Jack Katz

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Jack Katz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Katz has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Jack Katz's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (12 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (9 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers). Jack Katz is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (12 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (9 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers). Jack Katz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Jack Katz's co-authors include Steven B. Katz, Thomas J. Csordas, Michael Strober, Gail Winger, James H. Woods, Victor Fornari, Michael G. Flaherty, David E. Sandberg, Michael Matthews and Neil J. Skolnick and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Jack Katz

73 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doi... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300 400 500
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. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil
    1989 573 citations Jack Katz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jack Katz United States 29 1.7k 605 284 242 206 82 2.9k
Hans‐Georg Gadamer Germany 25 1.2k 0.7× 425 0.7× 339 1.2× 267 1.1× 421 2.0× 134 4.2k
James Westfall Thompson United States 21 806 0.5× 500 0.8× 289 1.0× 305 1.3× 172 0.8× 75 2.4k
Jean‐Paul Sartre France 23 850 0.5× 415 0.7× 428 1.5× 162 0.7× 332 1.6× 98 3.0k
Elaine Scarry United States 11 998 0.6× 246 0.4× 359 1.3× 120 0.5× 230 1.1× 30 2.8k
Robert Coles United States 21 1.0k 0.6× 491 0.8× 347 1.2× 349 1.4× 117 0.6× 137 2.7k
Kathleen McLaughlin 7 829 0.5× 261 0.4× 298 1.0× 173 0.7× 406 2.0× 8 2.9k
Kathy Davis Netherlands 21 1.2k 0.7× 527 0.9× 447 1.6× 227 0.9× 158 0.8× 99 3.0k
John Cromby United Kingdom 23 579 0.3× 437 0.7× 404 1.4× 274 1.1× 91 0.4× 71 2.0k
Naomi Quinn United States 17 982 0.6× 584 1.0× 804 2.8× 277 1.1× 632 3.1× 35 3.4k
Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre United States 28 2.4k 1.4× 160 0.3× 348 1.2× 200 0.8× 148 0.7× 51 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Jack Katz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jack Katz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Katz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jack Katz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jack Katz 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 Jack Katz. Jack Katz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Katz, Jack. (2022). The Sociological Power of Methodological Rhetoric. Sociological Methods & Research. 52(2). 1086–1102. 3 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (2018). On Becoming an Ethnographer. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 48(1). 16–50. 27 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (2015). A theory of intimate massacres: Steps toward a causal explanation. Theoretical Criminology. 20(3). 277–296. 9 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (2015). Social ontology and research strategy. 2 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (2014). Situational Evidence. Sociological Methods & Research. 44(1). 108–144. 19 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (2011). Se cuisiner un statut.Des noms aux verbes dans l’étude de la stratification sociale.
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Katz, Jack. (2004). On the Rhetoric and Politics of Ethnographic Methodology. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 595(1). 280–308. 38 indexed citations
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Dancyger, Ida, et al.. (2003). The Relationship Between Eating Pathology and Perceived Family Functioning in Eating Disorder Patients in a Day Treatment Program. Eating Disorders. 11(2). 89–99. 31 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (1997). Ethnography's Warrants. Sociological Methods & Research. 25(4). 391–423. 100 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (1997). Le droit de tuer. Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales. 120(1). 45–59.
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Katz, Jack. (1996). The social psychology of Adam and Eve. Theory and Society. 25(4). 545–582. 15 indexed citations
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Goode, Erich & Jack Katz. (1990). Crime Can Be Fun: The Deviant Experience. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations
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Marcus, Ronald N. & Jack Katz. (1990). Inpatient Care of the Substance-Abusing Patient With a Concomitant Eating Disorder. Psychiatric Services. 41(1). 59–63. 8 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack, et al.. (1988). Impairment of taste perception in anorexia nervosa and bulimia. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 7(3). 353–360. 22 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (1983). Anorexia Nervosa—A Multidimensional Perspective. Psychosomatic Medicine. 45(5). 453–454. 57 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (1983). Poor People's Lawyers in Transition. Michigan Law Review. 81(4). 1118–1118. 3 indexed citations
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Katz, Jack. (1982). Poor People’s Lawyers in Transition. Rutgers University Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
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