Carl J. Couch

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Carl J. Couch is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Language and Linguistics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl J. Couch has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Carl J. Couch's work include Critical Realism in Sociology (7 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers). Carl J. Couch is often cited by papers focused on Critical Realism in Sociology (7 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers). Carl J. Couch collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Carl J. Couch's co-authors include Erving Goffman, Anselm L. Strauss, Michael A. Katovich, David R. Maines, Burkart Holzner, Roy J. Lewicki, Blair H. Sheppard, Dan E. Miller, Carl W. Backman and John Stratton and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Carl J. Couch

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Strategic Interaction. 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Strategic Interaction.
    1971 420 citations Carl J. Couch et al. profile →

Peers

Carl J. Couch
Milton Bloombaum United States
Joseph P. Folger United States
William A. Donohue United States
Hannah Goodall United States
Hubert Knoblauch Germany
Rolf O. Kroger Canada
Tamotsu Shibutani United States
Herbert W. Simons United States
Karen A. Cerulo United States
Dieter Misgeld Canada
Milton Bloombaum United States
Carl J. Couch
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl J. Couch

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All Works

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Couch, Carl J.. (1997). Forming the Unformable. Symbolic Interaction. 20(2). 101–106. 1 indexed citations
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Diekema, David A., et al.. (1996). The Third Party Standpoint, Postmodernism, and the Study of Social Transactions. Sociological Perspectives. 39(1). 111–127. 2 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1995). Presidential Address: Let Us Rekindle the Passion by Constructing A Robust Science of the Social. Sociological Quarterly. 36(1). 1–14. 14 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J. & Anselm L. Strauss. (1994). Continual Permutations of Action.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(6). 879–879. 276 indexed citations
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Nash, Jeffrey E. & Carl J. Couch. (1990). Social Processes and Relationships: A Formal Approach.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(4). 617–617. 16 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1989). Comments on a Neo‐Meadian Sociology of the Mind. Symbolic Interaction. 12(1). 59–62. 2 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., et al.. (1989). Research on Negotiation in Organizations, Vol. 1.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(3). 372–372. 67 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., et al.. (1989). Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Supplement 2, 1986 (Parts A & B): The Iowa School. British Journal of Sociology. 40(1). 148–148. 1 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1989). From Hell to Utopia and Back to Hell: Charismatic Relationships. Symbolic Interaction. 12(2). 265–279. 18 indexed citations
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Matthews, Byron A. & Carl J. Couch. (1988). Researching Social Processes in the Laboratory.. Social Forces. 67(1). 270–270. 12 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1988). Mathematics as Information Technologies. Journal of Communication. 38(2). 33–48. 2 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., Stanley L. Saxton, & Michael A. Katovich. (1986). The Iowa School. JAI Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., et al.. (1977). Constructing Social Life: Readings in Behavioral Sociology from the Iowa School.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(2). 243–243. 16 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., et al.. (1973). Writing and Reading as Social Activities. Sociological Quarterly. 14(4). 481–495. 5 indexed citations
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Backman, Carl W., et al.. (1973). The Assessment of the Self.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 2(5). 503–503. 39 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1970). Dimensions of Association in Collective Behavior Episodes. Sociometry. 33(4). 457–457. 29 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1968). Collective Behavior: An Examination of Some Stereotypes. Social Problems. 15(3). 310–322. 17 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J., et al.. (1964). Significant Others and Evaluation. Sociometry. 27(4). 502–502. 7 indexed citations
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Couch, Carl J.. (1958). The Use of the Concept "Role" and Its Derivatives in a Study of Marriage. Marriage and Family Living. 20(4). 353–353. 4 indexed citations

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