Robert T. Blackburn

3.1k total citations
91 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert T. Blackburn is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert T. Blackburn has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Education, 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Robert T. Blackburn's work include Higher Education Research Studies (25 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (14 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers). Robert T. Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (25 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (14 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers). Robert T. Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and India. Robert T. Blackburn's co-authors include Janet H. Lawrence, Roger G. Baldwin, Flora F. Tien, Gerhard Sonnert, David Hall, David W. Chapman, Jeffery P. Bieber, Mary Jo Clark, Robert J. Havighurst and Clifton F. Conrad and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Robert T. Blackburn

82 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert T. Blackburn United States 24 1.2k 482 343 289 206 91 2.2k
John A. Centra United States 31 2.4k 2.0× 472 1.0× 247 0.7× 125 0.4× 46 0.2× 109 3.2k
Helen S. Astin United States 28 1.5k 1.2× 605 1.3× 179 0.5× 153 0.5× 67 0.3× 72 2.9k
James S. Fairweather United States 23 904 0.7× 149 0.3× 425 1.2× 156 0.5× 62 0.3× 50 1.6k
Joseph B. Berger United States 22 1.6k 1.3× 398 0.8× 446 1.3× 157 0.5× 44 0.2× 50 2.1k
Jack H. Schuster United States 14 1.1k 0.9× 266 0.6× 533 1.6× 188 0.7× 35 0.2× 45 1.8k
Roger G. Baldwin United States 17 833 0.7× 260 0.5× 219 0.6× 179 0.6× 33 0.2× 68 1.4k
Eric L. Dey United States 24 1.8k 1.5× 621 1.3× 438 1.3× 194 0.7× 37 0.2× 41 2.9k
John C. Weidman United States 14 2.1k 1.7× 526 1.1× 361 1.1× 276 1.0× 21 0.1× 54 2.9k
Vicki J. Rosser United States 20 879 0.7× 445 0.9× 282 0.8× 197 0.7× 28 0.1× 39 1.6k
KerryAnn O’Meara United States 30 1.3k 1.1× 544 1.1× 309 0.9× 398 1.4× 40 0.2× 75 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert T. Blackburn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert T. Blackburn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tien, Flora F. & Robert T. Blackburn. (1996). Faculty Rank System, Research Motivation, and Faculty Research Productivity: Measure Refinement and Theory Testing. The Journal of Higher Education. 67(1). 2–2. 76 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1990). Current Appointments and Tenure Practices: Their Impact on New Faculty Careers.. 41(3). 2 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1990). Research note: Some corrections and suggestions for working with the national faculty survey databases. Research in Higher Education. 31(6). 587–604. 4 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1989). Faculty Research Productivity 1972-1980: Development and Application of Constant Units of Measure. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Roger & Robert T. Blackburn. (1988). Mentoring and Junior Faculty Productivity. Journal of Nursing Education. 27(5). 204–209. 30 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1988). Performance Appraisal for Faculty. Implications for Higher Education. From the Program on Faculty as a Key Resource.. 3 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T. & Clifton F. Conrad. (1986). The new revisionists and the history of U.S. higher education. Higher Education. 15(3-4). 211–230. 2 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1986). University faculty and administrator responses to job strains. Research in Higher Education. 25(1). 31–41. 34 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1985). Current Appointment & Tenure Practices: Their Impact on New Faculty Careers. ASHE 1985 Annual Meeting Paper.. 1 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Roger G. & Robert T. Blackburn. (1983). College faculty : versatile human resources in a period of constraint. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 18 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1981). ?Cloning? in academe: Mentorship and academic careers. Research in Higher Education. 15(4). 315–327. 129 indexed citations
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Gamson, Zelda F., Marvin W. Peterson, & Robert T. Blackburn. (1980). Stages in the Response of White Colleges and Universities to Black Students. The Journal of Higher Education. 51(3). 255–267. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T. & Robert J. Havighurst. (1979). Career patterns of U.S. male academic social scientists. Higher Education. 8(5). 553–572. 35 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T. & Robert J. Havighurst. (1976). Career Patterns of Distinguished Male Social Scientists.. 6 indexed citations
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Fox, Thomas G. & Robert T. Blackburn. (1975). Factors influencing medical school faculty disposition toward collective bargaining. Academic Medicine. 50(3). 229–36.
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1975). Personal Characteristics and Teaching Effectiveness of College Faculty.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 67(1). 124–131. 49 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1974). College Football and Mr. Chips: All in the Family.. Phi Delta Kappan. 3 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1974). Expert Rating on Academic Leadership as a Measure of Institutional Quality. Sociology of Education. 47(4). 535–535.
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Blackburn, Robert T., et al.. (1973). Career Patterns and Job Mobility of College and University Music Faculty. Journal of Research in Music Education. 21(2). 162–168. 3 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Robert T.. (1968). College Libraries-Indicted Failures: Some Reasons-and a Possible Remedy. College & Research Libraries. 29(3). 171–177. 8 indexed citations

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