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D-Index
93
Citations
53876
World Ranking
828
National Ranking
522

Wendy Wood 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 Wendy Wood sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 216 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy Wood 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 Wendy Wood sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wendy Wood is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and specializes in psychology, with a focus on behavioral health and interventions. Their research spans several subfields of study, including applied psychology, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and management, monitoring, policy and law.

Wood's work covers a range of topics primarily centered around behavioral health and interventions, social and intergroup psychology, mental health research topics, environmental education and sustainability, opinion dynamics and social influence, the impact of technology on adolescents, and media influence on health.

Frequent publication venues for Wood include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Behavioral Science & Policy
  • American Heart Journal
  • Trials

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wood include:

  • "Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Habits and Goals in Human Behavior: Separate but Interacting Systems," 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Habits and the electronic herd: The psychology behind social media's successes and failures," 2020, Consumer Psychology Review
  • "Illusory Feelings, Elusive Habits: People Overlook Habits in Explanations of Behavior," 2022, Psychological Science
  • "Group value learned through interactions with members: A reinforcement learning account," 2021, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Wood has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Asaf Mazar
  • Ian Anderson
  • Ziv Carmon
  • Julie C. Lauffenburger
  • Kaitlin Hanken

Best Publications

  • Habit and intention in everyday life: The multiple processes by which past behavior predicts future behavior.

    Judith A. Ouellette;Wendy Wood

  • Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: A current appraisal.

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood;Amanda B. Diekman

  • The origins of sex differences in human behavior: Evolved dispositions versus social roles

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood

  • A cross-cultural analysis of the behavior of women and men: implications for the origins of sex differences.

    Wendy Wood;Alice H. Eagly

  • Attitude Change: Persuasion and Social Influence

    Wendy Wood

  • A New Look at Habits and the Habit-Goal Interface.

    Wendy Wood;David T. Neal

  • Social role theory.

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood

  • Interventions to Break and Create Consumer Habits

    Bas Verplanken;Wendy Wood

  • Explaining Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Perspective

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood

  • Habits in everyday life: thought, emotion, and action.

    Wendy Wood;Jeffrey M. Quinn;Deborah A. Kashy

  • Psychology of Habit.

    Wendy Wood;Dennis Rünger

  • Causal inferences about communicators and their effect on opinion change

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood;Shelly Chaiken

  • Biosocial Construction of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior

    Wendy Wood;Alice H. Eagly

  • Sex differences in intensity of emotional experience: A social role interpretation.

    Michele Grossman;Wendy Wood

  • Changing circumstances, disrupting habits.

    Wendy Wood;Leona Tam;Melissa Guerrero Witt

  • The habitual consumer.

    Wendy Wood;David T. Neal

  • Habits—A Repeat Performance

    David T. Neal;Wendy Wood;Jeffrey M. Quinn

  • Minority influence: a meta-analytic review of social influence processes.

    Wendy Wood;Sharon Lundgren;Judith A. Ouellette;Shelly Busceme

  • Sex Differences in Positive Well-Being: A Consideration of Emotional Style and Marital Status

    Wendy Wood;Nancy Rhodes;Melanie Whelan

  • Effects of Interventions to Promote Self-Determination for Individuals With Disabilities:

    Bob Algozzine;Diane Browder;Meagan Karvonen;David W. Test

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice H. Eagly
Alice H. Eagly Northwestern University
David W. Test
David W. Test University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Burcin Becerik-Gerber
Burcin Becerik-Gerber University of Southern California
Milind Tambe
Milind Tambe Harvard University
Sabine Sczesny
Sabine Sczesny University of Bern
Diane M. Browder
Diane M. Browder University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bob Algozzine
Bob Algozzine University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Shelly Chaiken
Shelly Chaiken New York University
John H. Aldrich
John H. Aldrich Duke University
K. Sudhir
K. Sudhir Yale University

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