Wolf Wolfensberger

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Wolf Wolfensberger is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Education and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolf Wolfensberger has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Education and 9 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wolf Wolfensberger's work include Healthcare innovation and challenges (7 papers), Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (5 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (4 papers). Wolf Wolfensberger is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare innovation and challenges (7 papers), Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (5 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (4 papers). Wolf Wolfensberger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Wolf Wolfensberger's co-authors include Robert B. Kugel, Susan Thomas, Neil O’Connor, Frank J. Menolascino, N. O’Connor, Susan Thomas, Robert J. Flynn, Errol Cocks, M. Miller and Nancy M. Allen LaPointe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Journal of Psychiatry and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Wolf Wolfensberger

88 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Changing patterns in residential services for the mentall... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 100 200 300

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolf Wolfensberger United States 17 706 592 551 444 436 101 2.0k
Ivan Fras United States 11 898 1.3× 589 1.0× 376 0.7× 204 0.5× 1.0k 2.3× 22 2.8k
John S. Wodarski United States 23 1.2k 1.7× 248 0.4× 388 0.7× 654 1.5× 395 0.9× 185 2.2k
Mark Rapley Australia 27 507 0.7× 290 0.5× 347 0.6× 390 0.9× 651 1.5× 57 2.1k
Joseph B. Perry United States 8 1.1k 1.5× 519 0.9× 268 0.5× 287 0.6× 907 2.1× 21 3.1k
Nancy H. Apfel United States 16 573 0.8× 755 1.3× 312 0.6× 232 0.5× 730 1.7× 22 2.2k
Shirley A. Hess United States 15 1.4k 2.0× 403 0.7× 275 0.5× 447 1.0× 523 1.2× 27 2.9k
Barton J. Hirsch United States 29 1.0k 1.5× 929 1.6× 630 1.1× 487 1.1× 740 1.7× 48 2.7k
W. M. L. Finlay United Kingdom 25 1.0k 1.4× 358 0.6× 635 1.2× 360 0.8× 381 0.9× 54 2.2k
Alan Vaux United States 24 982 1.4× 256 0.4× 156 0.3× 658 1.5× 845 1.9× 44 2.7k
Carrie Schoenbach United States 7 811 1.1× 371 0.6× 152 0.3× 351 0.8× 786 1.8× 9 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolf Wolfensberger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolf Wolfensberger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolf Wolfensberger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). An “If This, Then That” Formulation of Decisions Related to Social Role Valorization As a Better Way of Interpreting It to People. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 456–462. 6 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). Will There Always Be An Institution? I: The Impact of Epidemiological Trends. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 416–424. 3 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). Twenty Predictions About the Future of Residential Services in Mental Retardation. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 411–415. 3 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). Social Role Valorization: A Proposed New Term for the Principle of Normalization. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 435–440. 166 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). Will There Always Be an Institution? II: The Impact of New Service Models—Residential Alternatives to Institutions. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 425–434. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2011). Reflections on a Lifetime in Human Services and Mental Retardation. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 49(6). 441–455. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2010). How to Comport Ourselves in an Era of Shrinking Resources. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 48(2). 148–162. 3 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2003). Leadership and change in human services : selected readings from Wolf Wolfensberger ; compiled and edited by David G. Race. Routledge eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (2000). A Brief Overview of Social Role Valorization. Mental Retardation. 38(2). 105–123. 135 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1991). Reflections on a lifetime in human services and mental retardation.. PubMed. 29(1). 1–15. 13 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1984). Holocaust II?. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 17(7). 439–440. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Susan & Wolf Wolfensberger. (1983). The importance of social imagery in interpreting societally devalued people to the public.. PubMed. 43(11-12). 356–8. 10 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1982). Eulogy for a mentally retarded jester.. PubMed. 20(6). 269–70. 2 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1981). The extermination of handicapped people in World War II Germany.. PubMed. 19(1). 1–7. 22 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1980). A call to wake up to the beginning of a new wave of "euthanasia" of severely impaired people.. PubMed. 15(3). 171–2. 2 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1971). Will There Always Be an Institution? II: The Impact of New Service Models.. Mental Retardation. 9 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf & Frank J. Menolascino. (1970). Reflections on Recent Mental Retardation Developments in Nebraska. I: A New Plan. II: Implementation to Date.. Mental Retardation. 3 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1969). Twenty predictions about the future of residential services in mental retardation.. PubMed. 7(6). 51–4. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1965). GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON EUROPEAN PROGRAMS.. PubMed. 3(1). 8–11. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfensberger, Wolf. (1964). SOME OBSERVATIONS ON EUROPEAN PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED.. PubMed. 2(5). 280–5. 3 indexed citations

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