J. Louise Despert

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

J. Louise Despert is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Louise Despert has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in General Health Professions, 2 papers in Demography and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in J. Louise Despert's work include Child and Adolescent Health (2 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (1 paper). J. Louise Despert is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Health (2 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (1 paper). J. Louise Despert collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. Louise Despert's co-authors include Philippe Ariès, Jessie Bernard, Robert Baldick, Gustav Bychowski and W. Eliasberg and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

In The Last Decade

J. Louise Despert

10 papers receiving 902 citations

Hit Papers

Centuries of Childhood. A Social History of Family Life 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 250 500 750 1000
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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. Centuries of Childhood. A Social History of Family Life
    1963 1.1k citations Jessie Bernard, Philippe Ariès et al. Marriage and Family Living profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Louise Despert United States 8 592 273 222 180 141 11 1.4k
Robert Baldick Brazil 5 538 0.9× 126 0.5× 209 0.9× 93 0.5× 131 0.9× 12 1.2k
John Demos United States 15 603 1.0× 107 0.4× 88 0.4× 114 0.6× 94 0.7× 58 1.3k
William D. Wilder United Kingdom 9 428 0.7× 193 0.7× 168 0.8× 92 0.5× 129 0.9× 26 1.1k
Benjamin Beit‐Hallahmi Israel 26 1.4k 2.3× 478 1.8× 240 1.1× 239 1.3× 121 0.9× 110 2.6k
Paula S. Fass United States 17 770 1.3× 245 0.9× 238 1.1× 90 0.5× 204 1.4× 55 1.3k
Dean R. Hoge United States 22 1.1k 1.8× 383 1.4× 481 2.2× 119 0.7× 76 0.5× 80 1.9k
Lester A. Kirkendall United States 21 418 0.7× 472 1.7× 133 0.6× 148 0.8× 245 1.7× 106 1.3k
Vincent Crapanzano United States 20 1.0k 1.7× 207 0.8× 117 0.5× 110 0.6× 67 0.5× 56 2.2k
Rosemary Firth United Kingdom 12 339 0.6× 107 0.4× 178 0.8× 70 0.4× 54 0.4× 35 967
Milton L. Barron United States 9 1.5k 2.6× 227 0.8× 184 0.8× 457 2.5× 151 1.1× 28 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Louise Despert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Louise Despert

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Despert, J. Louise, et al.. (1973). The Emotionally Disturbed Child: An Inquiry into Family Patterns. The Family Coordinator. 22(2). 255–255. 2 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise. (1971). Reflections on early infantile autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 1(4). 363–367. 9 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise. (1968). Schizophrenia in children : collected papers. 2 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise. (1965). The emotionally disturbed child, then and now. 13 indexed citations
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Bernard, Jessie, Philippe Ariès, Robert Baldick, & J. Louise Despert. (1963). Centuries of Childhood. A Social History of Family Life. Marriage and Family Living. 25(4). 503–503. 1130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bychowski, Gustav & J. Louise Despert. (1958). Specialized techniques in psychotherapy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise, et al.. (1958). FURTHER EXAMINATION OF DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN SCHIZOPHRENIC ILLNESS AND PSYCHOSES OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD. American Journal of Psychiatry. 114(9). 784–790. 25 indexed citations
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Eliasberg, W. & J. Louise Despert. (1954). Children of Divorce. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 44(5). 638–638. 1 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise, et al.. (1953). Children of Divorce. Columbia Law Review. 53(8). 1175–1175. 138 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise. (1952). Suicide and depression in children.. PubMed. 9(4). 378–89. 11 indexed citations
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Despert, J. Louise. (1951). Some considerations relating to the genesis of autistic behavior in children.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 21(2). 335–350. 64 indexed citations

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