Alvin L. Jacobson

524 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 342 citations indexed

About

Alvin L. Jacobson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management Information Systems and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvin L. Jacobson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 342 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Management Information Systems and 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alvin L. Jacobson's work include Social Capital and Networks (2 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 papers) and Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper). Alvin L. Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Social Capital and Networks (2 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 papers) and Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper). Alvin L. Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Alvin L. Jacobson's co-authors include Jeanne G. Harris, David W. De Long, Thomas H. Davenport, Jane C. Linder, S. Ν. Eisenstadt, Earl W. Morris, Gary Buck, Mircea Grigoriu, Giorgio Alberti and Elisabeth Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and California Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Alvin L. Jacobson

13 papers receiving 273 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Data to Knowledge to Results: Building an Analytic Capability

2001 184 citations Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris et al. California Management Review profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alvin L. Jacobson United States	8	152	109	82	47	44	13	342
J.F. den Hertog Netherlands	6	81 0.5×	74 0.7×	59 0.7×	62 1.3×	85 1.9×	9	290
Sharon M. McKinnon United States	8	175 1.2×	112 1.0×	19 0.2×	32 0.7×	51 1.2×	13	323
Hong Seng Woo United Kingdom	9	235 1.5×	132 1.2×	56 0.7×	52 1.1×	50 1.1×	12	416
Maria Argyropoulou Greece	11	82 0.5×	99 0.9×	46 0.6×	35 0.7×	36 0.8×	28	322
Davis Dyer	7	66 0.4×	200 1.8×	39 0.5×	69 1.5×	108 2.5×	11	409
Michael C. Mankins United States	6	74 0.5×	140 1.3×	25 0.3×	51 1.1×	80 1.8×	10	294
Sharon L. Caudle United States	9	191 1.3×	40 0.4×	135 1.6×	34 0.7×	31 0.7×	31	436
Vicente Sabater Sempere Spain	6	143 0.9×	154 1.4×	35 0.4×	37 0.8×	63 1.4×	31	319
Susan C. Morton United Kingdom	10	61 0.4×	147 1.3×	44 0.5×	81 1.7×	61 1.4×	17	322
Adrian J. Slywotzky United States	9	105 0.7×	175 1.6×	35 0.4×	46 1.0×	65 1.5×	27	395

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Jacobson, Alvin L. & Mircea Grigoriu. (2008). Fragility Analysis of Water Supply Systems. 5 indexed citations

2.

Linder, Jane C., et al.. (2002). Business transformation through outsourcing. Strategy and Leadership. 30(4). 23–28. 48 indexed citations

3.

Jacobson, Alvin L., et al.. (2001). Creating value: Building the strategy-focused library. 5(9). 14–20. 7 indexed citations

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Davenport, Thomas H., Jeanne G. Harris, David W. De Long, & Alvin L. Jacobson. (2001). Data to Knowledge to Results: Building an Analytic Capability. California Management Review. 43(2). 117–138. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacobson, Alvin L., Elisabeth Crawford, & Stein Rokkan. (1979). Sociological Praxis: Current Roles and Settings.. Social Forces. 57(3). 1006–1006. 4 indexed citations

6.

Jacobson, Alvin L., William Foote Whyte, & Giorgio Alberti. (1977). Power, Politics, and Progress: Social Change in Rural Peru.. Social Forces. 56(2). 719–719. 4 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Alvin L.. (1975). Crime Trends in Southern and Nonsouthern Cities: A Twenty-Year Perspective. Social Forces. 54(1). 226–226. 7 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Alvin L.. (1975). Crime Trends in Southern and Nonsouthern Cities: A Twenty-Year Perspective. Social Forces. 54(1). 226–242. 10 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Alvin L.. (1973). Intrasocietal Conflict. Comparative Political Studies. 6(1). 62–83. 4 indexed citations

10.

Jacobson, Alvin L.. (1973). Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations for Measuring Intrasocietal Conflict. Sociological Methods & Research. 1(4). 439–461. 5 indexed citations

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Morris, Earl W., et al.. (1972). The Measurement of Housing Quality. Land Economics. 48(4). 383–383. 16 indexed citations

12.

Jacobson, Alvin L., et al.. (1971). Integration and Development in Israel.. Social Forces. 49(4). 652–652. 41 indexed citations

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Buck, Gary & Alvin L. Jacobson. (1968). Social Evolution and Structural-Functional Analysis: An Empirical Test. American Sociological Review. 33(3). 343–343. 7 indexed citations

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