John Heron

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John Heron is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, John Heron has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in John Heron's work include Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (3 papers), Counseling Practices and Supervision (3 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers). John Heron is often cited by papers focused on Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (3 papers), Counseling Practices and Supervision (3 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers). John Heron collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. John Heron's co-authors include Jesse M. Smith, Luk Van Langenhove, Joan Harvey, Barbara Williams and Jill Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Qualitative Inquiry and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

John Heron

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Participatory Inquiry Paradigm 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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. A Participatory Inquiry Paradigm
    1997 725 citations John Heron et al. Qualitative Inquiry 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 Heron United Kingdom 12 470 396 353 192 191 26 1.6k
William A. Borgen Canada 19 415 0.9× 332 0.8× 375 1.1× 281 1.5× 279 1.5× 66 1.7k
Richard Winter United Kingdom 24 915 1.9× 313 0.8× 343 1.0× 100 0.5× 539 2.8× 73 1.9k
David A. Erlandson United States 8 665 1.4× 419 1.1× 192 0.5× 191 1.0× 95 0.5× 31 1.7k
Norman E. Amundson Canada 21 553 1.2× 348 0.9× 409 1.2× 410 2.1× 314 1.6× 98 2.1k
Kathryn G.Herr United States 15 863 1.8× 485 1.2× 228 0.6× 69 0.4× 64 0.3× 32 1.5k
Emily Eisner United Kingdom 13 967 2.1× 512 1.3× 250 0.7× 304 1.6× 71 0.4× 37 2.4k
Richard Morehouse United States 8 599 1.3× 382 1.0× 169 0.5× 151 0.8× 89 0.5× 15 1.6k
Geoffrey Squires United Kingdom 10 1.1k 2.4× 212 0.5× 162 0.5× 72 0.4× 147 0.8× 22 1.9k
Margaret Anzul United States 7 491 1.0× 382 1.0× 171 0.5× 184 1.0× 46 0.2× 9 1.3k
Alan Blum United States 14 358 0.8× 359 0.9× 105 0.3× 390 2.0× 172 0.9× 65 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Heron

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Heron

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heron, John. (2020). Representational indispensability and ontological commitment. Thought A Journal of Philosophy. 9(2). 105–114. 1 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (2020). Set-theoretic justification and the theoretical virtues. Synthese. 199(1-2). 1245–1267. 2 indexed citations
3.
Heron, John. (2012). My Early Engagement with Humanistic Psychology. Self & Society. 40(1). 48–55. 3 indexed citations
4.
Heron, John. (2010). Participatory Spirituality: A Farewell to Authoritarian Religion. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (2007). Participatory Fruits: Spiritual Inquiry. 29(3). 7–17. 8 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1998). Sacred science : person-centred inquiry into the spiritual and the subtle. 34 indexed citations
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Heron, John, et al.. (1997). A Participatory Inquiry Paradigm. Qualitative Inquiry. 3(3). 274–294. 725 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heron, John. (1996). Quality as Primacy of the Practical. Qualitative Inquiry. 2(1). 41–56. 32 indexed citations
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Heron, John, et al.. (1995). Co-Operative Inquiry. 101 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1993). Group Facilitation: Theories and Models for Practice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations
11.
Heron, John. (1992). Feeling and Personhood: Psychology in Another Key. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 210 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1990). The facilitators' handbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 140 indexed citations
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Heron, John, et al.. (1986). The Human Capacity for Intentional Self-healing and Enhanced Well ness A Research Proposal. 1(2). 123–134. 2 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1982). Education of the affect. 6 indexed citations
15.
Heron, John, et al.. (1981). CO-COUNSELLING: AN EXPERIENTIAL INQUIRY (2). 3 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1976). A six-category intervention analysis. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 4(2). 143–155. 51 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1976). A six-category intervention analysis. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 4(2). 143–155. 48 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1973). Re-evaluation counselling: Personal growth through mutual aid. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 1(2). 26–36. 2 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1970). The Phenomenology of Social Encounter: The Gaze. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 31(2). 243–243. 32 indexed citations
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Heron, John. (1955). The Theology of Baptism. Scottish Journal of Theology. 8(1). 36–52. 1 indexed citations

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