K. Wayne Yang

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

K. Wayne Yang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Wayne Yang has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Education and 5 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in K. Wayne Yang's work include Participatory Visual Research Methods (7 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (5 papers) and Children's Rights and Participation (5 papers). K. Wayne Yang is often cited by papers focused on Participatory Visual Research Methods (7 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (5 papers) and Children's Rights and Participation (5 papers). K. Wayne Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. K. Wayne Yang's co-authors include Eve Tuck, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Sandy Grande, Jessika H. Bottiani and Rubén Gaztambide‐Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of School Psychology, Qualitative Inquiry and International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

In The Last Decade

K. Wayne Yang

26 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Decolonization is not a metaphor 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Decolonization is not a metaphor
    2012 1.9k citations Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang TSpace profile →
  2. Unbecoming Claims
    2014 274 citations Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang Qualitative Inquiry profile →
  3. Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education : Mapping the Long View
    2018 148 citations Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Eve Tuck et al. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Wayne Yang United States 12 1.3k 790 463 290 276 28 2.6k
Aileen Moreton‐Robinson Australia 19 1.4k 1.0× 536 0.7× 914 2.0× 335 1.2× 213 0.8× 52 2.6k
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Canada 7 724 0.5× 296 0.4× 585 1.3× 293 1.0× 195 0.7× 14 1.7k
Taiaiake Alfred Canada 8 1.4k 1.1× 303 0.4× 1.1k 2.4× 476 1.6× 479 1.7× 9 2.8k
Glen Coulthard Canada 9 1.5k 1.1× 311 0.4× 1.1k 2.3× 454 1.6× 562 2.0× 16 2.9k
James V. Spickard United States 19 1.7k 1.2× 257 0.3× 339 0.7× 171 0.6× 341 1.2× 76 3.6k
Sherene H. Razack Canada 21 1.9k 1.4× 344 0.4× 382 0.8× 284 1.0× 428 1.6× 46 2.7k
Marie Battiste Canada 13 898 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 2.2× 458 1.6× 145 0.5× 21 2.6k
Ghassan Hage Australia 19 2.3k 1.7× 364 0.5× 131 0.3× 262 0.9× 492 1.8× 51 3.1k
Vine Deloria United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 461 0.6× 746 1.6× 364 1.3× 292 1.1× 82 2.8k
Sarah Wright Australia 25 926 0.7× 249 0.3× 345 0.7× 307 1.1× 197 0.7× 75 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Wayne Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Wayne Yang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2025). The Role of Values: A Study of Female Heroes in Chinese and American Movies. Communications in Humanities Research. 65(1). 16–21. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne, et al.. (2024). Mixed methods systematic review: Using a cultural validity assessment to evaluate prevention programs for Indigenous students. Journal of School Psychology. 108. 101402–101402. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne, et al.. (2021). Beyond Land Acknowledgment in Settler Institutions. Social Text. 39(1). 21–46. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, Eve Tuck, & K. Wayne Yang. (2018). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education : Mapping the Long View. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 148 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tuck, Eve & K. Wayne Yang. (2018). Toward What Justice?. 104 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2016). Participatory Video in Adult Education. Springer briefs in education. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne, et al.. (2015). ‘Use Condoms for Safe Sex!’Youth-led video making and sex education. Sex Education. 15(6). 613–625. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2015). Participant Reflexivity in Community‐Based Participatory Research: Insights from Reflexive Interview, Dialogical Narrative Analysis, and Video Ethnography. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 25(5). 447–458. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2015). Critical Assessment of Video Production in Teacher Education: Can video production foster community-engaged scholarship?. McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l éducation de McGill. 49(3). 661–673. 3 indexed citations
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Tuck, Eve & K. Wayne Yang. (2014). Unbecoming Claims. Qualitative Inquiry. 20(6). 811–818. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tuck, Eve & K. Wayne Yang. (2013). Introduction to Youth Resistance Research and Theories of Change. 13–36. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2012). Kutiman: It’s the Mother of All Funk Chords. 35–37. 1 indexed citations
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Tuck, Eve & K. Wayne Yang. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. TSpace. 1(1). 1861 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2010). Rites to Reform: The Cultural Production of the Reformer in Urban Schools. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 41(2). 144–160. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2009). Discipline or Punish? Some Suggestions for School Policy and Teacher Practice. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 87(1). 49–61. 22 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2009). Mathematics, critical literacy, and youth participatory action research. New Directions for Youth Development. 2009(123). 99–118. 27 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2009). Focus on Policy: Discipline or Punish? Some Suggestions for School Policy and Teacher Practice. Language Arts. 87(1). 49–61. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, K. Wayne. (2007). Organizing MySpace: Youth Walkouts, Pleasure, Politics, and New Media.. Educational foundations. 21. 9–28. 11 indexed citations

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