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A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales

1960 • 37,524 citations

Studies in Ethnomethodology.

1968 • 12,540 citations

A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation

1974 • 9,853 citations

Opening up Closings

1973 • 4,062 citations

Social penetration: The development of interpersonal relationships

1973 • 2,745 citations

Sequencing in Conversational Openings¹

1968 • 2,315 citations

New directions in equity research.

1973 • 1,627 citations

Resolving Social Conflicts

1950 • 1,415 citations

Interpersonal attraction in exchange and communal relationships.

1979 • 1,397 citations

Self-disclosure: A literature review.

1973 • 1,230 citations

Self-Disclosure: An Experimental Analysis of the Transparent Self

1971 • 1,082 citations

Social Exchange in Developing Relationships

1979 • 711 citations

Marriage and the Construction of Reality

1964 • 692 citations

Interaction: The Work Women Do

1978 • 670 citations

Openers: Individuals who elicit intimate self-disclosure.

1983 • 498 citations

Interaction Patterns and Themes of Male, Female, and Mixed Groups

1976 • 316 citations

Small Group Behavior

1978 • 235 citations

Intimacy and reciprocity of exchange: A comparison of spouses and strangers.

1978 • 226 citations

The five clocks

1962 • 222 citations

Equity Theory and Intimate Relationships

1979 • 216 citations

Close friendship in adulthood: Conversational content between same-sex friends

1983 • 214 citations

Attraction in relationship : a new look at interpersonal attraction

1972 • 199 citations

Emotional Intimacy among Men

1978 • 190 citations

Tables of the BonferronitStatistic

1977 • 139 citations

Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age

1976 • 135 citations

Equity theory : toward a general theory of social interaction

1976 • 130 citations

Sociology and Everyday Life.

1969 • 116 citations

Incremental Exchange Theory: A Formal Model for Progression in Dyadic Social Interaction

1976 • 87 citations

On getting to know you: The association between the stage of a relationship and reciprocity of self-disclosure

1979 • 43 citations

Self-Disclosure in Friendship

1976 • 32 citations

The delineation and measurement of some key variables in the study of friendship.

1974 • 31 citations

The "Opener"

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Perceived intimate friendship as a quasi-therapeutic agent.

1969 • 14 citations

Mothers' control strategies in dyadic mother/child conversations

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Self-Disclosure among Friends, Acquaintances, and Strangers

1976 • 12 citations

Love Today: A New Exploration

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Everyday language : studies in ethnomethodology

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The Samaritan Concept of Befriending

1975 • 2 citations

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1955 • 0 citations