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D-Index
65
Citations
19800
World Ranking
1022
National Ranking
78

Overview

Garry Robins is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on the intersections of physics, astronomy, and social sciences. Specifically, their work covers areas in statistical and nonlinear physics as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on social networks and environmental governance. Key papers include:

  • Reconciling Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Governance: A Social Network Perspective (2020, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)
  • Exponential random graph model parameter estimation for very large directed networks (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Multilevel network interventions: Goals, actions, and outcomes (2022, Social Networks)
  • Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model (2021, Asian Journal Of Social Psychology)
  • A statistical model for the analysis of mobility tables as weighted networks with an application to faculty hiring networks (2021, Social Networks)

These papers demonstrate engagement with complex network analysis techniques and social influence modeling, contributing to fields like opinion dynamics and sustainability governance.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Garry Robins include:

  • Peng Wang
  • Dean Lusher
  • H. Colin Gallagher
  • Maedeh Aboutalebi Karkavandi
  • Alex Stivala

The scientist regularly publishes in venues specializing in social networks and interdisciplinary environment-related topics. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Social Networks
  • Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • PLoS ONE
  • Asian Journal Of Social Psychology
  • BMJ Open

The research topics addressed by Garry Robins reflect a strong emphasis on network theory and environmental applications. These include:

  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

The scientist's interdisciplinary approach incorporates methods from modeling and simulation, blending quantitative physics frameworks with social systems analysis. This combination supports investigations into governance challenges, environmental identity, and social interventions at multiple levels.

Best Publications

  • An introduction to exponential random graph (p * ) models for social networks

    Garry Robins;Pip Pattison;Yuval Kalish;Dean Lusher

  • NEW SPECIFICATIONS FOR EXPONENTIAL RANDOM GRAPH MODELS

    Tom A. B. Snijders;Philippa E. Pattison;Garry L. Robins;Mark S. Handcock

  • Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks: Theory, Methods and Applications

    Dean Lusher;Johan Koskinen;Garry Robins

  • Recent developments in exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks

    Garry Robins;Tom A. B. Snijders;Peng Wang;Mark Handcock

  • Doing Social Network Research: Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists

    Garry L. Robins

  • Comparing the validity of multiple social effectiveness constructs in the prediction of managerial job performance

    Assaf Semadar;Garry Robins;Gerald R. Ferris

  • Psychological predispositions and network structure: The relationship between individual predispositions, structural holes and network closure

    Yuval Kalish;Garry Robins

  • Small Worlds Among Interlocking Directors: Network Structure and Distance in Bipartite Graphs

    Garry Robins;Malcolm Alexander

  • Neighborhood–Based Models For Social Networks

    Philippa Pattison;Garry Robins

  • Exponential random graph models for multilevel networks

    Peng Wang;Garry L. Robins;Philippa E. Pattison;Emmanuel Lazega

  • Closure, connectivity and degree distributions: Exponential random graph (p*) models for directed social networks

    Garry L. Robins;Philippa E. Pattison;Peng Wang

  • Obesity-related behaviors in adolescent friendship networks

    Kayla de la Haye;Kayla de la Haye;Garry Robins;Philip Mohr;Carlene Wilson

  • Network models for social selection processes

    Garry Robins;Peter Elliott;Philippa Pattison

  • Logit models and logistic regressions for social networks: III. Valued relations

    Garry Robins;Philippa Pattison;Stanley Wasserman

  • Understanding suicide in Australian farmers

    Fiona Judd;Henry J Jackson;Caitlin Fraser;Greg Murray;Greg Murray

  • Network models for social influence processes

    Garry Robins;Philippa Pattison;Peter Elliott

  • Improving network approaches to the study of complex social-ecological interdependencies

    Örjan Bodin;S. M. Alexander;J. Baggio;M. L. Barnes

  • Small and other worlds : Global network structures from local processes

    Garry Robins;Philippa Pattison;Jodie Woolcock

  • Exponential random graph (p∗) models for affiliation networks

    Peng Wang;Ken Sharpe;Garry L. Robins;Philippa E. Pattison

  • Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis: An Introduction to Random Graphs, Dependence Graphs, and p *

    Stanley Wasserman;Garry Robins

  • Network structure and institutional complexity in an ecology of water management games

    Mark N. Lubell;Garry Robins;Peng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippa Pattison
Philippa Pattison University of Sydney
Dean Lusher
Dean Lusher Swinburne University of Technology
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
Greg Murray
Greg Murray Swinburne University of Technology
Henry J. Jackson
Henry J. Jackson University of Melbourne
Tom A. B. Snijders
Tom A. B. Snijders University of Groningen
Stanley Wasserman
Stanley Wasserman Indiana University
Peter Kremer
Peter Kremer Deakin University
Carlene Wilson
Carlene Wilson Flinders University
Paul Dudgeon
Paul Dudgeon University of Melbourne

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