Kurt W. Back

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kurt W. Back is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt W. Back has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Kurt W. Back's work include Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers). Kurt W. Back is often cited by papers focused on Public Health Policies and Education (5 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers). Kurt W. Back collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Puerto Rico. Kurt W. Back's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Kurt W. Back

123 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social Pressures in Informal Groups, a Study of Human Fac... 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 250 500 750
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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. Social Pressures in Informal Groups, a Study of Human Factors in Housing
    1952 754 citations Kurt W. Back et al. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt W. Back United States 27 1.2k 685 398 373 347 135 3.4k
Carolyn W. Sherif United States 22 1.5k 1.3× 966 1.4× 308 0.8× 365 1.0× 202 0.6× 40 3.5k
Matilda White Riley United States 25 1.6k 1.4× 502 0.7× 218 0.5× 239 0.6× 584 1.7× 64 3.4k
Hans A. Illing United States 17 1.9k 1.6× 606 0.9× 763 1.9× 159 0.4× 367 1.1× 103 3.8k
Barry Glassner United States 20 1.9k 1.6× 762 1.1× 323 0.8× 527 1.4× 302 0.9× 55 3.4k
Charles W. Morris British Virgin Islands 14 1.5k 1.3× 851 1.2× 432 1.1× 238 0.6× 275 0.8× 66 4.1k
J. Merrill Carlsmith United States 24 2.6k 2.2× 2.0k 2.9× 991 2.5× 277 0.7× 358 1.0× 30 5.9k
Jonathan L. Freedman United States 35 2.2k 1.9× 1.2k 1.7× 404 1.0× 124 0.3× 234 0.7× 80 4.7k
Jack P. Gibbs United States 32 2.9k 2.5× 336 0.5× 773 1.9× 188 0.5× 468 1.3× 117 4.7k
Roy G. D’Andrade United States 24 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 387 1.0× 159 0.4× 313 0.9× 49 4.3k
David Greene United States 14 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 2.1× 387 1.0× 124 0.3× 132 0.4× 41 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kurt W. Back. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kurt W. Back 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 Kurt W. Back. Kurt W. Back 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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Back, Kurt W., Morton D. Bogdonoff, David Shaw, & Robert F. Klein. (2007). An interpretation of experimental conformity through physiological measures. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 8(1). 34–40. 3 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., et al.. (1999). Theories of behavior therapy: Exploring behavior change. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 35(1). 56–57. 2 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., et al.. (1979). In Search for Community: Encounter Groups and Social Change. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(5). 764–764. 4 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1978). OLD PEOPLE IN CONTEMPORARY NOVELS: A STUDY OF STYLE AND CONTENT. Educational Gerontology. 3(2). 165–173. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1974). Deadly Games. Contemporary Psychology. 19(2). 106–107. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1974). Intervention Techniques Small Groups. Annual Review of Psychology. 25(1). 367–387. 17 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W. & William G. Dyer. (1973). Modern Theory and Method in Group Training.. Social Forces. 52(2). 305–305. 24 indexed citations
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Hood, Thomas & Kurt W. Back. (1971). Self-disclosure and the volunteer: A source of bias in laboratory experiments.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 17(2). 130–136. 41 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1967). New frontiers in demography and social psychology. Demography. 4(1). 90–97. 13 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Stephen R. Wilson, Morton D. Bogdonoff, & William G. Troyer. (1967). In-between times and experimental stress1. Journal of Personality. 35(3). 456–473. 4 indexed citations
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Miller, Norman, et al.. (1966). A comparison of career patterns of public health physicians and other medical specialists.. PubMed. 44(2). 181–99. 1 indexed citations
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Morse, Richard M. & Kurt W. Back. (1964). Slums, Projects, and People. Social Psychological Problems of Relocation in Puerto Rico.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 44(1). 79–79. 10 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1963). Sociology Encounters the Protest Movement for Desegregation. Phylon (1960-). 24(3). 232–232. 1 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Melvin M. Tumin, & Arnold S. Feldman. (1962). Social Class and Social Change in Puerto Rico.. American Sociological Review. 27(1). 107–107. 5 indexed citations
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Rodman, Hyman, Kurt W. Back, & J. Mayone Stycos. (1960). The Survey Under Unusual Conditions: The Jamaica Human Fertility Investigation.. American Sociological Review. 25(5). 768–768. 6 indexed citations
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Kephart, William M., Reuben Hill, J. Mayone Stycos, & Kurt W. Back. (1959). The Family and Population Control. Marriage and Family Living. 21(3). 301–301. 38 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W., Reuben Hill, & J. Mayone Stycos. (1957). The Puerto Rican Field Experiment in Population Control. Human Relations. 10(4). 315–334. 1 indexed citations
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Stycos, J. Mayone, Kurt W. Back, & Reuben Hill. (1956). Contraception and Catholicism in Puerto Rico. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 34(2). 150–150. 7 indexed citations
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Back, Kurt W.. (1956). The Einstellung Test and performance in factual interviewing.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 52(1). 28–32. 4 indexed citations
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Festinger, Léon, et al.. (1951). Social Pressures in Informal Groups. Land Economics. 27(1). 85–85. 88 indexed citations

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