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Optimal Group Size

Optimal Group Size is a theoretical construct in group dynamics that denotes the specific number of members in a group that maximizes collective performance, coordination, and resource efficiency while minimizing social loafing, communication overhead, and decision-making latency.

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21.5K

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656

Authors

378

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2017–2026

42

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Publications

283

Treating International Institutions as Social Environments

Alastair Iain Johnston · International Studies Quarterly · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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On Grouping for Maximum Homogeneity

Walter D. Fisher · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1958 · 779 citations

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Group size and the voluntary provision of public goods

R. Mark Isaac, James M. Walker, Arlington W. Williams · Journal of Public Economics · 1994 · 749 citations

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Ecological constraints on group size: an analysis of spider monkey and chimpanzee subgroups

Colin A. Chapman, Lauren J. Chapman, Richard W. Wrangham · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1995 · 655 citations

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Why Lions Form Groups: Food is Not Enough

Craig Packer, David Scheel, Anne E. Pusey · The American Naturalist · 1990 · 645 citations

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Authors

656

  1. RD
    Robin Dunbar

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 455 citations

    6

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  2. CA
    Colin A. Chapman

    McGill University, Canada

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

    5

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  3. PP
    Paul Pecorino

    University of Alabama, United States

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  4. RW
    Richard W. Wrangham

    Harvard University, United States

    3 publications · 1K citations

    3

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  5. SB
    Stephen Beckerman

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

    2

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Institutions

378

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    976 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    783 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    855 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    749 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    188 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    361 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    22 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

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  2. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    17 publications · 2.2K citations

    15

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  4. Behavioral Ecology

    7 publications · 686 citations

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