Ernest Becker

1000 total citations
24 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Ernest Becker is a scholar working on Philosophy, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest Becker has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Philosophy, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ernest Becker's work include Critical and Liberation Pedagogy (2 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 papers). Ernest Becker is often cited by papers focused on Critical and Liberation Pedagogy (2 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 papers). Ernest Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Ernest Becker's co-authors include Arnold M. Rose and Alfred McClung Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Ernest Becker

21 papers receiving 425 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ernest Becker United States 11 263 194 181 70 52 24 543
Richard Winston United States 11 145 0.6× 146 0.8× 176 1.0× 69 1.0× 68 1.3× 32 584
Clara Winston United Kingdom 11 146 0.6× 139 0.7× 189 1.0× 67 1.0× 81 1.6× 37 598
Evelyn Shirk United States 4 228 0.9× 110 0.6× 170 0.9× 40 0.6× 36 0.7× 9 561
Krysia Yardley United Kingdom 6 189 0.7× 236 1.2× 146 0.8× 26 0.4× 15 0.3× 11 566
John Macmurray United Kingdom 9 103 0.4× 156 0.8× 120 0.7× 29 0.4× 142 2.7× 17 613
Irving Sarnoff United States 13 248 0.9× 252 1.3× 165 0.9× 28 0.4× 8 0.2× 21 631
A. A. Roback United States 5 181 0.7× 185 1.0× 121 0.7× 291 4.2× 40 0.8× 17 507
Anand C. Paranjpe Canada 10 228 0.9× 135 0.7× 101 0.6× 81 1.2× 46 0.9× 23 502
Lionel Ovesey United States 15 292 1.1× 205 1.1× 354 2.0× 13 0.2× 34 0.7× 28 796
George C. Rosenwald United States 10 117 0.4× 134 0.7× 134 0.7× 14 0.2× 41 0.8× 18 440

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ernest Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ernest Becker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Becker, Ernest. (1975). Escape from Evil. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 245 indexed citations
2.
Becker, Ernest. (1974). The Revolution in Psychiatry: The New Understanding of Man. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 21 indexed citations
3.
Becker, Ernest. (1974). Review Symposium : Toward the Merger of Animal and Human Studies. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 4(2-3). 235–254. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1969). Angel in Armor: A Post-Freudian Perspective on the Nature of Man.. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 10 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest, et al.. (1968). Beyond Alienation: A Philosophy of Education for the Crisis of Democracy. The Journal of Higher Education. 39(6). 358–358. 14 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1968). The Structure of Evil: An Essay on the Unification of the Science of Man. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 36 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1965). Psychiatric Disorder among the Yoruba. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 19(2). 321–324. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1964). The revolution in psychiatry. 33 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1963). Eskimo Psychopathology in the Context of Eskimo Personality and Culture. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 17(1). 154–155.
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Becker, Ernest. (1963). Social Science and Psychiatry: The Coming Challenge. The Antioch Review. 23(3). 353–353. 2 indexed citations
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Rose, Arnold M. & Ernest Becker. (1963). The Birth and Death of Meaning: A Perspective in Psychiatry and Anthropology.. American Sociological Review. 28(2). 322–322. 13 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1962). Anthropological Notes on the Concept of Aggression†. Psychiatry. 25(4). 328–338. 5 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1962). The relevance to psychiatry of recent research in anthropology.. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 16(4). 600–17. 3 indexed citations
14.
Becker, Ernest. (1962). Socialization, Command of Performance, and Mental Illness. American Journal of Sociology. 67(5). 494–501. 18 indexed citations
15.
Becker, Ernest. (1962). The Function of Male Initiation Ceremonies: A Cross-Cultural Test of an Alternative Hypothesis. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 16(3). 550–550. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1962). The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 96 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1962). Toward a Theory of Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 7(3). 170–170. 20 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1961). Zen: A rational critique.. 4 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1961). "PRIVATE" VERSUS "PUBLIC" LOGIC: SOME ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE PROBLEM OF MENTAL "HEALTH". American Journal of Psychiatry. 118(3). 205–211. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Ernest. (1960). PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZEN DISCIPLINE. PSYCHOLOGIA. 3(2). 100–112.

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