John D. Rainer

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

John D. Rainer is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Rainer has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Clinical Psychology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in John D. Rainer's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers). John D. Rainer is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (4 papers). John D. Rainer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John D. Rainer's co-authors include Julien Mendlewicz, L. Erlenmeyer‐Kimling, Susan E. Nicol, Kenneth Z. Altshuler, W. Edwards Deming, Miron Baron, Neil Risch, Ronald R. Fieve, Lawrence C. Kolb and Arthur C. Carr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, American Journal of Psychiatry and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

In The Last Decade

John D. Rainer

40 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Sex Differences in Behavior 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 100 200 300 400 500
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. Sex Differences in Behavior
    1975 547 citations John D. Rainer American Journal of Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Rainer United States 13 305 257 251 247 246 45 1.4k
Mary F. Waldrop United States 15 129 0.4× 341 1.3× 160 0.6× 260 1.1× 158 0.6× 21 1.1k
Franz J. Kallmann United States 15 269 0.9× 214 0.8× 146 0.6× 161 0.7× 214 0.9× 68 1.1k
A. Leo Beem Netherlands 15 349 1.1× 471 1.8× 150 0.6× 144 0.6× 443 1.8× 26 1.6k
Judit Gervai Hungary 18 164 0.5× 546 2.1× 331 1.3× 167 0.7× 198 0.8× 59 1.3k
Richard Pillard United States 20 119 0.4× 226 0.9× 398 1.6× 47 0.2× 307 1.2× 35 1.1k
Brian A. Gladue United States 21 124 0.4× 369 1.4× 530 2.1× 118 0.5× 675 2.7× 29 1.5k
Eliot Slater United Kingdom 21 275 0.9× 433 1.7× 152 0.6× 938 3.8× 172 0.7× 77 2.2k
Michèle Carlier France 27 676 2.2× 222 0.9× 366 1.5× 167 0.7× 300 1.2× 76 2.1k
Lee Willerman United States 27 340 1.1× 598 2.3× 310 1.2× 192 0.8× 1.3k 5.2× 77 2.4k
Beatrice Priel Israel 10 187 0.6× 444 1.7× 195 0.8× 323 1.3× 227 0.9× 19 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Rainer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rainer, John D. & Martin Lewis. (2012). Drama at the Heart of the Secondary School. 1 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1989). Immaterial Facts: Freud’s Discovery of Psychic Reality and Klein’s Development of His Work. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 43(2). 293–294. 4 indexed citations
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Baron, Miron & John D. Rainer. (1988). Molecular Genetics and Human Disease Implications for Modern Psychiatric Research and Practice. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 152(6). 741–753. 15 indexed citations
4.
Erlenmeyer‐Kimling, L., et al.. (1980). A prospective study of children of schizophrenic parents. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 3(1). 90–91. 6 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1979). Inheritance of Creative Intelligence. American Journal of Psychiatry. 136(2). 254–254. 27 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1979). Genetics and the Future of Psychoanalysis. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 167(12). 721–725. 1 indexed citations
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Mendlewicz, Julien & John D. Rainer. (1977). Adoption study supporting genetic transmission in manic–depressive illness. Nature. 268(5618). 327–329. 225 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1976). Psychopharmacogenetics. American Journal of Psychiatry. 133(9). 1098–a. 2 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1975). Sex Differences in Behavior. American Journal of Psychiatry. 132(7). 767–768. 547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mendlewicz, Julien, et al.. (1973). Affective Disorder on Paternal and Maternal Sides. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 122(566). 31–34. 20 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1972). The Contributions of Genetics to Problems of Nosology and Interrelationship in Psychiatry. International Journal of Mental Health. 1(1-2). 28–41. 2 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1972). Perspectives on the genetics of schizophrenia: A re-evaluation of Kallmann's contribution—its influence and current relevance. Psychiatric Quarterly. 46(3). 356–362. 2 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1970). Progress in Medical Genetics. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 151(1). 70–70. 26 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1969). Heredity and environment in the functional psychoses. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 21(5). 520–521. 9 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1969). Psychiatric Services for The Deaf: Some Unmet Needs. NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University). 3(1). 14. 1 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D. & Kenneth Z. Altshuler. (1968). Psychiatry and the Deaf.. 7 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1963). Family and mental health problems in a deaf population. 82 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D.. (1960). A Clinical and Genetico-Statistical Study of Schizophrenia and Low-Grade Mental Deficiency in a Large Swedish Rural Population. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 12(2). 226–228. 7 indexed citations
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Rainer, John D. & I. Lester Firschein. (1959). Mating and fertility patterns in families with early total deafness. Eugenics Quarterly. 6(2). 117–127. 1 indexed citations
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Altshuler, Kenneth Z. & John D. Rainer. (1958). PATTERNS AND COURSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE DEAF. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 127(1). 77–83. 9 indexed citations

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