Robert P. Abelson

28.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
110 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Robert P. Abelson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert P. Abelson has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert P. Abelson's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (11 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (7 papers). Robert P. Abelson is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (11 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (7 papers). Robert P. Abelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Robert P. Abelson's co-authors include Roger C. Schank, Earl Hunt, Dorwin Cartwright, Frank Harary, Robert Z. Norman, Ellen J. Langer, Susan T. Fiske, Mark D. Peters, Donald R. Kinder and Milton J. Rosenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Robert P. Abelson

105 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding: An Inquiry into Human Knowledge Structures

1979 2.0k citations Roger C. Schank, Robert P. Abelson et al. profile →
Theories of cognitive consistency : a sourcebook

1969 1.4k citations Robert P. Abelson profile →
Psychological status of the script concept.

1981 1.1k citations Robert P. Abelson profile →
Structural Models: An Introduction to the Theory of Directed Graphs.

1966 895 citations Robert P. Abelson et al. profile →
A variance explanation paradox: When a little is a lot.

1985 788 citations Robert P. Abelson profile →
Affective and semantic components in political person perception.

1982 514 citations Robert P. Abelson et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding

2013 477 citations Roger C. Schank, Robert P. Abelson profile →
Script processing in attitude formation and decision making.

1976 460 citations Robert P. Abelson profile →
Attitude Organization and Change. An Analysis of Consistency among Attitude Components

1961 354 citations Robert P. Abelson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert P. Abelson United States	47	4.4k	3.8k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	110	14.1k
Charles E. Osgood United States	37	3.2k 0.7×	4.7k 1.2×	3.4k 1.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	97	15.0k
Robyn M. Dawes United States	54	5.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	137	17.4k
Albert Mehrabian United States	52	4.6k 1.0×	6.5k 1.7×	4.1k 2.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	136	17.6k
Ralph L. Rosnow United States	40	3.5k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	413 0.3×	115	12.6k
Lee Ross United States	53	9.1k 2.1×	5.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.7×	829 0.5×	106	19.0k
Mark R. Lepper United States	46	6.5k 1.5×	5.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	951 0.6×	98	20.1k
Fritz Heider United States	9	8.4k 1.9×	6.9k 1.8×	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	568 0.4×	22	18.9k
Ziva Kunda United States	39	8.4k 1.9×	4.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	648 0.4×	52	16.1k
Theodore M. Newcomb United States	31	6.8k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	443 0.3×	66	16.4k
Edward R. Tufte United States	32	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	748 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	80	16.3k

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Dasgupta, Nilanjana, Mahzarin R. Banaji, & Robert P. Abelson. (1999). Group entitativity and group perception: Associations between physical features and psychological judgment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77(5). 991–1003. 116 indexed citations

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Dasgupta, Nilanjana, Mahzarin R. Banaji, & Robert P. Abelson. (1999). Group entitativity and group perception: Associations between physical features and psychological judgment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77(5). 991–1003. 123 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P. & Deborah A. Prentice. (1997). Contrast tests of interaction hypothesis.. Psychological Methods. 2(4). 315–328. 176 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1995). The secret existence of expressive behavior. Critical Review. 9(1-2). 25–36. 22 indexed citations

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McClure, John, Mansur Lalljee, Jos Jaspars, & Robert P. Abelson. (1989). Conjunctive explanations of success and failure: The effect of different types of causes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 56(1). 19–26. 18 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P. & Mansur Lalljee. (1988). Knowledge structures and causal explanation.. 10(10). 758–64. 24 indexed citations

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Black, John B., et al.. (1986). Knowledge Structures. 160 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P., et al.. (1984). Conjunctive explanations: When two reasons are better than one.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 47(5). 933–943. 87 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1983). Commentary Points. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 6(4). 591–592. 3 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1983). Whatever Became of Consistency Theory?. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 9(1). 37–54. 132 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1979). Differences between belief and knowledge systems. Cognitive Science. 3(4). 355–366. 14 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1979). Imagining the purpose of imagery. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2(4). 548–549. 1 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1976). Script processing in attitude formation and decision making.. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schank, Roger C. & Robert P. Abelson. (1975). Scripts, plans, and knowledge. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 151–157. 283 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1975). The reasoner and the inferencer don't talk much to each other. 3–7. 3 indexed citations

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Loftus, Elizabeth F., et al.. (1974). Using semantic memory to find vs create a mood. Memory & Cognition. 2(3). 479–483. 2 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1968). Computers, polls, & public opinion—Some puzzles & paradoxes. Trans-action. 5(9). 20–27. 4 indexed citations

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Pool, Ithiel de Sola, Robert P. Abelson, & Samuel L. Popkin. (1965). Candidates, issues, and strategies : a computer simulation of the 1960 and 1964 Presidential Elections. MIT Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations

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Messick, Samuel & Robert P. Abelson. (1957). Research Tools: Scaling and Measurement Theory. Review of Educational Research. 27(5). 487–487. 3 indexed citations

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Abelson, Robert P.. (1951). SEX DIFFERENCES IN PREDICTABILITY OF COLLEGE GRADES. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1951(1). 1 indexed citations

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