Joseph Becker

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Joseph Becker is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Becker has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Clinical Psychology, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Joseph Becker's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (6 papers). Joseph Becker is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (6 papers). Joseph Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Joseph Becker's co-authors include Peter P. Vitaliano, Joan Russo, Roland D. Maiuro, Mark Pagel, David B. Coppel, John E. Carr, William W. Erdly, Gaston V. Rimlinger, Irwin S. Rosenfarb and Arifulla Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Becker

76 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Ways of Coping Checklist: Revision and Psychometric P... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750
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. The Ways of Coping Checklist: Revision and Psychometric Properties
    1985 865 citations Peter P. Vitaliano, Joan Russo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Becker United States 25 1.5k 857 848 830 687 92 3.6k
Thomas Szasz United States 29 2.4k 1.6× 664 0.8× 786 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 763 1.1× 216 5.2k
Leo Srole United States 14 854 0.6× 743 0.9× 802 0.9× 739 0.9× 248 0.4× 26 2.8k
Thomas S. Langner United States 21 1.5k 1.0× 725 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 347 0.5× 33 3.5k
Fredrick C. Redlich United States 17 1.8k 1.2× 612 0.7× 965 1.1× 625 0.8× 770 1.1× 30 4.3k
Carl I. Cohen United States 40 1.3k 0.9× 698 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 2.1k 3.0× 199 5.1k
Joseph Westermeyer United States 40 3.7k 2.5× 1.8k 2.1× 1.2k 1.4× 1.8k 2.1× 694 1.0× 285 6.9k
Ε. Mansell Pattison United States 26 1.7k 1.1× 538 0.6× 688 0.8× 808 1.0× 465 0.7× 114 3.4k
Joseph A. Flaherty United States 28 1.1k 0.7× 877 1.0× 932 1.1× 930 1.1× 388 0.6× 82 3.6k
Barbara Snell Dohrenwend United States 24 2.6k 1.7× 1.2k 1.4× 1.8k 2.2× 1.9k 2.3× 587 0.9× 59 5.8k
David R. Forde United States 26 2.8k 1.9× 1.2k 1.4× 471 0.6× 634 0.8× 306 0.4× 49 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Becker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Becker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Becker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Becker 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 Joseph Becker. Joseph Becker 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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Allayannis, George & Joseph Becker. (2019). A Global Fintech Overview. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph & Arthur Kleinman. (2013). Life Stress and Depression. 119–148. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph & Arthur Kleinman. (2013). Interpersonal Aspects of Depression from Psychodynamic and Attachment Perspectives. 149–186.
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Rosenfarb, Irwin S., et al.. (1998). Dependency and self‐criticism in bipolar and unipolar depressed women. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 37(4). 409–414. 49 indexed citations
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Dünner, David L., et al.. (1996). Cognitive therapy versus fluoxetine in the treatment of dysthymic disorder. PubMed. 4(1). 34–41. 38 indexed citations
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Russo, Joan, Peter P. Vitaliano, Devon D. Brewer, Wayne Katon, & Joseph Becker. (1995). Psychiatric disorders in spouse caregivers of care recipients with Alzheimer's disease and matched controls: A diathesis-stress model of psychopathology.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 104(1). 197–204. 134 indexed citations
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Rosenfarb, Irwin S., Joseph Becker, & Arifulla Khan. (1994). Perceptions of parental and peer attachments by women with mood disorders.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 103(4). 637–644. 28 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph, et al.. (1990). Coping resources and depression in the caregiving spouses of Alzheimer patients. British Journal of Medical Psychology. 63(2). 161–171. 37 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph. (1989). Preschoolers' Use of Number Words to Denote One-to-One Correspondence. Child Development. 60(5). 1147–1147. 5 indexed citations
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Saxe, Geoffrey B., et al.. (1989). Developmental Differences in Children's Understanding of Number Word Conventions. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 20(5). 468–468. 11 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph, et al.. (1988). Difficulties assessing depressive-like reactions to chronic severe external stress as exemplified by spouse caregivers of Alzheimer patients.. Psychology and Aging. 3(3). 300–306. 15 indexed citations
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Pagel, Mark, William W. Erdly, & Joseph Becker. (1987). Social networks: We get by with (and in spite of) a little help from our friends.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53(4). 793–804. 253 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph & Marc A. Schuckit. (1978). The comparative efficacy of cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depressions. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 2(2). 193–197. 10 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph & John Stutz. (1976). Residual equisingularity. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 56(1). 217–220.
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Becker, Joseph, et al.. (1973). Alcoholism and Depression; The Factor Structure of Alcoholics' Responses to Depression Inventories. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 34(2). 400–408. 33 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph. (1972). An Evaluation of Unemployment Insurance. Review of Social Economy. 30(1). 30–36. 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph. (1972). Experience rating in unemployment insurance : virtue or vice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph, et al.. (1969). Parental dominance, conflict, and disciplinary coerciveness in families of female schizophrenics.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 74(2). 193–198. 9 indexed citations
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Becker, Joseph, et al.. (1967). Nonlexical speech similarities as an index of intrafamilial identifications.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 72(5, Pt.1). 408–414. 4 indexed citations

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