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

Cameron Anderson;Michael W. Kraus;Adam D. Galinsky;Dacher Keltner.
(2012)

524 Citations

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

Michael W. Kraus;Paul K. Piff;Dacher Keltner.
Current Directions in Psychological Science (2011)

523 Citations

Class and Compassion: Socioeconomic Factors Predict Responses to Suffering

Jennifer E. Stellar;Vida M. Manzo;Michael W. Kraus;Dacher Keltner.
Emotion (2012)

439 Citations

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

D. Keltner;G.A. van Kleef;S. Chen;M. Kraus.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (2008)

378 Citations

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

Stéphane Côté;Michael W. Kraus;Bonnie Hayden Cheng;Christopher Oveis.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2011)

291 Citations

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