Seymour B. Sarason

12.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
144 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Seymour B. Sarason is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Seymour B. Sarason has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Education, 13 papers in Clinical Psychology and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Seymour B. Sarason's work include Community Health and Development (10 papers), Psychological Testing and Assessment (8 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (7 papers). Seymour B. Sarason is often cited by papers focused on Community Health and Development (10 papers), Psychological Testing and Assessment (8 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (7 papers). Seymour B. Sarason collaborates with scholars based in United States. Seymour B. Sarason's co-authors include George Mandler, Kenneth S. Davidson, Frederick F. Lighthall, Britton K. Ruebush, Richard R. Waite, Kennedy T. Hill, John M. Doris, Boyd R. McCandless, Susan H. Fuhrman and Elizabeth Useem and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Seymour B. Sarason

136 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

The culture of the school and the problem of change 1952 2026 1976 2001 1971 1974 1952 1990 1960 400 800 1.2k
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. The culture of the school and the problem of change
    1971 1.4k citations Seymour B. Sarason profile →
  2. The Psychological Sense of Community: Prospects for a Community Psychology
    1974 925 citations Seymour B. Sarason Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. A study of anxiety and learning.
    1952 796 citations Seymour B. Sarason et al. profile →
  4. The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform
    1990 531 citations Seymour B. Sarason profile →
  5. Anxiety in elementary school children: A report of research.
    1960 447 citations Seymour B. Sarason, Kenneth S. Davidson et al. profile →
  6. The creation of settings and the future societies
    1972 337 citations Seymour B. Sarason Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Seymour B. Sarason United States 35 3.5k 1.8k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 144 8.7k
Mary Lee Smith United States 32 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 458 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 984 0.8× 87 7.1k
William Damon United States 38 3.5k 1.0× 3.0k 1.6× 575 0.4× 3.5k 2.5× 2.3k 1.8× 111 9.9k
Jeanne H. Block United States 35 1.4k 0.4× 3.6k 2.0× 467 0.3× 2.2k 1.6× 762 0.6× 80 7.1k
Janet T. Spence United States 44 1.2k 0.4× 2.5k 1.4× 785 0.5× 3.7k 2.6× 700 0.5× 119 12.3k
Michael W. Pratt Canada 43 1.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 478 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 136 5.4k
Joan E. Grusec Canada 43 3.1k 0.9× 5.3k 2.9× 455 0.3× 4.1k 3.0× 1.3k 1.0× 114 10.1k
Doris R. Entwisle United States 51 6.9k 2.0× 1.9k 1.0× 498 0.3× 864 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 149 10.2k
David L. Featherman United States 32 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 947 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 497 0.4× 77 8.2k
Paula S. Nurius United States 36 1.1k 0.3× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 681 0.5× 148 7.7k
James Youniss United States 37 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 644 0.4× 2.0k 1.4× 869 0.7× 144 7.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Głazek, Stanisław D. & Seymour B. Sarason. (2006). Productive Learning: Science, Art, and Einstein's Relativity in Educational Reform.. 5 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1999). Commentary: Leadership and Charter Schools.. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 2(4). 1 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1998). A Response to Deborah Meier.. Phi Delta Kappan. 79(5). 361. 1 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1997). How Schools Might Be Governed and Why. 105(3). 217–22. 22 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1995). Some Reactions to What We Have Learned.. Phi Delta Kappan. 77(1). 84–85. 18 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1992). Letters to a serious education president. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1983). Schooling in America : scapegoat and salvation. 33 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1982). Psychology and social action : selected papers. Praeger eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., et al.. (1980). The Challenge of the Resource Exchange Network.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 9(6). 842–842. 54 indexed citations
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Reppucci, N. Dickon & Seymour B. Sarason. (1979). Public policy and human service institutions. American Journal of Community Psychology. 7(5). 521–542. 8 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1978). An unsuccessful war on poverty?. American Psychologist. 33(9). 831–839. 10 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., et al.. (1977). The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142): What Does It Say.. Exceptional parent/˜The œExceptional parent. 1 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1975). Psychology To the Finland Station in The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers.. American Psychologist. 30(11). 1072–1080. 6 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1974). The Principal and the Power To Change. Chautauqua '74: The Remaking of the Principalship. The Human Texture.. 1 indexed citations
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Blatt, Burton, et al.. (1972). The Family of the Retarded Child. 20 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B.. (1964). Some Aspects of the Brain-Behavior Problem. Journal of Education. 147(1). 53–61. 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S. & Seymour B. Sarason. (1961). Test Anxiety and Classroom Observations. Child Development. 32(1). 199–199. 2 indexed citations
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Lighthall, Frederick F., et al.. (1959). Change in mental ability as a function of test anxiety and type of mental test.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 23(1). 34–38. 12 indexed citations
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Masland, Richard L. & Seymour B. Sarason. (1959). Mental Subnormality: Biological, Psychological, and Cultural Factors. Journal of the American Medical Association. 171(7). 1040–1040. 16 indexed citations
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Sarnoff, Irving, et al.. (1958). A cross-cultural study of anxiety among American and English school children.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 49(3). 129–136. 30 indexed citations

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