Robert F. Bales

14.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
45 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Robert F. Bales is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Bales has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Bales's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers), Social and Educational Sciences (1 paper) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 paper). Robert F. Bales is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers), Social and Educational Sciences (1 paper) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (1 paper). Robert F. Bales collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert F. Bales's co-authors include Talcott Parsons, Fred L. Strodtbeck, Theodore M. Mills, Carolyn W. Sherif, Philip E. Slater, Morris Zelditch, John Olds, Edgar F. Borgatta, Edward Shils and Guy E. Swanson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Bales

45 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Family, Socialization and Interaction Process. 1951 2026 1976 2001 1956 1954 1971 1955 1951 200 400 600

Peers

Robert F. Bales
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.2k
  • Social Psychology 2.0k
  • Gender Studies 737
  • Clinical Psychology 678
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 530
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Joel Cooper United States
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James T. Tedeschi United States
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Countries citing papers authored by Robert F. Bales

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert F. Bales

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert F. Bales

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert F. Bales. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert F. Bales 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 F. Bales. Robert F. Bales is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Symlog, A System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups
309
2 1
3
Personality and Interpersonal Behavior. breakdown →
395
4
Personality and Interpersonal Behavior. breakdown →
517
5
Personality and interpersonal behavior / Robert Freed Bales
1
6 16
7 28
8 3
9 12
10 174
11 285
12 63
13 60
14 3
15 100
16 29
17 69
18
Channels of Communication in Small Groups breakdown →
334
19 5
20
Phases in group problem-solving. breakdown →
450

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