Douglas D. Perkins

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
76 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas D. Perkins is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas D. Perkins has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in General Health Professions, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Douglas D. Perkins's work include Community Health and Development (42 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (20 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (15 papers). Douglas D. Perkins is often cited by papers focused on Community Health and Development (42 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (20 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (15 papers). Douglas D. Perkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Douglas D. Perkins's co-authors include Ralph B. Taylor, Marc A. Zimmerman, Lynne C. Manzo, Barbara B. Brown, Graham Brown, Massimo Santinello, Alessio Vieno, Dayna Long, Richard C. Rich and Abraham Wandersman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Personality and Individual Differences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Douglas D. Perkins

74 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Empowerment theory, research, and application 1990 2026 2002 2014 1995 2006 2003 1990 1996 250 500 750
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 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. Empowerment theory, research, and application
    1995 871 citations Douglas D. Perkins, Marc A. Zimmerman American Journal of Community Psychology profile →
  2. Finding Common Ground: The Importance of Place Attachment to Community Participation and Planning
    2006 842 citations Douglas D. Perkins et al. profile →
  3. Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood: Individual and block levels of analysis
    2003 684 citations Barbara B. Brown, Douglas D. Perkins et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology profile →
  4. Participation and the social and physical environment of residential blocks: Crime and community context
    1990 512 citations Douglas D. Perkins et al. American Journal of Community Psychology profile →
  5. Ecological assessments of community disorder: Their relationship to fear of crime and theoretical implications
    1996 471 citations Douglas D. Perkins, Ralph B. Taylor American Journal of Community Psychology profile →

Peers

Douglas D. Perkins
Robin Kearns New Zealand
Abraham Wandersman United States
John R. Hipp United States
David M. Chavis United States
Gill Valentine United Kingdom
Daniel T. Lichter United States
Rachel Pain United Kingdom
Mario Luis Small United States
Graeme Hugo Australia
Ade Kearns United Kingdom
Robin Kearns New Zealand
Douglas D. Perkins
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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas D. Perkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas D. Perkins

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perkins, Douglas D., et al.. (2025). The strength of adult community education as a professional field in aid-receiving countries: A global mixed-methods study. International Journal of Educational Research. 131. 102609–102609.
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Perkins, Douglas D., et al.. (2024). A Political–Economic Model of Community and Societal Health Resources: A 92‐Country Global Analysis. Sociology of Health & Illness. 47(2). e13865–e13865. 1 indexed citations
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Perkins, Douglas D., Christopher C. Sonn, Michela Lenzi, et al.. (2023). The global development of community psychology as reflected in the American Journal of Community Psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology. 72(3-4). 302–316. 2 indexed citations
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Perkins, Douglas D., et al.. (2021). Geospatial analysis of the global growth of community psychology: Geographic proximity and socioeconomic and political indicators. Journal of Community Psychology. 49(6). 1872–1890. 2 indexed citations
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Tankwanchi, Akhenaten Benjamin Siankam, Sten H. Vermund, & Douglas D. Perkins. (2015). Monitoring Sub-Saharan African Physician Migration and Recruitment Post-Adoption of the WHO Code of Practice: Temporal and Geographic Patterns in the United States. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124734–e0124734. 26 indexed citations
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Scacchi, Luca, et al.. (2011). The Influence of Discrimination on Immigrant Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: What Buffers its Detrimental Effects?. Psychosocial Intervention. 20(3). 243–253. 25 indexed citations
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Bess, Kimberly D., et al.. (2010). Testing a Measure of Organizational Learning Capacity and Readiness for Transformational Change in Human Services. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 39(1). 35–49. 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Qingwen, Douglas D. Perkins, & Julian Chun‐Chung Chow. (2010). Sense of Community, Neighboring, and Social Capital as Predictors of Local Political Participation in China. American Journal of Community Psychology. 45(3-4). 259–271. 147 indexed citations
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Palmer, Neal A., Douglas D. Perkins, & Qingwen Xu. (2010). Social capital and community participation among migrant workers in China. Journal of Community Psychology. 39(1). 89–105. 59 indexed citations
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Perkins, Douglas D., et al.. (2009). Mapping Urban Revitalization: Using GIS Spatial Analysis to Evaluate a New Housing Policy. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 37(1). 48–65. 7 indexed citations
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Dallago, Lorenza, et al.. (2009). The Adolescents, Life Context, and School Project: Youth Voice and Civic Participation. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 38(1). 41–54. 16 indexed citations
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Santinello, Massimo, et al.. (2009). Community Psychology in Italy: Introduction and Prospects. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 38(1). 1–7. 4 indexed citations
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Brown, Graham, Barbara B. Brown, & Douglas D. Perkins. (2004). New Housing as Neighborhood Revitalization. Environment and Behavior. 36(6). 749–775. 71 indexed citations
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Brown, Barbara B., Douglas D. Perkins, & Graham Brown. (2003). Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood: Individual and block levels of analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 23(3). 259–271. 684 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perkins, Douglas D., Joseph Hughey, & Paul W. Speer. (2002). Community Psychology Perspectives on Social Capital Theory and Community Development Practice. Community Development Society Journal. 33(1). 33–52. 190 indexed citations
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Perkins, Douglas D. & Ralph B. Taylor. (1996). Ecological assessments of community disorder: Their relationship to fear of crime and theoretical implications. American Journal of Community Psychology. 24(1). 63–107. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perkins, Douglas D. & Marc A. Zimmerman. (1995). Empowerment theory, research, and application. American Journal of Community Psychology. 23(5). 569–579. 871 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perkins, Douglas D.. (1995). Speaking truth to power: Empowerment ideology as social intervention and policy. American Journal of Community Psychology. 23(5). 765–794. 119 indexed citations

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