2026 Bibb Latané: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	51	5089	4721	2792	2527	108	26427

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Current World Ranking

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Psychology

5089

4721

2792

2527

108

26427

Research.com Recognitions

1986 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
1974 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bibb Latané is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. Their research work spans multiple fields, notably within the social sciences as well as physics and astronomy.

The main fields of study that characterize Latané's work include:

Social Sciences
Physics and Astronomy

At a more granular level, Latané's research involves subfields such as:

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Sociology and Political Science
Cultural Studies

The core topics addressed in their work cover several themes, including:

Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Language and Cultural Evolution

These topics indicate a multidisciplinary approach, integrating social theory, quantitative methods from physics, and evolutionary perspectives on cooperation and culture.

Latané has been recognized with several awards over their career. These include:

Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1986
Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1974
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970

Best Publications

Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing

Bibb Latané;Kipling Williams;Stephen Harkins

3753
Citations
Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility.

John M. Darley;Bibb Latane

3750
Citations
The psychology of social impact.

Bibb Latané

3683
Citations
The unresponsive bystander : why doesn't he help?

Bibb Latané;John M. Darley

2541
Citations
Group inhibition of bystander intervention in emergencies.

Bibb Latane;John M. Darley

1469
Citations
From private attitude to public opinion: A dynamic theory of social impact.

Andrzej Nowak;Jacek Szamrej;Bibb Latané

1354
Citations
Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing: Two cheering experiments.

Kipling Williams;Stephen G. Harkins;Bibb Latané

978
Citations
Ten Years of Research on Group Size and Helping

Bibb Latané;Steve Nida

918
Citations
The Social Impact of Majorities and Minorities.

Bibb Latané;Sharon Wolf

580
Citations
Distance Matters: Physical Space and Social Impact

Bibb Latané;James H. Liu;Andrzej Nowak;Michael Bonevento

547
Citations
Dynamic Social Impact: The Creation of Culture by Communication.

Bibb Latané

531
Citations
A lady in distress: Inhibiting effects of friends and strangers on bystander intervention ☆

Bibb Latané;Judith Rodin

434
Citations
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes

Michael A. Hogg;R. Scott Tindale

424
Citations
Statistical mechanics of social impact.

Maciej Lewenstein;Andrzej Nowak;Bibb Latané

319
Citations
The Effects of Group Size on Cognitive Effort and Evaluation

Richard E. Petty;Stephen G. Harkins;Kipling D. Williams;Bibb Latane

237
Citations
Gregariousness and fear in laboratory rats

Bibb Latané

236
Citations
Measuring emergent social phenomena: Dynamism, polarization, and clustering as order parameters of social systems.

Bibb Latané;Andrzej Nowak;James H. Liu

235
Citations
Spatial clustering in the conformity game: Dynamic social impact in electronic groups.

Bibb Latané;Todd L'Herrou

226
Citations
Social loafing: Allocating effort or taking it easy?

Stephen G Harkins;Bibb Latané;Kipling Williams

195
Citations
Attitudes as catastrophes: From dimensions to categories with increasing involvement.

Bibb Latané;Andrzej Nowak

181
Citations
The Unresponsive Bystander: Why Doesn't He Help?

Harvey A. Siegal;Bibb Latane;John Darley

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kipling D. Williams Purdue University West Lafayette

John M. Darley Princeton University

James H. Liu Massey University

Stephen G. Harkins Northeastern University

Pascal Huguet University of Clermont Auvergne

Richard E. Petty The Ohio State University

Stanley Schachter Columbia University

James M. Dabbs Georgia State University

Judith Rodin Rockefeller Foundation

Claude M. Steele Stanford University

External Links

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