Steinar Kvale

33.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
50 papers, 18.8k citations indexed

About

Steinar Kvale is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steinar Kvale has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 18.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Social Psychology, 11 papers in Education and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Steinar Kvale's work include Social and Educational Sciences (7 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (6 papers) and Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research (5 papers). Steinar Kvale is often cited by papers focused on Social and Educational Sciences (7 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (6 papers) and Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research (5 papers). Steinar Kvale collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Norway and Germany. Steinar Kvale's co-authors include Svend Brinkmann, Mariane Hedegaard, Klaus Nielsen, Jean Lave, Ragnar Rommetveit, Odd E. Havik and Ole Dreier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Acta Psychologica and Qualitative Inquiry.

In The Last Decade

Steinar Kvale

49 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

InterViews: An introduction to qualitative research inter... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1996 1996 2015 2007 1983 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steinar Kvale Denmark 23 4.9k 4.4k 2.9k 2.5k 2.3k 50 18.8k
Donna Reseigh Long United States 10 4.1k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 28 15.2k
Harvey Goldstein United Kingdom 74 4.1k 0.8× 4.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 368 26.9k
David Ellis United Kingdom 33 3.9k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 146 17.3k
Thomas D. Cook United States 50 5.7k 1.2× 5.3k 1.2× 4.1k 1.4× 3.6k 1.4× 3.3k 1.4× 191 26.5k
Nicholas T. Longford United Kingdom 23 4.2k 0.8× 4.2k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 3.3k 1.4× 121 18.5k
Gill Crozier United Kingdom 26 6.7k 1.4× 7.6k 1.7× 2.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 53 20.6k
A. Michael Huberman Switzerland 21 5.8k 1.2× 10.1k 2.3× 2.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 38 26.4k
Klaus Krippendorff United States 34 7.6k 1.5× 4.4k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 116 30.5k
Joseph J. Pilotta United States 8 6.9k 1.4× 6.5k 1.5× 5.1k 1.7× 4.4k 1.8× 3.3k 1.5× 30 26.0k
Martyn Hammersley United Kingdom 53 7.1k 1.4× 5.0k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 260 17.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steinar Kvale

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brinkmann, Svend & Steinar Kvale. (2018). Doing Interviews. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brinkmann, Svend & Steinar Kvale. (2015). InterViews : learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1686 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kvale, Steinar & Svend Brinkmann. (2015). Interview: Det kvalitative forskningsinterview som håndværk. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 33 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (2013). Husserls, Heideggers og Marx's Betydning for Psykologien. Nordisk Psykologi. 2 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (2008). Qualitative Inquiry between Scientistic Evidentialism, Ethical Subjectivism and the Free Market. International Review of Qualitative Research. 1(1). 5–18. 21 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (2007). Doing Interviews. 1102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kvale, Steinar. (2003). The Psychoanalytic Interview as inspiration for qualitative research. 5(2). 20–42. 22 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (2001). The Psychoanalysis Interview as Qualitative Research. 43(3). 9. 6 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Klaus & Steinar Kvale. (1999). Erhvervsuddannelse: hvordan lærer man i praktik?. 2 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1996). The 1,000-Page Question. Qualitative Inquiry. 2(3). 275–284. 109 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1995). The Social Construction of Validity. Qualitative Inquiry. 1(1). 19–40. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kvale, Steinar. (1992). La evaluación y la descentralización de los conocimientos. Revista de educación. 119–141. 1 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1992). Psychology and postmodernism. 423 indexed citations
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Dreier, Ole & Steinar Kvale. (1984). Dialectical and hermeneutical psychology. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 25(1). 5–29. 2 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1976). Meanings as data and human technology. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 17(1). 171–180. 10 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1973). The Technological Paradigm of Psychological Research1. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 3(2). 143–154. 10 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1972). Prüfung und Herrschaft : Hochschulprüfungen zwischen Ritual und Rationalisierung. Beltz eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kvale, Steinar. (1968). ‘Unconscious processes’ in concept formation. Acta Psychologica. 28. 344–362. 3 indexed citations
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Rommetveit, Ragnar & Steinar Kvale. (1965). STAGES IN CONCEPT FORMATION. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 6(3). 65–65. 6 indexed citations
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Rommetveit, Ragnar & Steinar Kvale. (1965). STAGES IN CONCEPT FORMATION. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 6(4). 75–79. 8 indexed citations

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