Vance Packard

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Vance Packard is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vance Packard has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Vance Packard's work include Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy (1 paper), Political Dynamics in Latin America (1 paper) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 paper). Vance Packard is often cited by papers focused on Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy (1 paper), Political Dynamics in Latin America (1 paper) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 paper). Vance Packard collaborates with scholars based in Russia and United States. Vance Packard's co-authors include Jetse Sprey, Andrew W. Halpin, William Petersen, Robert H. Walker, William Simon, C. Northcote Parkinson, William H. Whyte, Charles W. Mills, Sidney J. Levy and Daniel Horowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing, American Sociological Review and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

Vance Packard

27 papers receiving 761 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 hidden persuaders

1962 503 citations Vance Packard Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vance Packard Russia	14	348	248	95	87	87	30	1.1k
Baron Isherwood United Kingdom	6	564 1.6×	355 1.4×	92 1.0×	143 1.6×	95 1.1×	8	1.4k
Stuart Ewen United States	11	500 1.4×	254 1.0×	74 0.8×	82 0.9×	72 0.8×	21	1.4k
Roland Marchand United States	15	690 2.0×	289 1.2×	64 0.7×	132 1.5×	92 1.1×	29	1.7k
Monroe Friedman United States	17	427 1.2×	597 2.4×	86 0.9×	108 1.2×	120 1.4×	47	1.1k
Charles D. Schewe United States	20	646 1.9×	678 2.7×	182 1.9×	68 0.8×	324 3.7×	49	1.5k
Carol A. Scott United States	16	504 1.4×	487 2.0×	211 2.2×	99 1.1×	183 2.1×	46	1.3k
Elizabeth B. Goldsmith United States	18	575 1.7×	591 2.4×	136 1.4×	114 1.3×	233 2.7×	44	1.3k
David Gartman United States	14	722 2.1×	66 0.3×	46 0.5×	78 0.9×	100 1.1×	40	1.3k
Ronald F. Bush United States	17	472 1.4×	785 3.2×	120 1.3×	72 0.8×	423 4.9×	33	1.5k
Gilles Lipovetsky France	14	412 1.2×	119 0.5×	66 0.7×	29 0.3×	42 0.5×	47	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vance Packard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vance Packard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vance Packard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vance Packard. Vance Packard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Packard, Vance. (2000). Marketing Eight Hidden Needs. 1(1).

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Packard, Vance & Daniel Horowitz. (1995). American social classes in the 1950s : selections from Vance Packard's The Status seekers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

3.

Packard, Vance. (1989). The Ultra Rich: How Much Is Too Much?. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

4.

Packard, Vance. (1983). Our Endangered Children: Growing Up in a Changing World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance. (1972). A nation of strangers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 61 indexed citations

6.

Packard, Vance. (1972). Las Formas Ocultas de la Propaganda. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 15 indexed citations

7.

Packard, Vance. (1969). Die geheimen Verführer. Technische Universität Dortmund Eldorado (Technische Universität Dortmund). 1 indexed citations

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Simon, William & Vance Packard. (1969). The Sexual Wilderness: The Contemporary Upheaval in Male-Female Relationships.. American Sociological Review. 34(4). 605–605. 6 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance. (1965). Une société sans défense.

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Packard, Vance, et al.. (1965). Nova técnica de convencer. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Packard, Vance. (1964). The Naked Society. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 35 indexed citations

12.

Packard, Vance. (1960). The status seekers : an exploration of class behaviour in America. 13 indexed citations

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Petersen, William & Vance Packard. (1960). The Status Seekers: An Exploration of Class Behavior in America and the Hidden Barriers that Affect You, Your Community, Your Future.. American Sociological Review. 25(1). 124–124. 13 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance. (1960). The Waste Makers. 170 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert H. & Vance Packard. (1960). The Status Seekers.. American Quarterly. 12(1). 103–103. 7 indexed citations

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Levy, Sidney J. & Vance Packard. (1959). The Status Seekers. Journal of Marketing. 24(2). 121–121. 1 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance, et al.. (1959). La persuasion clandestine. Population. 14(1). 164–164. 13 indexed citations

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Parkinson, C. Northcote, et al.. (1959). Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Administration. The Western Political Quarterly. 12(4). 1132–1132. 11 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance. (1959). The Status Seekers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 101 indexed citations

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Packard, Vance. (1958). Die geheimen Verführer : der Griff nach dem unbewussten in Jedermann. 2 indexed citations

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