William McCormack

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

William McCormack is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William McCormack has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 1 paper in Social Psychology and 1 paper in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in William McCormack's work include Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (1 paper), Social and Economic Development in India (1 paper) and Outdoor and Experiential Education (1 paper). William McCormack is often cited by papers focused on Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (1 paper), Social and Economic Development in India (1 paper) and Outdoor and Experiential Education (1 paper). William McCormack collaborates with scholars based in United States. William McCormack's co-authors include Mary Douglas, Alvin Cooper, F. G. Bailey and Harrison G. Gough and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Journal of Higher Education and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

William McCormack

7 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

1967 3.4k citations William McCormack, Mary Douglas Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William McCormack United States	6	1.5k	436	364	291	282	10	3.5k
Edwin Ardener United Kingdom	14	985 0.7×	438 1.0×	282 0.8×	216 0.7×	189 0.7×	37	2.4k
Edward M. Bruner United States	20	2.2k 1.5×	646 1.5×	247 0.7×	580 2.0×	211 0.7×	58	3.8k
Michaël Gilsenan United States	17	2.3k 1.5×	737 1.7×	720 2.0×	261 0.9×	241 0.9×	36	4.5k
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States	15	1.2k 0.8×	612 1.4×	377 1.0×	127 0.4×	192 0.7×	22	3.2k
Arnold van Gennep United States	8	1.4k 0.9×	481 1.1×	268 0.7×	178 0.6×	247 0.9×	24	3.5k
Anthony P. Cohen United Kingdom	19	2.0k 1.4×	605 1.4×	627 1.7×	206 0.7×	342 1.2×	48	3.8k
Michel de Certeau	21	1.9k 1.3×	559 1.3×	574 1.6×	396 1.4×	164 0.6×	75	4.4k
Marvin Harris United States	29	2.1k 1.4×	852 2.0×	463 1.3×	253 0.9×	371 1.3×	86	5.4k
Bronisław Malinowski United Kingdom	19	1.2k 0.8×	531 1.2×	241 0.7×	242 0.8×	168 0.6×	66	2.6k
Renato Rosaldo United States	23	2.2k 1.5×	1.0k 2.3×	570 1.6×	446 1.5×	231 0.8×	65	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by William McCormack

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Fields of papers citing papers by William McCormack

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William McCormack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William McCormack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William McCormack 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 William McCormack. William McCormack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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McCormack, William. (2018). The Promise of Theory: Education and the Politics of Cultural Change. Journal of educational thought.. 22(2). 151–152.

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McCormack, William, et al.. (2000). Sensation Seeking and Need for Achievement Among Study-Abroad Students. The Journal of Social Psychology. 140(4). 533–535. 29 indexed citations

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Cooper, Alvin & William McCormack. (1992). Short-term group treatment for adult children of alcoholics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 39(3). 350–355. 9 indexed citations

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Cooper, Alvin & William McCormack. (1992). Short-term group treatment for adult children of alcoholics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 39(3). 350–355. 7 indexed citations

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McCormack, William. (1976). Problems of American Scholars in India. Asian Survey. 16(11). 1064–1080. 1 indexed citations

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McCormack, William & Mary Douglas. (1967). Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 6(2). 313–313. 3421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gough, Harrison G. & William McCormack. (1967). AN EXPLORATORY EVALUATION OF EDUCATION ABROAD.. 1 indexed citations

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McCormack, William. (1966). New Directions in Study Abroad. The Journal of Higher Education. 37(7). 369–376. 3 indexed citations

9.

McCormack, William & F. G. Bailey. (1966). Politics and Social Change: Orissa in 1959.. Man. 1(2). 271–271. 5 indexed citations

10.

McCormack, William. (1963). Lingayats as a Sect. 93(1). 59–59. 8 indexed citations

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