Catherine Alter

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Catherine Alter is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Administration and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Alter has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in General Health Professions, 5 papers in Public Administration and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Catherine Alter's work include Social Work Education and Practice (5 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (3 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 papers). Catherine Alter is often cited by papers focused on Social Work Education and Practice (5 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (3 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 papers). Catherine Alter collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. Catherine Alter's co-authors include Jerald Hage, Christine Oliver, Elizabeth K. Anthony, Jeffrey M. Jenson, Ranjay Gulati, Susan A. Murty, Nicole Nicotera, Shandra S. Forrest-Bank and Walter LaMendola and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Alter

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Organizations Working Together.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Alter United States	12	357	312	288	288	199	23	1.3k
Lisa M. Lynch United States	22	388 1.1×	249 0.8×	268 0.9×	317 1.1×	236 1.2×	67	2.2k
Laurie J. Bassi United States	19	388 1.1×	205 0.7×	338 1.2×	331 1.1×	180 0.9×	44	1.7k
Louise Brown United Kingdom	15	284 0.8×	302 1.0×	218 0.8×	214 0.7×	161 0.8×	35	1.2k
Jodi Sandfort United States	17	295 0.8×	554 1.8×	169 0.6×	669 2.3×	219 1.1×	48	1.4k
Lawrence L. Martin United States	19	237 0.7×	301 1.0×	251 0.9×	258 0.9×	120 0.6×	54	1.1k
Carl Milofsky United States	14	376 1.1×	324 1.0×	109 0.4×	697 2.4×	200 1.0×	44	1.3k
Gerard Hanlon United Kingdom	20	229 0.6×	175 0.6×	296 1.0×	420 1.5×	150 0.8×	36	1.6k
Don Houston Australia	13	162 0.5×	305 1.0×	154 0.5×	262 0.9×	365 1.8×	32	1.4k
Perri Six United Kingdom	22	233 0.7×	310 1.0×	128 0.4×	478 1.7×	157 0.8×	74	1.3k
Lynn Ashburner United Kingdom	9	298 0.8×	563 1.8×	209 0.7×	291 1.0×	231 1.2×	12	1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Catherine Alter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Alter

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LaMendola, Walter, et al.. (2014). Distance Education and Organizational Environment. Journal of Social Work Education. 50(1). 19–33. 19 indexed citations

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Jenson, Jeffrey M., Catherine Alter, Nicole Nicotera, Elizabeth K. Anthony, & Shandra S. Forrest-Bank. (2012). Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Jenson, Jeffrey M., Catherine Alter, Nicole Nicotera, Elizabeth K. Anthony, & Shandra S. Forrest-Bank. (2012). Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development: Developing Effective Community Programs for At-Risk Youth: Lessons from the Denver Bridge Project. 24 indexed citations

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Anthony, Elizabeth K., Catherine Alter, & Jeffrey M. Jenson. (2009). Development of a Risk and Resilience-Based Out-of-School Time Program for Children and Youths. Social Work. 54(1). 45–55. 48 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine, et al.. (2009). Educating Social Work Students to Practice in the Latino Immigrant Community. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. 18(1-2). 1–23. 6 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine, et al.. (2006). ASSESSING STUDENT WRITING PROFICIENCY IN GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK. Journal of Social Work Education. 42(2). 337–354. 50 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine, et al.. (2001). Improving the Writing Skills of Social Work Students. Journal of Social Work Education. 37(3). 493–505. 41 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine, et al.. (1997). Logic Modeling. Journal of Social Work Education. 33(1). 85–102. 40 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine & Susan A. Murty. (1997). Logic Modeling. Journal of Social Work Education. 33(1). 103–117. 33 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1996). Family support as an intervention with female long-term AEDC recipients. Social Work Research. 20(4). 203–216. 4 indexed citations

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Gulati, Ranjay, et al.. (1994). Organizations Working Together.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 39(2). 355–355. 74 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1990). An Exploratory Study of Conflict and Coordination in Interorganizational Service Delivery System. Academy of Management Journal. 33(3). 478–502. 8 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine, et al.. (1990). Evaluating your practice : a guide to self-assessment. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1990). AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF CONFLICTS AND COORDINATION IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM.. Academy of Management Journal. 33(3). 478–502. 106 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1989). Integration in Interorganizational Hospice Care Systems. The Hospice Journal. 3(4). 11–32. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1988). The Changing Structure of Elderly Service Delivery Systems. The Gerontologist. 28(1). 91–98. 18 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1988). Function, form and change of juvenile justice systems. Children and Youth Services Review. 10(2). 71–99. 3 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1987). Integration in Interorganizational Hospice Care Systems. The Hospice Journal. 3(4). 11–32. 2 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1987). Preventing family dependency. Society. 24(3). 12–16. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Catherine. (1986). Microcomputer Applications and Their Initial Effects on a Nonprofit Organization:. Computers in Human Services. 1(4). 87–97. 1 indexed citations

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