John Useem

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 664 citations indexed

About

John Useem is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, John Useem has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 664 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in John Useem's work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 paper). John Useem is often cited by papers focused on Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 paper). John Useem collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Useem's co-authors include Joshua A. Fishman, Ruth Hill Useem, John R. Donoghue, Jerry S. Carlson, Joseph R. DeMartini, Barbara B. Burn, W. E. H. Stanner, Peter F. Drucker, Delbert C. Miller and Robert A. Dahl and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Journal of Social Issues.

In The Last Decade

John Useem

18 papers receiving 477 citations

Hit Papers

Language Loyalty in the United States. 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Language Loyalty in the United States.
    1967 296 citations John Useem, Joshua A. Fishman American Sociological Review 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 Useem United States 8 230 173 169 167 158 20 664
J. J. Smolicz Australia 16 373 1.6× 241 1.4× 58 0.3× 252 1.5× 168 1.1× 68 804
H. Ned Seelye Guatemala 10 115 0.5× 125 0.7× 80 0.5× 96 0.6× 237 1.5× 21 546
Michel Pêcheux France 10 120 0.5× 75 0.4× 56 0.3× 239 1.4× 148 0.9× 34 781
Eddie C. Y. Kuo Singapore 11 111 0.5× 43 0.2× 77 0.5× 245 1.5× 61 0.4× 41 461
Nemi C. Jain United States 3 36 0.2× 85 0.5× 157 0.9× 192 1.1× 108 0.7× 4 528
JoAnn Phillion United States 19 130 0.6× 654 3.8× 147 0.9× 360 2.2× 62 0.4× 43 855
Alison Phipps United Kingdom 15 216 0.9× 216 1.2× 79 0.5× 152 0.9× 252 1.6× 45 646
Ruth Hill Useem United States 12 28 0.1× 134 0.8× 117 0.7× 187 1.1× 27 0.2× 18 502
John C. Condon United States 8 30 0.1× 70 0.4× 136 0.8× 110 0.7× 151 1.0× 15 478
Gilbert Weiss Austria 8 91 0.4× 61 0.4× 83 0.5× 202 1.2× 154 1.0× 20 625

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Useem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Useem

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Useem, John & Ruth Hill Useem. (2011). The Western Educated Man In India A Study Of His Social Roles And Influence. 2 indexed citations
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DeMartini, Joseph R., et al.. (1992). Study Abroad: The Experience of American Undergraduates.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(1). 76–76. 160 indexed citations
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Useem, John. (1971). The Study of Cultures. Sociological Focus. 4(4). 3–26. 3 indexed citations
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Useem, John & Ruth Hill Useem. (1968). American‐Educated Indians and Americans in India: A Comparison of Two Modernizing Roles*. Journal of Social Issues. 24(4). 143–158. 1 indexed citations
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Useem, John & Ruth Hill Useem. (1967). The Interfaces of a Binational Third Culture: A Study of the American Community in India*. Journal of Social Issues. 23(1). 130–143. 24 indexed citations
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Useem, John & Joshua A. Fishman. (1967). Language Loyalty in the United States.. American Sociological Review. 32(2). 332–332. 296 indexed citations breakdown →
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Useem, John. (1966). Work Patterns of Americans in India. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 368(1). 146–156. 3 indexed citations
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Wrong, Dennis H., William V. D’Antonio, Howard J. Ehrlich, et al.. (1963). Power and Democracy in America.. American Sociological Review. 28(1). 144–144. 15 indexed citations
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Useem, John, Ruth Hill Useem, & John R. Donoghue. (1963). Men in the Middle of the Third Culture: The Roles of American and Non-Western People in Cross-Cultural Administration. Human Organization. 22(3). 169–179. 102 indexed citations
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Useem, John. (1961). GENERAL AND ETHNOLOGY: The Sociological Imagination. C. Wright Mills. American Anthropologist. 63(3). 589–591. 1 indexed citations
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Useem, Ruth Hill, et al.. (1960). The Function of Neighboring for the Middle-Class Male. Human Organization. 19(2). 68–76. 9 indexed citations
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Useem, John & H. G. Barnett. (1957). Anthropology in Administration.. American Sociological Review. 22(2). 255–255. 2 indexed citations
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Useem, John. (1957). ETHNOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY: Kinship Organisation in India. Irawati Karve. American Anthropologist. 59(4). 737–739. 1 indexed citations
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Useem, John, et al.. (1956). The Western Educated Man in India.. Pacific Affairs. 29(1). 84–84. 5 indexed citations
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Useem, John & W. E. H. Stanner. (1955). The South Seas in Transition: A Study of Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Three British Pacific Dependencies.. American Sociological Review. 20(3). 355–355. 13 indexed citations
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Useem, John, et al.. (1955). The Western-Educated Man in India.. American Sociological Review. 20(4). 491–491. 19 indexed citations
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Useem, Ruth Hill & John Useem. (1954). Images of the United States and Britain Held by Foreign-educated Indians. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 295(1). 73–82. 4 indexed citations
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Useem, John, et al.. (1952). Chamorros and Carolinians of Saipan: Personality Studies.. American Sociological Review. 17(3). 378–378. 1 indexed citations
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Useem, John, et al.. (1951). Planning Micronesia's Future. A Summary of the United States Commercial Company's Economic Survey of Micronesia, 1946.. Pacific Affairs. 24(4). 443–443. 2 indexed citations
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Useem, John, Harold D. Lasswell, Charles E. Merriam, & T. V. Smith. (1951). A Study of Power: World Politics and Personal Insecurity.. American Sociological Review. 16(3). 424–424. 1 indexed citations

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