Robert Brotherton

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 867 citations indexed

About

Robert Brotherton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Brotherton has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 867 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Brotherton's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 papers) and Media Influence and Health (2 papers). Robert Brotherton is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 papers) and Media Influence and Health (2 papers). Robert Brotherton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Robert Brotherton's co-authors include Christopher C. French, Alan D. Pickering and Lisa K. Son and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Brotherton

7 papers receiving 820 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.

Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale

2013 564 citations Robert Brotherton, Christopher C. French et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →

Peers

Robert Brotherton

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Pia Lamberty Germany

Türkay Salim Nefes United Kingdom

Anthony Lantian France

Mikey Biddlestone United Kingdom

Cécile Nurra France

Ricky Green United Kingdom

Sinan Alper Türkiye

Hollyn M. Johnson United States

Mikołaj Winiewski Poland

Melisa Basol United Kingdom

Pia Lamberty Germany

Robert Brotherton

909 ×1.2

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417 ×1.3

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298 ×1.7

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204 ×1.3

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93 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Brotherton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Brotherton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Brotherton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Brotherton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Brotherton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Brotherton. Robert Brotherton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Brotherton, Robert & Lisa K. Son. (2021). Metacognitive Labeling of Contentious Claims: Facts, Opinions, and Conspiracy Theories. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 644657–644657. 5 indexed citations

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Brotherton, Robert & Christopher C. French. (2015). Intention Seekers: Conspiracist Ideation and Biased Attributions of Intentionality. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0124125–e0124125. 67 indexed citations

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Brotherton, Robert, et al.. (2015). Bored to fears: Boredom proneness, paranoia, and conspiracy theories. Personality and Individual Differences. 80. 1–5. 57 indexed citations

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Brotherton, Robert & Christopher C. French. (2014). Belief in Conspiracy Theories and Susceptibility to the Conjunction Fallacy. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 28(2). 238–248. 165 indexed citations

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Brotherton, Robert, Christopher C. French, & Alan D. Pickering. (2013). Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 279–279. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brotherton, Robert. (2013). Towards a definition of ‘conspiracy theory’. 1(88). 9–14. 3 indexed citations

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Brotherton, Robert, et al.. (1961). Notes- The Molecular Weights of Some Simple Borolanes and Borinanes.. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(5). 1668–1669. 6 indexed citations

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