Donald A. Schön

170 total papers · 81.6k total citations
103 papers, 50.0k citations indexed

About

Donald A. Schön is a scholar working on Education, Emergency Medical Services and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald A. Schön has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 50.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 11 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Donald A. Schön's work include Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (11 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (11 papers) and Vascular Procedures and Complications (8 papers). Donald A. Schön is often cited by papers focused on Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (11 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (11 papers) and Vascular Procedures and Complications (8 papers). Donald A. Schön collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Donald A. Schön's co-authors include Barry Checkoway, Chris Argyris, Philip J. Runkel, Martin Rein, Craig C. Lundberg, Howard S. Schwartz, Marshall W. Meyer, Rick Mishler, Gerald Gordon and Joseph Church and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Donald A. Schön

92 papers receiving 39.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Reflective Practition... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1985 1987 1997 1987 1976 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
    1985 14.5k citations Barry Checkoway, Donald A. Schön Journal of Policy Analysis and Management profile →
  2. Educating the reflective practitioner
    1987 7.5k citations Donald A. Schön Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government) profile →
  3. Organizational Learning: A Theory of Action Perspective
    1997 6.2k citations Donald A. Schön et al. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas profile →
  4. Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions
    1987 4.5k citations Donald A. Schön profile →
  5. Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness
    1976 2.7k citations Philip J. Runkel, Chris Argyris et al. The Journal of Higher Education profile →
  6. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
    1986 2.1k citations Donald A. Schön et al. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education profile →
  7. Educating the Reflective Practitioner. Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions. The Jossey-Bass Higher Education Series.
    1987 1.3k citations Donald A. Schön profile →
  8. Frame Reflection: Toward The Resolution Of Intractable Policy Controversies
    1994 1.1k citations Donald A. Schön, Martin Rein Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  9. Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness.
    1975 933 citations Craig C. Lundberg, Chris Argyris et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  10. The Reflective turn : case studies in and on educational practice
    1991 690 citations Donald A. Schön Teachers College Press eBooks profile →
  11. Beyond the stable state
    1971 663 citations Donald A. Schön Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  12. Educando o profissional reflexivo – um novo design para o ensino e a aprendizagem
    2000 636 citations Donald A. Schön profile →
  13. Kinds of seeing and their functions in designing
    1992 561 citations Donald A. Schön et al. Design Studies profile →
  14. Knowing-In-Action: The New Scholarship Requires a New Epistemology
    1995 526 citations Donald A. Schön Change The Magazine of Higher Learning profile →
  15. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action.
    1987 484 citations Howard S. Schwartz, Donald A. Schön Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  16. The Reflective Practitioner
    2017 478 citations Donald A. Schön profile →
  17. Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness.
    1976 455 citations Marshall W. Meyer, Chris Argyris et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  18. Designing as reflective conversation with the materials of a design situation
    1992 415 citations Donald A. Schön Knowledge-Based Systems profile →
  19. The Design Studio: An Exploration of Its Traditions and Potentials
    1986 270 citations Donald A. Schön Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  20. Beyond the stable state: Public and private learning in a changing society
    1971 211 citations Donald A. Schön DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Donald A. Schön 20.9k 7.4k 5.0k 4.7k 4.4k 103 50.0k
Jean Lave 24.7k 1.2× 9.5k 1.3× 11.3k 2.2× 3.4k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 42 52.0k
Robert K. Yin 13.3k 0.6× 14.4k 1.9× 3.4k 0.7× 8.2k 1.7× 5.3k 1.2× 95 74.2k
Étienne Wenger 37.9k 1.8× 15.2k 2.1× 15.6k 3.1× 6.0k 1.3× 6.1k 1.4× 34 83.2k
Barney G. Glaser 17.8k 0.9× 24.4k 3.3× 4.3k 0.9× 6.8k 1.4× 13.4k 3.0× 90 85.5k
Anselm Strauss 17.7k 0.8× 22.7k 3.1× 4.8k 1.0× 6.5k 1.4× 12.6k 2.9× 93 81.2k
John Seely Brown 9.8k 0.5× 4.1k 0.6× 6.9k 1.4× 3.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 131 31.3k
David Kolb 13.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.3× 6.1k 1.2× 2.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 113 28.9k
Michael Quinn Patton 20.6k 1.0× 17.8k 2.4× 5.7k 1.1× 4.6k 1.0× 14.3k 3.2× 184 78.3k
Donald T. Campbell 8.1k 0.4× 13.8k 1.9× 5.7k 1.1× 4.6k 1.0× 6.1k 1.4× 175 57.8k
John W. Creswell 35.3k 1.7× 20.9k 2.8× 8.0k 1.6× 4.5k 1.0× 12.8k 2.9× 146 99.7k

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