Melvin M. Mark

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Melvin M. Mark is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin M. Mark has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Melvin M. Mark's work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (53 papers), Educational Assessment and Improvement (16 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (12 papers). Melvin M. Mark is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation and Performance Assessment (53 papers), Educational Assessment and Improvement (16 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (12 papers). Melvin M. Mark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kenya. Melvin M. Mark's co-authors include Gary T. Henry, Thomas J. Meyer, Robert C. Sinclair, R. Lance Shotland, George Julnes, Howard E. Freeman, Thomas Meyer, Christina A. Christie, Stewart I. Donaldson and Steven Mellor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Melvin M. Mark

112 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Effects of psychosocial interventions with adult cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments.

1995 541 citations Thomas J. Meyer, Melvin M. Mark Health Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin M. Mark United States	33	1.3k	1.0k	891	641	527	118	4.2k
Nancy J. Adler Canada	43	175 0.1×	2.0k 1.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.8k 2.8×	93 0.2×	94	10.8k
Leon Mann Australia	36	437 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	590 0.7×	1.9k 3.0×	33 0.1×	111	6.7k
David M. Fetterman United States	27	1.0k 0.8×	686 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	23 0.0×	94	3.6k
Stewart I. Donaldson United States	31	782 0.6×	896 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	17 0.0×	109	4.6k
Mark G. Ehrhart United States	38	471 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	3.1k 3.4×	1.5k 2.3×	30 0.1×	109	8.4k
Sharlene Hesse‐Biber United States	32	247 0.2×	1.7k 1.6×	806 0.9×	419 0.7×	40 0.1×	70	4.5k
Robert Elliott United Kingdom	51	131 0.1×	1.1k 1.1×	923 1.0×	3.6k 5.5×	134 0.3×	164	10.6k
Eliot Freidson United States	31	262 0.2×	1.8k 1.7×	3.1k 3.4×	466 0.7×	30 0.1×	91	8.6k
Peter Bamberger Israel	47	255 0.2×	1.9k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	25 0.0×	167	6.5k
Peter G. Northouse United States	10	189 0.1×	540 0.5×	360 0.4×	775 1.2×	53 0.1×	17	3.7k

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Mark, Melvin M.. (2023). Doing better in theory-based evaluation, from A to Z. Evaluation and Program Planning. 97. 102265–102265.

Mark, Melvin M.. (2023). Surfacing, as well as testing, “elliptical assumptions” in a theory of change: Principled discovery. Evaluation and Program Planning. 97. 102266–102266. 2 indexed citations

Mark, Melvin M., et al.. (2022). The future of evaluation policy. New Directions for Evaluation. 2022(173). 117–124.

Mark, Melvin M.. (2021). Adding Adaptation/Modification Size and Scope to Frameworks for Classifying Changes to an Intervention. Prevention Science. 22(7). 923–927. 4 indexed citations

Mark, Melvin M.. (2017). Strengthening Links Between Evaluation Theory and Practice, and More. American Journal of Evaluation. 39(1). 133–139. 2 indexed citations

Mark, Melvin M. & Gary T. Henry. (2012). Logic models and content analyses for the explication of evaluation theories: The case of emergent realist evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning. 38. 74–76. 6 indexed citations

Donaldson, Stewart I., et al.. (2011). Advancing Validity in Outcome Evaluation : Theory and Practice. Scholarship - Claremont (Claremont Colleges). 8 indexed citations

Donaldson, Stewart I., Christina A. Christie, & Melvin M. Mark. (2009). What counts as credible evidence in applied research and evaluation practice?. 134 indexed citations

Mark, Melvin M., et al.. (2003). "I couldn't have seen it coming": The impact of negative self-relevant outcomes on retrospections about foreseeability. Memory. 11(4-5). 443–454. 32 indexed citations

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Henry, Gary T., George Julnes, & Melvin M. Mark. (1998). Realist Evaluation: An Emerging Theory in Support of Practice.. New Directions for Evaluation. 37 indexed citations

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Glasmeier, Amy, et al.. (1998). The Relevance of Firm-Learning Theories to the Design and Evaluation of Manufacturing Modernization Programs. Economic Development Quarterly. 12(2). 107–124. 20 indexed citations

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Mark, Melvin M., et al.. (1997). Involving Parents of High-Risk Youth in Drug Prevention. The Journal of Early Adolescence. 17(1). 21–50. 33 indexed citations

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Meyer, Thomas & Melvin M. Mark. (1995). Effects of psychosocial interventions with adult cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments.. Health Psychology. 14(2). 101–108. 164 indexed citations

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Meyer, Thomas J. & Melvin M. Mark. (1995). Effects of psychosocial interventions with adult cancer patients: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments.. Health Psychology. 14(2). 101–108. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mark, Melvin M. & Steven Mellor. (1994). "We Don′t Expect It Happened": On Mazursky and Ofir′s (1990) Purported Reversal of the Hindsight Bias. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 57(2). 247–252. 16 indexed citations

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Kaltreider, D. Lynne, et al.. (1992). Drug prevention in a community setting: A longitudinal study of the relative effectiveness of a three‐year primary prevention program in boys & girls clubs across the nation. American Journal of Community Psychology. 20(6). 673–706. 59 indexed citations

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Mark, Melvin M. & R. Lance Shotland. (1987). Multiple Methods in Program Evaluation. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 65 indexed citations

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Freeman, Howard E., R. Lance Shotland, & Melvin M. Mark. (1986). Social Science and Social Policy.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(3). 478–478. 248 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Jerald, Melvin M. Mark, & Darrin R. Lehman. (1985). Justice in sports and games.. Journal of sport behavior. 8(1). 18–33. 18 indexed citations

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Mark, Melvin M.. (1983). Treatment Implementation, Statistical Power, and Internal Validity. Evaluation Review. 7(4). 543–549. 18 indexed citations

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