Tom Postmes

27.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
215 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Postmes is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Postmes has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 107 papers in Social Psychology and 40 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Tom Postmes's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (89 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (57 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (35 papers). Tom Postmes is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (89 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (57 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (35 papers). Tom Postmes collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Australia. Tom Postmes's co-authors include Russell Spears, S. Alexander Haslam, Martijn van Zomeren, Jolanda Jetten, Nyla R. Branscombe, Martin Lea, Michael T. Schmitt, Martin Tanis, Lise Jans and Amber L. Garcia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tom Postmes

204 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

Toward an integrative social identity model of col... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2008 2014 2008 1995 2012 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Postmes Netherlands 63 11.0k 7.1k 3.5k 1.8k 1.8k 215 18.4k
Stephen Reicher United Kingdom 57 11.0k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 195 16.8k
William G. Austin United States 14 12.8k 1.2× 6.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 3.2k 1.8× 29 19.6k
Michele J. Gelfand United States 59 9.3k 0.8× 8.9k 1.3× 2.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 211 18.0k
Russell Spears Netherlands 78 19.3k 1.8× 13.1k 1.8× 4.6k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.7× 319 27.4k
Dominic Abrams United Kingdom 65 11.1k 1.0× 7.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 2.9k 1.6× 268 17.5k
Miles Hewstone United Kingdom 77 16.5k 1.5× 10.6k 1.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 3.2k 1.8× 346 22.1k
John T. Jost United States 74 22.8k 2.1× 12.1k 1.7× 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 3.5k 2.0× 238 30.4k
Kwok Leung Hong Kong 68 6.0k 0.5× 7.3k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 925 0.5× 245 16.9k
Michael Harris Bond Hong Kong 69 8.6k 0.8× 11.7k 1.6× 3.1k 0.9× 4.4k 2.4× 1.0k 0.6× 270 23.3k
Samuel L. Gaertner United States 58 13.8k 1.3× 7.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 3.6k 2.0× 113 18.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Postmes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Postmes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Postmes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sieben, Anna & Tom Postmes. (2025). Behavioural repertoires in moving crowds: an observational approach. Royal Society Open Science. 12(2). 241561–241561.
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Stroebe, Katherine, et al.. (2021). Chronic disaster impact: the long-term psychological and physical health consequences of housing damage due to induced earthquakes. BMJ Open. 11(5). e040710–e040710. 18 indexed citations
3.
Kuppens, Toon, et al.. (2020). Ongenoegen, migratie, gastvrijheid en maatschappelijke onrust. Scientific Research and Documentation Center (WODC) (Scientific Research and Documentation Center). 3 indexed citations
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Stroebe, Katherine, et al.. (2020). De sociale impact van de gaswinning in Groningen meting maart 2020. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology).
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Greijdanus, Hedy, et al.. (2020). The psychology of online activism and social movements: relations between online and offline collective action. Current Opinion in Psychology. 35. 49–54. 100 indexed citations
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Reicher, Stephen, Russell Spears, Tom Postmes, & Anna Kende. (2016). Disputing deindividuation: Why negative group behaviours derive from group norms, not group immersion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e161–e161. 4 indexed citations
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Haslam, S. Alexander, Inmaculada Adarves‐Yorno, & Tom Postmes. (2015). Creativity Is Collective. Scientific American. 23. 26–31. 1 indexed citations
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Bles, Anne Marthe van der, Tom Postmes, & Rob R. Meijer. (2015). Understanding Collective Discontents: A Psychological Approach to Measuring Zeitgeist. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130100–e0130100. 16 indexed citations
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Joinson, Adam, Katelyn Y. A. McKenna, Tom Postmes, & Ulf‐Dietrich Reips. (2012). Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 599 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morton, Thomas A., Anna Rabinovich, & Tom Postmes. (2011). Who we were and who we will be: The temporal context of women's in‐group stereotype content. British Journal of Social Psychology. 51(2). 346–362. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, Emma F., Laura G. E. Smith, Craig McGarty, & Tom Postmes. (2010). Nice and Nasty: The Formation of Prosocial and Hostile Social Movements. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 23(2). 17–55. 19 indexed citations
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Koudenburg, Namkje, Tom Postmes, & Ernestine Gordijn. (2010). Disrupting the flow: How brief silences in group conversations affect social needs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 47(2). 512–515. 50 indexed citations
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Zomeren, Martijn van, Tom Postmes, & Russell Spears. (2008). Toward an integrative social identity model of collective action: A quantitative research synthesis of three socio-psychological perspectives.. Psychological Bulletin. 134(4). 504–535. 1719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sassenberg, Kai & Tom Postmes. (2002). Cognitive and strategic processes in small groups: Effects of anonymity of the self and anonymity of the group on social influence. British Journal of Social Psychology. 41(3). 463–480. 78 indexed citations
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Gordijn, Ernestine, Tom Postmes, & Nanné K. de Vries. (2001). Devil's advocate or advocate of oneself: the effects of pro- and counter-attitudinal advocacy and numerical support on self persuasion.. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 395–407. 2 indexed citations
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Spears, Russell, et al.. (2001). Social influence in computer-mediated communication: The effects of anonymity on group behaviour. Australian Journal of Psychology. 53. 6 indexed citations
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Spears, Russell, et al.. (2001). Social influence in computer-mediated communication. Australian Journal of Psychology. 53. 5 indexed citations
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Postmes, Tom, et al.. (1999). SIDE-VIEW: An interactive web environment to support group collaborative learning.. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2. 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Postmes, Tom, et al.. (1995). Bipolarisatie in inter-groeps overleg: de invloed van groepsnormen op attitudes. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Reicher, Stephen, Russell Spears, & Tom Postmes. (1995). A Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Phenomena. European Review of Social Psychology. 6(1). 161–198. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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