2026 Bernard Weiner: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	95	748	655	470	400	212	82491

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Psychology

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Research.com Recognitions

2008 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association
1995 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association
1990 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
1975 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Bernard Weiner is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology, and General Psychology.

Their research covers several key topics, including:

Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Career Development and Diversity
Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

Motivation Science
Psychological Science

The scientist's recent papers include:

Reframing Achievement Setbacks: A Motivation Intervention to Improve 8-Year Graduation Rates for Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields, 2020, Psychological Science
I had coffee (actually tea) with Clark Hull., 2022, Motivation Science
Help is needed. Commentary on Batson (2022)., 2022, Motivation Science

Frequent co-authors are:

Jeremy M. Hamm
Raymond P. Perry
Judith G. Chipperfield
Steve Hladkyj
Patti C. Parker

Bernard Weiner has received several awards, including:

E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association, 2008
Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association, 1995
Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1990
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1975
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1969

Best Publications

An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion.

Bernard Weiner

19647
Citations
An attributional theory of motivation and emotion

Bernard Weiner

5672
Citations
A theory of motivation for some classroom experiences

Bernard Weiner

5528
Citations
Judgments of Responsibility: A Foundation for a Theory of Social Conduct

Bernard Weiner

3372
Citations
Achievement Motivation and Attribution Theory

Bernard Weiner

3357
Citations
Perceiving the causes of success and failure.

Bernard Weiner;Irene Frieze;Andy Kukla;Linda Reed

3163
Citations
An attributional analysis of reactions to stigmas.

Bernard Weiner;Raymond P. Perry;Jamie Magnusson

2684
Citations
Theories of motivation : from mechanism to cognition

Bernard Weiner

2610
Citations
An attributional analysis of achievement motivation.

Bernard Weiner;Andy Kukla

1973
Citations
When people ask "why" questions, and the heuristics of attributional search.

Paul T. Wong;Bernard Weiner

1886
Citations
A Cognitive (Attribution)-Emotion-Action Model of Motivated Behavior: An Analysis of Judgments of Help-Giving.

Bernard Weiner

1821
Citations
History of motivational research in education

Bernard Weiner

1678
Citations
"Spontaneous" causal thinking.

Bernard Weiner

1570
Citations
Human Motivation: Metaphors, Theories, and Research

Bernard Weiner

1514
Citations
Theories and principles of motivation.

Sandra Graham;Bernard Weiner

1463
Citations
Attributional Thoughts about Consumer Behavior

Bernard Weiner

1327
Citations
The cognition–emotion process in achievement-related contexts.

Bernard Weiner;Dan Russell;David Lerman

1026
Citations
Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Theories of Motivation from an Attributional Perspective

Bernard Weiner

966
Citations
Affective Consequences of Causal Ascriptions

Bernard Weiner;Dan Russell;David Lerman

742
Citations
The Development of an Attribution-Based Theory of Motivation: A History of Ideas

Bernard Weiner

720
Citations
Perceiving the Causes of Success and Failure A Cross-Cultural Examination of Attributional Concepts

Beate Schuster;Friedrich Försterling;Bernard Weiner

109
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Graham University of California, Los Angeles

Raymond P. Perry University of Manitoba

Judith G. Chipperfield University of Manitoba

Tobias Greitemeyer University of Innsbruck

Jaana Juvonen University of California, Los Angeles

Valerie S. Folkes University of Southern California

Kathryn R. Wentzel University of Maryland, College Park

Danny Osborne University of Auckland

Deborah Stipek Stanford University

Jonathon D. Brown University of Washington

External Links

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