A. A. Roback

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

A. A. Roback is a scholar working on General Psychology, Cultural Studies and History. According to data from OpenAlex, A. A. Roback has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Psychology, 1 paper in Cultural Studies and 1 paper in History. Recurrent topics in A. A. Roback's work include Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (6 papers), Medical History and Research (1 paper) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (1 paper). A. A. Roback is often cited by papers focused on Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (6 papers), Medical History and Research (1 paper) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (1 paper). A. A. Roback collaborates with scholars based in United States. A. A. Roback's co-authors include Saül Rosenzweig, Rex Knight, Thomas J. Kiernan and Gardner Lindzey and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist and The American Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

A. A. Roback

16 papers receiving 431 citations

Hit Papers

The individual and his religion. 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The individual and his religion.
    1951 395 citations A. A. Roback Psychological Bulletin profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. A. Roback United States 5 291 185 181 121 67 17 507
J.A. van Belzen Netherlands 12 370 1.3× 312 1.7× 214 1.2× 102 0.8× 38 0.6× 102 584
Lawrence J. Schneider United States 13 84 0.3× 117 0.6× 181 1.0× 143 1.2× 33 0.5× 37 440
Wayne E. Oates United States 8 116 0.4× 229 1.2× 492 2.7× 226 1.9× 8 0.1× 45 722
H. L. Ansbacher United States 10 28 0.1× 87 0.5× 166 0.9× 244 2.0× 35 0.5× 32 481
Charlotte Bühler United States 11 27 0.1× 63 0.3× 162 0.9× 152 1.3× 40 0.6× 45 472
Mark A. Kunkel United States 14 65 0.2× 79 0.4× 172 1.0× 136 1.1× 12 0.2× 27 369
Chad Gordon United States 5 16 0.1× 187 1.0× 156 0.9× 76 0.6× 13 0.2× 9 382
William McKinley Runyan United States 11 12 0.0× 106 0.6× 121 0.7× 132 1.1× 74 1.1× 23 428
George R. Bach United States 9 13 0.0× 104 0.6× 197 1.1× 249 2.1× 32 0.5× 21 561
Peter Scharf United States 10 112 0.4× 234 1.3× 55 0.3× 79 0.7× 4 0.1× 22 420

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. A. Roback

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Roback, A. A.. (2013). The Psychology Of Character. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 3 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (2006). The Psychology of Character: With a Survey of Temperament. 2 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1999). The Psychology Of Character: WITH A SURVEY OF PERSONALITY IN GENERAL. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1979). A dictionary of international slurs (ethnophaulisms) : with a supplementary essay on aspects of ethnic prejudice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1970). The Albert Schweitzer jubilee book. Greenwood Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1970). Weltgeschichte der Psychologie und Psychiatrie. 6 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A. & Thomas J. Kiernan. (1969). Pictorial history of psychology and psychiatry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1961). The transmission of acquired characteristics.. PubMed. 43(1119). 378–379. 1 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1961). History of psychology and psychiatry.. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 19 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Saül & A. A. Roback. (1957). Freudiana: Including Unpublished Letters from Freud, Havelock Ellis, Pavlov, Bernard Shaw, Romain Rolland, et Alii. The American Journal of Psychology. 70(4). 669–669. 2 indexed citations
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Knight, Rex & A. A. Roback. (1957). Present-Day Psychology.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 7(26). 94–94. 1 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1956). PRESENT-DAY PSYCHOLOGY. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 232(11). 1385–1385. 2 indexed citations
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Lindzey, Gardner & A. A. Roback. (1953). History of American Psychology. The New England Quarterly. 26(3). 426–426.
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Roback, A. A.. (1952). History of American psychology.. 56 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1952). Psychology in American Secondary Schools in the '90's.. American Psychologist. 7(1). 44–45. 5 indexed citations
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Roback, A. A.. (1951). The individual and his religion.. Psychological Bulletin. 48(2). 173–175. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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