Irving Rosow

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Irving Rosow is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Irving Rosow has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Irving Rosow's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (2 papers). Irving Rosow is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (2 papers). Irving Rosow collaborates with scholars based in United States. Irving Rosow's co-authors include Naomi Breslau, Donald L. Spence, Rhona Rapoport, David Gleicher, N. S. Timasheff, Alex Inkeles, Raymond A. Bauer, Robert N. Rapoport, Maxwell Jones and Mary E. W. Goss and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Irving Rosow

26 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Guttman Health Scale for the Aged 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1968 250 500 750 1000
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. A Guttman Health Scale for the Aged
    1966 1.0k citations Irving Rosow, Naomi Breslau Journal of Gerontology profile →
  2. Social Integration of the Aged.
    1968 369 citations Donald L. Spence, Irving Rosow American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irving Rosow United States 16 604 539 447 377 333 26 2.1k
Saad Z. Nagi United States 13 826 1.4× 319 0.6× 763 1.7× 365 1.0× 172 0.5× 27 2.6k
M. P. Lawton United States 14 560 0.9× 314 0.6× 525 1.2× 448 1.2× 215 0.6× 31 1.7k
Richard Suzman United States 16 981 1.6× 307 0.6× 889 2.0× 596 1.6× 256 0.8× 26 2.5k
R. J. Havighurst United States 4 710 1.2× 407 0.8× 577 1.3× 262 0.7× 421 1.3× 8 2.0k
Helen Bartlett Australia 23 633 1.0× 319 0.6× 616 1.4× 644 1.7× 269 0.8× 70 2.1k
Sheldon S. Tobin United States 16 882 1.5× 658 1.2× 824 1.8× 377 1.0× 560 1.7× 35 2.7k
Joan Bennett United States 18 624 1.0× 299 0.6× 457 1.0× 297 0.8× 177 0.5× 29 1.5k
Marti G. Parker Sweden 34 1.1k 1.9× 302 0.6× 1.0k 2.3× 595 1.6× 422 1.3× 73 3.5k
Alfred Chan Hong Kong 23 876 1.5× 649 1.2× 494 1.1× 344 0.9× 267 0.8× 43 2.3k
Raymond Bossé United States 31 460 0.8× 274 0.5× 671 1.5× 616 1.6× 204 0.6× 63 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Irving Rosow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irving Rosow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Irving Rosow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Irving Rosow 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 Irving Rosow. Irving Rosow 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
1.
Rosow, Irving. (1981). Docs: Ortho and para.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 51(2). 255–259. 1 indexed citations
2.
Rosow, Irving. (1979). Social Psychology and Gerontology: A Discussion. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 9(2). 153–161. 3 indexed citations
3.
Davis, Charles L., et al.. (1979). The Architectural Design of a Psychotherapeutic Milieu. Psychiatric Services. 30(7). 453–460. 16 indexed citations
4.
Rosow, Irving. (1978). What Is a Cohort and Why?. Human Development. 21(2). 65–75. 83 indexed citations
5.
Palmore, Erdman & Irving Rosow. (1976). Socialization to Old Age.. Social Forces. 55(1). 215–215. 2 indexed citations
6.
Rosow, Irving. (1974). Socialization to Old Age. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 144 indexed citations
7.
Rosow, Irving. (1973). The Social Context of the Aging Self. The Gerontologist. 13(1). 82–87. 42 indexed citations
8.
Rosow, Irving. (1970). Old People. American Behavioral Scientist. 14(1). 59–69. 19 indexed citations
9.
Spence, Donald L. & Irving Rosow. (1968). Social Integration of the Aged.. American Sociological Review. 33(4). 644–644. 369 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Rosow, Irving, et al.. (1968). The Social Integration of the Aged. British Journal of Sociology. 19(1). 107–107. 88 indexed citations
11.
Rosow, Irving & Naomi Breslau. (1966). A Guttman Health Scale for the Aged. Journal of Gerontology. 21(4). 556–559. 1011 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Kutner, Bernard, Robert N. Rapoport, Rhona Rapoport, Irving Rosow, & Maxwell Jones. (1965). Community as Doctor: New Perspectives on a Therapeutic Community.. Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 6(3). 173–173. 1 indexed citations
13.
Rosow, Irving. (1965). Forms and Functions of Adult Socialization. Social Forces. 44(1). 35–45. 16 indexed citations
14.
Rosow, Irving. (1962). Old Age: One Moral Dilemma of an Affluent Society. The Gerontologist. 2(4). 182–191. 22 indexed citations
15.
Goss, Mary E. W., Robert N. Rapoport, Rhona Rapoport, Irving Rosow, & Maxwell Jones. (1962). Community as Doctor: New Perspectives on a Therapeutic Community.. American Sociological Review. 27(3). 434–434. 47 indexed citations
16.
Rosow, Irving. (1961). Retirement Housing and Social Integration1. The Gerontologist. 1(2). 85–91. 18 indexed citations
17.
Rosow, Irving. (1961). The Social Effects of the Physical Environment. Journal of the American Institute of Planners. 27(2). 127–133. 26 indexed citations
18.
Armstrong, John A., Alex Inkeles, Raymond A. Bauer, David Gleicher, & Irving Rosow. (1960). The Soviet Citizen: Daily Life in A Totalitarian Society.. American Slavic and East European Review. 19(2). 294–294. 3 indexed citations
19.
Rapoport, Rhona & Irving Rosow. (1957). An Approach to Family Relationships and Role Performance. Human Relations. 10(3). 209–221. 12 indexed citations
20.
Rosow, Irving. (1957). Interviewing British Psychiatrists. Public Opinion Quarterly. 21(2). 279–279. 1 indexed citations

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