Clem Adelman

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Clem Adelman is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Clem Adelman has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Education, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Clem Adelman's work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (4 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 papers). Clem Adelman is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (4 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 papers). Clem Adelman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Clem Adelman's co-authors include David Jenkins, Stephen Kemmis, Wynne Harlen, John Elliott, John D. Wilson, Rob Walker, Ian Gibbs, Robin Alexander, David King and Harold Silver and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and British Journal of Educational Studies.

In The Last Decade

Clem Adelman

21 papers receiving 561 citations

Hit Papers

Kurt Lewin and the Origins of Action Research 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300
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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. Kurt Lewin and the Origins of Action Research
    1993 389 citations Clem Adelman profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clem Adelman United Kingdom 9 324 168 89 70 66 26 730
Mary Stokrocki United States 8 318 1.0× 205 1.2× 46 0.5× 57 0.8× 49 0.7× 51 691
Michael Bassey United Kingdom 9 723 2.2× 207 1.2× 59 0.7× 160 2.3× 55 0.8× 29 1.1k
Decker F. Walker United States 16 627 1.9× 192 1.1× 34 0.4× 150 2.1× 73 1.1× 47 1.0k
Loraine Blaxter United Kingdom 10 264 0.8× 131 0.8× 93 1.0× 31 0.4× 34 0.5× 25 672
Peter Posch Austria 12 537 1.7× 178 1.1× 39 0.4× 110 1.6× 42 0.6× 24 861
Cleo H. Cherryholmes United States 14 655 2.0× 460 2.7× 66 0.7× 97 1.4× 57 0.9× 43 1.2k
Michael J. Feuer United States 9 530 1.6× 143 0.9× 46 0.5× 196 2.8× 138 2.1× 30 874
Gary Shank United States 10 292 0.9× 152 0.9× 78 0.9× 91 1.3× 30 0.5× 28 699
Gary G. Wehlage United States 12 1.1k 3.3× 194 1.2× 69 0.8× 205 2.9× 40 0.6× 25 1.4k
Joan E. Talbert United States 15 937 2.9× 177 1.1× 32 0.4× 173 2.5× 140 2.1× 26 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Clem Adelman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clem Adelman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clem Adelman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Clem Adelman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Clem Adelman 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 Clem Adelman. Clem Adelman 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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Kushner, Saville, Ernest R. House, Nigel Norris, & Clem Adelman. (2013). In Memoriam. American Journal of Evaluation. 34(3). 436–437. 1 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem, et al.. (2003). A Guide to Classroom Observation. 9 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem. (2000). Over Two Years, What did Froebel say to Pestalozzi?. History of Education. 29(2). 103–114. 8 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem. (1996). Anything Goes. Evaluation. 2(3). 291–305. 10 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & John D. Wilson. (1989). Appraising Teaching Quality. British Journal of Educational Studies. 37(3). 296–296. 12 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem. (1987). Self‐activity and research into theories of play. Evaluation & Research in Education. 1(3). 113–129.
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Adelman, Clem. (1986). Teacher Education in England and Wales: The Past 20 Years. European Journal of Education. 21(2). 175–175. 1 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Paul D. & Clem Adelman. (1986). The Politics and Ethics of Evaluation.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(1). 63–63. 2 indexed citations
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Harlen, Wynne & Clem Adelman. (1985). The Politics and Ethics of Evaluation. British Journal of Educational Studies. 33(1). 103–103. 40 indexed citations
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Clark, David L., Clem Adelman, & Robin Alexander. (1984). The Self-Evaluating Institution: Practice and Principles in the Management of Educational Change.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 29(3). 487–487. 7 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & Robin Alexander. (1982). Internal Evaluation and External Validation.. Higher education review. 14(2). 55–64. 1 indexed citations
12.
Adelman, Clem. (1981). Language, culture and bilingual schooling ‐ reflections after a case study of a school. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 2(4). 259–268. 1 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem. (1980). Some dilemmas of institutional evaluation and their relationship to preconditions and procedures. Studies In Educational Evaluation. 6(2). 165–183. 2 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & Ian Gibbs. (1980). The Emergence of the Colleges of Higher Education. Educational Research. 22(2). 97–106. 5 indexed citations
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Elliott, John & Clem Adelman. (1975). Teacher education for curriculum reform: an interim report on the work of the Ford Teaching Project1. 1(1). 105–114. 8 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem. (1975). THE FUNCTION OF CLASSROOM OBSERVATION WITHIN THE METHODOLOGY OF THE FORD TEACHING PROJECT. 1(2). 42–43. 2 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & John Elliott. (1975). Classroom Action Research. 8 indexed citations
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Elliott, John & Clem Adelman. (1975). Aspirations into reality. Education 3-13. 3(2). 116–121. 1 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & Rob Walker. (1974). Stop-Frame Cinematography with Synchronized Sound: A Technique for Recording in School Classrooms. Journal of the SMPTE. 83(3). 189–191. 1 indexed citations
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Adelman, Clem & Rob Walker. (1974). Open space—open classroom. Education 3-13. 2(2). 103–107. 7 indexed citations

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