Most cited papers in Climate Change Communication and Perception
What are the most cited papers in Climate Change Communication and Perception?
The most cited paper in Climate Change Communication and Perception is "Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?" (Anja Kollmuss, Julian Agyeman, 2002), with 8,791 citations. Next come "The Matthew effect in science. The reward and communication systems of science are considered." (4,882) and "The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework" (3,671).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,029 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? Anja Kollmuss, Julian Agyeman · Environmental Education Research | Aug 2002 | 8,791 |
| 2 | The Matthew effect in science. The reward and communication systems of science are considered. Robert Κ. Merton · PubMed | 5 Jan 1968 | 4,882 |
| 3 | The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework Roger E. Kasperson, Ortwin Renn, Paul Slovic et al. · Risk Analysis | Jun 1988 | 3,671 |
| 4 | Knowledge systems for sustainable development David W. Cash, William C. Clark, Frank Alcock et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 30 May 2003 | 3,642 |
| 5 | The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other Trevor Pinch, Wiebe E. Bijker · Social Studies of Science | Aug 1984 | 3,457 |
| 6 | The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century Brian C. O’Neill, Elmar Kriegler, Kristie L. Ebi et al. · Global Environmental Change | 12 Feb 2015 | 3,456 |
| 7 | Analysis and Synthesis of Research on Responsible Environmental Behavior: A Meta-Analysis Jody Maria Hines, Harold R. Hungerford, Audrey N. Tomera · The Journal of Environmental Education | 1987 | 3,392 |
| 8 | Developing a framework for responsible innovation Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen, Phil Macnaghten · Research Policy | 13 Jun 2013 | 3,155 |
| 9 | How safe is safe enough? A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein et al. · Policy Sciences | Apr 1978 | 2,860 |
| 10 | Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change? William Neil Adger, Suraje Dessai, Marisa C. Goulden et al. · Climatic Change | 19 Nov 2008 | 2,529 |
| 11 | Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change Elizabeth Shove · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space | Jun 2010 | 2,411 |
| 12 | The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public's Views of Global Warming, 2001–2010 Aaron M. McCright, Riley E. Dunlap · Sociological Quarterly | 18 Apr 2011 | 2,349 |
| 13 | The Polarizing Impact of Science Literacy and Numeracy on Perceived Climate Change Risks Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan, Ellen M. Peters et al. · Scholarly Commons - George Washington University Law School (George Washington University) | 2012 | 2,335 |
| 14 | The dragons of inaction: Psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation. Robert Gifford · American Psychologist | 2011 | 2,298 |
| 15 | The Value Basis of Environmental Concern Paul C. Stern, Thomas M. Dietz · Journal of Social Issues | Oct 1994 | 2,240 |
| 16 | Public Participation Methods: A Framework for Evaluation Gene Rowe, Lynn Jayne Frewer · Science Technology & Human Values | 2000 | 2,238 |
| 17 | Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: The Role of Affect, Imagery, and Values Anthony Leiserowitz · Climatic Change | 19 Jul 2006 | 2,220 |
| 18 | Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey Caroline Hickman, Elizabeth Marks, Panu Pihkala et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health | Dec 2021 | 2,148 |
| 19 | Changing Learner Behavior Through Environmental Education Harold R. Hungerford, Trudi L. Volk · The Journal of Environmental Education | Mar 1990 | 2,123 |
| 20 | Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change Ricardo Cavicchioli et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology | 18 Jun 2019 | 2,122 |
| 21 | Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications Irene Lorenzoni, Sophie A. Nicholson-Cole, Lorraine E. Whitmarsh · Global Environmental Change | 7 Apr 2007 | 2,035 |
| 22 | Adaptive capacity and human cognition: The process of individual adaptation to climate change Torsten Grothmann, Anthony Patt · Global Environmental Change | 24 Apr 2005 | 2,030 |
| 23 | oTree—An open-source platform for laboratory, online, and field experiments Daniel L. Chen, Martin Schonger, Chris D. Wickens · Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance | 19 Jan 2016 | 1,968 |
