Kipling D. Williams

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Kipling D. Williams is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kipling D. Williams has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kipling D. Williams's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (13 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 papers). Kipling D. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (13 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 papers). Kipling D. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Kipling D. Williams's co-authors include Joseph P. Forgas, Rick Richardson, Lisa Zadro, Kristin L. Sommer, Steven J. Karau, Simon M. Laham, Ladd Wheeler, Arie W. Kruglanski, William von Hippel and Neil Brewer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Kipling D. Williams

37 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer is sufficient to lower self-reported levels of belonging, control, self-esteem, and meaningful existence

2004 820 citations Lisa Zadro, Kipling D. Williams et al. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kipling D. Williams United States	18	2.2k	1.2k	843	426	368	37	3.1k
Romin W. Tafarodi Canada	24	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	878 1.0×	365 0.9×	336 0.9×	39	3.1k
Steven Heine United States	14	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	689 0.8×	462 1.1×	323 0.9×	101	3.3k
Natalie J. Ciarocco United States	12	1.9k 0.9×	990 0.8×	877 1.0×	801 1.9×	337 0.9×	19	3.0k
Constantine Sedikides United Kingdom	23	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	635 0.8×	359 0.8×	360 1.0×	65	3.0k
Cynthia L. Pickett United States	17	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	464 0.6×	316 0.7×	312 0.8×	21	2.2k
Lowell Gaertner United States	32	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.8×	450 0.5×	479 1.1×	669 1.8×	65	3.3k
Mayumi Karasawa Japan	27	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	713 0.8×	311 0.7×	326 0.9×	46	3.4k
Susumu Yamaguchi Japan	19	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	498 0.6×	327 0.8×	232 0.6×	45	2.7k
Ilja van Beest Netherlands	32	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	773 0.9×	338 0.8×	697 1.9×	120	3.4k
Martin Davies United Kingdom	8	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	522 0.6×	277 0.7×	292 0.8×	27	2.9k

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Williams, Kipling D.. (2024). Exclusion and Extremism. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Hales, Andrew H., et al.. (2017). Alienating the Audience: How Abbreviations Hamper Scientific Communication. APS observer. 30(2). 14 indexed citations

Wesselmann, Eric D., Andrew H. Hales, Dongning Ren, & Kipling D. Williams. (2015). Ostracism threatens personal security: a temporal need threat framework. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 191–206. 3 indexed citations

Forgas, Joseph P. & Kipling D. Williams. (2014). The Interpersonal Basis of Self-Esteem: Death, Devaluation, or Deference?. 169–186. 1 indexed citations

Molet, Mikaël, et al.. (2013). A focused attention intervention for coping with ostracism. Consciousness and Cognition. 22(4). 1262–1270. 55 indexed citations

Pryor, John B., Glenn D. Reeder, Eric D. Wesselmann, Kipling D. Williams, & James H. Wirth. (2013). The influence of social norms upon behavioral expressions of implicit and explicit weight-related stigma in an interactive game.. PubMed. 86(2). 189–201. 15 indexed citations

Schaafsma, Juliëtte & Kipling D. Williams. (2012). Exclusion, intergroup hostility, and religious fundamentalism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 48(4). 829–837. 61 indexed citations

Williams, Kipling D. & Eric D. Wesselmann. (2011). The link between ostracism and aggression.. 13 indexed citations

Williams, Kipling D.. (2008). Teaching and Learning Guide for: ‘Ostracism: The Kiss of Social Death’. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 2(3). 1539–1546. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Eric E., Kipling D. Williams, & Neil Brewer. (2007). "I had a confidence epiphany!": Obstacles to combating post-identification confidence inflation.. Law and Human Behavior. 32(2). 164–176. 15 indexed citations

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Forgas, Joseph P., Kipling D. Williams, & Simon M. Laham. (2004). Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 206 indexed citations

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Zadro, Lisa, Kipling D. Williams, & Rick Richardson. (2004). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer is sufficient to lower self-reported levels of belonging, control, self-esteem, and meaningful existence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 40(4). 560–567. 820 indexed citations breakdown →

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Forgas, Joseph P., Kipling D. Williams, & Ladd Wheeler. (2001). The Social Mind: Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 161 indexed citations

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Hogg, Michael A. & Kipling D. Williams. (2000). From I to we: Social identity and the collective self.. Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice. 4(1). 81–97. 10 indexed citations

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Williams, Kipling D., Martin J. Bourgeois, & Robert T. Croyle. (1993). The effects of stealing thunder in criminal and civil trials.. Law and Human Behavior. 17(6). 597–609. 66 indexed citations

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Williams, Kipling D. & Steven J. Karau. (1991). Social loafing and social compensation: The effects of expectations of co-worker performance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 61(4). 570–581. 257 indexed citations

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Croyle, Robert T. & Kipling D. Williams. (1991). Reactions to Medical Diagnosis: The Role of Illness Stereotypes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 12(2). 227–241. 8 indexed citations

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Williams, Kipling D., et al.. (1989). Social Loafing and Swimming: Effects of Identifiability on Individual and Relay Performance of Intercollegiate Swimmers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 10(1). 73–81. 62 indexed citations

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Williams, Kipling D.. (1988). A Trickle-Down Theory of Aggression. Contemporary Psychology. 33(2). 147–148. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Kipling D., et al.. (1981). Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing: Two cheering experiments.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 40(2). 303–311. 30 indexed citations

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