Garry Robins

16.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Garry Robins is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Garry Robins has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Garry Robins's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (63 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (39 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (20 papers). Garry Robins is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (63 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (39 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (20 papers). Garry Robins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Garry Robins's co-authors include Philippa Pattison, Dean Lusher, Peng Wang, Yuval Kalish, Tom A. B. Snijders, Mark S. Handcock, Johan Koskinen, Philip Mohr, Kayla de la Haye and Carlene Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Garry Robins

126 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks

2006 1.3k citations Garry Robins, Philippa Pattison et al. profile →
New Specifications for Exponential Random Graph Models

2006 982 citations Tom A. B. Snijders, Philippa Pattison et al. profile →
Recent developments in exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks

2006 566 citations Garry Robins, Tom A. B. Snijders et al. profile →
Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks

2012 528 citations Dean Lusher, Johan Koskinen et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Garry Robins	3.3k	3.2k	896	886	866	128	10.7k
Philippa Pattison	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	926 1.0×	909 1.0×	999 1.2×	159	13.4k
Mark S. Handcock	2.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	534 0.6×	370 0.4×	140	11.6k
James M. Cook	6.0k 1.8×	2.7k 0.9×	874 1.0×	900 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	14	12.9k
Martin G. Everett	2.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	541 0.6×	857 1.0×	359 0.4×	80	8.1k
Mike Thelwall	4.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.2×	645 0.7×	851 1.0×	853 1.0×	519	22.6k
Nigel Gilbert	2.8k 0.8×	841 0.3×	748 0.8×	684 0.8×	544 0.6×	236	10.8k
Carter T. Butts	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	495 0.6×	349 0.4×	409 0.5×	173	7.7k
Michael W. Macy	5.2k 1.6×	3.4k 1.1×	251 0.3×	621 0.7×	791 0.9×	103	11.5k
Miller McPherson	6.8k 2.0×	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	839 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	9	13.9k
Kathleen M. Carley	4.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.1×	493 0.6×	1.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.6×	486	15.2k

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Stivala, Alex, Garry Robins, & Alessandro Lomi. (2020). Exponential random graph model parameter estimation for very large directed networks. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227804–e0227804. 27 indexed citations

Bodin, Örjan, Steven M. Alexander, Jacopo A. Baggio, et al.. (2019). Improving network approaches to the study of complex social–ecological interdependencies. Nature Sustainability. 2(7). 551–559. 213 indexed citations

Koskinen, Johan, Peng Wang, Garry Robins, & Philippa Pattison. (2018). Outliers and Influential Observations in Exponential Random Graph Models. Psychometrika. 83(4). 809–830. 13 indexed citations

Barnes, Michele L., Örjan Bodin, Angela M. Guerrero, et al.. (2017). The social structural foundations of adaptation and transformation in social–ecological systems. Ecology and Society. 22(4). 143 indexed citations

Lusher, Dean, et al.. (2013). Negative and positive ties: The role of actor attributes. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Rolls, David A., Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Rebecca Jenkinson, et al.. (2013). Hepatitis C Transmission and Treatment in Contact Networks of People Who Inject Drugs. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78286–e78286. 56 indexed citations

Lusher, Dean, Johan Koskinen, & Garry Robins. (2012). Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

McCaw, James M., Kristian M. Forbes, Garry Robins, et al.. (2012). Influence of Contact Definitions in Assessment of the Relative Importance of Social Settings in Disease Transmission Risk. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e30893–e30893. 13 indexed citations

Sacks‐Davis, Rachel, Galina Daraganova, Campbell Aitken, et al.. (2012). Hepatitis C Virus Phylogenetic Clustering Is Associated with the Social-Injecting Network in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47335–e47335. 75 indexed citations

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Pattison, Philippa, et al.. (2011). Modelling the structure and dynamics of network-based social systems. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 2 indexed citations

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Sacks‐Davis, Rachel, Galina Daraganova, Campbell Aitken, et al.. (2011). 1178 MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS C IN A SOCIAL NETWORK OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS. Journal of Hepatology. 54. S465–S466. 1 indexed citations

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Haye, Kayla de la, Garry Robins, Philip Mohr, & Carlene Wilson. (2011). How physical activity shapes, and is shaped by, adolescent friendships. Social Science & Medicine. 73(5). 719–728. 144 indexed citations

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Robins, Garry, et al.. (2010). Analysing exponential random graph (p-star) models with missing data using Bayesian data augmentation. Statistical Science. 7(3). 1 indexed citations

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McCaw, James M., Kristian M. Forbes, Philippa Pattison, et al.. (2010). Comparison of three methods for ascertainment of contact information relevant to respiratory pathogen transmission in encounter networks. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10(1). 166–166. 43 indexed citations

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Robins, Garry. (2009). Simulating exponential random graph models for social networks: From local to global structure. Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 1 indexed citations

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Wasserman, Stanley, Garry Robins, & Douglas Steinley. (2007). Statistical models for networks A brief review of some recent research. Lecture notes in computer science. 4503. 6 indexed citations

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Murray, Greg, Fiona Judd, Henry J. Jackson, et al.. (2007). Ceremonies of the whole. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 42(3). 173–180. 14 indexed citations

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Snijders, Tom A. B., Philippa Pattison, Garry Robins, & Mark S. Handcock. (2006). SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY 2006, VOL 36. 1 indexed citations

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Judd, Fiona, Henry J. Jackson, Caitlin Fraser, et al.. (2005). Understanding suicide in Australian farmers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 41(1). 1–10. 149 indexed citations

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Pattison, Philippa, Stanley Wasserman, Garry Robins, & Alaina Kanfer. (2000). Statistical Evaluation of Algebraic Constraints for Social Networks. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 44(4). 536–568. 39 indexed citations

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