David O. Sears

20.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
127 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

David O. Sears is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, David O. Sears has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in David O. Sears's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (25 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (12 papers). David O. Sears is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (25 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (12 papers). David O. Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. David O. Sears's co-authors include Donald R. Kinder, Patrick Henry, Richard R. Lau, Nicholas A. Valentino, Carolyn L. Funk, Jonathan L. Freedman, Tom R. Tyler, Harris Allen, Michael Tesler and Jack Citrin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

David O. Sears

119 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

College sophomores in the laboratory: Influences of a narrow data base on social psychology's view of human nature.

1986 1.5k citations David O. Sears Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Prejudice and politics: Symbolic racism versus racial threats to the good life.

1981 1.3k citations Donald R. Kinder, David O. Sears Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting

1980 589 citations David O. Sears, Richard R. Lau et al. profile →
The Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale

2002 562 citations Patrick Henry, David O. Sears Political Psychology profile →
Selective Exposure to Information: A Critical Review

1967 454 citations David O. Sears et al. profile →
Whites' Opposition to “Busing”: Self-interest or Symbolic Politics?

1979 324 citations David O. Sears et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David O. Sears United States	49	8.3k	4.1k	2.3k	1.7k	1.6k	127	11.7k
Donald R. Kinder United States	37	7.6k 0.9×	5.9k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.9×	64	12.0k
Howard Schuman United States	44	5.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	789 0.5×	600 0.4×	123	9.4k
Lawrence D. Bobo United States	35	8.2k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	549 0.3×	82	10.0k
Christian Welzel Germany	37	6.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	963 0.6×	960 0.6×	154	10.8k
Philip E. Tetlock United States	63	8.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	4.5k 2.0×	1.1k 0.6×	927 0.6×	160	16.1k
E. Allan Lind United States	41	6.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	559 0.3×	84	12.6k
John R. Hibbing United States	40	3.9k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	759 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	129	7.1k
Bert Klandermans Netherlands	35	6.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	707 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	127	9.4k
Stephen Worchel United States	29	13.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.3×	7.4k 3.2×	3.3k 2.0×	2.0k 1.2×	79	20.5k
Kathleen Hall Jamieson United States	47	5.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	591 0.3×	953 0.6×	4.2k 2.6×	204	10.1k

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Strimel, Greg, et al.. (2022). The Facilitator Model: Investigating a Novel Dual Credit Experience for Open-Ended Design Coursework. PubMed. 5(3). 479–508.

Sears, David O., et al.. (2022). When an irresistible prejudice meets immovable politics: Black legal gun ownership undermines racially resentful White Americans’ gun rights advocacy.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 152(2). 410–424. 20 indexed citations

Sears, David O., et al.. (2020). Evaluating The Motivational And Learning Potential Of An Instructional Practice For Use With First Year Engineering Students. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 15.533.1–15.533.10. 1 indexed citations

Sears, David O. & Christia Spears Brown. (2013). Childhood and Adult Political Development. Oxford University Press eBooks. 130 indexed citations

Tesler, Michael & David O. Sears. (2010). President Obama and the Growing Polarization of Partisan Attachments by Racial Attitudes and Race. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

Rabinowitz, Joshua L., David O. Sears, Jim Sidanius, & Jon A. Krosnick. (2009). Why Do White Americans Oppose Race‐Targeted Policies? Clarifying the Impact of Symbolic Racism. Political Psychology. 30(5). 805–828. 90 indexed citations

Green, Eva G. T., Christian Staerklé, & David O. Sears. (2006). Symbolic Racism and Whites' Attitudes Towards Punitive and Preventive Crime Policies.. Law and Human Behavior. 30(4). 435–454. 92 indexed citations

Sears, David O. & Patrick Henry. (2003). The origins of symbolic racism.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85(2). 259–275. 393 indexed citations

Citrin, Jack, David O. Sears, Christopher P. Muste, & Cara Wong. (2001). Multiculturalism in American Public Opinion. British Journal of Political Science. 31(2). 247–275. 96 indexed citations

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Sears, David O.. (1999). Psikologi sosial jilid 1 / David O. Sears, Jonathan L. Freedom, L. Anne Peplau; alih bahasa Michael Adryanto, Savitri Soekrisno. Koleksi Buku UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Negeri Malang. 1999(1999). 1–99. 2 indexed citations

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Sears, David O.. (1997). The impact of self-interest on attitudes--a symbolic politics perspective on differences between survey and experimental findings: Comment on Crano (1997).. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 72(3). 492–496. 21 indexed citations

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Sears, David O., et al.. (1996). Whites' racial policy attitudes : The role of white racism. Social Science Quarterly. 77(4). 751–759. 33 indexed citations

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Sears, David O.. (1992). Conflicto político y política de la raza en los Estados Unidos. 71–98. 1 indexed citations

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Sears, David O.. (1992). Passion in politics and the science of politics. The Journal of Socio-Economics. 21(3). 181–190. 3 indexed citations

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Sears, David O. & Carolyn L. Funk. (1990). Self-interest in Americans' political opinions.. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 57(12). 3195–204. 101 indexed citations

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Lau, Richard R. & David O. Sears. (1986). Political cognition : the 19th Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. 106 indexed citations

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Sears, David O. & Donald R. Kinder. (1985). Whites' opposition to busing: On conceptualizing and operationalizing group conflict.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 48(5). 1141–1147. 97 indexed citations

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Sears, David O. & John B. McConahay. (1973). The politics of violence : the new urban Blacks and the Watts riot. Houghton Mifflin eBooks. 135 indexed citations

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Sears, David O., et al.. (1967). La opinión pública. 129–134. 2 indexed citations

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Sears, David O. & Jonathan Freedman. (1963). COMMITMENT, INFORMATION UTILITY, AND SELECTIVE EXPOSURE,. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations

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