Robert Thornberg

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
188 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Thornberg is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Education and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Thornberg has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Social Psychology, 102 papers in Education and 46 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Robert Thornberg's work include Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (113 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (46 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (31 papers). Robert Thornberg is often cited by papers focused on Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (113 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (46 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (31 papers). Robert Thornberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Italy and United States. Robert Thornberg's co-authors include Tomas Jungert, Kathy Charmaz, Linda Wänström, Gianluca Gini, Tiziana Pozzoli, Camilla Forsberg, Jun Sung Hong, Maria Weurlander, Annika Wernerson and Ylva Bjereld and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Robert Thornberg

168 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

The pursuit of quality in grounde... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2020 2011 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 pursuit of quality in grounded theory
    2020 588 citations Robert Thornberg et al. profile →
  2. Informed Grounded Theory
    2011 364 citations Robert Thornberg profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Thornberg Sweden 43 3.3k 2.6k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 188 5.7k
Kay Bussey Australia 40 2.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.3× 2.2k 1.8× 700 0.6× 165 6.6k
Anne Gregory United States 42 2.7k 0.8× 5.0k 2.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 831 0.8× 120 7.2k
D. Betsy McCoach United States 43 2.0k 0.6× 3.3k 1.3× 971 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 656 0.6× 141 8.3k
Kirk R. Williams United States 27 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 2.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 527 0.5× 63 4.6k
Paul Vedder Netherlands 33 2.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 3.7k 2.6× 2.6k 2.1× 644 0.6× 109 6.8k
Christiane Spiel Austria 37 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 684 0.5× 773 0.6× 304 0.3× 147 3.7k
Netta Weinstein United Kingdom 41 3.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 3.1k 2.2× 2.2k 1.8× 288 0.3× 142 8.0k
Rhonda Craven Australia 39 3.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 994 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 215 7.2k
Jørn Hetland Norway 40 3.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 2.2k 1.6× 1.9k 1.6× 426 0.4× 92 7.5k
Francis L. Huang United States 33 1.5k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 475 0.3× 777 0.6× 368 0.3× 114 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Thornberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Thornberg

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

All Works

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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2025). From Dark Triad Personality Traits to Digital Harm: Mediating Cyberbullying Through Online Moral Disengagement. Deviant Behavior. 47(3). 594–612. 1 indexed citations
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Bjereld, Ylva, Robert Thornberg, & Jun Sung Hong. (2024). Why don't all victims tell teachers about being bullied? A mixed methods study on how direct and indirect bullying and student-teacher relationship quality are linked with bullying disclosure. Teaching and Teacher Education. 148. 104664–104664. 7 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal links of authoritative teaching and bullying victimization in upper elementary school. Educational Psychology. 44(2). 171–188. 2 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2024). Mentor teachers’ descriptions of preferred actions related to scenarios describing emotionally challenging episodes in work-based learning. Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning. 32(2). 144–164. 1 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2023). Work-based learning partnerships: mentor-teachers’ perceptions of student teachers’ challenges. Educational Research. 65(3). 392–407. 3 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2023). Motives for becoming a teacher, coping strategies and teacher efficacy among Swedish student teachers. European Journal of Teacher Education. 1–19. 3 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2022). The emotional journey of the beginning teacher: Phases and coping strategies. Research Papers in Education. 38(4). 615–635. 14 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2021). Change advocacy as coping strategy: how beginning teachers cope with emotionally challenging situations. Teachers and Teaching. 27(6). 474–487. 9 indexed citations
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Horton, Paul, Camilla Forsberg, & Robert Thornberg. (2020). “It’s hard to be everywhere” : teachers’ perspectives on spatiality, school design and school bullying. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2020). Experiences of a dual system: motivation for teachers to study special education. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 36(5). 743–757. 7 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2019). Emotional challenges of medical students generate feelings of uncertainty. Medical Education. 53(10). 1037–1048. 46 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2019). Conflicts viewed through the micro-political lens: beginning teachers’ coping strategies for emotionally challenging situations. Research Papers in Education. 35(6). 746–765. 29 indexed citations
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Weurlander, Maria, et al.. (2019). Boundaries as a coping strategy: emotional labour and relationship maintenance in distressing teacher education situations. European Journal of Teacher Education. 42(5). 634–649. 17 indexed citations
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Forsberg, Camilla, et al.. (2018). Bystander passivity in health care and school settings: Moral disengagement, moral distress, and opportunities for moral education. Journal of Moral Education. 48(2). 199–213. 14 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert, et al.. (2012). Bystander Motivation in Bullying Incidents: To Intervene or Not to Intervene?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11 indexed citations
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Thornberg, Robert. (2007). Inconsistencies in everyday patterns of school rules. Ethnography & Education. 2(3). 401–416. 29 indexed citations

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