Edna Adelson

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Edna Adelson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Occupational Therapy. According to data from OpenAlex, Edna Adelson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Clinical Psychology, 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 1 paper in Occupational Therapy. Recurrent topics in Edna Adelson's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (2 papers), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (2 papers) and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 paper). Edna Adelson is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (2 papers), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (2 papers) and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 paper). Edna Adelson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Edna Adelson's co-authors include Selma Fraiberg, Vivian Shapiro and John W. Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry and Infant Mental Health Journal.

In The Last Decade

Edna Adelson

10 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Ghosts in the Nursery

1975 998 citations Selma Fraiberg, Edna Adelson et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edna Adelson United States	8	939	376	222	195	146	10	1.3k
George S. Moran United Kingdom	11	1.3k 1.4×	684 1.8×	213 1.0×	191 1.0×	89 0.6×	16	1.6k
Theodore J. Gaensbauer United States	21	910 1.0×	429 1.1×	139 0.6×	149 0.8×	85 0.6×	39	1.3k
Stuart M. Finch United States	19	1.3k 1.3×	295 0.8×	114 0.5×	275 1.4×	155 1.1×	55	2.0k
Leon J. Yarrow United States	16	605 0.6×	294 0.8×	165 0.7×	174 0.9×	103 0.7×	36	1.3k
Vivian Shapiro United States	8	947 1.0×	370 1.0×	228 1.0×	186 1.0×	158 1.1×	12	1.1k
Jeree Pawl United States	7	839 0.9×	418 1.1×	159 0.7×	95 0.5×	128 0.9×	15	1.0k
Kenneth S. Robson United States	15	589 0.6×	252 0.7×	130 0.6×	120 0.6×	33 0.2×	26	1.1k
Susan Coates United States	21	963 1.0×	623 1.7×	217 1.0×	204 1.0×	53 0.4×	35	1.4k
Susan B. Crockenberg United States	11	1.1k 1.2×	687 1.8×	361 1.6×	223 1.1×	77 0.5×	17	1.5k
Joan I. Vondra United States	19	1.6k 1.7×	689 1.8×	296 1.3×	184 0.9×	220 1.5×	28	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edna Adelson

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Adelson, Edna, et al.. (1983). [Ghosts in the nursery. A psychoanalytic approach to problems which affect the mother-infant relations].. PubMed. 26(1). 57–98. 9 indexed citations

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Adelson, Edna, Vivian Shapiro, & John W. Bennett. (1982). The training of community mental health clinicians as infant specialists. Infant Mental Health Journal. 3(2). 77–83. 1 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Vivian, et al.. (1978). A Model for the Introduction of Infant Mental Health Services to Community Mental Health Agencies. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 17(2). 348–355. 10 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Vivian, Selma Fraiberg, & Edna Adelson. (1976). Infant-Parent Psychotherapy on Behalf of a Child in a Critical Nutritional State. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 31(1). 461–491. 34 indexed citations

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Adelson, Edna, et al.. (1975). GHOSTS IN THE NURSERY: A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO IMPAIRED INFANT-MOTHER RELATIONSHIPS. 14(32). 387–422. 34 indexed citations

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Fraiberg, Selma, Edna Adelson, & Vivian Shapiro. (1975). Ghosts in the Nursery. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 14(3). 387–421. 998 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adelson, Edna & Selma Fraiberg. (1974). Gross Motor Development in Infants Blind from Birth. Child Development. 45(1). 114–114. 112 indexed citations

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Adelson, Edna & Selma Fraiberg. (1974). Gross Motor Development in Infants Blind from Birth. Child Development. 45(1). 114–126. 5 indexed citations

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Fraiberg, Selma & Edna Adelson. (1973). Self-Representation in Language and Play: Observations of Blind Children. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 42(4). 539–562. 40 indexed citations

10.

Adelson, Edna, et al.. (1969). Differential assessments of "blindisms.". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 39(5). 807–817. 7 indexed citations

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