John E. Tropman

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1967

Social Policy and Reform Studies Social Work Education and Practice Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Community Health and Development Homelessness and Social Issues

Publications

170

Citations

12,467

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1967

In context

Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 12,467cohort median 1,166

Publications / year (recent): 0.6cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 93% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 9 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Managerial Supervision
Encyclopedia of Social Work · 2022
Meeting Management and Decision-Making
Encyclopedia of Social Work · 2022
Social Impact: Social Good, Social Neutrality, Social Bad, and Social Disaster: When Is Doing What You Have A “Right” To Do He “Right” Thing To Do?
Advances in Social Science and Culture · 2020
Crafting the Future of Macro Practice
2020
Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life. By Deborah Carr. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2019. Pp. 376. $35.00 (paper).
Social Service Review · 2020
Building Knowledge to Support Human Service Organizational and Management Practice: An Agenda to Address the Research-to-Practice Gap
Social Work Research · 2019
Crafting the Future of Macro Practice
Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance · 2019
Status Crystallization and Mobility Lock: The Poverty Production Process
Advances in Applied Sociology · 2019
Review of A Century of Wealth in America . Edward N. Wolff
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare · 2019
Review of A Century of Wealth in America. Edward N. Wolff
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare · 2019
Review of Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What to do About It by Sarah Bowen, Joslyn Brenton and Sinikka Elliott
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare · 2019
An Appreciative Reflection on the Guest Editorial “Developing Policy and Management Leaders: Eight Social Work Policy Fellows Share Their Experiences, Case Studies, and Recommendations for Leadership Development”
Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance · 2018
Executive leadership A 7C approach
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2017
Talcott Parsons: A Voice from the Past, an Opportunity Missed, and a Road Not Taken
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping (Click on Current or Archives; Registration Optional) · 2017
Medicare and Pediacare: A Strategy that Never Matured
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping (Click on Current or Archives; Registration Optional) · 2017

Publishes in

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare×3
Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance×2
Encyclopedia of Social Work×2
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping (Click on Current or Archives; Registration Optional)×2
Social Work Research×1

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