George Downing

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

George Downing is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Downing has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in George Downing's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 papers). George Downing is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 papers). George Downing collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Germany. George Downing's co-authors include J. Hill, Francis Lau, Mary Lesperance, Craig Kuziemsky, Corinna Reck, Edward Z. Tronick, Christoph Mundt, Thomas Fuchs, Robert Weiss and Aoife Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George Downing

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Palliative Performance Scale (PPS): A New Tool 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 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. Palliative Performance Scale (PPS): A New Tool
    1996 789 citations George Downing, J. Hill et al. Journal of Palliative Care profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Downing France 14 1.0k 409 408 373 189 33 1.5k
Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay United States 25 1.4k 1.4× 771 1.9× 575 1.4× 655 1.8× 216 1.1× 79 2.5k
Maxine de la Cruz United States 24 1.3k 1.2× 396 1.0× 387 0.9× 621 1.7× 194 1.0× 50 2.2k
Lesbia Hernández Puerto Rico 10 786 0.8× 747 1.8× 597 1.5× 444 1.2× 330 1.7× 11 2.1k
Tami Borneman United States 25 1.1k 1.1× 592 1.4× 353 0.9× 625 1.7× 283 1.5× 65 1.9k
Bee Wee United Kingdom 29 1.6k 1.6× 305 0.7× 389 1.0× 691 1.9× 639 3.4× 89 2.7k
Elizabeth Kvale United States 22 1.0k 1.0× 791 1.9× 252 0.6× 485 1.3× 389 2.1× 91 2.0k
J. C. Kurtz United States 23 493 0.5× 809 2.0× 249 0.6× 347 0.9× 243 1.3× 39 1.6k
Pedro Emilio Perez‐Cruz Chile 17 826 0.8× 599 1.5× 137 0.3× 473 1.3× 214 1.1× 53 1.4k
Stacy M. Fischer United States 19 914 0.9× 186 0.5× 528 1.3× 288 0.8× 475 2.5× 82 1.5k
Tomer T. Levin United States 21 725 0.7× 361 0.9× 255 0.6× 321 0.9× 575 3.0× 66 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Downing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Downing

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

All Works

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Sacchi, Chiara, Sergio Facchini, George Downing, & Alessandra Simonelli. (2020). The Primary Care-Video Intervention Therapy for Growth-Vulnerable Infants. A Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5). 1796–1796. 2 indexed citations
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Crugnola, C Riva, et al.. (2017). Promoting responsiveness, emotion regulation, and attachment in young mothers and infants: An implementation of video intervention therapy and psychological support. 441–465. 3 indexed citations
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Downing, George, et al.. (2016). Postpartale psychische Störungen. 3 indexed citations
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Reck, Corinna, et al.. (2011). Interactive coordination of currently depressed inpatient mothers and their infants during the postpartum period. Infant Mental Health Journal. 32(5). 542–562. 46 indexed citations
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Downing, George. (2010). La video microanalisi nella terapia della coppia madre-bambino. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 9–18. 1 indexed citations
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Kuziemsky, Craig, Jens H. Weber-Jahnke, Francis Lau, & George Downing. (2008). An Interdisciplinary Computer-based Information Tool for Palliative Severe Pain Management. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 15(3). 374–382. 19 indexed citations
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Downing, George, Dieter Bürgin, Corinna Reck, & Ute Ziegenhain. (2008). Interfaces between intersubjectivity and attachment: Three perspectives on a mother–infant inpatient case. Infant Mental Health Journal. 29(3). 278–295. 11 indexed citations
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Downing, George, Craig Kuziemsky, Mary Lesperance, Francis Lau, & Ann Syme. (2007). Development and Reliability Testing of the Victoria Bowel Performance Scale (BPS). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 34(5). 513–522. 18 indexed citations
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Kuziemsky, Craig, et al.. (2006). A grounded theory guided approach to palliative care systems design. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 76. S141–S148. 17 indexed citations
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Lau, Francis, et al.. (2006). Use of Palliative Performance Scale in End-of-Life Prognostication. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 9(5). 1066–1075. 120 indexed citations
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Weiss, Robert, et al.. (2004). Psychotherapie der postpartalen Depression: Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Blickpunkt. Der Nervenarzt. 75(11). 1068–1073. 2 indexed citations
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Reck, Corinna, et al.. (2004). Psychotherapie der postpartalen Depression. Der Nervenarzt. 75(11). 1068–1073. 14 indexed citations
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Reck, Corinna, Aoife Hunt, Thomas Fuchs, et al.. (2004). Interactive Regulation of Affect in Postpartum Depressed Mothers and Their Infants: An Overview. Psychopathology. 37(6). 272–280. 148 indexed citations
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Mazet, Philippe, et al.. (2001). Le regard dans les troubles des interactions précoces. Neuropsychiatrie de l Enfance et de l Adolescence. 49(7). 419–427. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, George, et al.. (1996). Palliative Performance Scale (PPS): A New Tool. Journal of Palliative Care. 12(1). 5–11. 789 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuehl, Frederick A., Frank J. Wolf, Nelson R. Trenner, et al.. (1955). D-4-AMINO-3-ISOXAZOLIDONE, A NEW ANTIBIOTIC*. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(8). 2344–2345. 67 indexed citations

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