David Willer

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

David Willer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, David Willer has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 7 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in David Willer's work include Social Power and Status Dynamics (27 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (14 papers) and Critical Realism in Sociology (9 papers). David Willer is often cited by papers focused on Social Power and Status Dynamics (27 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (14 papers) and Critical Realism in Sociology (9 papers). David Willer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. David Willer's co-authors include Stephen Reicher, Michael A. Hogg, John Turner, Penélope J. Oakes, Barry Markovsky, John Skvoretz, Michael J. Lovaglia, Frans N. Stokman, Jeffrey C. Alexander and Henry A. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

David Willer

60 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self-Categorization Theory.

1989 5.4k citations David Willer et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Willer United States	23	4.7k	2.4k	1.0k	934	641	65	7.0k
Fraser Reid United Kingdom	13	4.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	782 0.8×	768 1.2×	26	6.5k
Herbert C. Kelman United States	40	5.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	558 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	840 1.3×	142	9.1k
Dean G. Pruitt United States	36	5.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	575 0.6×	914 1.0×	347 0.5×	106	7.3k
Gary Alan Fine United States	59	7.6k 1.6×	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	1.7k 1.8×	901 1.4×	382	13.6k
Serge Moscovici France	41	5.7k 1.2×	4.7k 2.0×	504 0.5×	407 0.4×	880 1.4×	172	11.7k
Morris Zelditch United States	32	3.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	969 1.0×	299 0.5×	82	6.7k
Craig McGarty Australia	43	5.1k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	579 0.6×	434 0.5×	982 1.5×	120	7.1k
Muzafer Sherif United States	32	4.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	588 0.6×	698 0.7×	744 1.2×	60	8.0k
Penélope J. Oakes Australia	28	7.9k 1.7×	5.1k 2.1×	1.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	42	11.3k
Dieter Frey Germany	46	3.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	565 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	753 1.2×	251	8.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Willer

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Willer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Willer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Walker, Henry A. & David Willer. (2013). Legitimizing Collective Action and Countervailing Power. Social Forces. 92(3). 1217–1239. 6 indexed citations

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Willer, David, et al.. (2011). Analyzing large scale exchange networks. Social Networks. 34(2). 171–180. 3 indexed citations

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Willer, David & Henry A. Walker. (2007). Building Experiments. Stanford University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Borch, Casey & David Willer. (2006). Power, Embedded Games, and Coalition Formation. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 30(2). 77–111. 6 indexed citations

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Willer, David, et al.. (2006). Looming Threat or Broken Relation: The Different Functions of Suboptimal Relations in Repeated vs. One-Shot Structures. 1–17. 1 indexed citations

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Berger, Joseph, David Willer, & Morris Zelditch. (2005). Theory Programs and Theoretical Problems. Sociological Theory. 23(2). 127–155. 13 indexed citations

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Willer, David. (2005). Generating Images of Stratification: A Formal Theory. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 34(2). 138–139. 1 indexed citations

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Willer, David & John Skvoretz. (1997). GAMES, STRUCTURES AND COLLECTIVE ACTION. Rationality and Society. 9(3). 383–385. 1 indexed citations

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Lovaglia, Michael J., John Skvoretz, Barry Markovsky, & David Willer. (1995). Assessing Fundamental Power Differences in Exchange Networks: Iterative GPI. Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina). 1(2). 8–15. 10 indexed citations

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Skvoretz, John & David Willer. (1993). Exclusion and Power: A Test of Four Theories of Power in Exchange Networks. American Sociological Review. 58(6). 801–801. 145 indexed citations

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Willer, David. (1992). Predicting power in exchange networks: a brief history and introduction to the issues. Social Networks. 14(3-4). 187–211. 39 indexed citations

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Skvoretz, John & David Willer. (1991). Power in Exchange Networks: Setting and Structural Variations. Social Psychology Quarterly. 54(3). 224–224. 39 indexed citations

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Willer, David, et al.. (1990). Connection and power in centralized exchange networks. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 16(1). 31–49. 31 indexed citations

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Willer, David & Karen S. Cook. (1989). Dependence and the Problem of Locating Power. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(1). 142–142. 3 indexed citations

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Markovsky, Barry, et al.. (1988). Power Relations in Exchange Networks. American Sociological Review. 53(2). 220–220. 320 indexed citations

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Willer, David. (1986). Vulnerability and the Location of Power Positions: Comment on Cook, Emerson, Gillmore, and Yamagishi. American Journal of Sociology. 92(2). 441–444. 10 indexed citations

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Willer, David, et al.. (1974). The Essence of Social Research: A Copernican Revolution.. Social Forces. 52(4). 566–566. 1 indexed citations

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Freese, Lee, et al.. (1974). Systematic Empiricism: Critique of a Pseudo-Science.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 3(3). 224–224. 30 indexed citations

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Willer, David, et al.. (1974). Systematic Empiricism: Critique of a Pseudoscience.. Social Forces. 52(4). 567–567. 30 indexed citations

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Willer, David. (1967). Max Weber's Missing Authority Type. Sociological Inquiry. 37(2). 231–240. 16 indexed citations

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