Hugh Mehan

11.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
83 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Hugh Mehan is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugh Mehan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Education, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Hugh Mehan's work include Education Systems and Policy (11 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 papers). Hugh Mehan is often cited by papers focused on Education Systems and Policy (11 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 papers). Hugh Mehan collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Hugh Mehan's co-authors include Lea Hubbard, Amanda Datnow, Bruce Hackett, Houston G. Wood, Alma Hertweck, Eric Livingston, Irene Villanueva, Angela Lintz, Mary Kay Stein and Clark N. Quinn and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Hugh Mehan

80 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Learning Lessons 1977 2026 1993 2009 1979 1979 1979 1977 500 1000 1.5k
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. Learning Lessons
    1979 1.7k citations Hugh Mehan Harvard University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Learning Lessons: Social Organization in the Classroom
    1979 1.5k citations Hugh Mehan et al. profile →
  3. ‘What time is it, Denise?”: Asking known information questions in classroom discourse
    1979 401 citations Hugh Mehan Theory Into Practice profile →
  4. The Reality of Ethnomethodology.
    1977 268 citations Bruce Hackett, Hugh Mehan et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers

Hugh Mehan
Jay L. Lemke United States
Frederick Erickson United States
Caryl Emerson
Kris D. Gutiérrez United States
Caryl Emerson United States
Shirley Brice Heath United States
Bill Cope United States
Neil Mercer United Kingdom
Luis C. Moll United States
Charles Bazerman United States
Jay L. Lemke United States
Hugh Mehan
Citations per year, relative to Hugh Mehan Hugh Mehan (= 1×) peers Jay L. Lemke

Countries citing papers authored by Hugh Mehan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugh Mehan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugh Mehan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hugh Mehan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hugh Mehan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hugh Mehan. Hugh Mehan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quartz, Karen Hunter, Rhona S. Weinstein, Harold G. Levine, et al.. (2017). University-Partnered New School Designs: Fertile Ground for Research–Practice Partnerships. Educational Researcher. 46(3). 143–146. 21 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Lea, Mary Kay Stein, & Hugh Mehan. (2013). Reform as Learning. 1 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh, et al.. (2003). Reconstructing Equality on New Political Ground: The Politics of Representation in the Charter School Debate at the University of California, San Diego. American Educational Research Journal. 40(3). 655–682. 13 indexed citations
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Jones, Makeba, et al.. (2002). Shaping Pathways to Higher Education. Educational Researcher. 31(2). 3–11. 37 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Lea & Hugh Mehan. (1999). Race and Reform: Educational "Niche Picking" in a Hostile Environment. The Journal of Negro Education. 68(2). 213–213. 16 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh & Lea Hubbard. (1999). Tracking Untracking: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Educational Innovation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh. (1997). The Discourse of the Illegal Immigration Debate: A Case Study in the Politics of Representation. Discourse & Society. 8(2). 249–270. 97 indexed citations
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Wills, John E. & Hugh Mehan. (1996). Recognizing Diversity within a Common Historical Narrative. The Challenge to Teaching History and Social Studies.. Multicultural education. 4(1). 4–11. 9 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh, et al.. (1995). The AVID Classroom: Academic and Social Support for Low-Achieving Students. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 96(5). 53–69. 11 indexed citations
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DeNora, Tia & Hugh Mehan. (1994). Genius: A social construction, the case of Beethoven's initial recognition. 3 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh, et al.. (1991). UNTRACKING AND COLLEGE ENROLLMENT. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 7 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh. (1987). Language and power in organizational process. Discourse Processes. 10(4). 291–301. 18 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh, et al.. (1986). Handicapping the Handicapped. Stanford University Press eBooks. 254 indexed citations
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Rueda, Robert & Hugh Mehan. (1986). Metacognition and Passing: Strategic Interactions in the Lives of Students with Learning Disabilities. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 17(3). 145–165. 35 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh. (1985). Computers in Classrooms: A Quasi-Experiment in Guided Change. Final Report.. 4 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh, et al.. (1984). Research Currents: Knowledge of Text Editing and Control of Literacy Skills. Language Arts. 61(5). 510–515. 6 indexed citations
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Quinn, Clark N., Hugh Mehan, James A. Levin, & Steven D. Black. (1983). Real education in non-real time: The use of electronic message systems for instruction. Instructional Science. 11(4). 313–327. 55 indexed citations
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Mehan, Hugh. (1979). Learning Lessons. Harvard University Press eBooks. 1707 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mehan, Hugh. (1979). ‘What time is it, Denise?”: Asking known information questions in classroom discourse. Theory Into Practice. 18(4). 285–294. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hackett, Bruce, Hugh Mehan, & Houston G. Wood. (1977). The Reality of Ethnomethodology.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(1). 101–101. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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