Colin Wayne Leach

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Colin Wayne Leach is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Wayne Leach has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 51 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Colin Wayne Leach's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (35 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (26 papers). Colin Wayne Leach is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (48 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (35 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (26 papers). Colin Wayne Leach collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Colin Wayne Leach's co-authors include Russell Spears, Martijn van Zomeren, Aarti Iyer, Manuela Barreto, Naomi Ellemers, Bertjan Doosje, Michael Vliek, Agneta H. Fischer, Anne Pedersen and Sjoerd F. Pennekamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Annual Review of Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Colin Wayne Leach

73 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierar... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2008 2004 2007 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.
    2008 1.3k citations Colin Wayne Leach, Martijn van Zomeren et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is! Explaining Collective Action Tendencies Through Group-Based Anger and Group Efficacy.
    2004 757 citations Martijn van Zomeren, Russell Spears et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  3. Group virtue: The importance of morality (vs. competence and sociability) in the positive evaluation of in-groups.
    2007 688 citations Colin Wayne Leach, Naomi Ellemers et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Wayne Leach United States 36 5.6k 4.1k 1.5k 747 689 73 7.7k
Bertjan Doosje Netherlands 41 7.1k 1.3× 5.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 902 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 117 9.8k
Martijn van Zomeren Netherlands 33 6.3k 1.1× 3.4k 0.8× 968 0.6× 513 0.7× 692 1.0× 117 8.0k
Craig McGarty Australia 43 5.1k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 665 0.4× 436 0.6× 579 0.8× 120 7.1k
John Duckitt New Zealand 47 6.9k 1.2× 4.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 926 1.3× 103 9.2k
Alain Van Hiel Belgium 47 4.6k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 993 1.3× 478 0.7× 192 6.9k
Aaron C. Kay United States 37 3.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 909 0.6× 379 0.5× 828 1.2× 101 6.0k
Jesse Graham United States 36 6.7k 1.2× 5.0k 1.2× 5.0k 3.3× 899 1.2× 421 0.6× 84 11.2k
Brian Lickel United States 34 3.5k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 505 0.7× 391 0.6× 71 5.3k
Kees van den Bos Netherlands 42 4.4k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 555 0.7× 498 0.7× 183 7.8k
Paul K. Piff United States 27 3.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 921 0.6× 798 1.1× 378 0.5× 46 6.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leach, Colin Wayne & Aarti Iyer. (2023). Moral Improvement of Self, Social Relations, and Society. Annual Review of Psychology. 75(1). 295–310. 5 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne & Fouad Bou Zeineddine. (2021). A Systems View of Emotion in Socio-political Context. Affective Science. 2(4). 353–362. 8 indexed citations
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Riddle, Travis, et al.. (2020). “What’s going on” in Ferguson? Online news frames of protest at the police killing of Michael Brown. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 23(6). 882–901. 14 indexed citations
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Reinka, Mora A. & Colin Wayne Leach. (2018). Racialized images: Tracing appraisals of police force and protest.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 115(5). 763–787. 19 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne & Atilla Çidam. (2015). When is shame linked to constructive approach orientation? A meta-analysis.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 109(6). 983–1002. 125 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne, Russell Spears, & Antony S. R. Manstead. (2015). Parsing (malicious) pleasures: schadenfreude and gloating at others’ adversity. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 201–201. 23 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne & Andrew Livingstone. (2015). Contesting the Meaning of Intergroup Disadvantage: Towards a Psychology of Resistance. Journal of Social Issues. 71(3). 614–632. 50 indexed citations
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Pagliaro, Stefano, Naomi Ellemers, Manuela Barreto, & Colin Wayne Leach. (2010). Individual vs. collective identity management strategies: The role of group norms and personal gain. 387–402. 3 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne. (2010). The Person in Political Emotion. Journal of Personality. 78(6). 1827–1860. 11 indexed citations
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Zomeren, Martijn van, Colin Wayne Leach, & Russell Spears. (2010). Does group efficacy increase group identification? Resolving their paradoxical relationship. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 46(6). 1055–1060. 142 indexed citations
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Ellemers, Naomi, Stefano Pagliaro, Manuela Barreto, & Colin Wayne Leach. (2008). Is it better to be moral than smart? The effects of morality and competence norms on the decision to work at group status improvement.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95(6). 1397–1410. 113 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne & Russell Spears. (2008). "A vengefulness of the impotent": The pain of in-group inferiority and schadenfreude toward successful out-groups.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95(6). 1383–1396. 109 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne, Naomi Ellemers, & Manuela Barreto. (2007). Group virtue: The importance of morality (vs. competence and sociability) in the positive evaluation of in-groups.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 93(2). 234–249. 688 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leach, Colin Wayne, Aarti Iyer, & Anne Pedersen. (2006). Angry opposition to government redress: When the structurally advantaged perceive themselves as relatively deprived. British Journal of Social Psychology. 46(1). 191–204. 113 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne, Aarti Iyer, & Anne Pedersen. (2006). Anger and Guilt About Ingroup Advantage Explain the Willingness for Political Action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 32(9). 1232–1245. 303 indexed citations
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McGarty, Craig, et al.. (2005). Group‐based guilt as a predictor of commitment to apology. British Journal of Social Psychology. 44(4). 659–680. 137 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne. (2005). Against the notion of a ‘new racism’. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 15(6). 432–445. 50 indexed citations
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Zomeren, Martijn van, Russell Spears, Agneta H. Fischer, & Colin Wayne Leach. (2004). Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is! Explaining Collective Action Tendencies Through Group-Based Anger and Group Efficacy.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 87(5). 649–664. 757 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leach, Colin Wayne, Russell Spears, Nyla R. Branscombe, & Bertjan Doosje. (2003). Malicious pleasure: Schadenfreude at the suffering of another group.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 84(5). 932–943. 283 indexed citations
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Leach, Colin Wayne, et al.. (2000). Is racism dead? Comparing (expressive) means and (structural equation) models. British Journal of Social Psychology. 39(3). 449–465. 25 indexed citations

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