Gelya Frank

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gelya Frank is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Mental health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gelya Frank has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Occupational Therapy, 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gelya Frank's work include Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (22 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (6 papers) and Musicians’ Health and Performance (4 papers). Gelya Frank is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (22 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (6 papers) and Musicians’ Health and Performance (4 papers). Gelya Frank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Gelya Frank's co-authors include Sheila T. Murphy, Leslie Blackhall, Stanley P. Azen, Vicki Michel, Joycelynne Palmer, L. L. Langness, James Peacock, Ruth Zemke, Florence Clark and Doris Pierce and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Journal of Social Issues.

In The Last Decade

Gelya Frank

56 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Occupational Science: Academic Innovation in the Service of Occupational Therapy’s Future

1991 282 citations Gelya Frank, Ruth Zemke et al. American Journal of Occupational Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gelya Frank United States	22	669	526	499	485	461	57	2.1k
Karen Stagnitti Australia	28	461 0.7×	206 0.4×	441 0.9×	663 1.4×	235 0.5×	130	2.2k
Arne H. Eide Norway	26	266 0.4×	211 0.4×	632 1.3×	591 1.2×	292 0.6×	121	2.2k
Clare Hocking New Zealand	25	1.2k 1.8×	130 0.2×	430 0.9×	484 1.0×	337 0.7×	156	2.3k
Isabel Dyck Canada	31	232 0.3×	212 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	617 1.3×	1.3k 2.8×	62	3.3k
Gail Whiteford Australia	27	1.5k 2.2×	175 0.3×	512 1.0×	383 0.8×	342 0.7×	95	2.2k
Rebecca Renwick Canada	24	136 0.2×	201 0.4×	432 0.9×	452 0.9×	340 0.7×	53	1.8k
Melinda Suto Canada	22	287 0.4×	97 0.2×	444 0.9×	455 0.9×	364 0.8×	43	1.6k
Terry Krupa Canada	27	544 0.8×	140 0.3×	1.3k 2.6×	746 1.5×	249 0.5×	143	2.6k
Christine Dedding Netherlands	22	127 0.2×	203 0.4×	512 1.0×	627 1.3×	595 1.3×	71	1.9k
Beatrice A. Wright United States	16	149 0.2×	183 0.3×	315 0.6×	851 1.8×	604 1.3×	37	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gelya Frank

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Baum, Carolyn, Daphna Birenbaum‐Carmeli, Steve Ferzacca, et al.. (2019). Chronic Conditions, Fluid States. Rutgers University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations

Angell, Amber M., Gelya Frank, & Olga Solomon. (2016). Latino Families’ Experiences With Autism Services. OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. 36(4). 195–203. 26 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya, et al.. (2015). Theorising social transformation in occupational science: The American Civil Rights Movement and South African struggle against apartheid as 'Occupational Reconstructions'. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. 45(1). 11–19. 42 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya. (2011). The Transactional Relationship between Occupation and Place: Indigenous Cultures in the American Southwest. Journal of Occupational Science. 18(1). 3–20. 15 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya, et al.. (2011). Special Theme Issue: Occupations in Space and Time Guest Editorial. Journal of Occupational Science. 18(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya & Donald E. Polkinghorne. (2010). Qualitative Research in Occupational Therapy: From the First to the Second Generation. OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. 30(2). 51–57. 31 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya, Pamela Block, & Ruth Zemke. (2008). Introduction to Special Theme Issue Anthropology, Occupational Therapy and Disability Studies: Collaborations and Prospects. Practicing Anthropology. 30(3). 2–5. 4 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya, et al.. (2008). The Tule River Tribal History Project: Evaluating a California Tribal Government’s Collaboration with Anthropology and Occupational Therapy to Preserve Indigenous History and Promote Tribal Goals. Human Organization. 67(4). 430–442. 10 indexed citations

Frank, Gelya, Leslie Blackhall, Sheila T. Murphy, et al.. (2002). Ambiguity and Hope: Disclosure Preferences of Less Acculturated Elderly Mexican Americans Concerning Terminal Cancer—A Case Story. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 11(2). 117–126. 12 indexed citations

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Blackhall, Leslie, Gelya Frank, Sheila T. Murphy, et al.. (1999). Ethnicity and attitudes towards life sustaining technology. Social Science & Medicine. 48(12). 1779–1789. 371 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya, Leslie Blackhall, Vicki Michel, et al.. (1998). A Discourse of Relationships in Bioethics: Patient Autonomy and End‐of‐Life Decision Making among Elderly Korean Americans. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 12(4). 403–423. 65 indexed citations

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Segal, Ruth & Gelya Frank. (1998). The Extraordinary Construction of Ordinary Experience: Scheduling Daily Life in Families with Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 5(3). 141–147. 17 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya, et al.. (1997). Jewish Spirituality Through Actions in Time: Daily Occupations of Young Orthodox Jewish Couples in Los Angeles. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 51(3). 199–206. 19 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya. (1997). Is There Life after Categories? Reflexivity in Qualitative Research. The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. 17(2). 84–98. 46 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya. (1996). Crafts production and resistance to domination in the late 20th century. Journal of Occupational Science. 3(2). 56–64. 18 indexed citations

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Dickie, Virginia & Gelya Frank. (1996). Artisan occupations in the global economy: A conceptual framework. Journal of Occupational Science. 3(2). 45–55. 26 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya. (1996). Life Histories in Occupational Therapy Clinical Practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 50(4). 251–264. 58 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya. (1995). Ruth Behar's Biography in the Shadow: A Review of Reviews: Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza ‘s Story. Ruth Behar. American Anthropologist. 97(2). 357–359. 8 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya. (1984). Life history model of adaptation to disability: The case of a ‘congenital amputee’. Social Science & Medicine. 19(6). 639–645. 52 indexed citations

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Frank, Gelya, et al.. (1978). Fact, Fiction and the Ethnographic Novel. 3(1-2). 18–22. 19 indexed citations

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