William McCord

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William McCord is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William McCord has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Clinical Psychology, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in William McCord's work include Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers) and Turtle Biology and Conservation (2 papers). William McCord is often cited by papers focused on Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers) and Turtle Biology and Conservation (2 papers). William McCord collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. William McCord's co-authors include Joan McCord, Alan Howard, Frederick W. Frey, Irving Kenneth Zola, Arthur Lerner, William W. Lamar, Leo Kuper, Lewis Yablonsky, John Howard and Mark H. Haller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

William McCord

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Deviant Children Grown Up 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Deviant Children Grown Up
    1967 698 citations William McCord profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William McCord United States 15 864 494 248 178 170 48 1.6k
Lester A. Kirkendall United States 21 472 0.5× 418 0.8× 305 1.2× 199 1.1× 133 0.8× 106 1.3k
D. J. West United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.4× 1.3k 2.7× 329 1.3× 336 1.9× 147 0.9× 70 2.2k
George Devereux United States 17 390 0.5× 496 1.0× 258 1.0× 166 0.9× 93 0.5× 60 1.4k
Barbara Tizard United Kingdom 26 1.1k 1.2× 677 1.4× 276 1.1× 139 0.8× 732 4.3× 69 2.7k
Rollo May United States 13 714 0.8× 237 0.5× 515 2.1× 123 0.7× 117 0.7× 51 1.5k
Elizabeth S. Scott United States 21 961 1.1× 867 1.8× 313 1.3× 223 1.3× 172 1.0× 68 2.0k
Joseph Goldstein United States 15 663 0.8× 680 1.4× 173 0.7× 193 1.1× 87 0.5× 54 1.7k
Robert J. Stoller United States 28 984 1.1× 527 1.1× 827 3.3× 92 0.5× 67 0.4× 87 2.5k
Donald Capps United States 21 527 0.6× 773 1.6× 385 1.6× 76 0.4× 153 0.9× 177 1.9k
Deborah S. David 8 352 0.4× 615 1.2× 424 1.7× 152 0.9× 138 0.8× 8 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William McCord

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William McCord

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All Works

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McCord, William, et al.. (2001). Taxonomic Reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 44 indexed citations
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McCord, William. (1992). Building Utopias: Successes and Failures. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 33(3). 151–167. 1 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1988). The World Order: Socialist Perspectives.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 17(3). 312–312. 6 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1988). Letters from readers. Society. 25(4). 2–4. 1 indexed citations
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Stone, Russell A., et al.. (1987). Paths to Progress: Bread and Freedom in Developing Societies. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(6). 788–788. 2 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1983). The Treatment of Deviant Children: A Twenty-Five Year Follow-Up Study. Crime & Delinquency. 29(2). 238–253. 7 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1967). The Springtime of Freedom. Evolution of Developing Societies.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 47(1). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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McCord, William & Frederick W. Frey. (1966). The Turkish Political Elite.. American Sociological Review. 31(2). 273–273. 89 indexed citations
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McCord, William & Leo Kuper. (1965). An African Bourgeoisie.. American Sociological Review. 30(6). 951–951. 27 indexed citations
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McCord, William & James K. Feibleman. (1963). Biosocial Factors in Mental Illness.. American Sociological Review. 28(2). 322–322. 1 indexed citations
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McCord, Joan, William McCord, & Alan Howard. (1963). Family interaction as antecedent to the direction of male aggressiveness.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 66(3). 239–242. 30 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1962). FAMILIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF DEPENDENCY IN MALE CHILDREN1. Child Development. 33(2). 313–326. 5 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1962). Familial and Behavioral Correlates of Dependency in Male Children. Child Development. 33(2). 313–313.
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McCord, Joan & William McCord. (1961). Cultural Stereotypes and the Validity of Interviews for Research in Child Development. Child Development. 32(1). 171–171. 6 indexed citations
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McCord, Joan & William McCord. (1961). CULTURAL STEREOTYPES AND THE VALIDITY OF INTERVIEWS FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT1. Child Development. 32(1). 171–185. 15 indexed citations
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McCord, William, Joan McCord, & Alan Howard. (1961). Familial correlates of aggression in nondelinquent male children.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 62(1). 79–93. 114 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1960). Familial Correlates of "Psychosomatic" Symptoms in Male Children. Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 1(3). 192–192. 1 indexed citations
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McCord, William, et al.. (1959). Origins of Crime: A New Evaluation of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 50(4). 394–394. 81 indexed citations
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McCord, William. (1958). Introduction. Journal of Social Issues. 14(3). 3–4. 1 indexed citations

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