Peter Zachar

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Zachar is a scholar working on Philosophy, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Zachar has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Philosophy, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 21 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter Zachar's work include Mental Health and Psychiatry (37 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (15 papers). Peter Zachar is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Psychiatry (37 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (15 papers). Peter Zachar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Peter Zachar's co-authors include Kenneth S. Kendler, Frederick T. L. Leong, Carl F. Craver, Robert F. Krueger, Evert Thiery, Ingrid A. van de Leemput, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Erik J. Giltay, Cathérine Derom and Angélique O. J. Cramer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peter Zachar

76 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression
    2013 492 citations Ingrid A. van de Leemput, Marieke Wichers et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. What kinds of things are psychiatric disorders?
    2010 357 citations Kenneth S. Kendler, Peter Zachar et al. Psychological Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Zachar United States 23 893 838 691 582 488 81 2.4k
Matthias Schwannauer United Kingdom 27 1.1k 1.2× 494 0.6× 340 0.5× 625 1.1× 393 0.8× 106 2.4k
Vaughan Bell United Kingdom 30 735 0.8× 535 0.6× 518 0.7× 377 0.6× 908 1.9× 104 2.7k
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski Norway 28 1.4k 1.6× 470 0.6× 259 0.4× 359 0.6× 334 0.7× 126 2.5k
Anne Harrington United States 19 1.6k 1.8× 592 0.7× 188 0.3× 699 1.2× 871 1.8× 53 3.1k
Derek Bolton United Kingdom 26 2.0k 2.2× 566 0.7× 349 0.5× 267 0.5× 705 1.4× 84 2.8k
Emma Barkus Australia 27 754 0.8× 910 1.1× 349 0.5× 353 0.6× 791 1.6× 70 2.9k
Jai Shah Canada 26 746 0.8× 356 0.4× 403 0.6× 402 0.7× 285 0.6× 141 2.1k
Fraser Watts United Kingdom 27 943 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 212 0.3× 644 1.1× 1.2k 2.5× 143 3.1k
Jan Ivar Røssberg Norway 35 1.5k 1.7× 449 0.5× 681 1.0× 554 1.0× 277 0.6× 123 3.0k
J. Christopher Fowler United States 28 1.9k 2.2× 503 0.6× 279 0.4× 479 0.8× 394 0.8× 115 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Zachar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Zachar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zachar, Peter. (2023). Non‐specific psychopathology: a once and future concept. World Psychiatry. 22(1). 154–155. 5 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2023). Masturbatory insanity: the history of an idea, revisited. Psychological Medicine. 53(9). 3777–3782. 2 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter, Michael B. First, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2020). The DSM-5 proposal for attenuated psychosis syndrome: a history. Psychological Medicine. 50(6). 920–926. 10 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter, Darrel A. Regier, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2019). The Aspirations for a Paradigm Shift in DSM-5. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 207(9). 778–784. 11 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter. (2018). Diagnostic Nomenclatures in the Mental Health Professions as Public Policy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 59(3). 438–445. 2 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter, Michael B. First, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2017). The Bereavement Exclusion Debate in the DSM-5 : A History. Clinical Psychological Science. 5(5). 890–906. 14 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter. (2017). Mental Disorder, Methodology, and Meaning. Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology. 24(1). 45–48. 1 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter, Robert F. Krueger, & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2015). Personality disorder in DSM-5: an oral history. Psychological Medicine. 46(1). 1–10. 124 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2014). A Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders History of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 202(4). 346–352. 23 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter & Michael B. First. (2014). Transitioning to a dimensional model of personality disorder in DSM 5.1 and beyond. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 28(1). 66–72. 27 indexed citations
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Leemput, Ingrid A. van de, Marieke Wichers, Angélique O. J. Cramer, et al.. (2013). Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(1). 87–92. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zachar, Peter & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2012). The removal of pluto from the class of planets and homosexuality from the class of psychiatric disorders: a comparison. Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine. 7(1). 4–4. 31 indexed citations
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Sonkodi, Balázs, S. Sonkodi, Sabine Steiner, et al.. (2011). High Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension in a Working Population in Hungary. American Journal of Hypertension. 25(2). 204–208. 21 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter. (2010). The abandonment of latent variables: Philosophical considerations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33(2-3). 177–178. 5 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter & Nancy Nyquist Potter. (2010). Valid Moral Appraisals and Valid Personality Disorders. Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology. 17(2). 131–142. 5 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2007). Psychiatric Disorders: A Conceptual Taxonomy. American Journal of Psychiatry. 164(4). 557–565. 114 indexed citations
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Cleary, David, Glen E. Ray, Steven G. LoBello, & Peter Zachar. (2002). Children's Perceptions of Close Peer Relationships: Quality, Congruence, and Meta-Perceptions. Child study journal. 32(3). 179–193. 18 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter. (2000). Folk Taxonomies Should Not Have Essences, Either: A Response to the Commentary. Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology. 7(3). 191–194. 9 indexed citations
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Zachar, Peter. (2000). Psychiatric Disorders Are Not Natural Kinds. Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology. 7(3). 167–182. 100 indexed citations
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Leong, Frederick T. L. & Peter Zachar. (1999). Gender and opinions about mental illness as predictors of attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 27(1). 123–132. 142 indexed citations

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