Diego Gambetta

17.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
64 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Diego Gambetta is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Diego Gambetta has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Safety Research and 11 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Diego Gambetta's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (11 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 papers). Diego Gambetta is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (11 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 papers). Diego Gambetta collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Diego Gambetta's co-authors include David Collard, Jon Elster, Susan P. Shapiro, Peter Hedström, Bernard Barber, Gary W. McDonogh, John Ermisch, Steffen Hertog, Christopher Badcock and Michael Bacharach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Diego Gambetta

63 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Trust: making and breakin... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1989 2000 1998 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Trust: making and breaking cooperative relations
    1989 2.6k citations Diego Gambetta profile →
  2. Trust: Making and Breaking Cooperative Relations.
    1989 1.1k citations Diego Gambetta et al. The Economic Journal profile →
  3. Can We Trust Trust
    2000 1.0k citations Diego Gambetta profile →
  4. Social Mechanisms
    1998 972 citations Peter Hedström, Peter Hedström et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  5. Deliberative Democracy
    1998 938 citations Jon Elster, Jon Elster et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  6. The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection.
    1994 711 citations Diego Gambetta et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Diego Gambetta 5.8k 1.6k 1.1k 1.0k 996 64 10.0k
James M. Cook 6.0k 1.0× 957 0.6× 815 0.7× 569 0.6× 900 0.9× 14 12.9k
Amitaï Etzioni 4.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 584 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 475 11.0k
Miller McPherson 6.8k 1.2× 821 0.5× 835 0.7× 596 0.6× 839 0.8× 9 13.9k
Lynn Smith‐Lovin 8.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.6× 973 0.9× 738 0.7× 901 0.9× 67 17.3k
David Knoke 4.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 330 0.3× 1.8k 1.8× 132 11.2k
Niklas Luhmann 8.7k 1.5× 2.7k 1.6× 993 0.9× 388 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 375 17.7k
Pamela Paxton 4.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.6× 589 0.5× 424 0.4× 559 0.6× 92 9.6k
Karen S. Cook 6.3k 1.1× 656 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 2.1k 2.1× 109 12.4k
William G. Tierney 2.8k 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 611 0.5× 581 0.6× 2.1k 2.1× 254 14.0k
Peter V. Marsden 6.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 462 0.5× 2.9k 2.9× 105 15.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Diego Gambetta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diego Gambetta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aksoy, Ozan & Diego Gambetta. (2020). The Politics behind the Veil. European Sociological Review. 37(1). 67–88. 13 indexed citations
2.
Székely, Áron & Diego Gambetta. (2020). Does information about toughness decrease fighting? Experimental evidence. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228285–e0228285. 4 indexed citations
3.
Bigoni, Maria, Stefania Bortolotti, Marco Casari, & Diego Gambetta. (2018). At the Root of the North–South Cooperation Gap in Italy: Preferences or Beliefs?. The Economic Journal. 129(619). 1139–1152. 28 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego & Steffen Hertog. (2017). Engineers of Jihad. Princeton University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego & Steffen Hertog. (2016). Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 42 indexed citations
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Ermisch, John & Diego Gambetta. (2016). Income and Trustworthiness. Sociological Science. 3. 710–729. 10 indexed citations
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Aksoy, Ozan & Diego Gambetta. (2016). Behind the Veil: The Strategic Use of Religious Garb. European Sociological Review. 32(6). 792–806. 17 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego & Wojtek Przepiorka. (2014). Natural and Strategic Generosity as Signals of Trustworthiness. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97533–e97533. 35 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego. (2011). "The Sicilian Mafia". Twenty Years After Publication. Sociologia. 0–0. 5 indexed citations
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Ermisch, John & Diego Gambetta. (2011). The Long Shadow of Income on Trustworthiness. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Gambetta, Diego, et al.. (2009). L-worlds. The curious preference for low quality and its norms. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 11 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego, et al.. (2005). Streetwise: How Taxi Drivers Establish Customer's Trustworthiness. 40 indexed citations
13.
Gambetta, Diego. (2000). Can We Trust Trust. 1033 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elster, Jon, Jon Elster, Jon Elster, et al.. (1998). Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 938 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hedström, Peter, Peter Hedström, Peter Hedström, et al.. (1998). Social Mechanisms. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 972 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Gambetta, Diego, et al.. (1996). The rhetoric of reform revealed (or: If you bite the ballot it may bite back). Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 1(3). 357–376. 3 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego. (1994). Inscrutable Markets. Rationality and Society. 6(3). 353–368. 25 indexed citations
18.
Gambetta, Diego. (1990). La Mafia: el precio de la desconfianza. 115–136. 4 indexed citations
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Kerckhoff, Alan C. & Diego Gambetta. (1989). Were They Pushed or Did They Jump? Individual Decision Mechanisms in Education.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(3). 444–444. 6 indexed citations
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Gambetta, Diego. (1984). Decision mechanisms: educational choices in Italy. Social Science Information. 23(2). 275–323. 2 indexed citations

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