Carl Milofsky

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Carl Milofsky is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl Milofsky has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Education and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Carl Milofsky's work include Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (12 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (8 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (4 papers). Carl Milofsky is often cited by papers focused on Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (12 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (8 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (4 papers). Carl Milofsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Carl Milofsky's co-authors include Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Sharon M. Oster, Ram A. Cnaan, Barrett A. Lee, Joyce Rothschild, Estelle James, Judith Y. Weisinger and Margaret Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Harvard Educational Review.

In The Last Decade

Carl Milofsky

41 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Human Services as Complex Organizations. 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Human Services as Complex Organizations.
    1993 595 citations Carl Milofsky, Yeheskel Hasenfeld Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carl Milofsky United States 14 697 376 324 200 175 44 1.3k
Jodi Sandfort United States 17 669 1.0× 295 0.8× 554 1.7× 219 1.1× 182 1.0× 48 1.4k
Margaret Gibelman United States 19 536 0.8× 396 1.1× 523 1.6× 144 0.7× 66 0.4× 65 1.2k
Ian Cunningham United Kingdom 25 564 0.8× 609 1.6× 438 1.4× 245 1.2× 504 2.9× 104 1.7k
Yinon Cohen Israel 21 957 1.4× 364 1.0× 238 0.7× 82 0.4× 184 1.1× 50 1.6k
John Shields Australia 17 366 0.5× 224 0.6× 244 0.8× 69 0.3× 226 1.3× 75 1.1k
Harriet Bradley United Kingdom 18 809 1.2× 241 0.6× 215 0.7× 266 1.3× 128 0.7× 42 1.5k
Charles N. Halaby United States 15 768 1.1× 320 0.9× 146 0.5× 221 1.1× 179 1.0× 21 1.7k
Beth A. Rubin United States 19 821 1.2× 446 1.2× 327 1.0× 52 0.3× 238 1.4× 44 1.5k
Benjamin Gidron Israel 17 562 0.8× 208 0.6× 138 0.4× 73 0.4× 137 0.8× 48 940
Annette Bernhardt United States 17 633 0.9× 549 1.5× 313 1.0× 73 0.4× 85 0.5× 54 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Carl Milofsky

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carl Milofsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl Milofsky

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carl Milofsky. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carl Milofsky based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carl Milofsky. Carl Milofsky is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Milofsky, Carl. (2023). Resilient Communities in Disasters and Emergencies: Exploring their Characteristics. Societies. 13(8). 188–188. 1 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (2019). Toward an Institutional Theory of Community and Community Associations: a Review. 4(1). 1–63. 3 indexed citations
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Cnaan, Ram A. & Carl Milofsky. (2018). Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations in the 21st Century. 13 indexed citations
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Weisinger, Judith Y., et al.. (2015). Diversity in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 45(1_suppl). 39 indexed citations
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Hunter, Albert & Carl Milofsky. (2007). Pragmatic Liberalism. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (2006). Remembering Warren's Interorganizational Field. Community Development Journal. 43(1). 93–96. 1 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (2000). The Role of Authoritative Leadership in Voluntary Organizations. 4 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (2000). Transparent Research. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 29(1). 61–80. 14 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1998). Jumping the Queue: An Inquiry into the Legal Treatment of Students with Learning Disabilities. Mark Kelman , Gillian Lester. American Journal of Education. 107(1). 61–65. 1 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1997). Maldistribution. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 26(2). 109–113. 2 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1997). Organization from Community: A Case Study of Congregational Renewal. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 26(4_suppl). S139–S160. 7 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1997). Tradition. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 26(3). 261–268. 4 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl & Sharon M. Oster. (1997). Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Cases. Academy of Management Review. 22(2). 568–568. 99 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1995). Editor's Notes. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 24(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl & Yeheskel Hasenfeld. (1993). Human Services as Complex Organizations.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(5). 725–725. 595 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milofsky, Carl & Estelle James. (1990). The Nonprofit Sector in International Perspective: Studies in Comparative Culture and Policy.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(5). 679–679. 44 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl, et al.. (1989). Professionalism and Social Change: From the Settlement House Movement to Neighborhood Centers, 1886 to the Present.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(5). 773–773. 1 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl. (1986). Is the Growth of Special Education Evolutionary or Cyclic? A Response to Carrier. American Journal of Education. 94(3). 313–321. 2 indexed citations
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Milofsky, Carl, et al.. (1977). Special Education: A Sociological Study of California Programs.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(5). 567–567. 15 indexed citations

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