David V. Forrest

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David V. Forrest is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, David V. Forrest has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Clinical Psychology, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in David V. Forrest's work include Mental Health and Psychiatry (9 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (3 papers). David V. Forrest is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Psychiatry (9 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (3 papers). David V. Forrest collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David V. Forrest's co-authors include Lucien Côté, H. Houston Merritt, Mark Groves, Kenneth Greenspan, Clarice J. Kestenbaum and Michael H. Stone and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin and Journal of Neuropsychiatry.

In The Last Decade

David V. Forrest

49 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
    1998 534 citations David V. Forrest American Journal of Psychiatry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David V. Forrest United States 12 242 213 191 185 157 54 1.1k
Christopher Badcock United Kingdom 16 357 1.5× 226 1.1× 215 1.1× 446 2.4× 85 0.5× 49 1.4k
James P. Mackey United States 7 123 0.5× 126 0.6× 190 1.0× 307 1.7× 72 0.5× 27 1.1k
Joseph Dumit United States 14 431 1.8× 285 1.3× 172 0.9× 347 1.9× 233 1.5× 32 1.8k
Warren D. TenHouten United States 20 279 1.2× 89 0.4× 347 1.8× 238 1.3× 165 1.1× 63 1.0k
Robert Chapman United Kingdom 15 270 1.1× 200 0.9× 65 0.3× 127 0.7× 72 0.5× 34 1.4k
Lester Embree United States 13 277 1.1× 130 0.6× 274 1.4× 288 1.6× 44 0.3× 84 1.4k
Herbert S. Gross United States 11 393 1.6× 345 1.6× 472 2.5× 250 1.4× 131 0.8× 28 2.0k
Anthony Manser United Kingdom 6 275 1.1× 194 0.9× 371 1.9× 488 2.6× 81 0.5× 24 1.7k
Richard Wiseman United Kingdom 19 574 2.4× 154 0.7× 675 3.5× 150 0.8× 126 0.8× 91 1.5k
Ian Stevenson United States 21 187 0.8× 376 1.8× 756 4.0× 71 0.4× 227 1.4× 113 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David V. Forrest

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Forrest, David V.. (2015). Motivation, Masochism, and Slot Machine Gambling. Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 43(1). 47–65. 2 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2011). FRONTLINE—Teaching Affect Recognition to Medical Students: Evaluation and Reflections. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 39(2). 229–241. 6 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2008). Alien Abduction: A Medical Hypothesis. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 36(3). 431–442. 6 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2005). Consulting toStar Trek:To Boldly Go Into Dynamic Neuropsychiatry. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 33(1). 71–82. 3 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2004). Elements of Dynamics II: Psychodynamic Prescribing. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 32(2). 359–380. 8 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2004). Elements of Dynamics III: The Face and the Couch. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 32(3). 551–564. 5 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2003). Elements of Dynamics I: Emotions and Audiences. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 31(4). 705–720. 2 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2002). Explanation and Cognition. American Journal of Psychiatry. 159(3). 502–a. 5 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2002). Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn’t Been Fixed. American Journal of Psychiatry. 159(1). 161–162. 3 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2002). The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind. American Journal of Psychiatry. 159(9). 1615–1616. 99 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (2000). Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind. American Journal of Psychiatry. 157(5). 841–842. 10 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1999). Edward O. Wilson'sConsilience: Can Our Knowledge Be Unified?. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 27(3). 371–386. 1 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1996). The Psychotherapist's Guide to Neuropsychiatry: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues. Journal of Neuropsychiatry. 8(2). 227–228. 5 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1994). Mind, Brain, and Machine: Action and Creation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 22(1). 29–56. 4 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1990). Further developmental stages of the interest in money. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 50(4). 319–335. 1 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1983). With Two Heads You Can Think Twice — Relations in the Language of Madness. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 11(1). 113–132. 4 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1980). E. E. Cummings and the Thoughts That Lie Too Deep for Tears of Defenses in Poetry. Psychiatry. 43(1). 13–42. 2 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V., et al.. (1974). Adolescent school phobia: six controlled cases studied retrospectively.. PubMed. 9(36). 467–80. 4 indexed citations
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Stone, Michael H., David V. Forrest, Clarice J. Kestenbaum, & Kenneth Greenspan. (1972). The Psychiatrist Faces the Board Examination. Psychiatry. 35(4). 366–372. 1 indexed citations
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Forrest, David V.. (1971). Vietnamese Maturation: The Lost Land of Bliss†. Psychiatry. 34(2). 111–139. 9 indexed citations

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