John U. Ogbu

15.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
56 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

John U. Ogbu is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, John U. Ogbu has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Education, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in John U. Ogbu's work include School Choice and Performance (13 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (9 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers). John U. Ogbu is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (13 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (9 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers). John U. Ogbu collaborates with scholars based in United States. John U. Ogbu's co-authors include Signithia Fordham, Satoshi Ito, Herbert D. Simons, Reginald M. Clark, Shirley E. Ostholm, Ray C. Rist, Richard Jenkins, Charles M. Payne, John N. Wilson and Thomas Hodgkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Child Development and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

John U. Ogbu

55 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Black students' school success: Coping with the ?burden of ?acting white??

1986 2.1k citations John U. Ogbu et al. profile →
Minority Education and Caste: The American System in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

1979 781 citations Satoshi Ito, John U. Ogbu Social Forces profile →
Variability in Minority School Performance: A Problem in Search of an Explanation

1987 722 citations John U. Ogbu Anthropology & Education Quarterly profile →
Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities: A Cultural‐Ecological Theory of School Performance with Some Implications for Education

1998 659 citations John U. Ogbu et al. Anthropology & Education Quarterly profile →
Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning

1992 640 citations John U. Ogbu Educational Researcher profile →
Origins of Human Competence: A Cultural-Ecological Perspective

1981 577 citations John U. Ogbu Child Development profile →
Family Life and School Achievement: Why Poor Black Children Succeed or Fail.

1984 381 citations John U. Ogbu et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
Minority education and caste

1978 301 citations John U. Ogbu Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John U. Ogbu United States	31	6.2k	4.4k	1.1k	952	912	56	9.4k
William A. Corsaro United States	35	3.0k 0.5×	4.0k 0.9×	675 0.6×	2.4k 2.5×	309 0.3×	74	10.5k
James A. Banks United States	41	8.1k 1.3×	5.0k 1.1×	420 0.4×	794 0.8×	399 0.4×	131	10.8k
Annette Lareau United States	30	6.8k 1.1×	5.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	305 0.3×	635 0.7×	62	10.1k
Tara J. Yosso United States	17	7.4k 1.2×	6.9k 1.6×	687 0.6×	539 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	29	10.5k
Nel Noddings United States	37	6.9k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	889 0.8×	154 0.2×	643 0.7×	144	11.3k
Gloria Ladson‐Billings United States	40	16.2k 2.6×	10.5k 2.4×	490 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.5k 1.6×	79	20.1k
Michalinos Zembylas Cyprus	55	6.8k 1.1×	5.3k 1.2×	571 0.5×	402 0.4×	314 0.3×	392	11.4k
Amado M. Padilla United States	41	1.9k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	2.5k 2.2×	513 0.5×	325 0.4×	134	7.5k
Caryl Emerson United States	18	2.7k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	614 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	140 0.2×	79	9.3k
Luis C. Moll United States	31	8.2k 1.3×	3.1k 0.7×	473 0.4×	2.6k 2.7×	518 0.6×	60	11.4k

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All Works

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Ogbu, John U.. (2013). Cultural Boundaries and Minority Youth Orientation Toward Work Preparation. 107–146. 1 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (2002). Cultural amplifiers of intelligence: IQ and minority status in cross-cultural perspective.. 21 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1999). Beyond Language: Ebonics, Proper English, and Identity in a Black-American Speech Community. American Educational Research Journal. 36(2). 147–147. 107 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1997). Understanding the school performance of urban Blacks: Some essential background knowledge.. 35 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1994). Introduction: Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning. journal for the education of the gifted. 17(4). 354–383. 17 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1992). Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning. Educational Researcher. 21(8). 5–5. 47 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1992). Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning. Educational Researcher. 21(8). 5–14. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ogbu, John U.. (1991). Minority coping responses and school experience.. 163 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1990). Minority Education in Comparative Perspective. The Journal of Negro Education. 59(1). 45–45. 172 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1988). Cultural diversity and human development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 1988(42). 11–28. 95 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U. & Richard Jenkins. (1985). Lads, Citizens, and Ordinary Kids: Working-Class Youth Life-Styles in Belfast.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(1). 95–95. 60 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1981). Origins of Human Competence: A Cultural-Ecological Perspective. Child Development. 52(2). 413–413. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ogbu, John U.. (1979). Social Stratification and the Socialization of Competence¹. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 10(1). 3–20. 25 indexed citations

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Ito, Satoshi & John U. Ogbu. (1979). Minority Education and Caste: The American System in Cross-Cultural Perspective.. Social Forces. 57(3). 989–989. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ogbu, John U.. (1978). Economic Transition Among the Poka of Northern Malawi: From Subsistence to Cash Cropping. Journal of African studies. 5(2). 151–172. 1 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U.. (1978). Minority education and caste. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43(2). 674–84. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ogbu, John U., et al.. (1978). Minority Education and Caste: The American System in Cross-Cultural Perspective. American Educational Research Journal. 15(4). 570–570. 181 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U. & Thomas Hodgkin. (1976). Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology. Ethnohistory. 23(1). 68–68. 5 indexed citations

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Ostholm, Shirley E. & John U. Ogbu. (1975). The Next Generation: An Ethnography of Education in An Urban Neighborhood. American Educational Research Journal. 12(2). 215–215. 321 indexed citations

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Ogbu, John U., et al.. (1972). The Igbo-Igala Borderland: Religion and Social Control in Indigenous African Colonialism. Ethnohistory. 19(3). 289–289. 1 indexed citations

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