Thelma McCormack

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Thelma McCormack is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thelma McCormack has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Gender Studies and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thelma McCormack's work include Gender, Feminism, and Media (7 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (4 papers). Thelma McCormack is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Feminism, and Media (7 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (4 papers). Thelma McCormack collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Thelma McCormack's co-authors include Axel Honneth, Charles R. Wright, Roz Laing, Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker, Eli M. Noam, Ithiel de Sola Pool, Donald T. Campbell, Jeremy Webber and Herbert I. Schiller and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Thelma McCormack

45 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The Struggle for Recognition. The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thelma McCormack Canada	12	1.1k	546	238	234	221	53	2.1k
Edmund Jephcott	12	1.5k 1.4×	526 1.0×	175 0.7×	166 0.7×	215 1.0×	24	2.9k
Alan Wolfe United States	20	1.0k 0.9×	480 0.9×	123 0.5×	216 0.9×	83 0.4×	59	2.2k
David Riesman United States	22	1.0k 1.0×	472 0.9×	130 0.5×	454 1.9×	149 0.7×	151	2.6k
Louis A. Zürcher United States	25	1.6k 1.5×	338 0.6×	212 0.9×	146 0.6×	232 1.0×	93	2.4k
Patrick H. Hutton United States	11	936 0.9×	278 0.5×	147 0.6×	259 1.1×	235 1.1×	45	1.9k
Mary Gluck United States	8	1.3k 1.2×	338 0.6×	193 0.8×	345 1.5×	267 1.2×	26	2.4k
Arnold M. Rose United States	21	1.4k 1.3×	468 0.9×	157 0.7×	230 1.0×	173 0.8×	128	2.7k
Robert Hurley Canada	9	1.3k 1.2×	318 0.6×	323 1.4×	254 1.1×	245 1.1×	20	2.9k
Robert E. Lane United States	27	1.4k 1.3×	772 1.4×	191 0.8×	118 0.5×	146 0.7×	78	2.7k
Joel Best United States	23	1.4k 1.3×	238 0.4×	305 1.3×	198 0.8×	194 0.9×	95	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Thelma McCormack

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thelma McCormack

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All Works

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McCormack, Thelma, Ithiel de Sola Pool, & Eli M. Noam. (1992). Technologies without Boundaries: On Telecommunications in a Global Age.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(1). 108–108. 51 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1991). Public policies and reproductive technology: a feminist critique.. PubMed. 9. 105–24. 2 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma, et al.. (1991). Abortion: Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 3 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1990). Censorship and libel : the chilling effect. JAI Press eBooks.

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McCormack, Thelma. (1989). The 1988 Southam Lecture: The Texts of War and the Discourse of Peace. Canadian Journal of Communication. 14(1).

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McCormack, Thelma, Arthur Kroker, & Marilouise Kroker. (1989). Body Invaders: Panic Sex in America.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(1). 116–116. 80 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1988). The censorship of pornography: Catharsis or learning?. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 58(4). 492–504. 5 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma, et al.. (1986). Media and Elections in Canada.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(1). 82–82. 10 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1985). Becoming a Women's Studies Scholar: From Stardust to Section Fifteen. Canadian women's studies. 6(3). 1 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1984). Culture and the State. Canadian Public Policy. 10(3). 267–267. 4 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1983). The New Female Jocks. Canadian women's studies. 4(3).

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McCormack, Thelma. (1982). Culture, code and content analysis. JAI Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1981). Good theory or just theory? Toward a Feminist Philosophy of Social Science. 4(1). 1–12. 20 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1981). The new criticism and the sick role*. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 18(1). 30–47. 5 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma, et al.. (1980). Studies in communications : a research annual. JAI Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1975). Toward a Nonsexist Perspective on Social and Political Change. Sociological Inquiry. 45(2-3). 1–33. 10 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1972). POVERTY IN CANADA: THE CROLL REPORT AND ITS CRITICS1. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 9(4). 366–372. 2 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1971). Politics and Leisure. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 12(3). 168–181. 4 indexed citations

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Campbell, Donald T. & Thelma McCormack. (1957). Military Experience and Attitudes Toward Authority. American Journal of Sociology. 62(5). 482–490. 25 indexed citations

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McCormack, Thelma. (1952). The Motivation and Role of a Propagandist. Social Forces. 30(4). 388–394. 2 indexed citations

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