Bernard Weiner

46.9k total citations · 15 hit papers
205 papers, 32.0k citations indexed

About

Bernard Weiner is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Weiner has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 32.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Social Psychology, 52 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bernard Weiner's work include Emotions and Moral Behavior (32 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (30 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (25 papers). Bernard Weiner is often cited by papers focused on Emotions and Moral Behavior (32 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (30 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (25 papers). Bernard Weiner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Bernard Weiner's co-authors include Raymond P. Perry, Jamie Magnusson, Thomas J. Sullivan, Andy Kukla, Paul T. P. Wong, Sandra Graham, Irene Hanson Frieze, Scott C. Roesch, Shlomo Hareli and Daniel W. Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Weiner

198 papers receiving 27.5k citations

Hit Papers

An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emo... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1985 1986 1979 1988 1995 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion.
    1985 5.3k citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  2. An Attributional Theory of Motivation and Emotion
    1986 2.5k citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  3. A theory of motivation for some classroom experiences.
    1979 1.7k citations Bernard Weiner Journal of Educational Psychology profile →
  4. An attributional analysis of reactions to stigmas.
    1988 1.3k citations Bernard Weiner, Raymond P. Perry et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  5. Judgments of Responsibility: A Foundation for a Theory of Social Conduct
    1995 1.2k citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  6. Achievement Motivation and Attribution Theory.
    1975 990 citations Bernard Weiner et al. profile →
  7. Human Motivation: Metaphors, Theories, and Research
    1992 787 citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  8. When people ask "why" questions, and the heuristics of attributional search.
    1981 786 citations Bernard Weiner et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  9. A cognitive (attribution)-emotion-action model of motivated behavior: An analysis of judgments of help-giving.
    1980 759 citations Bernard Weiner Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  10. An attributional analysis of achievement motivation.
    1970 720 citations Bernard Weiner, Andy Kukla Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  11. Attributional Thoughts about Consumer Behavior
    2000 659 citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  12. "Spontaneous" causal thinking.
    1985 649 citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  13. Perceiving the causes of success and failure.
    1987 502 citations Bernard Weiner, Irene Hanson Frieze et al. profile →
  14. The Development of an Attribution-Based Theory of Motivation: A History of Ideas
    2010 498 citations Bernard Weiner profile →
  15. Theories of motivation : from mechanism to cognition
    1972 454 citations Bernard Weiner profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Weiner United States 72 13.1k 9.9k 5.9k 5.8k 5.8k 205 32.0k
Walter Mischel United States 82 11.8k 0.9× 7.2k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 12.2k 2.1× 8.9k 1.5× 230 33.8k
Julian B. Rotter United States 28 8.6k 0.7× 7.2k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 6.1k 1.1× 3.5k 0.6× 49 28.7k
Gian Vittorio Caprara Italy 78 11.6k 0.9× 6.8k 0.7× 5.7k 1.0× 9.5k 1.6× 4.2k 0.7× 282 25.9k
Hazel Rose Markus United States 85 27.0k 2.1× 20.1k 2.0× 5.6k 0.9× 9.0k 1.5× 8.2k 1.4× 219 50.5k
Peter Salovey United States 98 25.7k 2.0× 7.9k 0.8× 7.0k 1.2× 13.0k 2.2× 7.0k 1.2× 276 45.5k
Todd D. Little United States 70 11.9k 0.9× 6.2k 0.6× 5.7k 1.0× 10.5k 1.8× 4.0k 0.7× 287 28.8k
Harry C. Triandis United States 73 20.5k 1.6× 17.8k 1.8× 3.9k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 3.2k 0.5× 205 46.0k
Rick H. Hoyle United States 61 8.1k 0.6× 6.2k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 6.7k 1.1× 4.0k 0.7× 174 26.8k
Alice H. Eagly United States 88 13.2k 1.0× 25.0k 2.5× 3.9k 0.7× 4.3k 0.7× 6.0k 1.0× 257 54.8k
Richard Koestner Canada 64 11.0k 0.8× 4.6k 0.5× 3.0k 0.5× 5.5k 1.0× 4.8k 0.8× 238 22.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Weiner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Sungchil, et al.. (2013). Impaired Development and Competitive Refinement of the Cortical Frequency Map in Tumor Necrosis Factor- -Deficient Mice. Cerebral Cortex. 24(7). 1956–1965. 19 indexed citations
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Stewart, Tara L., Judith G. Chipperfield, Raymond P. Perry, & Bernard Weiner. (2011). Attributing illness to ‘old age:’ Consequences of a self-directed stereotype for health and mortality. Psychology and Health. 27(8). 881–897. 113 indexed citations
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Greitemeyer, Tobias & Bernard Weiner. (2008). Asymmetrical Effects of Reward and Punishment on Attributions of Morality. The Journal of Social Psychology. 148(4). 407–422. 9 indexed citations
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Greitemeyer, Tobias, Udo Rudolph, & Bernard Weiner. (2003). Whom Would You Rather Help: An Acquaintance Not Responsible for Her Plight or a Responsible Sibling?. The Journal of Social Psychology. 143(3). 331–340. 36 indexed citations
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Chipperfield, Judith G., Raymond P. Perry, & Bernard Weiner. (2003). Discrete Emotions in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 58(1). P23–P34. 62 indexed citations
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Pape, Theresa, et al.. (2002). The shaping of individual meanings assigned to assistive technology: a review of personal factors. Disability and Rehabilitation. 24(1-3). 5–20. 194 indexed citations
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Roesch, Scott C. & Bernard Weiner. (2001). A meta-analytic review of coping with illness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 50(4). 205–219. 227 indexed citations
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Graham, Sandra, et al.. (2001). An Attributional Analysis of Child Abuse Among Low-Income African American Mothers. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 20(2). 233–257. 26 indexed citations
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Menec, Verena & Bernard Weiner. (2000). Observers' Reactions to Genetic Testing: The Role of Hindsight Bias and Judgments of Responsibility1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 30(8). 1670–1690. 10 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard, et al.. (2000). Bleeding Hearts and the Heartless: Popular Perceptions of Liberal and Conservative Ideologies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 26(7). 845–852. 85 indexed citations
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Stipek, Deborah, et al.. (1989). Testing some attribution€motion relations in the People's Republic of China.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 56(1). 109–116. 69 indexed citations
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Rivera, Joseph de, et al.. (1989). Distinguishing elation, gladness, and joy.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 57(6). 1015–1023. 2 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard, Raymond P. Perry, & Jamie Magnusson. (1988). An attributional analysis of reactions to stigmas.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 55(5). 738–748. 1271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weiner, Bernard, Raymond P. Perry, & Jamie Magnusson. (1988). An attributional analysis of reactions to stigmas.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 55(5). 738–748. 217 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard, et al.. (1987). Perceiving the causes of success and failure.. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, Jonathon D. & Bernard Weiner. (1984). Affective consequences of ability versus effort ascriptions: Controversies, resolutions, and quandaries.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 76(1). 146–158. 6 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard. (1983). Some methodological pitfalls in attributional research.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 75(4). 530–543. 182 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard. (1980). May I borrow your class notes? An attributional analysis of judgments of help giving in an achievement-related context.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 72(5). 676–681. 7 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Joel & Bernard Weiner. (1978). Effects of attributions for success and failure on the performance of retarded adults.. PubMed. 82(5). 449–52. 4 indexed citations
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Weiner, Bernard. (1976). Theorien der Motivation. 5 indexed citations

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