Dorothy E. Smith

17.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
72 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Dorothy E. Smith is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy E. Smith has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Gender Studies and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Dorothy E. Smith's work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (6 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers) and Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (4 papers). Dorothy E. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (6 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers) and Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (4 papers). Dorothy E. Smith collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Dorothy E. Smith's co-authors include Joey Sprague, Avery F. Gordon, E. Doyle McCarthy, Jill Niebrugge-Brantley, Patricia Madoo Lengermann, Leslie W. Miller, George W. Smith, Rosemary Pringle, Alf Lüdtke and William Templer and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy E. Smith

68 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology. 1974 2026 1991 2008 1989 1999 1992 1999 1991 500 1000 1.5k
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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. The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology.
    1989 1.6k citations Joey Sprague, Dorothy E. Smith Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination
    1999 1.5k citations Dorothy E. Smith et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  3. The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge.
    1992 671 citations Dorothy E. Smith et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  4. Writing the Social
    1999 643 citations Dorothy E. Smith University of Toronto Press eBooks profile →
  5. The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge.
    1991 621 citations Dorothy E. Smith et al. profile →
  6. Institutional ethnography as practice
    2007 494 citations Dorothy E. Smith profile →
  7. Women's Perspective as a Radical Critique of Sociology*
    1974 404 citations Dorothy E. Smith Sociological Inquiry profile →
  8. `K is Mentally Ill' the Anatomy of a Factual Account
    1978 313 citations Dorothy E. Smith Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dorothy E. Smith Canada 34 4.7k 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 961 72 9.1k
Rose M. Brewer United States 11 6.7k 1.4× 3.6k 2.0× 2.2k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 964 1.0× 37 11.6k
James A. Holstein United States 31 3.8k 0.8× 874 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 451 0.5× 78 8.4k
Miriam M. Johnson United States 20 3.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 598 0.6× 50 8.5k
Robert M. Emerson United States 22 4.6k 1.0× 799 0.5× 2.5k 2.0× 1.6k 1.3× 532 0.6× 47 10.0k
Joe R. Feagin United States 47 6.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 186 9.4k
Charles W. Mills United States 29 6.5k 1.4× 832 0.5× 1.7k 1.4× 990 0.8× 2.3k 2.4× 124 11.7k
Everett C. Hughes United States 25 4.1k 0.9× 831 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 735 0.8× 100 9.4k
bell hooks United States 40 6.4k 1.3× 2.9k 1.6× 3.4k 2.7× 918 0.7× 961 1.0× 128 12.2k
Carol Carol United States 7 2.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 570 0.6× 19 8.1k
Iris Marion Young United States 37 6.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 975 0.8× 3.4k 3.6× 106 12.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Dorothy E. & Alison I. Griffith. (2022). Simply Institutional Ethnography. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
2.
Kearney, Gráinne P., et al.. (2018). Institutional ethnography: a sociology of discovery—in conversation with Dorothy Smith. Social Theory & Health. 16(3). 292–306. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E., et al.. (2014). Incorporating Texts into Institutional Ethnographies. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (2003). Making Sense of What People Do: A Sociological Perspective. Journal of Occupational Science. 10(1). 61–64. 40 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (2003). Rigoberta Menchú and David Stoll: Contending stories. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 16(3). 295–305. 4 indexed citations
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Ferree, Myra Marx & Dorothy E. Smith. (2000). Writing the Social: Critique, Theory, Investigations. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 29(4). 672–672. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1999). Writing the Social. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Dorothy E., Alf Lüdtke, & William Templer. (1996). The History of Everyday Life: Reconstructing Historical Experiences and Ways of Life.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(5). 698–698. 100 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E., et al.. (1995). Girls and schooling : their own critique. 26. 55. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1991). Writing Women's Experience into Social Science. Feminism & Psychology. 1(1). 155–169. 34 indexed citations
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Sprague, Joey & Dorothy E. Smith. (1989). The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(4). 644–644. 1638 indexed citations breakdown →
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Martens, Mark G., et al.. (1989). Sulbactam/ampicillin versus metronidazole/gentamicin in the treatment of post-cesarean section endometritis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 12(4). 189–194. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E., et al.. (1987). Crack. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 87(5). 614–614. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E., et al.. (1982). Analyzing and Treating Reading Problems. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1978). `K is Mentally Ill' the Anatomy of a Factual Account. Sociology. 12(1). 23–53. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Dorothy E., et al.. (1974). Reading, A Major Factor in Determining Success in Nursing Education.. ScholarWorks - WMU (Western Michigan University). 14(3). 5. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1974). The Social Construction of Documentary Reality1. Sociological Inquiry. 44(4). 257–268. 143 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1967). Scientific Research Centers in Africa. 10(3). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1965). Front-Line Organization of the State Mental Hospital. Administrative Science Quarterly. 10(3). 381–381. 28 indexed citations
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Smith, Dorothy E.. (1965). The Logic of Custodial Organization†. Psychiatry. 28(4). 311–323. 7 indexed citations

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