Martin Lea

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Martin Lea is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Lea has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Communication and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Martin Lea's work include Team Dynamics and Performance (11 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (9 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (9 papers). Martin Lea is often cited by papers focused on Team Dynamics and Performance (11 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (9 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (9 papers). Martin Lea collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Martin Lea's co-authors include Russell Spears, Tom Postmes, Daphne de Groot, Stephen Lee, Pat Fung, Tim O’Shea, Tim O’Shea, Steve Duck, Susan Watt and Brian Parkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Martin Lea

30 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Breaching or Building Social Boundaries? 1992 2026 2003 2014 1998 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Breaching or Building Social Boundaries?
    1998 599 citations Tom Postmes, Russell Spears et al. Communication Research profile →
  2. Contexts of computer-mediated communication
    1992 462 citations Martin Lea profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Lea United Kingdom 21 2.2k 2.2k 2.0k 574 471 30 4.2k
Katelyn Y. A. McKenna United States 15 4.0k 1.8× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 397 0.7× 212 0.5× 19 5.7k
Moira Burke United States 30 3.1k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 488 0.2× 389 0.7× 436 0.9× 44 4.9k
Charles R. Berger United States 26 2.0k 0.9× 979 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 169 0.3× 121 0.3× 79 4.7k
Sonja Utz Germany 32 3.2k 1.5× 1.9k 0.9× 859 0.4× 244 0.4× 220 0.5× 93 4.7k
Dmitri Williams United States 36 4.3k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 650 0.3× 310 0.5× 265 0.6× 77 5.4k
Ederyn Williams United Kingdom 10 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 747 1.3× 90 0.2× 17 3.9k
David Westerman United States 24 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 792 0.4× 234 0.4× 123 0.3× 55 2.9k
Yair Amichai‐Hamburger Israel 36 2.9k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 853 0.4× 160 0.3× 154 0.3× 87 4.4k
Sheizaf Rafaeli Israel 25 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 342 0.2× 236 0.4× 274 0.6× 90 3.5k
Robert Kraut United States 24 2.8k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 520 0.3× 310 0.5× 140 0.3× 46 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Lea

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Lea

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Lea. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Lea based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Martin Lea. Martin Lea is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pradhan, Ajay, et al.. (2019). The food preservative ethoxyquin impairs zebrafish development, behavior and alters gene expression profile. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 135. 110926–110926. 20 indexed citations
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Lalit, Pratik A, Martin Lea, Steven A. Jackson, et al.. (2013). Abstract 19007: Lineage Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts to Induced Cardiac Progenitor Cells by Defined Factors. Circulation. 128(suppl_22). 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Paul & Martin Lea. (2011). SIDE-VIEW: A social identity account of computer-supported collaborative learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 1 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin, Russell Spears, & Susan Watt. (2006). Visibility and anonymity effects on attraction and group cohesiveness. European Journal of Social Psychology. 37(4). 761–773. 31 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin, Kipling D. Williams, & Russell Spears. (2004). A Social Psychology of the Internet. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 98(42). e17545–e17545. 11 indexed citations
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Spears, Russell, et al.. (2002). Computer-Mediated Communication as a Channel for Social Resistance. Small Group Research. 33(5). 555–574. 91 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin, Russell Spears, & Daphne de Groot. (2001). Knowing Me, Knowing You: Anonymity Effects on Social Identity Processes within Groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 27(5). 526–537. 262 indexed citations
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Postmes, Tom & Martin Lea. (2000). Social processes and group decision making: anonymity in group decision support systems. Ergonomics. 43(8). 1252–1274. 69 indexed citations
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Postmes, Tom, Russell Spears, & Martin Lea. (1998). Breaching or Building Social Boundaries?. Communication Research. 25(6). 689–715. 599 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lea, Martin. (1992). Contexts of computer-mediated communication. 462 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lea, Martin & Russell Spears. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer‐mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. 2(3-4). 321–341. 286 indexed citations
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Spears, Russell & Martin Lea. (1992). Social influence and the influence of the 'social' in computer-mediated communication.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 30–65. 263 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin, Tim O’Shea, Pat Fung, & Russell Spears. (1992). 'Flaming' in computer-mediated communication: Observations, explanations, implications.. 119 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin. (1991). Rationalist assumptions in cross-media comparisons of computer-mediated communication. Behaviour and Information Technology. 10(2). 153–172. 72 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin & Russell Spears. (1991). Computer-mediated communication, de-individuation and group decision-making. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 34(2). 283–301. 384 indexed citations
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Spears, Russell, Martin Lea, & Stephen Lee. (1990). De‐individuation and group polarization in computer‐mediated communication. British Journal of Social Psychology. 29(2). 121–134. 244 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin. (1989). Factors Underlying Friendship: An Analysis of Responses on the Acquaintance Description form in Relation to Wright's Friendship Model. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 6(3). 275–292. 16 indexed citations
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Lea, Martin. (1979). Personality similarity in unreciprocated friendships. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 18(4). 393–394. 5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Ronald C., Carol Johnson, & Martin Lea. (1961). Authoritarianism, Occupation, and Sex Role Differentiation of Children. Child Development. 32(2). 271–271. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Ronald C., et al.. (1961). AUTHORITARIANISM, OCCUPATION, AND SEX ROLE DIFFERENTIATION OF CHILDREN. Child Development. 32(2). 271–276. 5 indexed citations

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