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D-Index
153
Citations
171494
World Ranking
67
National Ranking
37

Richard E. Petty 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 Richard E. Petty sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 497 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard E. Petty 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 Richard E. Petty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 153 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 Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1992 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Richard E. Petty is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with significant focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, applied psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and literature and literary theory.

Their work addresses various main topics, including:

  • Social and intergroup psychology
  • Behavioral health and interventions
  • Cultural differences and values
  • Psychology of moral and emotional judgment
  • Media influence and health
  • Misinformation and its impacts
  • Consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification

The scientist has an extensive publication record in prominent venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • European Review of Social Psychology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "A Review and Conceptual Framework for Understanding Personalized Matching Effects in Persuasion," 2020, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • "A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19," 2023, Nature
  • "Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "A Validity-Based Framework for Understanding Replication in Psychology," 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Review

Richard E. Petty's collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Pablo Briñol
  • Lorena Moreno
  • Borja Paredes
  • Mengran Xu
  • David Santos

Their contributions have been recognized through various awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1985
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1990
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States, 1992
  • Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2000
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010

Best Publications

  • The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Message Elaboration versus Peripheral Cues

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • The need for cognition.

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty

  • Central and peripheral routes to persuasion: An individual difference perspective.

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Chuan Feng Kao;Regina Rodriguez

  • Central and Peripheral Routes to Advertising Effectiveness: The Moderating Role of Involvement

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo;David W. Schumann

  • Attitudes and Persuasion: Classic and Contemporary Approaches

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • THE EFFICIENT ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR COGNITION

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Chuan Feng Kao

  • DISPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE MOTIVATION : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF INDIVIDUALS VARYING IN NEED FOR COGNITION

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;Jeffrey A. Feinstein;W. Blair G. Jarvis

  • Personal involvement as a determinant of argument based persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo;Rachel Goldman

  • Mediation Analysis in Social Psychology: Current Practices and New Recommendations

    Derek D. Rucker;Kristopher J. Preacher;Zakary L. Tormala;Richard E. Petty

  • The Effects of Involvement on Responses to Argument Quantity and Quality: Central and Peripheral Routes to Persuasion

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • Issue involvement can increase or decrease persuasion by enhancing message-relevant cognitive responses.

    Richard E. Petty;John T. Cacioppo

  • ATTITUDES AND ATTITUDE CHANGE

    Richard E. Petty;Duane T. Wegener;Leandre R. Fabrigar

  • The elaboration likelihood model

    Jacob Teeny;Pablo Briñol;Richard E. Petty

  • An inkblot for attitudes: affect misattribution as implicit measurement.

    B. Keith Payne;Clara Michelle Cheng;Olesya Govorun;Brandon D. Stewart

  • Attitude strength : antecedents and consequences

    Richard E. Petty;Jon A. Krosnick

  • Attitude Strength: An Overview

    Jon A. Krosnick;Richard E. Petty

  • Measuring the Affective and Cognitive Properties of Attitudes: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

    Stephen L. Crites;Leandre R. Fabrigar;Richard E. Petty

  • Effects of message repetition and position on cognitive response, recall, and persuasion.

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty

  • Communication and persuasion

    Richard E. Petty

  • Social psychophysiology : a sourcebook

    John T. Cacioppo;Richard E. Petty;David Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo Briñol
Pablo Briñol Autonomous University of Madrid
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Duane T. Wegener
Duane T. Wegener The Ohio State University
Derek D. Rucker
Derek D. Rucker Northwestern University
Zakary L. Tormala
Zakary L. Tormala Stanford University
Kenneth G. DeMarree
Kenneth G. DeMarree University at Buffalo, State University of New York
S. Christian Wheeler
S. Christian Wheeler Stanford University
Leandre R. Fabrigar
Leandre R. Fabrigar Queen's University
Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
Timothy C. Brock
Timothy C. Brock The Ohio State University

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