Jack Drescher

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Jack Drescher is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Drescher has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Social Psychology, 48 papers in Clinical Psychology and 12 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jack Drescher's work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (53 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (27 papers) and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (18 papers). Jack Drescher is often cited by papers focused on LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (53 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (27 papers) and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (18 papers). Jack Drescher collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Jack Drescher's co-authors include Peggy T. Cohen‐Kettenis, Sam Winter, Geoffrey M. Reed, William Byne, Elham Atalla, Susan D. Cochran, Kenneth J. Zucker, Jack Pula, Runsen Chen and Sharon J. Parish and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders and The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

In The Last Decade

Jack Drescher

105 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Out of DSM: Depathologizing Homosexuality 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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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. Out of DSM: Depathologizing Homosexuality
    2015 313 citations Jack Drescher profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jack Drescher United States 23 1.7k 1.1k 660 479 429 120 2.6k
Vittorio Lingiardi Italy 37 1.9k 1.1× 2.5k 2.2× 712 1.1× 884 1.8× 417 1.0× 257 4.4k
Timo O. Nieder Germany 20 1.6k 0.9× 894 0.8× 405 0.6× 514 1.1× 458 1.1× 94 2.1k
Laura Mamo United States 20 449 0.3× 479 0.4× 523 0.8× 460 1.0× 345 0.8× 40 2.3k
Nanette Gartrell United States 28 1.7k 1.0× 562 0.5× 563 0.9× 1.6k 3.4× 406 0.9× 89 2.9k
Christina Richards United States 25 1.1k 0.6× 958 0.9× 416 0.6× 231 0.5× 416 1.0× 70 2.1k
Joanna Semlyen United Kingdom 16 1.8k 1.1× 879 0.8× 711 1.1× 389 0.8× 268 0.6× 40 2.6k
Antonio Prunas Italy 24 733 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 310 0.5× 101 0.2× 230 0.5× 91 1.7k
Fiona Tasker United Kingdom 28 1.6k 1.0× 411 0.4× 586 0.9× 1.6k 3.3× 343 0.8× 110 2.5k
Jenifer K. McGuire United States 21 1.9k 1.1× 917 0.8× 539 0.8× 564 1.2× 777 1.8× 55 2.6k
Warren B. Miller United States 33 389 0.2× 455 0.4× 554 0.8× 640 1.3× 873 2.0× 85 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jack Drescher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Drescher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Drescher, Jack, Alan Schwartz, Chris McIntosh, et al.. (2016). The Growing Regulation of Conversion Therapy. Journal of Medical Regulation. 102(2). 7–12. 51 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack, Peggy T. Cohen‐Kettenis, & Sam Winter. (2012). Minding the body: Situating gender identity diagnoses in the ICD-11. International Review of Psychiatry. 24(6). 568–577. 206 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack & Mary E. Barber. (2012). The LGBT Casebook. American Psychiatric Association Publishing eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2011). Agnes's Jacket: A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness. Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 47(2). 268–272. 5 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2010). Transsexualism, Gender Identity Disorder and the DSM. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 14(2). 109–122. 14 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2010). In Memoriam: Bertram H. Schaffner, MD. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 14(3). 251–256. 3 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2009). Queer Diagnoses: Parallels and Contrasts in the History of Homosexuality, Gender Variance, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 39(2). 427–460. 240 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2009). When Politics Distort Science: What Mental Health Professionals Can Do. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 13(3). 213–226. 12 indexed citations
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Glassgold, Judith M. & Jack Drescher. (2007). Activism and LGBT Psychology: An Introduction. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy. 11(3-4). 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Peel, Elizabeth, Victoria Clarke, & Jack Drescher. (2007). Introduction to LGB Perspectives in Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Theory, Research and Practice in the UK. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy. 11(1-2). 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Glassgold, Judith M. & Jack Drescher. (2007). Activism and LGBT psychology: An introduction. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 11(3). 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2006). Physician Values and Clinical Decision Making. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 8(5). 303–308. 1 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2006). Judd Marmor, psychiatry and homosexuality. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 10(2). 117–125.
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Drescher, Jack & Ronald E. Hellman. (2005). Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health. 5 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack, et al.. (2005). Introduction: What gay men (and those near and dear to them) need to know about prostate cancer. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 9(1). 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack, et al.. (2004). Crossing over: Introduction.. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 8(1). 1–5.
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Hellman, Ronald E. & Jack Drescher. (2004). Coming Out in the Public Sector: Introduction. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 8(3-4). 1–9.
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Drescher, Jack. (2004). The Closet: Psychological Issues of Being In and Coming Out. ˜The œPsychiatric times. 21(12). 7 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack. (2002). Don't ask, don't tell: A gay man's perspective on the psychoanalytic training experience between 1973 and 1991. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 6(1). 45–55. 7 indexed citations
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Drescher, Jack, et al.. (1992). The evaluation of biological efficiency of electromagnetic fields generated by implanted radiotelemetric transmitters used in space research on animals.. PubMed. 35(1 Suppl). S248–9. 4 indexed citations

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