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Thomas F. Denson 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 Thomas F. Denson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 125 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas F. Denson 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 Thomas F. Denson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas F. Denson is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work addresses a variety of topics including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, bullying, victimization, aggression, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, mental health research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, social and intergroup psychology, and intimate partner and family violence.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Denson cover themes such as human affect and motivation, violence, anxiety, and behavioral responses across different contexts. Notable publications include:

  • The Human Affectome, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Misogynistic Tweets Correlate With Violence Against Women, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory., 2022, Motivation Science
  • Women With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Show Increased Repetitive Negative Thinking During the Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle, 2020, Clinical Psychological Science
  • Tracking sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio across the lifespan: implications for perceived aggressiveness, 2022, Royal Society Open Science

Denson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Elizabeth Summerell, Eddie Harmon-Jones, Cindy Harmon-Jones, Iana Wong, and Khandis R. Blake.

Their work has been published extensively in academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Motivation Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Aggressive Behavior

Best Publications

  • Self-Control and Aggression:

    Thomas F. Denson;C. Nathan DeWall;Eli J. Finkel

  • Vicarious Retribution: The Role of Collective Blame in Intergroup Aggression

    Brian Lickel;Norman Miller;Douglas M. Stenstrom;Thomas F. Denson

  • Understanding Impulsive Aggression: Angry Rumination and Reduced Self-Control Capacity Are Mechanisms Underlying the Provocation-Aggression Relationship

    Thomas F. Denson;William C. Pedersen;Malte Friese;Aryun Hahm

  • Cognitive appraisals and emotions predict cortisol and immune responses: a meta-analysis of acute laboratory social stressors and emotion inductions.

    Thomas F. Denson;Marija Spanovic;Norman Miller

  • The displaced aggression questionnaire.

    Thomas F. Denson;William C. Pedersen;Norman Miller

  • The angry brain: Neural correlates of anger, angry rumination, and aggressive personality

    Thomas F. Denson;William C. Pedersen;Jaclyn Ronquillo;Anirvan S. Nandy

  • The Roles of Dehumanization and Moral Outrage in Retributive Justice

    Brock Bastian;Thomas F. Denson;Nick Haslam

  • Self-control training decreases aggression in response to provocation in aggressive individuals

    Thomas F. Denson;Miriam M. Capper;Megan Oaten;Malte Friese

  • Experimental Methods for Inducing Basic Emotions: A Qualitative Review:

    Ewa Siedlecka;Thomas F. Denson

  • Evidence from Meta-Analyses of the Facial Width-to-Height Ratio as an Evolved Cue of Threat

    Shawn N. Geniole;Thomas F. Denson;Barnaby J. Dixson;Justin M. Carré

  • The turban effect: The influence of Muslim headgear and induced affect on aggressive responses in the shooter bias paradigm

    Christian Unkelbach;Joseph P. Forgas;Thomas F. Denson

  • The Multiple Systems Model of Angry Rumination

    Thomas F Denson

  • Self-control inhibits aggression.

    C. Nathan DeWall;Eli J. Finkel;Thomas F. Denson

  • Cognitive reappraisal increases heart rate variability in response to an anger provocation

    Thomas F. Denson;Jessica R. Grisham;Michelle L. Moulds

  • Endogenous testosterone and cortisol jointly influence reactive aggression in women

    Thomas F. Denson;Pranjal H. Mehta;Daniela Ho Tan

  • The impact of rumination on aggressive thoughts, feelings, arousal, and behaviour

    William C. Pedersen;Thomas F. Denson;R. Justin Goss;Eduardo Antonio Vasquez

  • The Roles of Entitativity and Essentiality in Judgments of Collective Responsibility

    Thomas F. Denson;Brian Lickel;Mathew Curtis;Douglas M. Stenstrom

  • Aggression in Women: Behavior, Brain and Hormones

    Thomas F Denson;Siobhan M O'Dean;Khandis R Blake;Joanne R Beames

  • The effects of analytical rumination, reappraisal, and distraction on anger experience.

    Thomas F. Denson;Michelle L. Moulds;Jessica R. Grisham

  • The effects of skin tone on race-related amygdala activity: an fMRI investigation

    Jaclyn Ronquillo;Thomas F. Denson;Brian Lickel;Zhong-Lin Lu

  • Fear and anger as predictors of motivation for intergroup aggression: Evidence from Serbia and Republika Srpska

    Marija Spanovic;Brian Lickel;Thomas F. Denson;Nebojsa Petrovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman Miller
Norman Miller University of Southern California
Brian Lickel
Brian Lickel University of Massachusetts Amherst
Barnaby J. W. Dixson
Barnaby J. W. Dixson University of Queensland
Jessica R. Grisham
Jessica R. Grisham University of New South Wales
Mitch Earleywine
Mitch Earleywine University at Albany, State University of New York
Brock Bastian
Brock Bastian University of Melbourne
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales
J. David Creswell
J. David Creswell Carnegie Mellon University
Malte Friese
Malte Friese Saarland University
William von Hippel
William von Hippel University of Queensland

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