Clark McPhail

3.6k total citations
48 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Clark McPhail is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clark McPhail has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Clark McPhail's work include Social Media and Politics (4 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers). Clark McPhail is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (4 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers). Clark McPhail collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Slovenia. Clark McPhail's co-authors include John D. McCarthy, Jackie Smith, Ronald T. Wohlstein, Rita J. Simon, Von Bakanic, Bogusław Augustyn, John D. McCarthy, Joe A. Smith, Cynthia Rexroat and David L. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Clark McPhail

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clark McPhail United States 24 1.1k 453 350 130 126 48 1.9k
Mary R. Anderson United States 10 744 0.7× 461 1.0× 282 0.8× 62 0.5× 124 1.0× 38 1.5k
Carroll J. Glynn United States 22 1.3k 1.1× 408 0.9× 1.0k 2.9× 59 0.5× 240 1.9× 50 2.4k
Christopher Lucas United States 9 820 0.7× 361 0.8× 353 1.0× 137 1.1× 153 1.2× 23 2.1k
Bethany Albertson United States 12 1.2k 1.1× 588 1.3× 445 1.3× 108 0.8× 147 1.2× 23 2.1k
Leah A. Lievrouw United States 21 616 0.5× 152 0.3× 579 1.7× 79 0.6× 89 0.7× 52 1.4k
Teresa M. Harrison United States 22 660 0.6× 870 1.9× 572 1.6× 152 1.2× 104 0.8× 80 2.1k
Milton Keynes United Kingdom 6 326 0.3× 506 1.1× 118 0.3× 97 0.7× 85 0.7× 16 2.0k
Kevin Esterling United States 18 673 0.6× 808 1.8× 578 1.7× 329 2.5× 54 0.4× 66 1.9k
S. S. Komorita United States 29 1.3k 1.2× 100 0.2× 84 0.2× 140 1.1× 537 4.3× 72 2.6k
Leeat Yariv United States 25 534 0.5× 186 0.4× 67 0.2× 141 1.1× 108 0.9× 71 2.4k

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All Works

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McCarthy, John D., Patrick Rafail, Clark McPhail, Andrew W. Martin, & Edward T. Walker. (2019). Issueless Campus Riots: Toward a Structural Account of Disorderly Gatherings, 1997–2007. Social Forces. 99(2). 870–894.
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McPhail, Clark. (2009). The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 38(5). 441–442. 19 indexed citations
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McCarthy, John D. & Clark McPhail. (2006). Places of Protest: The Public Forum in Principle and Practice. Mobilization An International Quarterly. 11(2). 229–247. 28 indexed citations
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McCarthy, John D., Andrew W. Martin, & Clark McPhail. (2005). Accounting for Police Behavior at Disorderly gatherings in Campus Communities, 1985-2002. 1–41. 1 indexed citations
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Salvemini, Gaetano, D.D. Macdonald, Bert Klandermans, et al.. (2001). Bibliography. International Review of Social History. 46(2). 285–320. 1 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark, et al.. (2001). Crowd Behavior, Crowd Control, and the Use of Non-Lethal Weapons. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 11 indexed citations
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Tucker, Charles W., David Schweingruber, & Clark McPhail. (1999). Simulating arcs and rings in gatherings. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 50(6). 581–588. 14 indexed citations
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Schweingruber, David & Clark McPhail. (1999). A Method for Systematically Observing and Recording Collective Action. Sociological Methods & Research. 27(4). 451–498. 37 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark, John McCarthy, & David Schweingruber. (1997). The Policing of Mass Demonstration in Contemporary Democracies, Policing Protest in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, John D., Clark McPhail, & Jackie Smith. (1996). Images of Protest: Dimensions of Selection Bias in Media Coverage of Washington Demonstrations, 1982 and 1991. American Sociological Review. 61(3). 478–478. 404 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1994). Presidential Address: The Dark Side of Purpose: Individual and Collective Violence in Riots. Sociological Quarterly. 35(1). 1–32. 57 indexed citations
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Bakanic, Von, Clark McPhail, & Rita J. Simon. (1990). If at first you don’t succeed: Review procedures for revised and resubmitted manuscripts. The American Sociologist. 21(4). 373–391. 11 indexed citations
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Bakanic, Von, Clark McPhail, & Rita J. Simon. (1989). Mixed Messages: Referees' Comments on the Manuscripts They Review. Sociological Quarterly. 30(4). 639–654. 33 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark & Ronald T. Wohlstein. (1986). Collective Locomotion as Collective Behavior. American Sociological Review. 51(4). 447–447. 33 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark & Cynthia Rexroat. (1980). Ex Cathedra Blumer or Ex Libris Mead?. American Sociological Review. 45(3). 420–420. 25 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1979). “Experimental Research Is Convergent With Symbolic Interaction”1. Symbolic Interaction. 2(1). 89–94. 11 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1972). Religious Self-Designating Behaviors. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 11(3). 262–262. 2 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1971). Civil Disorder Participation: A Critical Examination of Recent Research. American Sociological Review. 36(6). 1058–1058. 123 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1969). Student Walkout: A Fortuitous Examination of Elementary Collective Behavior. Social Problems. 16(4). 441–455. 3 indexed citations
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McPhail, Clark. (1968). Respondents' Judgments of Self Statements. Sociological Quarterly. 9(2). 202–209. 5 indexed citations

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