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Pamala Wiepking

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1999Rising activity
Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringReligion, Society, and DevelopmentCommunity Development and Social ImpactSocial Capital and NetworksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Publications

120

Citations

3,935

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
AI-generated

Pamala Wiepking studies philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, focusing on why and how people give to charity, how nonprofit organizations operate and are funded, and how giving can best be measured and researched. Recent work examines topics such as crowdfunding and mutual aid, unrestricted funding for nonprofits, and methods for making nonprofit research more transparent and reproducible.

Charitable giving and donor behaviorNonprofit sector and organizationsVolunteering and generosityFundraising and philanthropy fundingResearch transparency and methods

Publication activity has been generally steady with fluctuation, including a notable peak in 2023 and continued output into 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 3,935cohort median 1,166
h-index: 25cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 6.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 55% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 24 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 8 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 21 publications21232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 3 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 1 collaborator at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations×4
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly×3
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)×3
  • European Sociological Review×2
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)×2
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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