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Social Categorization

Social Categorization is the cognitive process of classifying individuals into social groups based on shared characteristics, thereby distinguishing in-group members from out-group members in the context of intergroup relations, prejudice, and stereotyping.

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Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self‐Categorization Theory

Fraser Reid · British Journal of Social Psychology · 1987 · 8.2K citations

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Social Identity Theory and the Organization

Blake E. Ashforth, Fred A. Mael · Academy of Management Review · 1989 · 7.7K citations

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Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self-Categorization Theory.

David Willer, John Turner, Michael A. Hogg et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1989 · 7.2K citations

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Social categorization and intergroup behaviour

Henri Tajfel, M. G. Billig, R. P. Bundy et al. · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1971 · 5.5K citations

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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 2000 · 5.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MA
    Michael A. Hogg

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    41 publications · 21.3K citations

    34

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  2. JT
    John Turner

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    35 publications · 18.4K citations

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  3. MH
    Miles Hewstone

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    28 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. JF
    John F. Dovidio

    Yale University, United States

    20 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. SA
    S. Alexander Haslam

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    19 publications · 5.5K citations

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966

  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    30 h-index

    62 publications

    19.1K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    29 h-index

    65 publications

    10K citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    28 h-index

    59 publications

    4.4K citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    28 h-index

    83 publications

    18.8K citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    26 h-index

    46 publications

    8.6K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    26 h-index

    39 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    52 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    22 h-index

    49 publications

    12.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    170 publications · 26.9K citations

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  2. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 136 publications · 22.6K citations

    61

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  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 86 publications · 16.9K citations

    54

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  4. British Journal of Social Psychology

    83 publications · 18.5K citations

    48

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  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    58 publications · 6.7K citations

    39

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