Eliot Freidson

13.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
91 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Eliot Freidson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Eliot Freidson has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Eliot Freidson's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (3 papers). Eliot Freidson is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (3 papers). Eliot Freidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Eliot Freidson's co-authors include Norman K. Denzin, Herman Turk, Christine Parker, Blanche Geer, Herbert C. Northcott, Jacob J. Feldman, Leonard Schatzman, Melvin Sabshin, Rue Bucher and Danuta Ehrlich and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Eliot Freidson

84 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Appli... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1971 1971 1971 1995 1986 400 800 1.2k
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. Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge.
    1971 1.4k citations Eliot Freidson et al. profile →
  2. Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge.
    1971 1.1k citations Eliot Freidson et al. profile →
  3. Professional Dominance: The Social Structure of Medical Care.
    1971 871 citations Eliot Freidson et al. profile →
  4. Professionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy and Policy.
    1995 842 citations Eliot Freidson et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  5. Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge
    1986 818 citations Eliot Freidson profile →
  6. The Hospital in Modern Society.
    1964 463 citations Eliot Freidson et al. profile →
  7. The Changing Nature of Professional Control
    1984 315 citations Eliot Freidson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eliot Freidson United States 31 3.1k 1.8k 1.5k 986 901 91 8.6k
Louise Fitzgerald United Kingdom 45 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.6× 776 0.8× 498 0.6× 106 9.0k
Robert Dingwall United Kingdom 41 2.5k 0.8× 4.2k 2.4× 581 0.4× 735 0.7× 807 0.9× 202 9.9k
Jean‐Louis Denis Canada 45 3.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 879 1.0× 228 8.6k
Everett C. Hughes United States 25 1.3k 0.4× 4.1k 2.3× 1.1k 0.7× 337 0.3× 488 0.5× 100 9.4k
Michael Calnan United Kingdom 49 3.8k 1.2× 907 0.5× 687 0.5× 875 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 264 7.6k
Graeme Currie United Kingdom 49 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.9k 2.0× 493 0.5× 461 0.5× 178 6.8k
Stephen Wood United Kingdom 43 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 3.8k 2.6× 915 0.9× 244 0.3× 143 9.6k
David Mechanic United States 70 8.7k 2.8× 3.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.7× 3.0k 3.0× 1.7k 1.9× 326 21.5k
John Powell United Kingdom 48 4.5k 1.5× 2.0k 1.1× 458 0.3× 340 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 246 9.8k
Janice M. Beyer United States 31 774 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 3.2k 2.2× 434 0.4× 205 0.2× 65 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eliot Freidson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eliot Freidson

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All Works

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Freidson, Eliot. (2019). Celebrating Erving Goffman. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 48(6). 631–635. 4 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (2017). Professional Dominance. 33 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (2003). Comments on JHPPL Review Symposium. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 28(1). 168–172. 2 indexed citations
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Reader, George G. & Eliot Freidson. (1990). Medical Work in America: Essays on Health Care. Journal of Public Health Policy. 11(3). 390–390. 3 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1990). The centrality of professionalism to health care.. PubMed. 30(4). 431–45. 17 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1989). Theory and the Professions. Indiana law journal. 64(3). 1. 26 indexed citations
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Northcott, Herbert C. & Eliot Freidson. (1979). Doctoring Together: A Study of Professional Social Control. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 4(1). 78–78. 154 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1978). The Prospects for Health Services in the United States. Medical Care. 16(12). 971–983. 4 indexed citations
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Chiswick, Nancy R. & Eliot Freidson. (1977). Doctoring Together: A Study of Professional Social Control.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(5). 585–585. 42 indexed citations
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Goss, Mary E. W., et al.. (1977). Social Organization and Control in Medical Work. Medical Care. 15(Supplement). 1–10. 9 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1967). Review Essay: Health Factories, the New Industrial Sociology. Social Problems. 14(4). 493–500. 4 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1962). Patientsʼ View of Medical Practice. Nursing Research. 11(2). 113–113. 36 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1961). The Sociology of Medicine. Current Sociology. 10(3). 123–140. 14 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1960). Client Control and Medical Practice. American Journal of Sociology. 65(4). 374–382. 268 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot & Jacob J. Feldman. (1958). The public looks at dental care. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 57(3). 325–335. 132 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1958). The Uses of Literacy: Changing Patterns in English Mass Culture.Richard Hoggart. American Journal of Sociology. 64(1). 97–98.
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Freidson, Eliot. (1954). Consumption of Mass Media by Polish-American Children. 9(1). 92–101. 1 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1953). The Relation of the Social Situation of Contact to the Media in Mass Communication. Public Opinion Quarterly. 17(2). 230–230. 25 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot. (1953). ADULT DISCOUNT. AN ASPECT OF CHILDREN'S CHANGING TASTE. Child Development. 24(1). 39–49. 7 indexed citations

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