Irving Bieber

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 899 citations indexed

About

Irving Bieber is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irving Bieber has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 899 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Irving Bieber's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (3 papers). Irving Bieber is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (3 papers). Irving Bieber collaborates with scholars based in United States. Irving Bieber's co-authors include Marvin G. Drellich, Toby B. Bieber, Henry G. Grand, Ralph H. Gundlach, Malvina W. Kremer, Alfred H. Rifkin, Paul R. Dince, Cornelia B. Wilbur, Harvey J. Dain and Arthur M. Sutherland and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Cancer and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Irving Bieber

31 papers receiving 657 citations

Hit Papers

Homosexuality: A psychoanalytic study. 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 100 200 300 400
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. Homosexuality: A psychoanalytic study.
    1962 429 citations Irving Bieber, Harvey J. Dain et al. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irving Bieber United States 11 379 364 176 116 108 33 899
Ralph H. Gundlach United States 8 259 0.7× 273 0.8× 133 0.8× 75 0.6× 91 0.8× 14 604
Marvin G. Drellich United States 5 213 0.6× 252 0.7× 116 0.7× 126 1.1× 77 0.7× 8 633
Cornelia B. Wilbur United States 3 253 0.7× 218 0.6× 108 0.6× 65 0.6× 72 0.7× 4 509
Lionel Ovesey United States 15 354 0.9× 292 0.8× 205 1.2× 43 0.4× 129 1.2× 28 796
Bernard Zuger United States 15 313 0.8× 408 1.1× 145 0.8× 85 0.7× 259 2.4× 32 806
Ethel Spector Person United States 17 493 1.3× 395 1.1× 208 1.2× 58 0.5× 265 2.5× 42 1.1k
Judith S. Kestenberg United States 16 406 1.1× 146 0.4× 139 0.8× 28 0.2× 57 0.5× 38 719
Ira B. Pauly United States 12 286 0.8× 534 1.5× 85 0.5× 102 0.9× 218 2.0× 17 740
Lawrence S. Kubie United States 18 689 1.8× 403 1.1× 152 0.9× 13 0.1× 48 0.4× 77 1.5k
Helm Stierlin Germany 17 516 1.4× 270 0.7× 200 1.1× 19 0.2× 24 0.2× 107 956

Countries citing papers authored by Irving Bieber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Irving Bieber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irving Bieber

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bieber, Irving. (1982). In Memory of Abram Kardiner (1891–1981). Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 10(2). 285–287. 1 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1980). Psychoanalysis – A Cognitive Process. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 8(1). 25–38. 6 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving & Toby B. Bieber. (1979). Male Homosexuality. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 24(5). 409–421. 5 indexed citations
4.
Bieber, Irving. (1976). Psychodynamics and Sexual Object Choice. I. Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 12(3). 366–369. 5 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1976). The Nature and Treatment of Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 133(1). 116–116. 115 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1974). The Concept of Irrational Belief Systems as Primary Elements of Psychopathology. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 2(2). 91–100. 1 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1974). The psychoanalytic treatment of sexual disorders. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 1(1). 5–15. 15 indexed citations
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Stoller, Robert J., Judd Marmor, Irving Bieber, et al.. (1973). A Symposium: Should Homosexuality Be in the APA Nomenclature?. American Journal of Psychiatry. 130(11). 1207–1216. 54 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1973). On Behavior Therapy: A Critique. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 1(1). 39–52. 3 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1972). Homosexual Dynamics in Psychiatric Crisis. American Journal of Psychiatry. 128(10). 1268–1272. 5 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving, et al.. (1970). Are Homosexuals Sick?. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 70(4). 746–746.
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Bieber, Irving. (1969). Homosexuality. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 69(12). 2637–2637. 1 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1967). Aversion Therapy of Homosexuals. BMJ. 3(5561). 372.2–372. 2 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1965). “Homosexuality—A Psychoanalytic Study of Male Homosexuality”. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 111(471). 195–196. 1 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving, et al.. (1964). The meaning of homosexual trends in therapy a round table discussion. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 24(1). 60–63. 2 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving, Harvey J. Dain, Paul R. Dince, et al.. (1962). Homosexuality: A psychoanalytic study.. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bieber, Irving. (1959). Olfaction in Sexual Development And Adult Sexual Organization. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 13(4). 851–859. 21 indexed citations
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Drellich, Marvin G. & Irving Bieber. (1958). THE PSYCHOLOGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE UTERUS AND ITS FUNCTIONS. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 126(4). 322–336. 60 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1958). A critique of the Libido Theory. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 18(1). 52–68. 5 indexed citations
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Bieber, Irving. (1951). Pathological Boredom and Inertia. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 5(2). 215–225. 6 indexed citations

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