Walter Weiss

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Walter Weiss is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Weiss has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Walter Weiss's work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers). Walter Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers). Walter Weiss collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Walter Weiss's co-authors include Carl I. Hovland, Bernard J. Fine, Angelika Görg, Roger B. Davis, J. R. Wittenborn, Robert Wildgruber, Günther Boguth, Alois Harder, Christian Obermaier and Burghardt Scheibe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Walter Weiss

32 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Influence of Source Credibility on Communication Effe... 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. The Influence of Source Credibility on Communication Effectiveness
    1951 2.2k citations Carl I. Hovland, Walter Weiss profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Weiss United States 12 1.5k 563 553 367 281 44 2.8k
Carolyn W. Sherif United States 22 1.5k 1.0× 325 0.6× 371 0.7× 966 2.6× 187 0.7× 40 3.5k
L. Ronald Ross 3 1.3k 0.9× 168 0.3× 259 0.5× 819 2.2× 211 0.8× 5 4.2k
Dalmas A. Taylor United States 17 1.7k 1.1× 411 0.7× 240 0.4× 1.6k 4.3× 238 0.8× 27 3.2k
Judson Mills United States 26 1.9k 1.2× 241 0.4× 487 0.9× 1.7k 4.7× 196 0.7× 54 3.9k
Chanthika Pornpitakpan Singapore 16 1.5k 1.0× 382 0.7× 943 1.7× 356 1.0× 230 0.8× 37 2.6k
Anthony R. Pratkanis United States 23 1.3k 0.8× 216 0.4× 414 0.7× 800 2.2× 167 0.6× 55 3.1k
Charles K. Atkin United States 35 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 895 1.6× 435 1.2× 964 3.4× 113 4.7k
Richard M. Perloff United States 19 1.4k 0.9× 778 1.4× 292 0.5× 287 0.8× 614 2.2× 56 2.7k
Robert Wohl United States 10 1.5k 1.0× 725 1.3× 451 0.8× 259 0.7× 1.2k 4.3× 37 2.8k
Irving Roshwalb United States 5 1.3k 0.9× 987 1.8× 193 0.3× 93 0.3× 99 0.4× 12 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Weiss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Weiss

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Weiss. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Weiss 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 Walter Weiss. Walter Weiss 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
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Weiss, Walter. (2014). Dichtung und Grammatik : zur Frage der grammatischen Interpretation. Publication Server of the Institute for German Language (Institute for German Language). 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter, et al.. (2000). Grillparzer Und Musil Studien Zu Einer Sprachstilgeschichte Österreichischer Literatur. C. Winter eBooks.
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Wildgruber, Robert, Alois Harder, Christian Obermaier, et al.. (2000). Towards higher resolution: Two-dimensional Electrophoresis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins using overlapping narrow immobilized pH gradients. Electrophoresis. 21(13). 2610–2616. 6 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1996). Ungarn (und die Ungarn) bei Grillparzer, Lenau, Stifter und Musil. Neohelicon. 23(1). 115–125. 2 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter, et al.. (1993). Sinti und Roma im "Dritten Reich". 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter, et al.. (1978). Salzburger Trakl-Symposion. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter, et al.. (1978). Zwischenbilanz : eine Anthologie österreichischer Gegenwartsliteratur. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1969). Österreichische Literatur — eine Gefangene des habsburgischen Mythos?. Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte. 43(2). 333–345.
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Weiss, Walter. (1967). Communicator Effectiveness in Relation to the Strength of the Communication. Psychological Reports. 20(3_suppl). 1037–1038. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter & David A. Hodgson. (1963). Influence of the Response Scale on Like-Dislike Judgments. Psychological Reports. 13(1). 303–312.
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Weiss, Walter & David A. Hodgson. (1963). Influence of unbalanced response scales on size judgments.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66(1). 37–46. 2 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter, et al.. (1961). Effect of Shock on Size Judgments. Psychological Reports. 9(1). 135–144. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1961). Effects of an Extreme Anchor on Scale Judgments and Attitude. Psychological Reports. 8(3). 377–382. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1960). Emotional Arousal and Attitude Change. Psychological Reports. 6(2). 267–280. 7 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1958). The relationship between judgments of a communicator's position and extent of opinion change.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 56(3). 380–384. 7 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter. (1957). Opinion congruence with a negative source on one issue as a factor influencing agreement on another issue.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 54(2). 180–186. 30 indexed citations
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Weiss, Walter & Bernard J. Fine. (1956). Stimulus familiarization as a factor in ideational learning.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 47(2). 118–124. 3 indexed citations
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Hovland, Carl I. & Walter Weiss. (1953). Transmission of information concerning concepts through positive and negative instances.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 45(3). 175–182. 204 indexed citations
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Wittenborn, J. R. & Walter Weiss. (1952). Patients diagnosed manic depressive psychosis—manic state.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 16(3). 193–198. 15 indexed citations

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