Joan Merdinger

738 citations
12 papers · 541 indexed · h-index 8
Topics
Child Welfare and Adoption (4 papers)Social Work Education and Practice (4 papers)Homelessness and Social Issues (3 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Joan Merdinger

12 papers receiving 450 citations

Peers

Joan Merdinger
Comparison fields: 5 of 48
  • Safety Research 376
  • Clinical Psychology 272
  • General Health Professions 187
  • Sociology and Political Science 186
  • Education 77
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Countries citing papers authored by Joan Merdinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joan Merdinger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Merdinger

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1
Professional Growth and Renewal for Mid-Career Faculty.
18
2
Pathways to college for former foster youth: understanding factors that contribute to educational success.
129
3 132
4 106
5 95
6 8
7 1
8 2
9 6
10 3
11 9
12 32

About Joan Merdinger

Joan Merdinger is a scholar working on Public Administration, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and Safety Research, having authored 12 papers that have together received 541 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child Welfare and Adoption (4 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (4 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Safety Research (376 citations), Public Administration (58 citations) and Clinical Psychology (272 citations). Joan Merdinger has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Alice M. Hines, Kathy Lemon Osterling, Amy Strage and Emily Stier Adler. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Family Relations and Children and Youth Services Review.

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