Melvin Pollner

3.1k total citations
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Melvin Pollner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Pollner has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melvin Pollner's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 papers), Psychiatric care and mental health services (3 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (2 papers). Melvin Pollner is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 papers), Psychiatric care and mental health services (3 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (2 papers). Melvin Pollner collaborates with scholars based in United States. Melvin Pollner's co-authors include Mary F. Rogers, Robert M. Emerson, Jill Stein, Steve Woolgar, Richard E. Adams, Ryan Adams, Jon Elster, John D. Brewer, Dana Rosenfeld and Oscar Grusky and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Pollner

28 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin Pollner United States	16	780	327	293	258	232	28	1.7k
Mary Glenn Wiley United States	18	942 1.2×	146 0.4×	428 1.5×	122 0.5×	176 0.8×	32	2.1k
Molly Andrews United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.4×	109 0.3×	288 1.0×	83 0.3×	297 1.3×	50	2.1k
George J. McCall United States	15	917 1.2×	203 0.6×	392 1.3×	61 0.2×	205 0.9×	30	1.8k
Karin Tusting United Kingdom	14	834 1.1×	425 1.3×	129 0.4×	218 0.8×	98 0.4×	45	1.9k
Vincent R. Waldron United States	20	737 0.9×	133 0.4×	739 2.5×	157 0.6×	237 1.0×	52	1.6k
Takie Sugiyama Lebra United States	18	870 1.1×	61 0.2×	576 2.0×	290 1.1×	109 0.5×	71	1.9k
Richard A. Hilbert United States	12	780 1.0×	110 0.3×	653 2.2×	64 0.2×	373 1.6×	29	1.8k
Robert Coles United States	21	1.0k 1.3×	160 0.5×	347 1.2×	42 0.2×	349 1.5×	137	2.7k
Philomena Essed United States	19	2.1k 2.7×	158 0.5×	300 1.0×	98 0.4×	335 1.4×	39	3.0k
Judith N. Martin United States	25	1.1k 1.4×	62 0.2×	750 2.6×	323 1.3×	171 0.7×	45	2.7k

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Emerson, Robert M. & Melvin Pollner. (2019). Contingent Control and Wild Moments: Conducting Psychiatric Evaluations in the Home. Social Inclusion. 7(1). 259–268. 4 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin. (2012). Ethnomethodology from/as/to Business. The American Sociologist. 43(1). 21–35. 2 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin & Jill Stein. (2001). Doubled over in laughter: Humor and the construction of selves in Alcoholics Anonymous.. 16 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin & Dana Rosenfeld. (2000). The cross-culturing work of gay and lesbian elderly. Advances in Life Course Research. 5. 99–117. 9 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin. (1998). The Effects of Interviewer Gender in Mental Health Interviews. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 186(6). 369–373. 43 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin. (1997). A World without Words and the World with Words. Human Studies. 20(3). 377–381. 1 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin & Richard E. Adams. (1997). The Effect of Spouse Presence on Appraisals of Emotional Support and Household Strain. Public Opinion Quarterly. 61(4). 615–615. 17 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin & Jill Stein. (1996). Narrative Mapping of Social Worlds: The Voice of Experience in Alcoholics Anonymous. Symbolic Interaction. 19(3). 203–223. 71 indexed citations

Pollner, Melvin & Steve Woolgar. (1991). Knowledge and Reflexivity: New Frontiers in the Sociology of Knowledge.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(3). 458–458. 41 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin. (1989). Divine Relations, Social Relations, and Well-Being. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 30(1). 92–92. 365 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin & Jon Elster. (1989). The Multiple Self (Studies in Rationality and Social Change).. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(3). 459–459. 13 indexed citations

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Emerson, Robert M. & Melvin Pollner. (1988). On the Uses of Members' Responses to Researchers' Accounts. Human Organization. 47(3). 189–198. 55 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D. & Melvin Pollner. (1988). Mundane Reason: Reality in Every-Day and Sociological Discourse. British Journal of Sociology. 39(3). 466–466. 12 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin. (1987). Mundane Reason: Reality in Everyday and Sociological Discourse. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 173 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin, et al.. (1985). The Social Construction of Unreality: A Case Study of a Family's Attribution of Competence to a Severely Retarded Child. Family Process. 24(2). 241–254. 65 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin & James A. Holstein. (1985). Psychological Well‐Being and the Socio‐Symbolics of Athletic Contests*. Sociological Inquiry. 55(3). 291–309. 2 indexed citations

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Grusky, Oscar & Melvin Pollner. (1981). The Sociology of Mental Illness: Basic Studies. 6 indexed citations

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Emerson, Robert M. & Melvin Pollner. (1978). Policies and Practices of Psychiatric Case Selection. 5(1). 75–96. 11 indexed citations

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Emerson, Robert M. & Melvin Pollner. (1976). Dirty Work Designations: Their Features and Consequences in a Psychiatric Setting. Social Problems. 23(3). 243–254. 85 indexed citations

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Pollner, Melvin. (1975). 'The Very Coinage of Your Brain': The Anatomy of Reality Disjunctures. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 5(3). 411–430. 108 indexed citations

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