Bill O'Hanlon

753 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 339 citations indexed

About

Bill O'Hanlon is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill O'Hanlon has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 339 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Clinical Psychology, 2 papers in Social Psychology and 1 paper in Health. Recurrent topics in Bill O'Hanlon's work include Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (4 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (1 paper). Bill O'Hanlon is often cited by papers focused on Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (4 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (1 paper). Bill O'Hanlon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bill O'Hanlon's co-authors include Janet Beavin Bavelas, Don D. Jackson, Paul Watzlawick and Cloé Madanes and has published in prestigious journals such as Family Relations, Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Bill O'Hanlon

10 papers receiving 288 citations

Hit Papers

Pragmatics of human communication : a study of interactio... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200
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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. Pragmatics of human communication : a study of interactional patterns, pathologies, and paradoxes
    2011 239 citations Paul Watzlawick, Janet Beavin Bavelas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill O'Hanlon United States 6 123 101 52 37 36 11 339
Giuseppe Mininni Italy 10 69 0.6× 106 1.0× 101 1.9× 24 0.6× 31 0.9× 62 345
Raymond K. Tucker United States 13 91 0.7× 148 1.5× 94 1.8× 29 0.8× 32 0.9× 30 427
Harold J. Vetter United States 11 145 1.2× 85 0.8× 97 1.9× 57 1.5× 45 1.3× 33 383
Nina W. Brown United States 12 143 1.2× 123 1.2× 60 1.2× 37 1.0× 92 2.6× 52 376
Wai Fu China 8 83 0.7× 165 1.6× 94 1.8× 17 0.5× 21 0.6× 13 382
Margot Soven United States 8 55 0.4× 67 0.7× 50 1.0× 42 1.1× 186 5.2× 19 407
R. K. Naidu India 9 92 0.7× 217 2.1× 91 1.8× 19 0.5× 28 0.8× 14 356
Robin M. Akert United States 7 53 0.4× 155 1.5× 145 2.8× 33 0.9× 16 0.4× 10 362
Lillemor Adrianson Sweden 8 57 0.5× 183 1.8× 82 1.6× 40 1.1× 39 1.1× 14 331
Ramona Paloș Romania 11 118 1.0× 121 1.2× 54 1.0× 43 1.2× 124 3.4× 29 364

Countries citing papers authored by Bill O'Hanlon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill O'Hanlon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill O'Hanlon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill O'Hanlon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill O'Hanlon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bill O'Hanlon. Bill O'Hanlon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (2013). Invitation To Possibility Land.
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (2012). The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology. 7 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (2011). The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology: Activities, Exercises, and Handouts. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Watzlawick, Paul, Janet Beavin Bavelas, Don D. Jackson, & Bill O'Hanlon. (2011). Pragmatics of human communication : a study of interactional patterns, pathologies, and paradoxes. 239 indexed citations breakdown →
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O'Hanlon, Bill. (2006). Pathways to spirituality: Connection, wholeness, and possibility for therapist and client.. 5 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (2002). Living on the Razor's Edge: Solution Oriented Brief Family Therapy with Self Harming Adolescents. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (1998). Invitation To Possibility Land: An Intensive Teaching Seminar With Bill O'Hanlon. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill, et al.. (1987). Shifting Contexts: The Generation of Effective Psychotherapy. 49 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill & Cloé Madanes. (1986). Behind the One-Way Mirror: Advances in the Practice of Strategic Therapy. Family Relations. 35(4). 600–600. 17 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill. (1984). Framing Interventions in Therapy: Deframing and Reframing. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies. 3(2). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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O'Hanlon, Bill. (1982). Strategic Pattern Intervention: An Integration of Individual and Family Systems Therapies Based on the Work of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies. 1(4). 26–33. 2 indexed citations

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