Carol H. Weiss

13.5k citations

91 papers · 8.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 42

Management Science and Operations Research top 0.05%
General Health Professions top 0.2%
Sociology and Political Science top 1%
Public Administration top 0.05%
Education top 0.5%

Co-authors: Michael J. Bucuvalas Patricia Perri Rieker Erin Murphy‐Graham George H. Conklin Sarah Birkeland Johanna Birckmayer Anthony Petrosino Allison Gruner Gandhi
Topics: Evaluation and Performance Assessment (32 papers)Educational Assessment and Improvement (11 papers)Public Policy and Administration Research (8 papers)
Cited by: Public Administration Management Science and Operations Research Information Systems and Management
Journals: Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews American Psychologist American Sociological Review
Partner nations: United States India Australia

In The Last Decade

Carol H. Weiss

86 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Many Meanings of Research Utilization

1979 1.4k citations Carol H. Weiss profile →
Using Social Research in Public Policy Making.

1979 696 citations Carol H. Weiss et al. profile →
Evaluation : methods for studying programs and policies

1997 548 citations Carol H. Weiss Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Knowledge Creep and Decision Accretion

1980 442 citations Carol H. Weiss Knowledge profile →
Social Science Research and Decision-Making.

1982 389 citations George H. Conklin, Carol H. Weiss et al. Social Forces profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	La evaluación de políticas. Fundamentos conceptuales y analíticos 2017 ·Osvaldo N. Feinstein,(unknown),Martin Rein,Donald A. Schön,Giandomenico Majone,Carol H. Weiss,Fred Carden,Marvin C. Alkin,(unknown),Evert Vedung,John Mayne,Robert Picciotto	2
2	Patton’s (2001) “Lesson’s Learned:” A Comment 2002 ·American Journal of Evaluation ·Carol H. Weiss	2
3	How Can Theory-Based Evaluation Make Greater Headway? 1997 ·Evaluation Review ·Carol H. Weiss	327
4	Excerpts from Evaluation Research 1996 ·Evaluation Practice ·Carol H. Weiss	1
5	The haphazard connection: social science and public policy 1995 ·International Journal of Educational Research ·Carol H. Weiss	33
6	Chapter 3 The haphazard connection: Social science and public policy 1995 ·International Journal of Educational Research ·Carol H. Weiss	43
7	Principals, Shared Decision Making, and School Reform 1994 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Carol H. Weiss,(unknown)	85
8	Shared Decision Making about What? A Comparison of Schools with and without Teacher Participation. 1993 ·Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education ·Carol H. Weiss	60
9	Where politics and evaluation research meet 1993 ·Evaluation Practice ·Carol H. Weiss	143
10	Evaluation Research in the Political Context: Sixteen Years and Four Administrations Later 1991 ·Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education ·Carol H. Weiss	18
11	Reflections on 19th-Century Experience With Knowledge Diffusion 1991 ·Knowledge ·Carol H. Weiss	6
12	Debates on Evaluation 1990 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Marvin C. Alkin,Michael Quinn Patton,Carol H. Weiss	79
13	The Circuitry of Enlightenment 1986 ·Knowledge ·Carol H. Weiss	58
14	Social Science Research and Decision-Making.breakdown → 1982 ·Social Forces ·George H. Conklin,Carol H. Weiss,Michael J. Bucuvalas	389
15	Toward reform of program evaluation: Aims, methods, and institutional arrangements 1981 ·Evaluation and Program Planning ·Carol H. Weiss	119
16	Social scientists and decision makers look at the usefulness of mental health research. 1981 ·American Psychologist ·Janet A. Weiss,Carol H. Weiss	34
17	Knowledge Creep and Decision Accretionbreakdown → 1980 ·Knowledge ·Carol H. Weiss	442
18	Interview: An EEPA Interview with Carol H. Weiss 1980 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Carol H. Weiss	4
19	Evaluation Research: Methods of Assessing Program Effectiveness. 1975 ·Social Forces ·Patricia Perri Rieker,Carol H. Weiss	447
20	Interviewer Biasing Effects: Toward a Reconciliation of Findings 1969 ·Public Opinion Quarterly ·Barbara Snell Dohrenwend,John Allen Williams,Carol H. Weiss	10

About Carol H. Weiss

Carol H. Weiss is a scholar working on Public Administration, Management Science and Operations Research and Information Systems and Management, having authored 91 papers that have together received 8.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (32 papers), Educational Assessment and Improvement (11 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (1.5k citations), Management Science and Operations Research (3.6k citations) and Information Systems and Management (1.2k citations). Carol H. Weiss has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Bucuvalas, Patricia Perri Rieker, Erin Murphy‐Graham, George H. Conklin, Sarah Birkeland, Johanna Birckmayer, Anthony Petrosino, Allison Gruner Gandhi, Patricia Rogers and Janet A. Weiss. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Psychologist and American Sociological Review.

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