Bernard Kaplan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Bernard Kaplan is a scholar working on General Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Kaplan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in General Psychology, 2 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 1 paper in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Bernard Kaplan's work include Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers), Social Representations and Identity (1 paper) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (1 paper). Bernard Kaplan is often cited by papers focused on Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers), Social Representations and Identity (1 paper) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (1 paper). Bernard Kaplan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bernard Kaplan's co-authors include Heinz Werner, Jerry A. Fodor, Seymour Wapner, Saul B. Cohen, Irwin Altman, Joachim F. Wohlwill, Margery B. Franklin, Nancy Budwig and Michael Bamberg and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Language.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Kaplan

18 papers receiving 810 citations

Hit Papers

Symbol Formation: An Organismic-Developmental Approach to... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300 400
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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. Symbol Formation: An Organismic-Developmental Approach to Language and the Expression of Thought
    1964 480 citations Jerry A. Fodor, Heinz Werner et al. Language profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Kaplan United States 8 339 221 217 142 140 18 941
Jon D. Swartz United States 14 164 0.5× 169 0.8× 206 0.9× 223 1.6× 131 0.9× 60 934
Frank Kessel United States 17 315 0.9× 125 0.6× 160 0.7× 143 1.0× 198 1.4× 35 908
Ruth H. Munroe United States 13 161 0.5× 175 0.8× 304 1.4× 125 0.9× 246 1.8× 52 1.0k
Douglass Price‐Williams United States 19 226 0.7× 185 0.8× 301 1.4× 182 1.3× 219 1.6× 50 1.1k
John Marzillier United Kingdom 15 215 0.6× 193 0.9× 197 0.9× 378 2.7× 76 0.5× 41 841
Kenneth B. Little United States 12 74 0.2× 147 0.7× 198 0.9× 176 1.2× 61 0.4× 29 811
Gerald E. Gruen United States 16 261 0.8× 198 0.9× 152 0.7× 181 1.3× 265 1.9× 32 859
Wayne Dennis United States 22 238 0.7× 347 1.6× 189 0.9× 181 1.3× 198 1.4× 62 1.3k
Gerald P. Ginsburg United States 17 93 0.3× 125 0.6× 287 1.3× 169 1.2× 58 0.4× 40 908
Frank N. Willis United States 18 126 0.4× 227 1.0× 457 2.1× 108 0.8× 44 0.3× 55 946

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Kaplan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Kaplan

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Franklin, Margery B. & Bernard Kaplan. (1996). Development and the Arts: Critical Perspectives. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 54(4). 407–407. 7 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1992). Strife of Systems Tension between Organismic and Developmental Points of View. Theory & Psychology. 2(4). 431–443. 7 indexed citations
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Bamberg, Michael, Nancy Budwig, & Bernard Kaplan. (1991). A developmental approach to language acquisition: two case studies. First Language. 11(31). 121–141. 11 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1985). The remarriage of science and theology: adumbrations of the post-modern mind. New Ideas in Psychology. 3(2). 211–216. 3 indexed citations
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Werner, Heinz & Bernard Kaplan. (1984). Symbol formation : an organismic-developmental approach to the psychology of language. 43 indexed citations
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Altman, Irwin, et al.. (1979). Human Behavior and Environment: Advances in Theory and Research.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(2). 308–308. 113 indexed citations
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Wapner, Seymour, Saul B. Cohen, & Bernard Kaplan. (1976). Experiencing the Environment. 124 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1974). History of Gaza. JAMA. 228(7). 827–827. 3 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1974). Rationality and Irrationality in Development. Clark Digital Commons (Clark University). 15 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1971). Some Considerations of Influences on Wittgenstein. Idealistic Studies. 1(1). 73–88. 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1969). A Post-Mortem on the Princeton Report. Journal of Architectural Education. 23(1). 6–8. 1 indexed citations
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Fodor, Jerry A., Heinz Werner, & Bernard Kaplan. (1964). Symbol Formation: An Organismic-Developmental Approach to Language and the Expression of Thought. Language. 40(4). 566–566. 480 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wapner, Seymour & Bernard Kaplan. (1964). HEINZ WERNER: 1890-1964.. PubMed. 77. 513–7. 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1961). An Approach to the Problem of Symbolic Representation: Nonverbal and Verbal. Journal of Communication. 11(2). 52–62. 2 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard & Seymour Wapner. (1960). Perspectives in psychological theory : essays in honor of Heinz Werner. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 61 indexed citations
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Werner, Heinz & Bernard Kaplan. (1957). Symbolic Mediation and Organization of Thought: An Experimental Approach By Means of the Line Schematization Technique. The Journal of Psychology. 43(1). 3–25. 7 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Bernard. (1957). On the phenomena of "opposite speech.". Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 55(3). 389–393. 3 indexed citations
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Werner, Heinz & Bernard Kaplan. (1956). The Developmental Approach to Cognition: Its Relevance to the Psychological Interpretation of Anthropological and Ethnolinguistic Data. American Anthropologist. 58(5). 866–880. 59 indexed citations

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