James A. Holstein

15.6k citations

78 papers · 8.4k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology top 1%
Public Administration top 1%
- Social Work Education and Practice

Papers in

Language and Linguistics 10
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 10
General Social Sciences 2

Co-authors: Jaber F. Gubrium Gale Miller Amanda Coffey Amir Marvasti Karyn D. McKinney Allan V. Horwitz David R. Unruh Renée R. Anspach
Journals: Sociological Quarterly (6 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (6 papers)Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (4 papers)Social Problems (4 papers)Sociological Inquiry (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

James A. Holstein

76 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of the Craft 2012 · 462 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of the Craft
2009 Handbook of constructionist research
2009 Analyzing Narrative Reality
2002 Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
2001 Handbook of Interview Research
2001 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1995 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Varieties of Narrative Analysis James A. Holstein, Х. І. Березовська	2012	154
2	Handbook of constructionist research James A. Holstein Hit paper breakdown →	2009	589
3	Couples, kids, and family life Oxford University Press eBooks ·Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	2006	8
4	Postmodern Interviewing Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	2003	227
5	Inner lives and social worlds : readings in social psychology Oxford University Press eBooks ·James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium	2003	20
6	Inside Interviewing James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium	2003	140
7	Challenges and choices : constructionist perspectives on social problems De Gruyter eBooks ·James A. Holstein, Gale Miller	2003	73
8	Aging and everyday life Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	2000	73
9	Institutional selves : troubled identities in a postmodern world Oxford University Press eBooks ·Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	2000	249
10	What is Family? Marriage & Family Review ·James A. Holstein, Amelia Pratiwi Srijono	1999	30
11	On Qualitative Inquiry and Extramodernity Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ·Douglas W. Maynard, Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	1998	2
12	Dispute Domains: Organizational Contexts and Dispute Processing Sociological Quarterly ·Gale Miller, James A. Holstein	1995	15
13	Individual Agency, the Ordinary, and Postmodern Life Sociological Quarterly ·Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	1995	43
14	Qualitative Inquiry and the Deprivatization of Experience Qualitative Inquiry ·Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	1995	16
15	Grounding the Postmodern Self Sociological Quarterly ·Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein	1994	49
16	Producing Evaluative Knowledge: The Interactional Bases of Social Science Findings* Sociological Inquiry ·James A. Holstein, William G. Staples	1992	4
17	Perspectives on social problems : a research annual Medical Entomology and Zoology ·James A. Holstein, Gale Miller	1992	15
18	Man Oh Man Teaching Sociology ·James A. Holstein, Richard S. Jones	1989	1
19	Mental Illness Assumptions in Civil Commitment Proceedings Journal of Contemporary Ethnography ·James A. Holstein	1987	11
20	Jurors' interpretations and jury decision making. Law and Human Behavior ·James A. Holstein	1985	37

About James A. Holstein

James A. Holstein is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, General Social Sciences, Public Administration, Clinical Psychology and Gender Studies, having authored 78 papers that have together received 8.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 papers), Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (6 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (5 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (5 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers), Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (4 papers), Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (2 papers) and Social Work Education and Practice (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (157 citations), Public Administration (348 citations), Gender Studies (874 citations), Sociology and Political Science (3.8k citations) and General Health Professions (1.4k citations). James A. Holstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Jaber F. Gubrium, Gale Miller, Amanda Coffey, Amir Marvasti, Karyn D. McKinney, Allan V. Horwitz, David R. Unruh, Renée R. Anspach, Oscar Grusky and David Davis. Their work appears in journals such as Sociological Quarterly, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Social Problems and Sociological Inquiry.

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