Kurt W. Back

7.2k citations
135 papers · 3.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 27
Topics
Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers)Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 papers)Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers)

In The Last Decade

Kurt W. Back

123 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Kurt W. Back
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • Social Psychology 685
  • Clinical Psychology 398
  • Gender Studies 373
  • General Health Professions 347
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All Works

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A comparison of career patterns of public health physicians and other medical specialists.
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About Kurt W. Back

Kurt W. Back is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Library and Information Sciences and Public Administration, having authored 135 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (373 citations), Social Psychology (685 citations) and General Psychology (39 citations). Kurt W. Back has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Puerto Rico. Frequent co-authors include Stanley Schachter, Linda B. Bourque, John E. Patterson, J. Mayone Stycos, George L. Maddox, Arthur A. Campbell, P. K. Whelpton, Raymond J. Jessen, Barbara Katz Rothman and Reuben Hill. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Psychologist.

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