2026 Marilynn B. Brewer: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	88	1013	887	631	540	193	68797

Overview

Marilynn B. Brewer is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, social psychology, safety research, cognitive neuroscience, and general health professions.

The scientist's work centers around topics including social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, experimental behavioral economics studies, death anxiety and social exclusion, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, community health and development, and social representations and identity.

Recent publications by Marilynn B. Brewer include the following:

Parochial Altruism and Political Ideology (2022), published in Political Psychology
Exposure to COVID-19 is associated with increased altruism, particularly at the local level (2021), published in Scientific Reports
Global social identity predicts cooperation at local, national, and global levels: Results from international experiments (2023), published in Frontiers in Psychology
Parochial Vs Cosmopolitan Altruism in the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), published in Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)
On vagueness and parochialism in psychological research on groups (2022), published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Marilynn B. Brewer frequently collaborates with several coauthors who have multiple joint publications, including:

Gianluca Grimalda
Nancy R. Buchan
Orgül D. Öztürk
Adriana Carolina Pinate
Giulia Urso

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues with multiple contributions, such as:

Political Psychology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Psychology
Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)

Best Publications

The Social Self: On Being the Same and Different at the Same Time

Marilynn B. Brewer

8109
Citations
In-group bias in the minimal intergroup situation: A cognitive-motivational analysis.

Marilynn B. Brewer

5595
Citations
Who is this "We"? Levels of collective identity and self representations.

Marilynn B. Brewer;Wendi Gardner

5473
Citations
The Psychology of Prejudice: Ingroup Love and Outgroup Hate?

Marilynn B. Brewer

5103
Citations
Social Identity Complexity

Sonia Roccas;Marilynn B. Brewer

2669
Citations
Choice behavior in social dilemmas: Effects of social identity, group size, and decision framing.

Marilynn B. Brewer;Roderick M. Kramer

1966
Citations
Social networks, Learning, and Flexibility: Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms

Julia Porter Liebeskind;Amalya Lumerman Oliver;Lynne Zucker;Marilynn Brewer

1867
Citations
Experimentation in social psychology.

Elliot Aronson;Timothy D. Wilson;Marilynn B. Brewer

1765
Citations
Where (who) are collectives in collectivism? Toward conceptual clarification of individualism and collectivism.

Marilynn B. Brewer;Ya-Ru Chen

1522
Citations
Value from hedonic experience and engagement.

E. Tory Higgins

1419
Citations
Principles and Methods of Social Research

William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

1361
Citations
Effects of group identity on resource use in a simulated commons dilemma.

Roderick M. Kramer;Marilynn B. Brewer

1358
Citations
Principles and methods of social research, 2nd ed.

William D. Crano;Marilynn B. Brewer;Andrew Lac

1354
Citations
The Psychology of Intergroup Attitudes and Behavior

Marilynn B. Brewer;Roderick M. Kramer

1259
Citations
Perceptions of the Elderly: Stereotypes as Prototypes

Marilynn B. Brewer;Valerie Dull;Layton Lui

1192
Citations
Individual self,relational self,collective self

Constantine Sedikides;Marilynn B. Brewer

1170
Citations
Beyond the Contact Hypothesis: Theoretical Perspectives on Desegregation

Marilynn B. Brewer;Norman Miller

1163
Citations
Research Design and Issues of Validity

Marilynn B. Brewer;William D. Crano

1061
Citations
A schematic model of dispositional attribution in interpersonal perception.

Glenn D. Reeder;Marilynn B. Brewer

1015
Citations
Social Exclusion and Selective Memory: How the Need to belong Influences Memory for Social Events

Wendi L. Gardner;Cynthia L. Pickett;Marilynn B. Brewer

947
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Constantine Sedikides University of Southampton

William D. Crano Claremont Graduate University

Norman Miller University of Southern California

Miles Hewstone University of Oxford

Andrew Lac University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Roderick M. Kramer Stanford University

Donald T. Campbell Lehigh University

Wendi L. Gardner Northwestern University

Masaki Yuki Hokkaido University

Ben R. Newell University of New South Wales

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