Gary Freitas

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Gary Freitas is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Freitas has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Social Psychology, 2 papers in Clinical Psychology and 1 paper in Health. Recurrent topics in Gary Freitas's work include Counseling Practices and Supervision (3 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 paper). Gary Freitas is often cited by papers focused on Counseling Practices and Supervision (3 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 papers) and Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 paper). Gary Freitas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. Gary Freitas's co-authors include Ryan P. Scott, Benjamin D. Locke, James R. Mahalik, Matthew A. Diemer, Larry H. Ludlow, Michael A. Gottfried, Rachel E. Crook‐Lyon and Clara E. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychotherapy, Psychology of Men & Masculinity and Journal of College Student Psychotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Gary Freitas

5 papers receiving 929 citations

Hit Papers

Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory. 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory.
    2003 898 citations James R. Mahalik, Benjamin D. Locke et al. Psychology of Men & Masculinity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary Freitas United States 4 635 412 298 247 151 5 1.0k
Andrew P. Smiler United States 15 681 1.1× 405 1.0× 273 0.9× 335 1.4× 284 1.9× 26 1.2k
Matt Englar‐Carlson United States 11 385 0.6× 238 0.6× 212 0.7× 227 0.9× 106 0.7× 18 720
Katherine Richmond United States 9 469 0.7× 247 0.6× 164 0.6× 207 0.8× 94 0.6× 14 744
Allison Caruthers United States 15 286 0.5× 619 1.5× 211 0.7× 195 0.8× 284 1.9× 23 1.1k
Laurel B. Watson United States 23 460 0.7× 627 1.5× 623 2.1× 358 1.4× 85 0.6× 42 1.2k
Spencer B. Olmstead United States 20 345 0.5× 590 1.4× 450 1.5× 459 1.9× 254 1.7× 51 1.1k
Shannon Cavanagh United States 16 279 0.4× 361 0.9× 233 0.8× 640 2.6× 234 1.5× 28 1.3k
Carlos E. Santos United States 19 283 0.4× 310 0.8× 351 1.2× 539 2.2× 258 1.7× 45 1.2k
Michael F. Myers Canada 13 162 0.3× 336 0.8× 286 1.0× 265 1.1× 229 1.5× 43 880
Louise B. Silverstein United States 17 244 0.4× 256 0.6× 303 1.0× 374 1.5× 142 0.9× 39 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Gary Freitas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gary Freitas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Freitas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gary Freitas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gary Freitas 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 Gary Freitas. Gary Freitas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Hill, Clara E., et al.. (2010). Working With Clients Who Have Religious/Spiritual Issues: A Survey of University Counseling Center Therapists. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 24(2). 139–155. 18 indexed citations
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Mahalik, James R., Benjamin D. Locke, Larry H. Ludlow, et al.. (2003). Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory.. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 4(1). 3–25. 898 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Mahalik, James R., Benjamin D. Locke, Larry H. Ludlow, et al.. (2003). Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory.. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 4(1). 3–25. 48 indexed citations
4.
Freitas, Gary. (2002). The impact of psychotherapy supervision on client outcome: A critical examination of 2 decades of research.. Psychotherapy. 39(4). 354–367. 3 indexed citations
5.
Freitas, Gary. (2002). The impact of psychotherapy supervision on client outcome: A critical examination of 2 decades of research.. Psychotherapy. 39(4). 354–367. 65 indexed citations

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