| Conspiracy theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations JW Van Prooijen, KM Douglas Memory studies 10 (3), 323-333, 2017 | 911 | 2017 |
| Political extremism predicts belief in conspiracy theories JW Van Prooijen, APM Krouwel, TV Pollet Social psychological and personality science 6 (5), 570-578, 2015 | 770 | 2015 |
| Why education predicts decreased belief in conspiracy theories JW van Prooijen Applied cognitive psychology 31 (1), 50-58, 2017 | 616 | 2017 |
| Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain JW Van Prooijen, KM Douglas European journal of social psychology 48 (7), 897-908, 2018 | 584 | 2018 |
| Confirmatory analysis of exploratively obtained factor structures JW Van Prooijen, WA Van Der Kloot Educational and psychological measurement 61 (5), 777-792, 2001 | 551 | 2001 |
| Belief in conspiracy theories: The influence of uncertainty and perceived morality JW Van Prooijen, NB Jostmann European journal of social psychology 43 (1), 109-115, 2013 | 525 | 2013 |
| The influence of control on belief in conspiracy theories: Conceptual and applied extensions JW Van Prooijen, M Acker Applied Cognitive Psychology 29 (5), 753-761, 2015 | 499 | 2015 |
| Conspiracy theories: Evolved functions and psychological mechanisms JW Van Prooijen, M Van Vugt Perspectives on psychological science 13 (6), 770-788, 2018 | 485 | 2018 |
| Connecting the dots: Illusory pattern perception predicts belief in conspiracies and the supernatural JW Van Prooijen, KM Douglas, C De Inocencio European journal of social psychology 48 (3), 320-335, 2018 | 389 | 2018 |
| National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic JJ Van Bavel, A Cichocka, V Capraro, H Sjåstad, JB Nezlek, T Pavlović, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 517, 2022 | 350 | 2022 |
| Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries R Imhoff, F Zimmer, O Klein, JHC António, M Babinska, A Bangerter, ... Nature human behaviour 6 (3), 392-403, 2022 | 302 | 2022 |
| An existential threat model of conspiracy theories JW Van Prooijen European Psychologist, 2019 | 287 | 2019 |
| The psychology of conspiracy theories JW Prooijen Routledge, 2018 | 273 | 2018 |
| Epistemic rationality: Skepticism toward unfounded beliefs requires sufficient cognitive ability and motivation to be rational T Ståhl, JW Van Prooijen Personality and Individual Differences 122, 155-163, 2018 | 251 | 2018 |
| Psychological features of extreme political ideologies JW Van Prooijen, APM Krouwel Current Directions in Psychological Science 28 (2), 159-163, 2019 | 242 | 2019 |
| Procedural justice and status: status salience as antecedent of procedural fairness effects. JW Van Prooijen, K Van den Bos, HAM Wilke Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83 (6), 1353, 2002 | 211 | 2002 |
| Group belongingness and procedural justice: social inclusion and exclusion by peers affects the psychology of voice. JW Van Prooijen, K Van den Bos, HAM Wilke Journal of personality and social psychology 87 (1), 66, 2004 | 205 | 2004 |
| “Who doesn’t?”—The impact of descriptive norms on corruption NC Köbis, JW Van Prooijen, F Righetti, PAM Van Lange PloS one 10 (6), e0131830, 2015 | 200 | 2015 |
| Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships JW Van Prooijen, G Spadaro, H Wang Current opinion in psychology 43, 65-69, 2022 | 198 | 2022 |
| Be aware to care: Public self-awareness leads to a reversal of the bystander effect M van Bommel, JW van Prooijen, H Elffers, PAM Van Lange Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48 (4), 926-930, 2012 | 194 | 2012 |