1. Mercadante, E. J., & Tracy, J. L. (2024). How does it feel to be greedy? The role of pride in avaricious acquisition. Journal of Personality, 92(2), 565–583.

2. Mercadante, E. J., Tracy, J. L., & Götz, F. M. (2023). Greed communication predicts the approval and reach of US senators’ tweets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(11), e2218680120.

3. Mercadante, E. J., Heine, S. J., & Aquino, K. (2023). Leadership in the eye of the beholder: Follower self-esteem is associated with divergent perceptions of leadership ability for dominant and prestigious leaders. Journal of Personality, 91(5), 1253–1270.

4. Mercadante, E. J., Witkower, Z., Hohm, I., & Tracy, J. L. (2023). Comment on Grossman (2020). Beyond the fearful ape hypothesis: Humans are also supplicating and appeasing apes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e72.

5. Tracy, J. L., Mercadante, E. J., & Robins, R. W. (2023). The viability and validity of the Authentic and Hubristic Pride scales: Reply to Dickens and Murphy (2023). Emotion, 23(3), 894–898.

6. Tracy, J. L., Mercadante, E.J., & Hohm, I. (2023). Pride: The emotional foundation of social rank attainment. Annual Review of Psychology, 74, 519–545.

7. Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Kraus, C.,... Mercadante, E. J., … Yzerbyt, V. (2022). Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 1.

8. Mercadante, E. J., & Tracy, J. L. (2022). Comment on Keltner & Oatley (2022). Emotions can cause anti-social behavior. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginary Culture, 6, 61-65.

9. Mercadante, E. J., & Tracy, J. L. (2022). A paradox of pride: Hubristic pride predicts strategic dishonesty in response to status threats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151, 1681–1706.

10. Witkower, Z., Mercadante, E. J., & Tracy, J. L. (2022). The chicken and egg of pride and social rank. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 382–389.

11. Mercadante, E. J., Witkower, Z., & Tracy, J. L. (2021). The psychological structure, social consequences, function, and expression of pride experiences. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 130-135.

12. Tracy, J. L., Mercadante, E. J., Witkower, Z., & Cheng, J. T. (2020). The evolution of pride and social hierarchy. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 62, 51-114.

13. Witkower, Z., Mercadante, E. J., & Tracy, J. L. (2020). How affect shapes status: Distinct emotional experiences and expressions facilitate social hierarchy navigation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 18–22.

14. Reardon, K. W., Mercadante, E. J., & Tackett, J. L. (2018). The assessment of personality disorder: Methodological, developmental, and contextual considerations. Current Opinion in Psychology, 21, 39-43.

15. Tracy, J. L., Steckler, C. M., Randles, D., & Mercadante, E. J. (2018). The financial cost of status signaling: Expansive postural displays are associated with a reduction in the receipt of altruistic donations. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39, 520–528.