John L. Holland

17.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
172 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

John L. Holland is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John L. Holland has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Education, 47 papers in Safety Research and 27 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in John L. Holland's work include Career Development and Diversity (46 papers), Higher Education and Employability (26 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (15 papers). John L. Holland is often cited by papers focused on Career Development and Diversity (46 papers), Higher Education and Employability (26 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (15 papers). John L. Holland collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John L. Holland's co-authors include Gary D. Gottfredson, Carl E. Thoresen, Robert C. Nichols, Alexander W. Astin, Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae, Joseph A. Johnston, Donald E. Super, James Richards and Jack R. Rayman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Applied Psychology and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

John L. Holland

152 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Persona... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1973 1973 1959 1967 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments
    1973 3.5k citations John L. Holland Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Making vocational choices : a theory of careers
    1973 1.6k citations John L. Holland Prentice Hall eBooks profile →
  3. A theory of vocational choice.
    1959 885 citations John L. Holland Journal of Counseling Psychology profile →
  4. The Psychology of Vocational Choice
    1967 359 citations John L. Holland 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
John L. Holland United States 45 5.1k 4.5k 3.3k 2.6k 1.8k 172 12.4k
Nancy E. Betz United States 57 6.9k 1.4× 5.6k 1.2× 4.7k 1.4× 3.5k 1.3× 2.0k 1.1× 147 15.1k
Donald E. Super United States 42 4.7k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 811 0.5× 133 9.9k
Gail Hackett United States 36 7.5k 1.5× 6.8k 1.5× 3.7k 1.1× 3.2k 1.2× 995 0.6× 70 14.0k
Steven D. Brown United States 39 8.2k 1.6× 7.8k 1.7× 4.8k 1.4× 3.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 68 16.1k
James Rounds United States 44 2.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 141 7.0k
Alexander W. Astin United States 57 2.8k 0.5× 14.9k 3.3× 3.3k 1.0× 667 0.3× 835 0.5× 220 19.8k
Wayne K. Hoy United States 59 1.3k 0.3× 12.9k 2.9× 3.6k 1.1× 757 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 141 17.6k
Steven B. Robbins United States 35 1.3k 0.2× 2.7k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 148 7.1k
Roger B. Rensvold Hong Kong 11 901 0.2× 2.4k 0.5× 5.1k 1.5× 2.7k 1.1× 4.4k 2.5× 14 13.4k
Frank Pajares United States 50 2.5k 0.5× 11.1k 2.4× 5.7k 1.7× 6.2k 2.4× 1.7k 0.9× 82 20.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holland, John L.. (2008). How schools can support children who experience loss and death. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 36(4). 411–424. 59 indexed citations
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Ciborowski, Jan J. H., et al.. (2005). Zoobenthic Indicators of Environmental Condition At Great Lakes Coastal Margins Derived From Standardized Multivariate Analyses Across Anthropogenic Stress Gradients.. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1997). Child bereavement in Humberside schools. Bereavement Care. 16(1). 8–10. 3 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1997). Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement. 28 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1996). Diminishing Circles: W.S. Macleay in Sydney, 1839-1865.. Historical Records of Australian Science. 11(2). 119–147. 2 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1994). The self-directed search (SDS). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Holland, John L. & Gary D. Gottfredson. (1992). Studies of the hexagonal model: An evaluation (or, the perils of stalking the perfect hexagon). Journal of Vocational Behavior. 40(2). 158–170. 60 indexed citations
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Holland, John L., THOMAS M. MAGOON, & Arnold R. Spokane. (1981). Counseling Psychology: Career Interventions, Research, and Theory. Annual Review of Psychology. 32(1). 279–305. 130 indexed citations
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White, William F., et al.. (1978). Self-Concept Correlates in Academic Placement of Secondary School Students. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 46(2). 360–362. 1 indexed citations
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Holland, John L., et al.. (1977). Vocational indecision: More evidence and speculation.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 24(5). 404–414. 240 indexed citations
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Holland, John L., et al.. (1975). A Note on the Validity of the Self-Directed Search. Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance. 7(4). 259–262. 8 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1973). Making vocational choices : a theory of careers. Prentice Hall eBooks. 1568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holland, John L., et al.. (1973). Applying an occupational classification to a representative sample of work histories.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 58(1). 34–41. 39 indexed citations
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Cole, Nancy S., Douglas R. Whitney, & John L. Holland. (1971). A spatial configuration of occupations. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 1(1). 1–9. 83 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1970). Social Foundations of Education.. 2 indexed citations
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Holland, John L. & Douglas R. Whitney. (1968). Changes in the Vocational Plans of College Students: Orderly or Random?.. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 285(1). 15–9. 18 indexed citations
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Holland, John L. & Robert C. Nichols. (1964). The development and validation of an Indecision Scale: The natural history of a problem in basic research.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 11(1). 27–34. 39 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1961). Achievement Syndromes Among High Aptitude Students. Psychological Reports. 8(3). 384–384.
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Holland, John L.. (1958). A note on the reliability and validity of the Minnesota Scale for Paternal Occupations as an estimate of family economic status.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 42(3). 195–196. 1 indexed citations
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Holland, John L.. (1957). Undergraduate Origins of American Scientists. Science. 126(3271). 433–437. 34 indexed citations

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