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Paul Slovic 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 Paul Slovic sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 447 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Slovic 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 Paul Slovic sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 155 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Paul Slovic is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and has contributed extensively to social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, economics, econometrics, and decision sciences. Their research spans multiple topics including the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, misinformation and its impacts, risk perception and management, social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, decision-making and behavioral economics, as well as health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Slovic's recent published papers include:

  • "Politicians polarize and experts depolarize public support for COVID-19 management policies across countries" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Social, psychological, and demographic characteristics of dehumanization toward immigrants" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The Affect Heuristic and Risk Perception - Stability Across Elicitation Methods and Individual Cognitive Abilities" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Political partisanship and mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, Public Health)
  • "Comparing the effect of rational and emotional appeals on donation behavior" (2020, Judgment and Decision Making)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors including:

  • Daniel Västfjäll
  • Stephan Dickert
  • Marcus Mayorga
  • David M. Markowitz
  • Tehila Kogut

Slovic's work is regularly published in a number of academic venues, such as:

  • Risk Analysis
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Forecasting
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Judgment and Decision Making

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes a range of fellowships and awards:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology by the American Psychological Association (1993)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1986)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (1982)

Best Publications

  • Perception of risk.

    Paul Slovic

  • Judgment under uncertainty: List of contributors

    Daniel Kahneman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • Judgment under uncertainty: Causality and attribution

    Daniel Kahneman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • The psychometric study of risk perception

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Perception of Risk Posed by Extreme Events

    Paul Slovic;Elke U. Weber

  • Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.

    Glenn R. Shafer;Daniel Kahnerman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality

    Paul Slovic;Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Donald G. MacGregor

  • The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework

    Roger E. Kasperson;Ortwin Renn;Paul Slovic;Halina S. Brown

  • Judgement under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

    Elizabeth C. Hirschman;Daniel Kahneman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • HOW SAFE IS SAFE ENOUGH? A PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS AND BENEFITS

    Baruch Fischhoff;Paul Slovic;Sarah Lichtenstein;Stephen Read

  • The affect heuristic

    Paul Slovic;Melissa L. Finucane;Ellen Peters;Donald G. MacGregor

  • The affect heuristic in judgments of risks and benefits

    Melissa L. Finucane;Ali Alhakami;Paul Slovic;Stephen M. Johnson

  • The Perception of Risk

    Paul Slovic

  • Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk‐Assessment Battlefield

    Paul Slovic

  • Judgment under Uncertainty

    Daniel Kahneman;Paul Slovic;Amos Tversky

  • The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

    Dan M. Kahan;Ellen Peters;Maggie Wittlin;Paul Slovic

  • Comparison of Bayesian and Regression Approaches to the Study of Information Processing in Judgment.

    Paul Slovic;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Behavioral Decision Theory

    Paul Slovic;Baruch Fischhoff;Sarah Lichtenstein

  • Reversals of preference between bids and choices in gambling decisions.

    Sarah Lichtenstein;Paul Slovic

  • Contingent weighting in judgment and choice

    Amos Tversky;Shmuel Sattath;Paul Slovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Sarah Lichtenstein
Sarah Lichtenstein Oregon Research Institute
Daniel Västfjäll
Daniel Västfjäll Linköping University
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University
C. K. Mertz
C. K. Mertz University of Oregon
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Dan M. Kahan
Dan M. Kahan Yale University
Robin Gregory
Robin Gregory University of British Columbia
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky Stanford University
John Gastil
John Gastil Pennsylvania State University

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