Robb Willer: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Robb Willer's h-index is 68 (106 i10-index, 31,550+ total citations across 170+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Robb Willer is affiliated with Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior, Stanford University.
Robb Willer is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior, Stanford University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 31,550 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Robb Willer's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 170 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 68
- i10-Index
- 106
- Total Citations
- 31,550
- Citing Countries
- 72
As of July 2026.
Robb Willer has an h-index of 68 and 31,550 total citations across 170 publications, with research cited by institutions in 72 countries.
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
20207,204
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The researcher established that partner choice drives competitive altruism, a framework later applied to pandemic response and prosocial signaling, evidenced by high independent citation rates.
The researcher established a framework linking false enforcement of unpopular norms to broader sociological foundations of cooperation, significantly advancing the understanding of prosocial behavior mechanisms.
The researcher pioneered the integration of agent-based modeling into computational sociology, shifting analytical focus from static factors to dynamic actors.
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About Robb Willer's research
Robb Willer is a researcher at Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior, Stanford University. Their work has been cited 31,550 times across 170 publications (h-index 68), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response” (2020), has accumulated 7,204 citations. Other influential works include “From factors to actors: Computational sociology and agent-based modeling” (2002) with 2,421 citations and “The moral roots of environmental attitudes” (2013) with 1,339 citations.
Citations of Robb Willer's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
