Marvin K. Opler

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Marvin K. Opler is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Marvin K. Opler has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Clinical Psychology, 6 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Marvin K. Opler's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (6 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Marvin K. Opler is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (6 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Marvin K. Opler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Marvin K. Opler's co-authors include Thomas A. C. Rennie, Leo Srole, Thomas S. Langner, Stanley T. Michael, Clyde Kluckhohn, A. L. Kroeber, Norman M. Bradburn, David Caplovitz, John B. Carroll and Victor Barnouw and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Sociological Review and The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

In The Last Decade

Marvin K. Opler

71 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions. 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 1962 1965 1962 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. Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions.
    1953 768 citations Marvin K. Opler et al. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research profile →
  2. Mental health in the metropolis: The midtown Manhattan study.
    1962 721 citations Marvin K. Opler et al. profile →
  3. Mental Health in the Metropolis: The Midtown Manhattan Study.
    1965 423 citations Marvin K. Opler et al. Journal of Health and Human Behavior profile →
  4. Mental Health in the Metropolis
    1962 375 citations Marvin K. Opler 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
Marvin K. Opler United States 23 1.1k 940 935 699 512 82 4.0k
Louis L. Lunsky 22 792 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 700 0.7× 287 0.4× 189 0.4× 50 3.7k
John A. Clausen United States 25 813 0.7× 723 0.8× 691 0.7× 411 0.6× 226 0.4× 59 2.6k
Robert Boguslaw United States 9 1.3k 1.1× 611 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 407 0.6× 405 0.8× 24 4.2k
Hadley Cantril United States 21 1.8k 1.5× 604 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 752 1.1× 693 1.4× 40 4.7k
Hans A. Illing United States 17 606 0.5× 763 0.8× 1.9k 2.0× 367 0.5× 186 0.4× 103 3.8k
Theodore R. Sarbin United States 28 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 1000 1.1× 380 0.5× 125 0.2× 106 4.2k
Anthony J. Marsella United States 33 1.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 928 1.0× 605 0.9× 298 0.6× 90 3.5k
Don D. Jackson United States 23 1.8k 1.6× 2.1k 2.3× 1.2k 1.3× 478 0.7× 120 0.2× 60 5.7k
Philip Brickman United States 22 2.4k 2.2× 849 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 668 1.0× 668 1.3× 49 4.9k
Erich Fromm United States 32 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 1.8k 2.0× 331 0.5× 406 0.8× 223 5.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1973). The use of culture in psychiatry. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 33(2). 117–132. 1 indexed citations
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Daniels, Roger, et al.. (1969). Impounded People: Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers. Journal of American History. 56(3). 714–714. 15 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K., Norman M. Bradburn, & David Caplovitz. (1966). Reports on Happiness.. American Sociological Review. 31(1). 126–126. 296 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1962). Ethical Functions as Effects of Individual and Group Patterns. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 22(4). 528–528.
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Opler, Marvin K., et al.. (1961). Essays in the Science of Culture.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 21(3). 426–426. 61 indexed citations
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Mering, Otto von & Marvin K. Opler. (1960). Culture and Mental Health.. Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 1(1). 77–77. 109 indexed citations
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Mishler, Elliot G., August B. Hollingshead, Frederick C. Redlich, et al.. (1959). Social Class, Mental Illness, and American Psychiatry: An Expository Review. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 37(2). 174–174. 27 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1959). Cultural perspectives in research on schizophrenias: A history with examples. Psychiatric Quarterly. 33(3). 506–524. 3 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1959). THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AS A SMALL SOCIETY. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health. 49(1). 141–142. 1 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1958). Culture and Experience. American Journal of Psychiatry. 114(12). 1128–a. 21 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1957). Schizophrenia and Culture. Scientific American. 197(2). 103–111. 19 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K. & John B. Carroll. (1957). Language, Thought, and Reality (Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf).. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 17(3). 414–414. 155 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1956). Language, Thought, and Reality , ed. by J. B. CARROLL. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 17. 1 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1955). The Influence of Ethnic and Class Subcultures on Child Care. Social Problems. 3(1). 12–21. 5 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K., et al.. (1955). The Human Animal.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 16(2). 273–273. 12 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K.. (1955). Cultural perspectives in mental health research.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 25(1). 51–59. 1 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K., Ralph L. Beals, & Harry Hoijer. (1953). An Introduction to Anthropology.. American Sociological Review. 18(5). 581–581. 17 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K. & Francis L. K. Hsü. (1951). Under the Ancestors' Shadow. Journal of American Folklore. 64(253). 337–337. 41 indexed citations
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Opler, Marvin K. & Harold Courlander. (1951). Kantchil's Lime Pit. Journal of American Folklore. 64(252). 237–237. 1 indexed citations

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