| 24 | Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review Robert Gifford, Andréas Nilsson · International Journal of Psychology | 2014 | 1,967 |
| 25 | THE STRUCTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN: CONCERN FOR SELF, OTHER PEOPLE, AND THE BIOSPHERE P. Wesley Schultz · Journal of Environmental Psychology | Dec 2001 | 1,922 |
| 26 | Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk‐Assessment Battlefield Paul Slovic · Risk Analysis | Aug 1999 | 1,913 |
| 27 | Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world Sarah Dryhurst, Claudia R. Schneider, John Richard Kerr et al. · Journal of Risk Research | 5 May 2020 | 1,910 |
| 28 | Perceived Risk, Trust, and Democracy Paul Slovic · Risk Analysis | Dec 1993 | 1,903 |
| 29 | Containing the Atom: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Nuclear Power in the United States and South Korea Sheila Jasanoff, Sang-Hyun Kim · Minerva | Jun 2009 | 1,889 |
| 30 | New Ways of Thinking about Environmentalism: Elaborating on Gender Differences in Environmentalism Lynnette C. Zelezny, Poh‐Pheng Chua, Christina Aldrich · Journal of Social Issues | 2000 | 1,814 |
| 31 | Normative Social Influence is Underdetected Jessica M. Nolan, P. Wesley Schultz, Robert B. Cialdini et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 9 May 2008 | 1,799 |
| 32 | Green identity, green living? The role of pro-environmental self-identity in determining consistency across diverse pro-environmental behaviours Lorraine E. Whitmarsh, Saffron J. O’Neill · Journal of Environmental Psychology | 26 Jan 2010 | 1,721 |
| 33 | Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press Maxwell Boykoff, Jules Boykoff · Global Environmental Change | Jul 2004 | 1,692 |
| 34 | Misunderstood misunderstanding: social identities and public uptake of science Brian Wynne · Public Understanding of Science | Jul 1992 | 1,660 |
| 35 | Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change Matthew J. Hornsey, Emily Ann Harris, Paul G. Bain et al. · Nature Climate Change | 19 Feb 2016 | 1,642 |
| 36 | Cultural cognition of scientific consensus Dan M. Kahan, Hank C. Jenkins‐Smith, Donald Braman · Journal of Risk Research | 12 Sep 2010 | 1,630 |
| 37 | Crafting Normative Messages to Protect the Environment Robert B. Cialdini · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Aug 2003 | 1,562 |
| 38 | Gender, Race, and Perception of Environmental Health Risks James Flynn, Paul Slovic, C. K. Mertz · Risk Analysis | Dec 1994 | 1,562 |
| 39 | Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement Matthew C. Nisbet · Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development | Mar 2009 | 1,560 |
| 40 | “Opening Up” and “Closing Down” Andy Stirling · Science Technology & Human Values | 12 Nov 2007 | 1,531 |
| 41 | The Psychological Distance of Climate Change Alexa Spence, Wouter Poortinga, Nick Pidgeon · Risk Analysis | 12 Oct 2011 | 1,478 |
| 42 | Boundary Organizations in Environmental Policy and Science: An Introduction David H. Guston · Science Technology & Human Values | Oct 2001 | 1,473 |
| 43 | Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming John Cook, Наоми Орескес, Peter Terence Doran et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Apr 2016 | 1,464 |
| 44 | Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation William Neil Adger, Jon Barnett, Katrina Myrvang Brown et al. · Nature Climate Change | 9 Nov 2012 | 1,458 |
| 45 | The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people Brett R. Scheffers, Luc De Meester, Tom C. L. Bridge et al. · Science | 11 Nov 2016 | 1,444 |
| 46 | The geology of mankind? A critique of the Anthropocene narrative Andreas Malm, Alf Hornborg · The Anthropocene Review | 7 Jan 2014 | 1,440 |
| 47 | How does environmental concern influence specific environmentally related behaviors? A new answer to an old question Sebastian Bamberg · Journal of Environmental Psychology | 28 Feb 2003 | 1,413 |
| 48 | Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change Susan Clayton · Journal of Anxiety Disorders | 26 Jun 2020 | 1,409 |
| 49 | “Fear Won't Do It” Saffron J. O’Neill, Sophie A. Nicholson-Cole · Science Communication | 7 Jan 2009 | 1,409 |
| 50 | Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss Ashlee Cunsolo, Neville R. Ellis · Nature Climate Change | 29 Mar 2018 | 1,397 |
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