Mary Target

16.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
138 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Mary Target is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Target has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Clinical Psychology, 45 papers in Social Psychology and 16 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Mary Target's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (60 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (39 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (31 papers). Mary Target is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (60 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (39 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (31 papers). Mary Target collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Mary Target's co-authors include Peter Fonagy, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, György Gergely, Tom Leigh, Andrew J. Gerber, Roger G. Kennedy, Nick Midgley, Anna Higgitt and Yael Shmueli‐Goetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Mary Target

124 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-or... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1997 1996 1996 1996 1998 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mary Target United Kingdom 45 8.4k 4.1k 1.1k 913 813 138 10.0k
Adam O. Horvath Canada 33 9.6k 1.1× 4.8k 1.2× 735 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.9× 70 12.2k
Karlen Lyons‐Ruth United States 57 10.2k 1.2× 5.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 917 1.0× 657 0.8× 164 12.3k
Carla Sharp United States 54 8.3k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.9k 2.0× 1.6k 2.0× 370 10.7k
Howard Steele United States 36 6.6k 0.8× 4.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 494 0.5× 563 0.7× 110 8.4k
Patrick Luyten Belgium 60 9.5k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 2.3k 2.5× 1.8k 2.3× 367 12.5k
Miriam Steele United States 34 6.3k 0.7× 4.0k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 406 0.4× 427 0.5× 81 7.7k
Pasco Fearon United Kingdom 53 7.8k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.9× 1.5k 1.8× 198 11.3k
Riittakerttu Kaltiala‐Heino Finland 45 4.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 632 0.7× 771 0.9× 212 7.5k
Julián D. Ford United States 64 11.6k 1.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.5× 533 0.7× 256 13.8k
Carlo Schuengel Netherlands 46 5.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 439 0.5× 264 8.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary Target

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Target

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ensink, Karin, et al.. (2019). Childhood sexual abuse and attachment insecurity: Associations with child psychological difficulties. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Lemma, Alessandra, Mary Target, & Peter Fonagy. (2011). Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide. UCL Discovery (University College London). 36 indexed citations
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Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (2008). The evolution of the interpersonal interpretive mechanism: Clues for effective preventive intervention in early childhood. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Bouchard, Marc‐André, Mary Target, Serge Lecours, et al.. (2008). Mentalization in adult attachment narratives: Reflective functioning, mental states, and affect elaboration compared.. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 25(1). 47–66. 178 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2007). In defense of the bridge to attachment theory: Response to commentaries. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (2006). Can Attachment Theory Inform our Understanding of Sex and Relationships?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2003). Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology. London: Whurr.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 21 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (2003). Some issues in psychoanalytic training: An overview of the literature and some resulting observations. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Wolpert, Miranda, Peter Fuggle, David Cottrell, et al.. (2002). Drawing on the Evidence: Advice for mental health professionals working with children and adolescents.. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 23 indexed citations
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Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (2001). Dreams in the psychoanalytic understanding of personality disorders.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2000). Playing with reality. III: The persistence of dual psychic reality in borderline patients. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 81, 853-874. Translated in Psyche: Zeitschrift fur Psychoanalyse und ihre Anwendungen 55(9/10), 961-995 (2001).. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (1998). Real events revisited: Fantasy, memory and psychoanalysis.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (1998). Remembering, repeating, and working through childhood trauma.. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Target, Mary. (1998). Recovered memories of trauma: Transferring the present to the past.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 8 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1997). Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-organization. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 679-700. Translated in:. UCL Discovery (University College London). 17 indexed citations
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Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (1996). Playing with reality. II: The development of psychic reality from a theoretical perspective. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 77, 459-479. Translated in Setting:. UCL Discovery (University College London). 11 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1994). The theory and practice of resilience. UCL Discovery (University College London). 186 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1994). Understanding and the Compulsion to Repeat: A Clinical Exploration. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1994). Who is Helped by Child Psychoanalysis? A Sample Study of Disruptive Children, from the Anna Freud Centre Retrospective Investigation.. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1993). Aggression and the psychological self. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74, 471-485. Translated as: (1998) Aggression und das psychische selbst Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie, 47(3), 125-143.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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