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1285
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Robert P. Hawkins publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert P. Hawkins sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 172 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Robert P. Hawkins D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert P. Hawkins sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert P. Hawkins is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans interdisciplinary topics primarily related to social influence, computational methods, and health psychology. Hawkins has contributed to areas including opinion dynamics, cancer survivorship, family support in illness, and computational text analysis.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Understanding how e-health interventions meet psychosocial needs of breast cancer patients: The pathways of influence on quality of life and cancer concerns, 2020, Psycho-Oncology
  • Simulating Opinion Dynamics with Networks of LLM-based Agents, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Wisdom of Partisan Crowds: Comparing Collective Intelligence in Humans and LLM-based Agents, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Contents, 2020, The American Journal of Cardiology
  • Contents, 2020, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hawkins have included:

  • Dhavan V. Shah
  • Yun-Shiuan Chuang
  • Agam Goyal
  • Siddharth Suresh
  • Sijia Yang

Hawkins publishes regularly in a diverse set of venues. These include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • UNC Libraries

Their research covers several interconnected subfields of study such as:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • General Social Sciences
  • Oncology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

Main topics of Hawkins' work focus on:

  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Computational and Text Analysis Methods
  • Cancer Survivorship and Care
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Expert Finding and Q&A Systems
  • Topic Modeling

Among formal recognitions, Hawkins was awarded Fellow status by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Understanding tailoring in communicating about health

    Robert P. Hawkins;Matthew Kreuter;Kenneth Resnicow;Martin Fishbein

  • Impact of a patient-centered, computer-based health information/support system

    David H. Gustafson;Robert Hawkins;Eric Boberg;Susanne Pingree

  • User-centered design and interactive health technologies for patients.

    Annette De Vito Dabbs;Brad A. Myers;Kenneth R. Mc Curry;Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob

  • Perceived helpfulness and impact of social support provided by family, friends, and health care providers to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

    Neeraj K. Arora;Lila J. Finney Rutten;David H. Gustafson;Richard Moser

  • Effect of computer support on younger women with breast cancer.

    David H. Gustafson;Robert Hawkins;Suzanne Pingree;Fiona McTavish

  • Health Information, Credibility, Homophily, and Influence via the Internet: Web Sites Versus Discussion Groups

    Zuoming Wang;Joseph B. Walther;Suzanne Pingree;Robert P. Hawkins

  • Advancing communication science : merging mass and interpersonal processes

    Robert P. Hawkins;John M. Wiemann;Suzanne Pingree

  • Impact of surgery and chemotherapy on the quality of life of younger women with breast carcinoma: a prospective study

    Neeraj K. Arora;David H. Gustafson;Robert P. Hawkins;B S Fiona McTavish

  • CHESS: 10 Years of Research and Development in Consumer Health Informatics for Broad Populations, Including the Underserved

    David H Gustafson;Robert P Hawkins;Eric W Boberg;Fiona McTavish

  • Assessing the unmet information, support and care delivery needs of men with prostate cancer

    Eric W. Boberg;David H. Gustafson;Robert P. Hawkins;Kenneth P. Offord

  • Interplay of Negative Emotion and Health Self-Efficacy on the Use of Health Information and Its Outcomes

    Sun Young Lee;Hyunseo Hwang;Robert P. Hawkins;Suzanne Pingree

  • UNIFORM MESSAGES AND HABITUAL VIEWING: UNNECESSARY ASSUMPTIONS IN SOCIAL REALITY EFFECTS

    Robert P. Hawkins;Suzanne Pingree

  • Use and impact of ehealth system by low-income women with breast cancer

    David H. Gustafson;Fiona M. McTavish;William Stengle;Denise Ballard

  • Internet‐Based Interactive Support for Cancer Patients: Are Integrated Systems Better?

    David H. Gustafson;Robert Hawkins;Fiona McTavish;Suzanne Pingree

  • Effects of insightful disclosure within computer mediated support groups on women with breast cancer.

    Bret R. Shaw;Robert Hawkins;Fiona McTavish;Suzanne Pingree

  • Barriers to information access, perceived health competence, and psychosocial health outcomes: test of a mediation model in a breast cancer sample

    Neeraj K. Arora;Pauley Johnson;David H. Gustafson;Fiona McTavish

  • The Dimensional Structure of Children’s Perceptions of Television Reality

    Robert Parker Hawkins

  • CHESS improves cancer caregivers' burden and mood: results of an eHealth RCT.

    Lori L. DuBenske;David H. Gustafson;Kang Namkoong;Robert P. Hawkins

  • Some Processes in the Cultivation Effect

    Robert P. Hawkins;Suzanne Pingree

  • Attributes of Interactive Online Health Information Systems

    Joseph B Walther;Suzanne Pingree;Robert P Hawkins;David B Buller

  • The use and impact of a computer-based support system for people living with AIDS and HIV infection.

    D. H. Gustafson;R. P. Hawkins;E. W. Boberg;E. Bricker

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne Pingree
Suzanne Pingree University of Wisconsin–Madison
David H. Gustafson
David H. Gustafson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fiona McTavish
Fiona McTavish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bret R. Shaw
Bret R. Shaw University of Wisconsin–Madison
Timothy B. Baker
Timothy B. Baker University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dhavan V. Shah
Dhavan V. Shah University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brad A. Myers
Brad A. Myers Carnegie Mellon University
Mary Amanda Dew
Mary Amanda Dew University of Pittsburgh
David Cella
David Cella Northwestern University
Joseph B. Walther
Joseph B. Walther University of California, Santa Barbara

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