Fredric Wertham

1.5k total citations
39 papers, 638 citations indexed

About

Fredric Wertham is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fredric Wertham has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 638 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Clinical Psychology, 4 papers in Philosophy and 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fredric Wertham's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (4 papers). Fredric Wertham is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (4 papers). Fredric Wertham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Fredric Wertham's co-authors include Gregory Zilboorg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Psychotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Fredric Wertham

29 papers receiving 459 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fredric Wertham United States 9 262 197 91 85 75 39 638
Rebecca Z. Solomon United States 13 134 0.5× 555 2.8× 23 0.3× 18 0.2× 56 0.7× 26 923
Didier Anzieu France 14 230 0.9× 573 2.9× 53 0.6× 24 0.3× 49 0.7× 77 971
James Hillman Canada 15 137 0.5× 302 1.5× 95 1.0× 38 0.4× 81 1.1× 46 938
Carolyn Ellis United States 10 261 1.0× 109 0.6× 107 1.2× 43 0.5× 43 0.6× 36 547
Lionel Ovesey United States 15 205 0.8× 354 1.8× 62 0.7× 41 0.5× 9 0.1× 28 796
Otto Rank 12 115 0.4× 205 1.0× 23 0.3× 21 0.2× 94 1.3× 29 565
Richard Winston United States 11 146 0.6× 176 0.9× 27 0.3× 8 0.1× 45 0.6× 32 584
Adam Phillips United Kingdom 8 103 0.4× 160 0.8× 25 0.3× 30 0.4× 90 1.2× 36 493
Clara Winston United Kingdom 11 139 0.5× 189 1.0× 25 0.3× 8 0.1× 49 0.7× 37 598
Hugh B. Urban United States 14 263 1.0× 102 0.5× 21 0.2× 40 0.5× 55 0.7× 75 620

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fredric Wertham

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fredric Wertham

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wertham, Fredric. (1977). The German euthanasia program. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1976). Interpersonal Psychology for Law Enforcement and Corrections. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 30(4). 689–690. 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1974). Psychology of the Youthful Offender. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 28(2). 297–298. 1 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1974). Where Do You Draw the Line? An Exploration into Media Violence, Pornography and Censorship. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 28(4). 616–617. 8 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1973). Child Psychiatry in the Soviet Union. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 27(4). 622–623. 3 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1972). Battered children and baffled adults.. PubMed Central. 48(7). 887–98. 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1972). Critique of the Report to the Surgeon General from The Committee on Television and Social Behavior. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 26(2). 216–219.
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Wertham, Fredric. (1970). The Mentally Abnormal Offender. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 24(3). 516–517. 1 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1965). The Psychologist as a Witness. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 19(4). 687–688. 5 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1965). The Psychiatric Hospital as a Social System. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 19(4). 683–683. 7 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1963). Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry 1535–1860. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 17(3). 513–515. 102 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1961). Juvenile Delinquency. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 15(3). 479–480. 1 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1961). A Study of Murder. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 15(2). 300–301. 16 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1960). Theoretical Studies in Social Organization of the Prison. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 14(4). 795–796. 25 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1958). The circle of guilt. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1958). Ego Structure in Paranoid Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 12(4). 858–860. 1 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1958). The Sexual Criminal. A Psychoanalytic Study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 114(8). 764–764. 8 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric & Gregory Zilboorg. (1955). The Psychology of the Criminal Act and Punishment. The University of Chicago Law Review. 22(2). 569–569. 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1955). Psychoauthoritarianism and the Law. The University of Chicago Law Review. 22(2). 336–336. 2 indexed citations
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Wertham, Fredric. (1953). Psychiatric Observations on Abolition of School Segregation. Journal of Educational Sociology. 26(7). 333–333. 1 indexed citations

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