Michael Orsini

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 597 citations indexed

About

Michael Orsini is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Orsini has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 597 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Orsini's work include Sex work and related issues (5 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 papers) and Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers). Michael Orsini is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (5 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 papers) and Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers). Michael Orsini collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Czechia and United Kingdom. Michael Orsini's co-authors include Francisco Ortega, Miriam Smith, Lindsay O’Dell, Charlotte Brownlow, Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Jennifer M. Kilty, Susan D. Phillips, Deborah McPhail, Denise L. Spitzer and Ted Schrecker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Canadian Medical Association Journal and Sociology of Health & Illness.

In The Last Decade

Michael Orsini

31 papers receiving 544 citations

Hit Papers

Governing COVID-19 without government in Brazil: Ignoranc... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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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. Governing COVID-19 without government in Brazil: Ignorance, neoliberal authoritarianism, and the collapse of public health leadership
    2020 204 citations Michael Orsini et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Orsini Canada 11 185 147 141 124 59 35 597
Virginia Murphy‐Berman United States 14 203 1.1× 109 0.7× 43 0.3× 105 0.8× 47 0.8× 34 564
Anna Stefaniak Canada 12 381 2.1× 103 0.7× 57 0.4× 64 0.5× 30 0.5× 32 635
Margaret Tankard United States 7 462 2.5× 59 0.4× 71 0.5× 74 0.6× 31 0.5× 13 779
Shannon B. Harper United States 7 362 2.0× 166 1.1× 33 0.2× 87 0.7× 50 0.8× 19 604
Daniel Seddig Germany 14 399 2.2× 168 1.1× 62 0.4× 49 0.4× 56 0.9× 39 740
Adrienne H. Chung United States 8 346 1.9× 63 0.4× 37 0.3× 86 0.7× 52 0.9× 13 827
Rebecca Jones United Kingdom 13 276 1.5× 174 1.2× 33 0.2× 90 0.7× 39 0.7× 41 622
Claire Laurier Decoteau United States 10 159 0.9× 54 0.4× 39 0.3× 63 0.5× 25 0.4× 25 351
Casey Borch United States 15 289 1.6× 186 1.3× 16 0.1× 100 0.8× 131 2.2× 32 778
Carl Stempel United States 15 370 2.0× 217 1.5× 17 0.1× 125 1.0× 34 0.6× 25 609

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Orsini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Orsini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Orsini

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kilty, Jennifer M. & Michael Orsini. (2024). Emotions and anti-carceral advocacy in Canada: ‘All of the anger this creates in our bodies is also a tool to kill us’. Policy & Politics. 52(2). 219–238. 3 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael. (2022). Who needs to (un)know? On the generative possibilities of ignorance for autistic futures. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 38(5). 640–657. 3 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael & Jennifer M. Kilty. (2021). When biographical disruption meets HIV exceptionalism: Reshaping illness identities in the shadow of criminalization. Sociology of Health & Illness. 43(5). 1136–1153. 4 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael, et al.. (2021). The end of exceptionalism or exceptionalism by other means? unraveling the contradictions of HIV/AIDS governance in Canada. Critical Policy Studies. 16(1). 97–115. 2 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael. (2021). Feeling critical: navigating the emotional worlds of COVID-19. Critical Policy Studies. 15(3). 387–397. 10 indexed citations
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Kelly, Christine & Michael Orsini. (2021). Beyond Measure? Disability Art, Affect and Reimagining Visitor Experience. Studies in Social Justice. 15(2). 288–306. 1 indexed citations
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McPhail, Deborah & Michael Orsini. (2021). Fat acceptance as social justice. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193(35). E1398–E1399. 15 indexed citations
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Kilty, Jennifer M. & Michael Orsini. (2019). “We write as little as we have to”: charting practices and documenting disclosure in response to HIV criminalization in Canada. AIDS Care. 31(8). 1035–1040. 3 indexed citations
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Kilty, Jennifer M. & Michael Orsini. (2019). Counteracting shame, recognizing desire: Managing the emotional reverberations of criminalizing HIV nondisclosure in Canada. The Sociological Review. 67(6). 1265–1281. 5 indexed citations
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Kilty, Jennifer M., Michael Orsini, & Péter Balogh. (2017). Critical bioethics in the time of epidemic: The case of the criminalization of HIV/AIDS nondisclosure in Canada. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Kilty, Jennifer M. & Michael Orsini. (2017). Confessional Technologies and the Will to Disclose: Mobilizing Emotions and Lived Experience in AIDS Service Organizations in Canada. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 14(4). 434–444. 9 indexed citations
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Kilty, Jennifer M., Michael Orsini, & Péter Balogh. (2017). . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 2 indexed citations
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Labonté, Ronald, et al.. (2015). Globalization and the health of Canadians: ‘Having a job is the most important thing’. Globalization and Health. 11(1). 19–19. 24 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael, et al.. (2014). Narrating Sustainability in Canadian Health Care Reform Discourse. Social Policy and Administration. 50(3). 297–315. 4 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael & Miriam Smith. (2010). Social movements, knowledge and public policy: the case of autism activism in Canada and the US. Critical Policy Studies. 4(1). 38–57. 64 indexed citations
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Davidson, Joyce & Michael Orsini. (2010). The place of emotions in critical autism studies. Emotion, space and society. 3(2). 131–133. 6 indexed citations
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Cooper, Mary Reich, et al.. (2009). The Unintended Consequences of Being Friendly. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 31(5). 43–47.
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Orsini, Michael, et al.. (2006). “Every Virus Tells a Story”: Toward a Narrative-Centred Approach to Health Policy. Policy and Society. 25(2). 109–130. 11 indexed citations
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Orsini, Michael, et al.. (2004). Savoir, pouvoir et pragmatisme : l’expertise au service de l’action sociale. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 135–145. 3 indexed citations
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Phillips, Susan D. & Michael Orsini. (2002). Mapping the Links: Citizen Involvement in Policy Processes. CPRN Discussion Paper.. 20 indexed citations

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