John T. Copeland

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

John T. Copeland is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. Copeland has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in John T. Copeland's work include Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (3 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers) and Service-Learning and Community Engagement (2 papers). John T. Copeland is often cited by papers focused on Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (3 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers) and Service-Learning and Community Engagement (2 papers). John T. Copeland collaborates with scholars based in United States. John T. Copeland's co-authors include Julie A. Haugen, Robert D. Ridge, Arthur A. Stukas, E. Gil Clary, Peter Miene, Mark Snyder and Simone A. French and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Current Directions in Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

John T. Copeland

7 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: A functional approach.

1998 1.8k citations E. Gil Clary, Robert D. Ridge et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John T. Copeland United States	6	1.4k	536	430	378	237	7	1.9k
Peter Miene United States	8	1.6k 1.1×	638 1.2×	482 1.1×	406 1.1×	281 1.2×	9	2.3k
Robert D. Ridge United States	10	2.0k 1.4×	740 1.4×	613 1.4×	460 1.2×	329 1.4×	24	2.8k
Peter L. Callero United States	16	1.2k 0.8×	135 0.3×	458 1.1×	458 1.2×	147 0.6×	23	2.3k
Debbie Haski‐Leventhal Australia	25	1.2k 0.8×	639 1.2×	204 0.5×	412 1.1×	161 0.7×	57	1.9k
Elizabeth Bott United States	21	910 0.6×	891 1.7×	440 1.0×	644 1.7×	161 0.7×	30	2.6k
Eugenia Scabini Italy	20	831 0.6×	216 0.4×	805 1.9×	172 0.5×	177 0.7×	53	1.9k
Dawn O. Braithwaite United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	709 1.3×	1.3k 2.9×	102 0.3×	182 0.8×	68	2.9k
Jane Traupmann United States	12	1.1k 0.8×	284 0.5×	973 2.3×	361 1.0×	236 1.0×	17	2.3k
Mary K. Utne United States	4	974 0.7×	214 0.4×	769 1.8×	337 0.9×	226 1.0×	5	1.9k
Ascan F. Koerner United States	19	736 0.5×	261 0.5×	830 1.9×	101 0.3×	90 0.4×	31	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John T. Copeland

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All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Clary, E. Gil, Robert D. Ridge, Arthur A. Stukas, et al.. (1998). Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(6). 12 indexed citations

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Clary, E. Gil, Robert D. Ridge, John T. Copeland, et al.. (1998). Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: A functional approach.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(6). 1516–1530. 1766 indexed citations breakdown →

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Copeland, John T. & Mark Snyder. (1995). When Counselors Confirm: A Functional Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 21(11). 1210–1220. 15 indexed citations

4.

Copeland, John T.. (1994). Prophecies of power: Motivational implications of social power for behavioral confirmation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 67(2). 264–277. 120 indexed citations

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Snyder, Mark, et al.. (1994). Promoting Volunteerism: An Empirical Examination of the Appeal of Persuasive Messages. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 23(3). 265–280. 13 indexed citations

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Copeland, John T.. (1994). Prophecies of power: Motivational implications of social power for behavioral confirmation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 67(2). 264–277. 9 indexed citations

7.

Copeland, John T.. (1993). Motivational Approaches to Expectancy Confirmation. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 2(4). 117–121. 4 indexed citations

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