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Michael Wenzel 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 Wenzel sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 139 publications — 43rd percentile

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

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

Michael Wenzel 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 Wenzel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Wenzel is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and primarily conducts research in psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on social psychology and related subfields. Their work addresses complex topics such as forgiveness and related behaviors, emotions and moral behavior, as well as social and intergroup psychology.

Their recent papers cover a range of themes studying moral psychology and related social processes. Among these are:

  • "Understanding language preference: Autism knowledge, experience of stigma and autism identity" (2022, Autism)
  • "Dynamics of Moral Repair: Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and the Restoration of Value Consensus as Interdependent Processes" (2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
  • ""The future will be green, or not at all": How positive (utopian) and negative (dystopian) thoughts about the future shape collective climate action" (2024, Global Environmental Psychology)
  • "The effects of moral/social identity threats and affirmations on psychological defensiveness following wrongdoing" (2020, British Journal of Social Psychology)
  • "Interpersonal transgressions and psychological loss: Understanding moral repair as dyadic, reciprocal, and interactionist" (2021, Current Opinion in Psychology)

Michael Wenzel has frequently collaborated with several co-authors in their research, including:

  • Lydia Woodyatt
  • Tyler G. Okimoto
  • Emma F. Thomas
  • Michael Thai
  • Blake Quinney

The scientist's works appear in multiple academic journals with concentration in certain publication venues. These include:

  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Journal of Psychology and Theology
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Their research spans several notable subfields, specifically social psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and general health professions. The coverage of these areas reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach to human behavior and social dynamics.

Michael Wenzel's primary topics of study feature:

  • Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Social Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations: Reactions to Intergroup Difference:

    Amélie Mummendey;Michael Wenzel

  • Retributive and restorative justice

    Michael Wenzel;Tyler G. Okimoto;Norman T. Feather;Michael J. Platow

  • An analysis of norm processes in tax compliance

    Michael Wenzel

  • Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model

    Michael Wenzel;Amélie Mummendey;Sven Waldzus

  • The Social Side of Sanctions: Personal and Social Norms as Moderators of Deterrence

    Michael Wenzel

  • Motivation or rationalisation? Causal relations between ethics, norms and tax compliance

    Michael Wenzel

  • The impact of outcome orientation and justice concerns on tax compliance: the role of taxpayers' identity.

    Michael Wenzel

  • Misperceptions of social norms about tax compliance: From theory to intervention

    Michael Wenzel

  • The Ingroup as Pars Pro Toto: Projection From the Ingroup Onto the Inclusive Category as a Precursor to Social Discrimination:

    Michael Wenzel;Amélie Mummendey;Ulrike Weber;Sven Waldzus

  • Tax Compliance and the Psychology of Justice: Mapping the Field

    Michael Wenzel

  • Towards tolerance: Representations of superordinate categories and perceived ingroup prototypicality

    Sven Waldzus;Amélie Mummendey;Michael Wenzel;Ulrike Weber

  • Socio-structural characteristics of intergroup relations and identity management strategies: Results from a field study in East Germany.

    Amélie Mummendey;Andreas Klink;Rosemarie Mielke;Michael Wenzel

  • Justice and Social Conflict

    Gerold Mikula;Michael Wenzel

  • Self-Forgiveness and Restoration of an Offender Following an Interpersonal Transgression

    Lydia Woodyatt;Michael Wenzel

  • How acts of forgiveness restore a sense of justice: Addressing status/power and value concerns raised by transgressions

    Michael Wenzel;Tyler Gene Okimoto

  • Of bikers, teachers and Germans: groups' diverging views about their prototypicality.

    Sven Waldzus;Amélie Mummendey;Michael Wenzel;Franziska Boettcher

  • A letter from the tax office: compliance effects of informational and interpersonal justice

    Michael Wenzel

  • Justice and Identity: The Significance of Inclusion for Perceptions of Entitlement and the Justice Motive

    Michael Wenzel

  • The Multiplicity of Taxpayer Identities and Their Implications for Tax Ethics

    Michael Wenzel

  • Measuring Problem Gambling: Assessment of Three Prevalence Screens

    Janice McMillen;Michael Wenzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Tyler G. Okimoto
Tyler G. Okimoto University of Queensland
Amélie Mummendey
Amélie Mummendey Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michael J. Platow
Michael J. Platow Australian National University
Norman T. Feather
Norman T. Feather Flinders University
Matthew J. Hornsey
Matthew J. Hornsey University of Queensland
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Erich Kirchler
Erich Kirchler University of Vienna
John M. Darley
John M. Darley Princeton University
Michael J. A. Wohl
Michael J. A. Wohl Carleton University
John W. Berry
John W. Berry Queen's University

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