Daniel Balliet

10.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
84 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Daniel Balliet is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Balliet has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 38 papers in Safety Research and 35 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Balliet's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (44 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (37 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (30 papers). Daniel Balliet is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (44 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (37 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (30 papers). Daniel Balliet collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Daniel Balliet's co-authors include Paul A. M. Van Lange, Junhui Wu, Jeff Joireman, Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Laetitia B. Mulder, Giuliana Spadaro, Isabel Thielmann, Craig D. Parks, Angelo Romano and Catherine Molho and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Balliet

81 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ingroup favoritism in cooperation: A meta-analysis. 2009 2026 2014 2020 2014 2011 2019 2012 2009 200 400 600
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. Ingroup favoritism in cooperation: A meta-analysis.
    2014 622 citations Daniel Balliet, Junhui Wu et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  2. Reward, punishment, and cooperation: A meta-analysis.
    2011 482 citations Daniel Balliet, Laetitia B. Mulder et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis.
    2019 418 citations Isabel Thielmann, Giuliana Spadaro et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  4. Trust, conflict, and cooperation: A meta-analysis.
    2012 417 citations Daniel Balliet, Paul A. M. Van Lange Psychological Bulletin profile →
  5. Social Value Orientation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analysis
    2009 367 citations Daniel Balliet et al. profile →
  6. Communication and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analytic Review
    2009 342 citations Daniel Balliet profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Balliet Netherlands 35 3.5k 2.1k 2.0k 1.7k 1.1k 84 6.2k
Robb Willer United States 42 4.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 989 0.5× 760 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 96 6.9k
Robert Kurzban United States 42 3.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.5× 1.5k 0.8× 2.7k 1.6× 3.3k 3.0× 86 8.6k
Michael W. Kraus United States 36 4.2k 1.2× 3.8k 1.8× 569 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 963 0.9× 74 7.5k
Paul K. Piff United States 27 3.2k 0.9× 3.0k 1.4× 607 0.3× 730 0.4× 921 0.8× 46 6.7k
Nilanjana Dasgupta United States 34 3.8k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 959 0.9× 70 6.7k
Benjamin E. Hilbig Germany 45 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 144 5.8k
Adam Waytz United States 38 3.7k 1.0× 4.9k 2.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 3.5k 3.1× 75 10.1k
Michel J. J. Handgraaf Netherlands 18 1.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 942 0.6× 935 0.8× 43 3.8k
Gregory M. Walton United States 43 3.5k 1.0× 4.9k 2.4× 1.9k 1.0× 3.3k 2.0× 573 0.5× 80 12.0k
Andrea E. Abele Germany 41 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 513 0.3× 1.0k 0.6× 870 0.8× 115 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balliet, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Technologies Supporting Self-Reflection on Social Interactions: A Systematic Review. VU Research Portal. 1354–1365. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Junhui, et al.. (2025). Social class and prosociality: A meta-analytic review.. Psychological Bulletin. 151(3). 285–321. 2 indexed citations
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Balliet, Daniel, et al.. (2025). PARSEL: A Multimodal Dataset for Modeling Decision-Making Processes Involved in Selecting Partners for Joint Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. 16(4). 3481–3498. 1 indexed citations
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Santos, Fernando P., et al.. (2025). Power asymmetry destabilizes reciprocal cooperation in social dilemmas. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 606. 112106–112106.
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Ayers, Jessica D., et al.. (2025). Sources of fitness interdependence associated with shared fate and cooperation in a small-scale horticultural society. Evolution and Human Behavior. 47(1). 106802–106802.
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Santos, Fernando P., et al.. (2023). Adaptations to infer fitness interdependence promote the evolution of cooperation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(50). e2312242120–e2312242120. 14 indexed citations
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Balliet, Daniel & Björn Lindström. (2023). Inferences about interdependence shape cooperation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27(6). 583–595. 8 indexed citations
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Stocker, Markus, Tina Heger, Artur M. Schweidtmann, et al.. (2022). SKG4EOSC - Scholarly Knowledge Graphs for EOSC: Establishing a backbone of knowledge graphs for FAIR Scholarly Information in EOSC. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 5 indexed citations
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Rentzsch, Katrin, Simon Columbus, Daniel Balliet, & Tanja M. Gerlach. (2022). Similarity in situation perception predicts relationship satisfaction. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 3. 2 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2022). Cross-cultural variation in cooperation: A meta-analysis.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 123(5). 1024–1088. 22 indexed citations
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Balliet, Daniel, Catherine Molho, Simon Columbus, & Terence Daniel Dores Cruz. (2021). Prosocial and punishment behaviors in everyday life. Current Opinion in Psychology. 43. 278–283. 14 indexed citations
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Romano, Angelo, Matthias Sutter, James H. Liu, & Daniel Balliet. (2021). Political ideology, cooperation and national parochialism across 42 nations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1822). 21 indexed citations
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Righetti, Francesca, Daniel Balliet, Catherine Molho, et al.. (2020). Fostering Attachment Security: The Role of Interdependent Situations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(20). 7648–7648. 4 indexed citations
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Columbus, Simon, Catherine Molho, Francesca Righetti, & Daniel Balliet. (2020). Interdependence and cooperation in daily life.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 120(3). 626–650. 56 indexed citations
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Cruz, Terence Daniel Dores, Isabel Thielmann, Simon Columbus, et al.. (2020). Gossip and Reputation in Everyday Life. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 10 indexed citations
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Aktipis, Athena, et al.. (2020). Generosity among the Ik of Uganda. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2. e23–e23. 16 indexed citations
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Tybur, Joshua M., Daniel Balliet, Paul A. M. Van Lange, & Catherine Molho. (2019). Data and syntax. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Junhui, Daniel Balliet, Yu Kou, & Paul A. M. Van Lange. (2019). Gossip in the Dictator and Ultimatum Games: Its Immediate and Downstream Consequences for Cooperation. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 651–651. 8 indexed citations
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Gerpott, Fabiola H., Daniel Balliet, Simon Columbus, Catherine Molho, & Reinout E. de Vries. (2017). How do people think about interdependence? A multidimensional model of subjective outcome interdependence.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 115(4). 716–742. 111 indexed citations
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Balliet, Daniel, Laetitia B. Mulder, & Paul A. M. Van Lange. (2011). Reward, punishment, and cooperation: A meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 137(4). 594–615. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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