Peter McHugh

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Peter McHugh is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter McHugh has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Philosophy, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter McHugh's work include Social Representations and Identity (1 paper), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (1 paper). Peter McHugh is often cited by papers focused on Social Representations and Identity (1 paper), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (1 paper). Peter McHugh collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Peter McHugh's co-authors include John I. Kitsuse, Malcolm Spector, Alan Blum, A. R. Louch, J. K. Tien, Richard Grathoff and Marilyn Lester and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Peter McHugh

11 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Constructing Social Problems

1978 937 citations Peter McHugh, Malcolm Spector et al. The Canadian Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter McHugh Canada	8	769	135	135	129	120	12	1.5k
Jack D. Douglas United States	21	825 1.1×	158 1.2×	111 0.8×	107 0.8×	97 0.8×	54	1.5k
Malcolm Spector Canada	11	955 1.2×	217 1.6×	95 0.7×	179 1.4×	112 0.9×	32	1.6k
Murray L. Wax United States	20	541 0.7×	148 1.1×	95 0.7×	134 1.0×	59 0.5×	92	1.4k
Steven M. Tipton United States	5	639 0.8×	93 0.7×	92 0.7×	163 1.3×	83 0.7×	8	1.1k
E. Doyle McCarthy United States	11	616 0.8×	111 0.8×	59 0.4×	109 0.8×	97 0.8×	23	1.1k
Huck Gutman	4	836 1.1×	171 1.3×	128 0.9×	224 1.7×	84 0.7×	9	1.6k
Melvin Pollner United States	16	780 1.0×	232 1.7×	136 1.0×	64 0.5×	154 1.3×	28	1.7k
Milton Bloombaum United States	9	553 0.7×	135 1.0×	49 0.4×	54 0.4×	141 1.2×	15	1.3k
Michael M. Ames Canada	16	619 0.8×	75 0.6×	132 1.0×	258 2.0×	55 0.5×	46	1.6k
Irwin Deutscher United States	15	612 0.8×	278 2.1×	53 0.4×	136 1.1×	83 0.7×	46	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter McHugh

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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McHugh, Peter. (2005). Shared Being, Old Promises, and the Just Necessity of Affirmative Action. Human Studies. 28(2). 129–156. 10 indexed citations

2.

McHugh, Peter. (1996). Insomnia and the (t)error of lost foundation in postmodernism. Human Studies. 19(1). 17–42. 7 indexed citations

3.

McHugh, Peter, et al.. (1992). The Hermeneutics of Life History: Personal Achievement and History in Gadamer, Habermas, and Erikson. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 17(1). 119–119. 3 indexed citations

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McHugh, Peter, et al.. (1982). Including stacking fault energy into the resisting stress model for creep of particle strengthened alloys. Scripta Metallurgica. 16(5). 483–488. 76 indexed citations

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Lester, Marilyn, Alan Blum, & Peter McHugh. (1981). Friends, Enemies, and Stangers: Theorizing in Art, Science, and Everyday Life.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(3). 422–422.

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McHugh, Peter, Malcolm Spector, & John I. Kitsuse. (1978). Constructing Social Problems. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 3(2). 273–273. 937 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grathoff, Richard, et al.. (1976). On the Beginning of Social Inquiry.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(3). 354–354. 26 indexed citations

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McHugh, Peter, et al.. (1974). On the Beginning of Social Inquiry. British Journal of Sociology. 25(4). 511–511. 60 indexed citations

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Blum, Alan & Peter McHugh. (1971). The Social Ascription of Motives. American Sociological Review. 36(1). 98–98. 126 indexed citations

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McHugh, Peter, et al.. (1969). Defining the Situation: The Organization of Meaning in Social Interaction.. Social Forces. 48(1). 117–117. 6 indexed citations

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McHugh, Peter, et al.. (1969). Defining the Situation: The Organization of Meaning in Social Interaction.. American Sociological Review. 34(4). 563–563. 106 indexed citations

12.

McHugh, Peter & A. R. Louch. (1967). Explanation and Human Action.. American Sociological Review. 32(5). 825–825. 97 indexed citations

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