What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social science
- Social psychology
- Law
His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Homophily, Social inequality, Voluntary association and Propinquity.
His work on Identity and Interpersonal ties as part of his general Social psychology study is frequently connected to Turnover and Gender inequality, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.
His Homophily research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Face-to-face, Friendship and Age differences.
His Friendship study combines topics in areas such as Triadic closure and Heterophily.
Lynn Smith-Lovin has researched Voluntary association in several fields, including Social change, Respondent and General Social Survey.
His Propinquity research incorporates elements of Race, Intrapersonal communication, Social movement, Social system and Ethnic group.
His most cited work include:
- Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks (10969 citations)
- Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades (1173 citations)
- Homophily in voluntary organizations: Status distance and the composition of face-to-face groups. (860 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Social relation, Affect control theory, Identity and Affect.
Lynn Smith-Lovin combines topics linked to Impression formation with his work on Social psychology.
The concepts of his Social relation study are interwoven with issues in Cognitive psychology, Action, Conversation, Dynamics and Social status.
His Affect control theory research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Identity control theory, Context, Disadvantaged and Symbolic interactionism.
The Symbolic interactionism study combines topics in areas such as Social psychology and Stryker.
Lynn Smith-Lovin interconnects Propinquity, Friendship and Race in the investigation of issues within Homophily.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (59.74%)
- Social relation (19.48%)
- Affect control theory (16.88%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?
- Social psychology (59.74%)
- Social identity theory (10.39%)
- Affect control theory (16.88%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Lynn Smith-Lovin mostly deals with Social psychology, Social identity theory, Affect control theory, Social relation and Social exchange theory.
His Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Order and Turn-taking.
In his study, Context, Stryker, Reflected appraisal and Control is strongly linked to Symbolic interactionism, which falls under the umbrella field of Social identity theory.
Lynn Smith-Lovin focuses mostly in the field of Affect control theory, narrowing it down to topics relating to Identity and, in certain cases, Diversity, Race, Disadvantaged and Stress.
His studies in Social relation integrate themes in fields like Control theory, Cognitive psychology, Affect and Action.
His Social exchange theory research includes themes of Social psychology, Sociology of emotions and Dramaturgy.
Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Do We Need a Public Sociology?: It Depends on What You Mean by Sociology (12 citations)
- Justice Standard Determines Emotional Responses to Over-Reward (9 citations)
- Surgical Procedure Characteristics and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposure. (5 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social science
- Law
- Social psychology
Lynn Smith-Lovin focuses on Social science, Public sociology, Emotion work, Social psychology and Value.
His Emotion work research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Negative emotion, Justice, Sociological research and Positive emotion.
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