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Craig McGarty publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Craig McGarty sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 150 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Craig McGarty D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Craig McGarty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Craig McGarty is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and psychology, focusing particularly on collective action, social identity, and group dynamics.

The main fields of study for McGarty include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Their work further specializes in subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Applied Psychology

McGarty's primary research topics cover:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by McGarty include:

  • The Volatility of Collective Action: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Data (2020, Political Psychology)
  • MOBILISE: A Higher-Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges (2022, Political Psychology)
  • How Collective-Action Failure Shapes Group Heterogeneity and Engagement in Conventional and Radical Action Over Time (2021, Psychological Science)
  • Failure Leads Protest Movements to Support More Radical Tactics (2021, Social Psychological and Personality Science)
  • Testing social identity models of collective action in an Iranian environmental movement (2021, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McGarty are:

  • Emma F. Thomas
  • Winnifred R. Louis
  • Morgana Lizzio-Wilson
  • Catherine E. Amiot
  • Fathali M. Moghaddam

The scholar has multiple publications in well-known academic venues which include:

  • Political Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Psychological Science
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science

Best Publications

  • Self and Collective: Cognition and Social Context:

    John C. Turner;Penelope J. Oakes;S. Alexander Haslam;Craig McGarty

  • Stereotypes as explanations : the formation of meaningful beliefs about social groups

    Craig McGarty;Vincent Y. Yzerbyt;Russell Spears

  • Aligning Identities, Emotions, and Beliefs to Create Commitment to Sustainable Social and Political Action:

    Emma F. Thomas;Craig McGarty;Kenneth I. Mavor

  • Transforming “Apathy Into Movement”:The Role of Prosocial Emotions in Motivating Action for Social Change

    Emma F. Thomas;Craig McGarty;Kenneth I. Mavor

  • Opinion‐based group membership as a predictor of commitment to political action

    Ana-Maria Bliuc;Craig McGarty;Katherine J Reynolds;Daniela Muntele

  • Collective Action as the Material Expression of Opinion‐Based Group Membership

    Craig Austin McGarty;Ana-Maria Bliuc;Emma Thomas;Renata Bongiorno

  • Categorization in social psychology

    Craig McGarty

  • Identifiability and self‐presentation: Computer‐mediated communication and intergroup interaction

    Karen M. Douglas;Craig McGarty

  • Context‐dependent variation in social stereotyping 1: The effects of intergroup relations as mediated by social change and frame of reference

    S. Alexander Haslam;John C. Turner;Penelope J. Oakes;Craig McGarty

  • Stereotyping and social influence : The mediation of stereotype applicability and sharedness by the views of in-group and out-group members

    S. Alexander Haslam;Penelope J. Oakes;Craig McGarty;John C. Turner

  • Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action

    Emma F. Thomas;Emma F. Thomas;Kenneth I. Mavor;Craig McGarty

  • Public division about climate change rooted in conflicting socio-political identities

    Ana-Maria Bliuc;Craig Austin McGarty;Emma F Thomas;Girish Lala

  • Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

    S. Alexander Haslam;Craig McGarty

  • The group as a basis for emergent stereotype consensus.

    S. Alexander Haslam;John C. Turner;Penelope J. Oakes;Craig McGarty

  • The role of efficacy and moral outrage norms in creating the potential for international development activism through group-based interaction

    Emma F. Thomas;Craig A. McGarty;Craig A. McGarty

  • Social categorization and group homogeneity: changes in the perceived applicability of stereotype content as a function of comparative context and trait favourableness.

    S. Alexander Haslam;Penelope J. Oakes;John C. Turner;Craig McGarty

  • Group-based guilt as a predictor of commitment to apology.

    Craig McGarty;Anne Pedersen;Colin Wayne Leach;Tamarra Mansell

  • The Effects of Salient Group Memberships on Persuasion

    Craig Mcgarty;S. Alexander Haslam;Karen J. Hutchinson;John C. Turner

  • New Technologies, New Identities, and the Growth of Mass Opposition in the Arab Spring

    Craig Austin McGarty;Emma F Thomas;Girish Lala;Laura Ge Smith

  • Social, cultural and cognitive factors in stereotype formation

    Craig McGarty;Vincent Y. Yzerbyt;Russell Spears

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Alexander Haslam
S. Alexander Haslam University of Queensland
John C. Turner
John C. Turner Australian National University
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Penelope J. Oakes
Penelope J. Oakes Australian National University
Karen M. Douglas
Karen M. Douglas University of Kent
Vincent Yzerbyt
Vincent Yzerbyt Université Catholique de Louvain
Katherine J. Reynolds
Katherine J. Reynolds Australian National University
Winnifred R. Louis
Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland
Catherine E. Amiot
Catherine E. Amiot University of Quebec at Montreal
Joop van der Pligt
Joop van der Pligt University of Amsterdam

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