Robb Willer

18.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
96 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Robb Willer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robb Willer has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robb Willer's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (45 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (21 papers). Robb Willer is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (45 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (21 papers). Robb Willer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robb Willer's co-authors include Matthew Feinberg, Brent Simpson, Pat Barclay, Andrei Boutyline, Michael W. Macy, Dacher Keltner, Stéphane Côté, Jennifer E. Stellar, Michael Schultz and Damon Centola and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robb Willer

94 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes 2009 2026 2014 2020 2012 2009 2016 2024 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes
    2012 591 citations Matthew Feinberg, Robb Willer profile →
  2. Groups Reward Individual Sacrifice: The Status Solution to the Collective Action Problem
    2009 429 citations Robb Willer profile →
  3. The Social Structure of Political Echo Chambers: Variation in Ideological Homophily in Online Networks
    2016 293 citations Robb Willer et al. profile →
  4. Large language models could change the future of behavioral healthcare: a proposal for responsible development and evaluation
    2024 110 citations Robb Willer, Johannes C. Eichstaedt et al. profile →
  5. Interventions to reduce partisan animosity
    2022 91 citations Robb Willer et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
  6. Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes
    2022 82 citations Jan G. Voelkel, Michael N. Stagnaro et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robb Willer United States 42 4.5k 1.7k 1.1k 989 760 96 6.9k
Charles G. Lord United States 27 3.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 829 0.8× 506 0.5× 516 0.7× 85 6.3k
Craig McGarty Australia 43 5.1k 1.1× 3.0k 1.7× 665 0.6× 282 0.3× 316 0.4× 120 7.1k
Martijn van Zomeren Netherlands 33 6.3k 1.4× 3.4k 2.0× 968 0.9× 356 0.4× 252 0.3× 117 8.0k
Elizabeth Levy Paluck United States 23 3.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 546 0.5× 492 0.5× 423 0.6× 58 5.5k
Yoshihisa Kashima Australia 51 5.3k 1.2× 4.4k 2.6× 1.0k 1.0× 328 0.3× 1.1k 1.4× 246 9.5k
Colin Wayne Leach United States 36 5.6k 1.2× 4.1k 2.4× 1.5k 1.4× 277 0.3× 469 0.6× 73 7.7k
Matthew Feinberg United States 27 2.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 760 0.7× 310 0.3× 453 0.6× 51 4.1k
Alain Van Hiel Belgium 47 4.6k 1.0× 3.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 352 0.4× 546 0.7× 192 6.9k
Deborah A. Prentice United States 29 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.2× 660 0.6× 464 0.5× 763 1.0× 48 6.5k
Bertjan Doosje Netherlands 41 7.1k 1.6× 5.1k 3.0× 1.6k 1.5× 372 0.4× 704 0.9× 117 9.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robb Willer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hall, Matthew E. K., Brittany C. Solomon, Jan G. Voelkel, et al.. (2025). Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(19). e2424414122–e2424414122. 2 indexed citations
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Lyubomirsky, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Structured AI Dialogues Can Increase Happiness and Meaning in Life. 1 indexed citations
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Chu, James, Jan G. Voelkel, Michael N. Stagnaro, et al.. (2024). Academics are more specific, and practitioners more sensitive, in forecasting interventions to strengthen democratic attitudes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2307008121–e2307008121. 3 indexed citations
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Voelkel, Jan G., James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, James Druckman, & Robb Willer. (2024). How to design and conduct a megastudy. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(12). 2257–2260. 1 indexed citations
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Bailey, David H., Goran Murić, Emilio Ferrara, et al.. (2024). Attraction to politically extreme users on social media. PNAS Nexus. 3(10). pgae395–pgae395. 5 indexed citations
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Willer, Robb, et al.. (2024). Correcting misperceptions of the material benefits associated with union membership increases Americans’ interest in joining unions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2321025121–e2321025121. 1 indexed citations
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Voelkel, Jan G., et al.. (2024). Positive beliefs about cross-partisan empathy can strengthen Americans’ support for democracy. PNAS Nexus. 3(10). pgae394–pgae394. 2 indexed citations
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Idan, Orly, et al.. (2023). Disadvantaged group members are prouder of their group when using the language of the dominant group compared to their native language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(1). e2307736120–e2307736120. 1 indexed citations
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Druckman, James, James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, et al.. (2023). Correcting misperceptions of out-partisans decreases American legislators’ support for undemocratic practices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2301836120–e2301836120. 25 indexed citations
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Baumgartner, Heidi A., Krista Byers‐Heinlein, Michael C. Frank, et al.. (2023). How to build up big team science: a practical guide for large-scale collaborations. Royal Society Open Science. 10(6). 230235–230235. 15 indexed citations
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Pink, Sophia L., Michael N. Stagnaro, James Chu, et al.. (2023). The effects of short messages encouraging prevention behaviors early in the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284354–e0284354. 9 indexed citations
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Simpson, Brent, Robb Willer, & Matthew Feinberg. (2022). Radical flanks of social movements can increase support for moderate factions. PNAS Nexus. 1(3). pgac110–pgac110. 33 indexed citations
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Corbett, Christianne, Jan G. Voelkel, Marianne Cooper, & Robb Willer. (2022). Pragmatic bias impedes women’s access to political leadership. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 15 indexed citations
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Voelkel, Jan G., et al.. (2022). Changing Americans’ Attitudes about Immigration: Using Moral Framing to Bolster Factual Arguments. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 700(1). 73–85. 12 indexed citations
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Lang, David, et al.. (2022). Did Ohio’s Vaccine Lottery Increase Vaccination Rates? A Pre-Registered, Synthetic Control Study. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 10(2). 242–260. 15 indexed citations
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Pink, Sophia L., James Chu, James Druckman, David G. Rand, & Robb Willer. (2021). Elite party cues increase vaccination intentions among Republicans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(32). 113 indexed citations
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Chu, James, Sophia L. Pink, & Robb Willer. (2021). Religious identity cues increase vaccination intentions and trust in medical experts among American Christians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 48 indexed citations
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Leong, Yuan Chang, Janice Chen, Robb Willer, & Jamil Zaki. (2020). Conservative and liberal attitudes drive polarized neural responses to political content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27731–27739. 44 indexed citations
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Feinberg, Matthew & Robb Willer. (2019). Moral reframing: A technique for effective and persuasive communication across political divides. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 13(12). 154 indexed citations
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Penner, Andrew M. & Robb Willer. (2011). Stigma and Glucose Levels: Testing Ego Depletion and Arousal Explanations of Stereotype Threat Effects.. 16(3). 1 indexed citations

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