2026 Norbert L. Kerr: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	64	2925	2685	1680	1508	200	20330

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Overview

Norbert L. Kerr is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, focusing on various subfields and topics that intersect behavioral, social, and gender-related issues.

Their recent research contributions include two published papers. One paper, published in 2021 in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, is titled "Attenuation of the Köhler Effect in Racially Dissimilar Partnered Exercise Reversed Using Team Identity Strategy." The other, published in 2024 in Small Group Research, is titled "Exploring the "Fourth Drawback": Overlap Between Mediator and Criterion in Mediation Analysis."

Kerr has published mainly in the following venues:

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Small Group Research

Their coauthors reflect diverse collaborations with frequent partners including:

Stephen Samendinger
Deborah L. Feltz
Emery J. Max
Tayo Moss
Joseph Cesario

Kerr's primary fields of study are:

Psychology
Social Sciences

They have contributed to several subfields such as:

Sociology and Political Science
Applied Psychology
Social Psychology
Gender Studies

Their research topics reflect a broad interest in social behavior and psychological aspects, including:

Behavioral Health and Interventions
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Gender Diversity and Inequality
Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Conflict Management and Negotiation
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Best Publications

HARKing: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known:

Norbert L. Kerr

2309
Citations
Group performance and decision making.

Norbert L. Kerr;R. Scott Tindale

1880
Citations
Dispensability of member effort and group motivation losses: Free-rider effects

Norbert L. Kerr;Steven E. Bruun

1275
Citations
Motivation losses in small groups: a social dilemma analysis

Norbert L. Kerr

1149
Citations
An Atlas of Interpersonal Situations

Harold H. Kelley;John G. Holmes;Norbert L. Kerr;Harry T. Reis

1144
Citations
Bias in judgment: Comparing individuals and groups.

Norbert L. Kerr;Robert J. MacCoun;Geoffrey P. Kramer

779
Citations
Communication, commitment, and cooperation in social dilemma.

Norbert L. Kerr;Cynthia M. Kaufman-Gilliland

582
Citations
Illusions of efficacy: The effects of group size on perceived efficacy in social dilemmas.

Norbert L. Kerr

427
Citations
Asymmetric influence in mock jury deliberation: jurors' bias for leniency.

Robert J. MacCoun;Norbert L. Kerr

417
Citations
Pretrial publicity, judicial remedies, and jury bias

Geoffrey P. Kramer;Norbert L. Kerr;John S. Carroll

395
Citations
Group Process, Group Decision, Group Action

Robert S. Baron;Norbert L. Kerr;Norman Miller

369
Citations
Ringelmann Revisited Alternative Explanations for the Social Loafing Effect

Norbert L. Kerr;Steven E. Bruun

334
Citations
The decision processes of 6- and 12-person mock juries assigned unanimous and two-thirds majority rules.

James H. Davis;Norbert L. Kerr;Robert S. Atkin;Robert Holt

327
Citations
Defendant-juror similarity and mock juror judgments.

Norbert L. Kerr;Robert W. Hymes;Alonzo B. Anderson;James E. Weathers

313
Citations
"Me versus just us versus us all" categorization and cooperation in nested social dilemmas.

Arjaan P. Wit;Norbert L. Kerr

297
Citations
Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt: Effects of concept definition and assigned decision rule on the judgments of mock jurors.

Norbert L. Kerr;Robert S. Atkin;Garold Stasser;David Meek

294
Citations
The Psychology of the courtroom

Norbert L. Kerr;Robert M. Bray

293
Citations
Priming in-group favoritism: The impact of normative scripts in the minimal group paradigm.

Guido Hertel;Norbert L. Kerr

279
Citations
Motivation gains in performance groups: paradigmatic and theoretical developments on the Köhler effect.

Guido Hertel;Norbert L. Kerr;Lawrence A. Messé

276
Citations
Influence processes and consensus models in decision-making groups.

G Stasser;Norbert L. Kerr;G.H. Davis

268
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. M. Van Lange Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Harold H. Kelley University of California, Los Angeles

Harry T. Reis University of Rochester

Caryl E. Rusbult Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

John G. Holmes University of Waterloo

Deborah L. Feltz Michigan State University

Guido Hertel University of Münster

R. Scott Tindale Loyola University Chicago

Garold Stasser Miami University

Patrick R. Laughlin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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