Rue Bucher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rue Bucher is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rue Bucher has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in Philosophy and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rue Bucher's work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (4 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (4 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers). Rue Bucher is often cited by papers focused on Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (4 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (4 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers). Rue Bucher collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Rue Bucher's co-authors include Anselm Strauss, Leonard Schatzman, Melvin Sabshin, Danuta Ehrlich, Joan Stelling, Eliot Freidson, Charles E. Fritz, E. L. Quarantelli and T Wegmann and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Rue Bucher

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Professions in Process 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Professions in Process
    1961 534 citations Rue Bucher, Anselm Strauss American Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rue Bucher United States 14 463 385 285 195 158 23 1.6k
Leonard Schatzman United States 9 619 1.3× 404 1.0× 172 0.6× 258 1.3× 366 2.3× 17 1.8k
Virginia Olesen United States 19 552 1.2× 343 0.9× 154 0.5× 143 0.7× 364 2.3× 60 1.7k
Herman Turk United States 12 305 0.7× 427 1.1× 226 0.8× 74 0.4× 71 0.4× 32 1.2k
John Heron United Kingdom 12 396 0.9× 353 0.9× 191 0.7× 192 1.0× 470 3.0× 26 1.6k
Danuta Ehrlich United States 8 240 0.5× 181 0.5× 100 0.4× 169 0.9× 64 0.4× 9 809
Marc Pilisuk United States 22 690 1.5× 439 1.1× 78 0.3× 353 1.8× 72 0.5× 78 1.7k
Louis H. Orzack United States 8 247 0.5× 221 0.6× 269 0.9× 34 0.2× 168 1.1× 19 1.2k
David A. Erlandson United States 8 419 0.9× 192 0.5× 95 0.3× 191 1.0× 665 4.2× 31 1.7k
Joel M. Charon 8 418 0.9× 194 0.5× 74 0.3× 153 0.8× 214 1.4× 10 1.1k
John C. Lammers United States 17 229 0.5× 317 0.8× 278 1.0× 107 0.5× 90 0.6× 34 924

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rue Bucher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rue Bucher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bucher, Rue. (1988). On the Natural History of Health Care Occupations. Work and Occupations. 15(2). 131–147. 47 indexed citations
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Stelling, Joan & Rue Bucher. (1973). Vocabularies of realism in professional socialization. Social Science & Medicine (1967). 7(9). 661–675. 29 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue & Joan Stelling. (1969). Characteristics of Professional Organizations. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 10(1). 3–3. 135 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1969). Implications of Prior Socialization for Residency Programs in Psychiatry. Archives of General Psychiatry. 20(4). 395–395. 15 indexed citations
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Strauss, Anselm, et al.. (1966). Psychiatric Ideologies and Institutions. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 66(1). 144–144. 270 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1965). The Psychiatric Professions: Power, Conflict, and Adaptation in a Psychiatric Hospital Staff. William Rushing. American Journal of Sociology. 71(1). 119–121. 1 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue & T Wegmann. (1965). [5 years of experience with Reverin].. PubMed. 95(47). 1621–8. 2 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1965). The Psychiatric Residency and Professional Socialization. Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 6(4). 197–197. 15 indexed citations
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Freidson, Eliot, Anselm Strauss, Leonard Schatzman, et al.. (1965). Psychiatric Ideologies and Institutions.. American Sociological Review. 30(4). 615–615. 333 indexed citations
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Schatzman, Leonard & Rue Bucher. (1964). Negotiating a Division of Labor among Professionals in the State Mental Hospital†. Psychiatry. 27(3). 266–277. 19 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1963). Mental Health in the Metropolis: The Midtown Manhattan Study.. Archives of General Psychiatry. 8(6). 623–623. 2 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1962). Pathology: A Study of Social Movements within a Profession. Social Problems. 10(1). 40–51. 14 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue & Leonard Schatzman. (1962). The Logic of the State Mental Hospital. Social Problems. 9(4). 337–349. 4 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1962). Pathology: A Study of Social Movements within a Profession. Social Problems. 10(1). 40–51. 64 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue & Anselm Strauss. (1961). Professions in Process. American Journal of Sociology. 66(4). 325–334. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bucher, Rue. (1959). Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients.. Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry. 81(4). 523–523. 7 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue. (1957). Blame and Hostility in Disaster. American Journal of Sociology. 62(5). 467–475. 61 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue, Charles E. Fritz, & E. L. Quarantelli. (1956). Tape Recorded Interviews in Social Research. American Sociological Review. 21(3). 359–359. 17 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue, Charles E. Fritz, & E. L. Quarantelli. (1956). Tape Recorded Research: Some Field and Data Processing Problems. Public Opinion Quarterly. 20(2). 426–439. 7 indexed citations
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Bucher, Rue, Charles E. Fritz, & E. L. Quarantelli. (1956). Tape Recorded Research: Some Field and Data Processing Problems. Public Opinion Quarterly. 20(2). 427–427. 6 indexed citations

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