Western Carolina University

3.3k papers and 61.1k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Western Carolina University have published 3.3k papers, which have received a total of 61.1k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 507 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 431 papers in Education and 367 papers in Clinical Psychology on the topics of Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (80 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (73 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (64 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Sociology and Political Science (10.5k citations), Social Psychology (8.2k citations) and Education (7.0k citations). Authors at Western Carolina University collaborate with scholars in United States, United Kingdom and Canada and have published in prestigious journals including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters. Some of Western Carolina University's most productive authors include Glenn A. Bowen, Harold A. Herzog, James B. DeConinck, Vittal Anantatmula, David J. Butcher, Sue L. McPherson, Harold Herzog, James W. Carland, Millicent H. Abel and Stephen B. Jarrell.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Western Carolina University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Western Carolina University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Western Carolina University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Western Carolina University

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