William C. Mann

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
178 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

William C. Mann is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Mental health and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Mann has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Occupational Therapy, 31 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 30 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in William C. Mann's work include Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (41 papers), Technology Use by Older Adults (24 papers) and Older Adults Driving Studies (20 papers). William C. Mann is often cited by papers focused on Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (41 papers), Technology Use by Older Adults (24 papers) and Older Adults Driving Studies (20 papers). William C. Mann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. William C. Mann's co-authors include Sandra A. Thompson, Machiko Tomita, Maite Taboada, Dianne Hurren, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Barbara Charvat, Michael D. Justiss, Patrícia Belchior, Dennis McCarthy and Samuel S. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Medical Care.

In The Last Decade

William C. Mann

173 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization

1988 2.1k citations William C. Mann, Sandra A. Thompson profile →
RHETORICAL STRUCTURE THEORY: A THEORY OF TEXT ORGANIZATION

1987 513 citations William C. Mann profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William C. Mann United States	38	2.8k	1.0k	933	821	798	178	7.1k
Benjamin D. Wright United States	40	287 0.1×	245 0.2×	152 0.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	123	10.8k
Lynn S. Fuchs United States	93	816 0.3×	350 0.3×	439 0.5×	976 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	476	28.7k
Daniel Morrow United States	43	489 0.2×	50 0.0×	177 0.2×	443 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	143	5.2k
Abigail Sellen United Kingdom	60	1.4k 0.5×	86 0.1×	134 0.1×	101 0.1×	408 0.5×	193	11.4k
Wendy A. Rogers United States	55	1.4k 0.5×	730 0.7×	25 0.0×	771 0.9×	884 1.1×	408	12.3k
Arthur D. Fisk United States	46	921 0.3×	438 0.4×	31 0.0×	427 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	249	9.4k
Philip Kortum United States	24	739 0.3×	158 0.2×	40 0.0×	280 0.3×	341 0.4×	96	7.3k
Timothy Bickmore United States	44	3.0k 1.0×	51 0.0×	87 0.1×	203 0.2×	702 0.9×	208	7.9k
Susan E. Embretson United States	27	748 0.3×	69 0.1×	76 0.1×	747 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	64	7.3k
Robert J. Mislevy United States	47	1.8k 0.6×	39 0.0×	256 0.3×	166 0.2×	953 1.2×	211	10.0k

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Belchior, Patrícia, Anna Yam, Kelsey R. Thomas, et al.. (2018). Computer and Videogame Interventions for Older Adults' Cognitive and Everyday Functioning. Games for Health Journal. 8(2). 129–143. 31 indexed citations

Kreider, Consuelo, et al.. (2018). Beyond Academics: A Model for Simultaneously Advancing Campus-Based Supports for Learning Disabilities, STEM Students’ Skills for Self-Regulation, and Mentors’ Knowledge for Co-regulating and Guiding. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1466–1466. 20 indexed citations

Mann, William C., et al.. (2011). Advances in Personal Emergency Response and Detection Systems. Assistive Technology. 23(3). 152–161. 15 indexed citations

Classen, Sherrilene, et al.. (2011). Simulated Driving Performance of Combat Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 65(4). 419–427. 35 indexed citations

Winkler, Sandra, Bruce Vogel, Helen Hoenig, et al.. (2010). Cost, Utilization, and Policy of Provision of Assistive Technology Devices to Veterans Poststroke by Medicare and VA. Medical Care. 48(6). 558–562. 38 indexed citations

Mann, William C., et al.. (2009). Feasibility of Machine-Based Prompting to Assist Persons With Dementia. Assistive Technology. 21(4). 196–207. 28 indexed citations

Mann, William C.. (2008). Aging, disability and independence : selected papers from the 4th International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence(2008). 3 indexed citations

Mann, William C., et al.. (2006). Promoting independence for older persons with disabilities : selected papers from the 2006 International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence. IOS Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Mann, William C., et al.. (2005). Problems With Dressing in the Frail Elderly. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 59(4). 398–408. 13 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., et al.. (2002). Dissatisfaction and Nonuse of Assistive Devices Among Frail Elders. Assistive Technology. 14(2). 130–139. 31 indexed citations

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Mann, William C.. (1994). Project LINK: Consumer Information for Persons with Disabilities. 1(2). 1 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, & Sandra A. Thompson. (1992). Rhetorical Structure Theory and Text Analysis. Pragmatics & beyond. New series. 90. 39–39. 143 indexed citations

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Mann, William C.. (1991). State-Wide Planning for Access to Technology Applications for Individuals with Disabilities. Journal of rehabilitation. 57(1). 17. 4 indexed citations

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Mann, William C. & Joseph P. Lane. (1991). Assistive technology for persons with disabilities : the role of occupational therapy. 12 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., et al.. (1991). Leisure Activity Profile Measuring Use of Leisure Time by Persons with Alcoholism. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. 10(4). 31–41. 6 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., et al.. (1991). Standard Scores for the Bay Area Functional Performance Evaluation Task Oriented Assessment. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. 11(1). 13–24. 1 indexed citations

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Mann, William C.. (1985). 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics : proceedings of the conference, 8-12 July 1985, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Mann, William C.. (1983). An overview of the Penman text generation system. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 261–265. 58 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., James A. Moore, & James A. Levin. (1977). A comprehension model for human dialogue. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 77–87. 34 indexed citations

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Mann, William C., et al.. (1962). Redundancy techniques for computing systems. 104 indexed citations

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