Pamela Oliver

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
46 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Pamela Oliver is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Pamela Oliver has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Pamela Oliver's work include Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Pamela Oliver is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (8 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Pamela Oliver collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Pamela Oliver's co-authors include Gerald Marwell, Hank Johnston, Michael W. Macy, Ruy Teixeira, Dennis Chong, Gregory M. Maney, Ralph Prahl, Sidney Tarrow, Daniel J. Myers and Sun‐Ki Chai and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Pamela Oliver

46 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

The Critical Mass in Collective Action.

1994 573 citations Gerald Marwell, Pamela Oliver et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
A Theory of the Critical Mass. I. Interdependence, Group Heterogeneity, and the Production of Collective Action

1985 568 citations Pamela Oliver, Gerald Marwell et al. American Journal of Sociology profile →
The Critical Mass in Collective Action

1993 527 citations Gerald Marwell, Pamela Oliver Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Rewards and Punishments as Selective Incentives for Collective Action: Theoretical Investigations

1980 339 citations Pamela Oliver American Journal of Sociology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CONSTRUCTING RELATIONAL AND VERIFIABLE PROTEST EVENT DATA: FOUR CHALLENGES AND SOME SOLUTIONS* 2023 ·Mobilization An International Quarterly ·Pamela Oliver, Alex Hanna, Chaeyoon Lim	4
2	Black Protests in the United States, 1994 to 2010 2022 ·Sociological Science ·Pamela Oliver, Chaeyoon Lim, (unknown), Alex Hanna	5
3	Great Methods Reveal Their Own Limitations 2019 ·Sociological Methodology ·Pamela Oliver	2
4	THE ETHNIC DIMENSIONS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS* 2017 ·Mobilization An International Quarterly ·Pamela Oliver	27
5	Meeting at Grand Central: Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation 2014 ·Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·Pamela Oliver	5
6	Black Male Imprisonment As Contributors to Black Child Poverty 2005 ·Pamela Oliver, (unknown), Gary D. Sandefur, (unknown)	1
7	The Coevolution Of Social Movements 2003 ·Mobilization An International Quarterly ·Pamela Oliver, Daniel J. Myers	85
8	Finding Collective Events 2001 ·Sociological Methods & Research ·Gregory M. Maney, Pamela Oliver	41
9	Mobilization Forum: Reply to Snow and Benford 2000 ·Mobilization An International Quarterly ·Hank Johnston, Pamela Oliver	16
10	Political Processes and Local Newspaper Coverage of Protest Events: From Selection Bias to Triadic Interactions 2000 ·American Journal of Sociology ·Pamela Oliver, Gregory M. Maney	273
11	How Events Enter the Public Sphere: Conflict, Location, and Sponsorship in Local Newspaper Coverage of Public Events 1999 ·American Journal of Sociology ·Pamela Oliver, (unknown)	311
12	From Local to Global: The Anti-Dam Movement in Southern Brazil, 1979-1992 1999 ·Mobilization An International Quarterly ·(unknown), Pamela Oliver	87
13	The Critical Mass in Collective Action: A Micro-Social Theory. 1996 ·Social Forces ·Sun‐Ki Chai, Gerald Marwell, Pamela Oliver	90
14	Making sense of ... head lice. 1994 ·PubMed ·Pamela Oliver	2
15	The Critical Mass in Collective Action breakdown → 1993 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Gerald Marwell, Pamela Oliver	527
16	Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement. 1993 ·Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·Pamela Oliver, Dennis Chong	323
17	The Paradox of Group Size in Collective Action: A Theory of the Critical Mass. II. 1988 ·American Sociological Review ·Pamela Oliver, Gerald Marwell	351
18	Rewards and Punishments as Selective Incentives for Collective Action: Theoretical Investigations breakdown → 1980 ·American Journal of Sociology ·Pamela Oliver	339
19	Selective Incentives in an Apex Game 1980 ·Journal of Conflict Resolution ·Pamela Oliver	6
20	Consistency of a set of chemical reactions 1980 ·International Journal of Chemical Kinetics ·Pamela Oliver	1

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