2026 William D. Crano: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	58	3819	3517	2140	1922	221	17073

Overview

William D. Crano is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their research spans across social sciences and psychology, with a substantial focus on sociology and political science as well as applied and experimental cognitive psychology. The body of work reflects a concentration on social psychology and communication.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various research domains, including:

Social and Intergroup Psychology
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Media and Politics
Culinary Culture and Tourism
Mental Health Research Topics
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Crano's recent publications include:

Above the influence of vaping: Peer leader influence and diffusion of a network-informed preventive intervention, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
Associations Between Family and Peer E-Cigarette Use With Adolescent Tobacco and Marijuana Usage: A Longitudinal Path Analytic Approach, 2020, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Italian Food? Sounds Good! Made in Italy and Italian Sounding Effects on Food Products' Assessment by Consumers, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
Psychological reactance and adolescent cannabis use: The role of parental warmth and monitoring, 2022, Addictive Behaviors
Cultural drift, indirect minority influence, network structure, and their impacts on cultural change and diversity, 2021, American Psychologist

Frequent collaborators include:

Eusebio M. Alvaro
Jason T. Siegel
Candice D. Donaldson
Stefano De Dominicis
Uberta Ganucci Cancellieri

William D. Crano has published regularly in several venues. The most frequent include:

Frontiers in Psychology
Addictive Behaviors
Medical Journal of Southern California Clinicians
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
American Psychologist

This profile reflects a multidisciplinary approach intersecting social sciences and psychology, with relevant contributions to behavioral health, social dynamics, and cultural studies facilitated through robust collaborative networks and diverse publication outlets.

Best Publications

Attitudes and attitude change

William D. Crano;Radmila Prislin

2667
Citations
Principles and Methods of Social Research

William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

1361
Citations
Principles and methods of social research, 2nd ed.

William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

1354
Citations
Attitudes and persuasion.

William D. Crano;Radmila Prislin

1176
Citations
Research Design and Issues of Validity

Marilynn B. Brewer;William D. Crano

1061
Citations
Vested interest as a moderator of attitude–behavior consistency.

John Sivacek;William D. Crano

434
Citations
The NIMH multisite HIV prevention trial: Reducing HIV sexual risk behavior

D. D. Celentano;C. Dilorio;T. Hartwell;J. Kelly

412
Citations
Principles of research in social psychology

William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer

394
Citations
Inferred evaluation and the relation between attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction.

John W. Condon;William D. Crano

391
Citations
Causal influence of teachers' expectations on children's academic performance: A cross-lagged panel analysis.

William D. Crano;Phyllis M. Mellon

297
Citations
Acculturation, Familism, Parental Monitoring, and Knowledge as Predictors of Marijuana and Inhalant Use in Adolescents

Juan R. Ramirez;William D. Crano;Ryan Quist;Michael Burgoon

286
Citations
The leniency contract and persistence of majority and minority influence.

William D. Crano;Xin Chen

264
Citations
Attitude strength and vested interest.

William D. Crano

224
Citations
Indirect minority influence: Evidence for leniency in source evaluation and counterargumentation.

Eusebio M. Alvaro;William D. Crano

221
Citations
Monitoring Matters: Meta-analytic review reveals the reliable linkage of parental monitoring with adolescent marijuana use

Andrew Lac;William D. Crano

214
Citations
Understanding early-onset drug and alcohol outcomes among youth: the role of family structure, social factors, and interpersonal perceptions of use.

Vanessa Hemovich;Andrew Lac;William D. Crano

210
Citations
Does Intelligence Cause Achievement?: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis

William D. Crano;David A. Kenny;Donald T. Campbell

175
Citations
Family structure and adolescent drug use: an exploration of single-parent families.

Vanessa Hemovich;William D. Crano

175
Citations
Vested Interest, Symbolic Politics, and Attitude-Behavior Consistency

William D. Crano

169
Citations
Primacy versus Recency in Retention of Information and Opinion Change

William D. Crano

169
Citations
Attitudes and the Prediction of Behavior

William D. Crano;Radmila Prislin

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Lac University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Marilynn B. Brewer The Ohio State University

Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University

Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California

Alan W. Stacy Claremont Graduate University

Daniel M. Wegner Harvard University

Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University

Kevin L. Delucchi University of California, San Francisco

Donald T. Campbell Lehigh University

Dorothy L. Espelage University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

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