Lester Luborsky

25.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
214 papers, 19.2k citations indexed

About

Lester Luborsky is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lester Luborsky has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 19.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Clinical Psychology, 46 papers in Social Psychology and 26 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lester Luborsky's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (110 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (38 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (20 papers). Lester Luborsky is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (110 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (38 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (20 papers). Lester Luborsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Lester Luborsky's co-authors include A. Thomas McLellan, George Woody, Charles P. O Brien, Adam O. Horvath, Paul Crits‐Christoph, Paul Crits-Christoph, Jacques P. Barber, CHARLES P. OʼBRIEN, John Cacciola and Frederick J. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Lester Luborsky

211 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

An Improved Diagnostic Evaluation Instrument for Substanc... 1962 2026 1983 2004 1980 1985 1975 2001 1993 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. An Improved Diagnostic Evaluation Instrument for Substance Abuse Patients
    1980 2.8k citations A. Thomas McLellan, Lester Luborsky et al. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease profile →
  2. New Data from the Addiction Severity Index Reliability and Validity in Three Centers
    1985 1.4k citations A. Thomas McLellan, Lester Luborsky et al. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease profile →
  3. Comparative Studies of Psychotherapies
    1975 944 citations Lester Luborsky profile →
  4. The Relationship of Depression and Stressors to Immunological Assays: A Meta-Analytic Review
    2001 730 citations Eric P. Zorrilla, Lester Luborsky et al. Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →
  5. The role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy.
    1993 718 citations Lester Luborsky et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
  6. The role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy.
    1993 621 citations Lester Luborsky et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
  7. Therapist Success and Its Determinants
    1985 560 citations Lester Luborsky profile →
  8. Factors influencing the outcome of psychotherapy: A review of quantitative research.
    1971 428 citations Lester Luborsky, Arthur H. Auerbach et al. profile →
  9. Clinicians' Judgments of Mental Health
    1962 379 citations Lester Luborsky profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lester Luborsky United States 60 11.7k 4.7k 4.7k 2.8k 2.5k 214 19.2k
Lee N. Robins United States 51 11.4k 1.0× 3.5k 0.7× 4.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.6× 3.5k 1.4× 121 21.2k
Frederick S. Stinson United States 52 10.2k 0.9× 8.7k 1.8× 3.4k 0.7× 3.9k 1.4× 4.2k 1.7× 81 22.7k
Bruce J. Rounsaville United States 87 10.2k 0.9× 9.5k 2.0× 3.4k 0.7× 5.2k 1.8× 3.2k 1.3× 314 25.4k
George E. Vaillant United States 63 5.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 185 13.6k
W. June Ruan United States 45 7.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 5.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 64 18.3k
Risë B. Goldstein United States 55 7.5k 0.6× 4.8k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.7k 1.1× 171 15.7k
Carol A. Prescott United States 69 9.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 206 21.5k
Wilma Vollebergh Netherlands 65 8.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 3.8k 0.8× 3.9k 1.4× 2.5k 1.0× 313 17.0k
S. Patricia Chou United States 45 6.9k 0.6× 6.7k 1.4× 2.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 73 16.8k
Darrel A. Regier United States 55 10.8k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 6.0k 1.3× 7.7k 2.7× 4.1k 1.6× 153 23.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luborsky, Lester, et al.. (2004). Is Psychotherapy Good for Your Health?. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 58(4). 386–405. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Tony Z., Lester Luborsky, & Tomasz P. Andrusyna. (2002). Sudden gains in recovering from depression: Are they also found in psychotherapies other than cognitive-behavioral therapy?. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 70(2). 444–447. 97 indexed citations
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Zorrilla, Eric P., Lester Luborsky, James R. McKay, et al.. (2001). The Relationship of Depression and Stressors to Immunological Assays: A Meta-Analytic Review. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 15(3). 199–226. 730 indexed citations breakdown →
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Siqueland, Lynne, Paul Crits‐Christoph, Arlene Frank, et al.. (1998). Predictors of dropout from psychosocial treatment of cocaine dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 52(1). 1–13. 59 indexed citations
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McKay, James R., et al.. (1997). Affilitative Trust-Mistrust and Immunity in Depressed Patients Receiving Supportive-Expressive Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research. 7(3). 249–260. 5 indexed citations
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Grenyer, Brin F. S. & Lester Luborsky. (1996). Dynamic change in psychotherapy: Mastery of interpersonal conflicts.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 64(2). 411–416. 24 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester & Louis Diguer. (1995). A Novel CCRT Reliability Study: Reply to Zander et al.. Psychotherapy Research. 5(3). 237–241. 5 indexed citations
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Diguer, Louis, Jacques P. Barber, & Lester Luborsky. (1993). Three concomitants: personality disorders, psychiatric severity, and outcome of dynamic psychotherapy of major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 150(8). 1246–1248. 75 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester, et al.. (1993). Psychological health-sickness (PHS) as a predictor of outcomes in dynamic and other psychotherapies.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 61(4). 542–548. 51 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester, Jacques P. Barber, & Paul Crits‐Christoph. (1990). Theory-based research for understanding the process of dynamic psychotherapy.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 58(3). 281–287. 56 indexed citations
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Ge, Woody, McLellan At, Lester Luborsky, & O'Brien Cp. (1990). Psychotherapy and counseling for methadone-maintained opiate addicts: results of research studies.. PubMed. 104. 9–23. 41 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester. (1988). Who will benefit from psychotherapy? : predicting therapeutic outcomes. Basic Books. 162 indexed citations
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Seligman, Martin E. P., C Castellón, John Cacciola, et al.. (1988). Explanatory style change during cognitive therapy for unipolar depression.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 97(1). 13–18. 95 indexed citations
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McLellan, A. Thomas, et al.. (1988). Is the Counselor an ???Active Ingredient??? in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation?. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 176(7). 423–430. 113 indexed citations
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McLellan, A. Thomas, Lester Luborsky, John Cacciola, et al.. (1985). New Data from the Addiction Severity Index Reliability and Validity in Three Centers. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 173(7). 412–423. 1350 indexed citations breakdown →
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At, McLellan, et al.. (1981). Certain types of substance abuse patients do better in certain kinds of treatments: evidence for patient-program matching.. PubMed. 34. 123–30. 7 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester, Thomas C. Todd, & Aaron Honori Katcher. (1973). A self-administered social assets scale for predicting physical and psychological illness and health. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 17(2). 109–120. 35 indexed citations
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Auerbach, Arthur H., et al.. (1972). Clinicians' Predictions of Outcome of Psychotherapy: A Trial of a Prognostic Index. American Journal of Psychiatry. 128(7). 830–835. 33 indexed citations
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Bachrach, Henry, Jim Mintz, & Lester Luborsky. (1971). On rating empathy and other psychotherapy variables: An experience with the effects of training.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 36(3). 445–445. 7 indexed citations
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Luborsky, Lester & Howard Shevrin. (1962). Forgetting of Tachistoscopic Exposures as a Function of Repression. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 14(2). 189–190. 1 indexed citations

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