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Paul W. Speer publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul W. Speer sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Paul W. Speer D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul W. Speer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Paul W. Speer is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Community Health and Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Media Influence and Health

Paul W. Speer has published several papers, notable among which are:

  • Participation in community organizing: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of impacts on sociopolitical development, 2021, Journal of Community Psychology
  • Community organizing: Studying the development and exercise of grassroots power, 2021, Journal of Community Psychology
  • Addressing the problems of urban education: An ecological systems perspective, 2020, Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Stories of self, us, and now: narrative and power for health equity in grassroots community organizing, 2023, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Narrative change for health equity in grassroots community organizing: A study of initiatives in Michigan and Ohio, 2023, American Journal of Community Psychology

Paul W. Speer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Brian D. Christens
  • Jyoti Gupta
  • Krista A. Haapanen
  • Hannah E. Freeman
  • Kymberly Byrd

The researcher has contributed to multiple publication venues, with repeated publications in:

  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • American Journal of Community Psychology
  • NAM Perspectives

In addition to journal articles, Paul W. Speer has authored a book titled The Cambridge Handbook of Community Empowerment, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Validation of a brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community

    N. Andrew Peterson;Paul W. Speer;David W. McMillan

  • Community organizing: An ecological route to empowerment and power

    Paul W. Speer;Joseph Hughey

  • Community Psychology Perspectives on Social Capital Theory and Community Development Practice

    Douglas D. Perkins;Joseph Hughey;Paul W. Speer

  • Spatial dynamics of alcohol availability, neighborhood structure and violent crime.

    Dennis M. Gorman;Paul W. Speer;Paul J. Gruenewald;Erich W. Labouvie

  • Psychometric properties of an empowerment scale: Testing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains

    Paul W. Speer;N. Andrew Peterson

  • Sense of community in community organizations: Structure and evidence of validity.

    Joseph Hughey;Paul W. Speer;N. Andrew Peterson

  • Intrapersonal and interactional empowerment: Implications for theory

    Paul W. Speer

  • The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Empowerment: Support and New Implications for Theory

    Paul W. Speer;Courtney B. Jackson;N. Andrew Peterson

  • Academic Performance among At-Risk Children: The Role of Developmentally Appropriate Practices.

    Loreen R Huffman;Paul W Speer

  • Community Participation and Psychological Empowerment Testing Reciprocal Causality Using a Cross-Lagged Panel Design and Latent Constructs

    Brian D. Christens;N. Andrew Peterson;Paul W. Speer

  • Violent crime and alcohol availability: relationships in an urban community.

    Paul W Speer;D M Gorman;Erich W Labouvie;Mark J Ontkush

  • Measuring the Intrapersonal Component of Psychological Empowerment: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sociopolitical Control Scale

    N. Andrew Peterson;John B. Lowe;Joseph Hughey;Robert J. Reid

  • The Influence of Participation, Gender and Organizational Sense of Community on Psychological Empowerment: The Moderating Effects of Income

    Paul W. Speer;N. Andrew Peterson;Theresa L. Armstead;Christopher T. Allen

  • Measuring Sense of Community: A Methodological Interpretation of the Factor Structure Debate.

    N. Andrew Peterson;Paul W. Speer;Joseph Hughey

  • Community Organizing: Practice, Research, and Policy Implications

    Brian D. Christens;Paul W. Speer

  • Community organizational learning: Case studies illustrating a three-dimensional model of levels and orders of change

    Douglas D. Perkins;Kimberly D. Bess;Daniel G. Cooper;Diana L. Jones

  • Contextual influences on participation in community organizing: a multilevel longitudinal study.

    Brian D. Christens;Paul W. Speer

  • Review Essay: Tyranny/Transformation: Power and Paradox in Participatory Development

    Brian Christens;Paul W. Speer

  • Risk of assaultive violence and alcohol availability in New Jersey

    D M Gorman;P W Speer;E W Labouvie;A P Subaiya

  • Organizing for power: A comparative case study

    Paul W. Speer;Joseph Hughey;Leah K. Gensheimer;Warren Adams-Leavitt

  • Community organizations and sense of community: further development in theory and measurement

    N. Andrew Peterson;Paul W. Speer;Joseph Hughey;Theresa L. Armstead

Frequent Co-Authors

N. Andrew Peterson
N. Andrew Peterson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brian D. Christens
Brian D. Christens Vanderbilt University
Erich Labouvie
Erich Labouvie Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Douglas D. Perkins
Douglas D. Perkins Vanderbilt University
Marc A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Zimmerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marybeth Shinn
Marybeth Shinn Vanderbilt University
Milind Tambe
Milind Tambe Harvard University
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik Washington University in St. Louis

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