Virginia Olesen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Virginia Olesen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Olesen has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Gender Studies and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Virginia Olesen's work include Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 papers). Virginia Olesen is often cited by papers focused on Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 papers). Virginia Olesen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Virginia Olesen's co-authors include Amitaï Etzioni, Elvi Whittaker, Adele E. Clarke, Fred Davis, Ida Harper Simpson, Kathy Charmaz, Carol S. Weisman, Sheryl Burt Ruzek, Nancy Fúgate Woods and Cynthia Fuchs Epstein and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Olesen

58 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virginia Olesen United States	19	552	364	343	207	168	60	1.7k
Leonard Schatzman United States	9	619 1.1×	366 1.0×	404 1.2×	56 0.3×	192 1.1×	17	1.8k
Jon Lorence United States	21	564 1.0×	261 0.7×	350 1.0×	208 1.0×	268 1.6×	41	1.4k
Charlotte Aull Davies United Kingdom	17	626 1.1×	200 0.5×	276 0.8×	168 0.8×	92 0.5×	41	1.6k
William Shaffir Canada	18	738 1.3×	123 0.3×	201 0.6×	101 0.5×	129 0.8×	37	1.3k
Linda McKie United Kingdom	25	750 1.4×	177 0.5×	443 1.3×	342 1.7×	68 0.4×	80	1.8k
Mary K. Zimmerman United States	16	795 1.4×	190 0.5×	319 0.9×	372 1.8×	124 0.7×	31	1.5k
Rue Bucher United States	14	463 0.8×	158 0.4×	385 1.1×	51 0.2×	135 0.8×	23	1.6k
Emily K. Abel United States	13	699 1.3×	149 0.4×	422 1.2×	147 0.7×	73 0.4×	56	1.3k
Joan W. Moore United States	19	1.5k 2.7×	240 0.7×	454 1.3×	212 1.0×	256 1.5×	57	2.5k
Sheila B. Kamerman United States	27	972 1.8×	514 1.4×	485 1.4×	629 3.0×	102 0.6×	97	2.1k

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All Works

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Olesen, Virginia, et al.. (2022). Women, Health, and Healing. 1 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (2011). Not Without a Shout. Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. 11(4). 403–405. 3 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1994). Problematic Bodies: Past, Present, and Future. Symbolic Interaction. 17(2). 231–237. 5 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1994). Feminisms and models of qualitative research.. 157 indexed citations

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Stacey, Margaret & Virginia Olesen. (1993). Introduction. Social Science & Medicine. 36(1). 1–5. 9 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1991). Self-Assessment and Change in One's Profession: Notes on the Phenomenology of Aging Among Mid-Life Women. Journal of Women & Aging. 2(4). 69–79. 1 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia, et al.. (1990). The mundane ailment and the physical self: Analysis of the social psychology of health and illness. Social Science & Medicine. 30(4). 449–455. 17 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1987). In Her Prime: A New View of Middle-Aged Women. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 175(12). 744–744. 43 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia & Nancy Fúgate Woods. (1986). Introduction to the special issue. Health Care For Women International. 7(1-2). 11–13. 1 indexed citations

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Lewis, Lionel S., Gerald Grant, Peter Elbow, et al.. (1982). The Hired Learning in America. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 11(3). 283–283. 1 indexed citations

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Lewin, Ellen & Virginia Olesen. (1980). Lateralness in women's work: New views on success. Sex Roles. 6(4). 619–629. 7 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1975). Sexual identity. Sex roles and social change. Social Science & Medicine (1967). 9(1). 53–54. 16 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1973). Militance in a Women's Profession: Psychological Characteristics of Partisans and Critics of a Nurses' “Strike”. Psychological Reports. 32(1). 171–177. 2 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1973). What happens after schooling:. Social Science & Medicine (1967). 7(1). 61–75. 5 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia. (1970). LEADS ON OLD QUESTIONS FROM A NEW REVOLUTION: NOTES ON CUBAN WOMEN, 1969*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 175(3). 880–897. 3 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia, et al.. (1969). The Silent Dialogue: A Study in the Social Psychology of Professional Socialization. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 69(3). 618–618. 47 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia, et al.. (1968). Conditions under Which College Students Borrow, Use, and Alter Slang. American Speech. 43(3). 222–222. 6 indexed citations

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Olesen, Virginia & Elvi Whittaker. (1967). Role-Making in Participant Observation: Processes in the Researcher-Actor Relationship. Human Organization. 26(4). 273–281. 24 indexed citations

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Davis, Fred, et al.. (1966). The career outlook of professionally educated women. Nursing Research. 15(2). 182–182.

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Corwin, Ronald G., et al.. (1965). Role Conception and Vocational Success and Satisfaction; a Study of Student and Professional Nurses. Nursing Research. 14(1). 58–58. 6 indexed citations

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