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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Consumer Psychology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Motivation to compete: Understanding and overcoming the demotivating effect of competing with more people	317
How construal–regulatory mode fit increases social media sharing	140
Bracing for the sting of disposal: Product purgatories encourage mental simulation of the disposal process	118
When consumer decisions are moral decisions: Moral Foundations Theory and its implications for consumer psychology	75
Feedback‐induced action–outcome associations increase consumer impatience	69
What moral identity and competing selves can add to moral foundations theory: Comment on Ramos, Johnson, VanEpps & Graham (2024)	64
Chatbots and mental health: Insights into the safety of generative AI	63
Residential mobility or mobile residentiality? Exploring the effects of place stability and variety in consumer psychology	60
Public perception and autonomous vehicle liability	47
Causes and consequences of missed opportunities for prosociality: Introduction to Research Dialogue	46
“Inside” versus “outside” trends in consumer research	40
The facilitating effect of physiological self‐tracking on organ donation	38
The rise of chatbots: The effect of using chatbot agents on consumers' responses to request rejection	36
Neighbors as strangers or friends? How consumer's self‐construal affects the weight of neighbor information in residence decisions	35
Choice freedom	32
Changing beliefs or changing behavior? Understanding the belief‐to‐behavior process and intervening to curb the impact of misinformation	32
Unintended effects of algorithmic transparency: The mere prospect of an explanation can foster the illusion of understanding how an algorithm works	31
The model‐sizing dilemma: The use of varied female model sizes helps the impressions of brand values but hurts shopping ease	29
The affective, cognitive, and social benefits of interacting with nature	29
Homelessness‐based impact hiring and consumers' contagion concerns	29
Tiered discounts as multiple reference points for spending	29
From beliefs to behavior: Clarifying the roles of attitudes and context	26
Perceived corruption reduces algorithm aversion	26
Better late than never? Gift givers overestimate the relationship harm from giving late gifts	26
Awe, innovation, and choice: A conceptual analysis	25

Impatience for negative experiences	25
Issue Information	23
A meta‐analysis on the effects of just‐below versus round prices	23
JCP: The next mile	21
Commentaries on “Beyond statistical significance: Five principles for the new era of data analysis and reporting”	21
Issue Information	20
Work with me or work for me: The effect of brand roles depends on implicit theories of self‐change	19
How rejected recommendations shape recommenders' future product intentions	19
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Let's speculate about it: When and why consumers want to discuss mystery products	18
“No time to buy”: Asking consumers to spend time to save money is perceived as fairer than asking them to spend money to save time	18
When anthropomorphized brands push their gender boundaries	16
Style, content, and the success of ideas	16
But it was supposed to be healthy! How expected and actual nutritional value affect the content and linguistic characteristics of online reviews for food products	15
Issue Information	15
Climate action now: How to fuel a social movement	15
The digital frontier as a liminal space	14
PassivePy: A tool to automatically identify passive voice in big text data	14
Consumers prefer natural medicines more when treating psychological than physical conditions	13
On the political right, the customer is always right: Political ideology, entitlement, and complaining	13
Expressing passion for luxury enhances perceived authenticity	13
More the merrier: Effects of plural brand names on perceived entitativity and brand attitude	13
When is sociality congruent with self‐care?	13
Product‐facilitated conversations: When does starting a conversation by mentioning a product lead to better conversational outcomes?	13
An integrative review of gift‐giving research in consumer behavior and marketing	12
How to overcome algorithm aversion: Learning from mistakes	12
Social platform use and psychological well‐being	12
The egalitarian value of counterfeit goods: Purchasing counterfeit luxury goods to address income inequality	12
Robert S. Wyer, Jr. 1935–2026	12
The Metaverse: A new digital frontier for consumer behavior	11
Food categorization determines whether healthier food is inferred to be tastier or less tasty	11
Through rose‐tinted glasses: How inducing and resolving curiosity makes consumers less skeptical and improves their product evaluations	11
Secret consumer behaviors in close relationships	11
Issue Information	10
I share, therefore I know? Sharing online content ‐ even without reading it ‐ inflates subjective knowledge	10
Message framing to enhance consumer compliance with disease detection communication for prevention: The moderating role of age	9
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From kurtas to crop tops: A theory of postliminal self‐transformation	9
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Single paper meta‐analysis is unavoidable	9
Discussing proximal pasts and far futures	8
On seeing the self as a scarce resource: How time and money scarcity differentially shape consumers' self‐value and preferences	8
The spiritual contagion scale: A measure of beliefs in the transfer of metaphysical properties	8
Comments on “Single paper meta‐analysis is unavoidable”	8
How duration of storage affects food waste behavior	8
Issue Information	7
The politics of impact: How political ideology shapes perceptions of the environmental impact of individual actions	7
“Ouch!” When and why food anthropomorphism negatively affects consumption	7
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Working hard for money decreases risk tolerance	7

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Consumer insights from text analysis	7
Unfaithful brands: How brand attachment can lead to negative responses to influencer marketing campaigns	7
Customizing your way to health: How self‐customization influences food choices	6
To wait, or not to wait: The paradoxical effects of time metaphors on impatience	6
The making of Homo Honoratus: From omission to commission	6
Speedy activists: How firm response time to sociopolitical events influences consumer behavior	6
The nonlinear effect of consumer embarrassment on avoidance: A meta‐analysis	6
Home and psychological well‐being in global consumer mobility	6
Residential mobility and consumer psychology through a cultural lens	6
The over‐diversification effect: Enhancement in perceived heterogeneity of multiple (vs. single)‐others' preferences	6
Undersociality is unwise	6
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The situational Samaritan: How group reputation threat shapes reparatory behavior	6
Beautify the blurry self: Low self‐concept clarity increases appearance management	6
Discussing money with the one you love: How financial stress influences couples' financial communication	5
How communication mediums shape the message	5
Collective consciousness and consumer behavior	5
The effect of subjectivity and objectivity in online reviews: A convolutional neural network approach	5
The charity capacity curse	5
Already here: Metaverse in touch and sound	5
Givers eschew gifts that are inferior to their own: How social norms, regulatory focus, and concerns about offending lead givers astray	5
Moral foundations theory and consumer behavior	5
MindMiner: Uncovering linguistic markers of mind perception as a new lens to understand consumer–smart object relationships	5
The ironic impact of schadenfreude: When the joy of inflicting pain leads to increased prosocial behavior	5
Awe and aesthetics: Conundrums of creation and consumption	5
The influence of event‐time (vs. clock‐time) scheduling style on satiation	5
Issue Information	5
AI‐induced dehumanization	5
On the wisdom and utility of (under)sociality: A consumer psychology perspective	5
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Revisiting surprise appeals: How surprise labeling curtails consumption	4
The influence of mindset abstraction on preference for mixed versus extreme approaches to multigoal pursuits	4
Obstacles and opportunities for sustainable consumption: A comprehensive conceptual model, literature review, and research agenda	4
Algorithms propagate gender bias in the marketplace—with consumers’ cooperation	4
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An integrative theory of resource discrepancies	4
A common‐sense commentary on religious values and consumer behavior	4
Low‐fit cause‐related marketing: When and why do consumers respond positively?	4
Friendship fallout and bailout backlash: The psychology of borrowing and lending	4
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Issue Information	4
Contextual effects of color on food choices: Red ambient color induces indulgence	4
How economic system justification shapes demand for peer‐to‐peer providers	4