Richard H. Rahe

16.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Richard H. Rahe is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard H. Rahe has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Health and 15 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard H. Rahe's work include Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (9 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (7 papers). Richard H. Rahe is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (9 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (7 papers). Richard H. Rahe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Richard H. Rahe's co-authors include Thomas H. Holmes, Ransom J. Arthur, Mark A. Miller, Harold Ward, E. K. Eric Gunderson, Töres Theorell, Ross R. Vickers, Isao Fukunishi, Terry L. Conway and Evy Lind and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, American Journal of Psychiatry and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Richard H. Rahe

83 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard H. Rahe United States 38 5.3k 3.5k 2.7k 2.4k 1.7k 83 12.0k
Gordon K. Farley United States 12 7.1k 1.4× 3.4k 1.0× 4.0k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.7× 26 14.4k
Nancy Wray Dahlem United States 10 5.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 19 10.5k
George E. Vaillant United States 63 5.8k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 3.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 185 13.6k
Sara G. Zimet United States 10 4.8k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 34 9.7k
Barbara R. Sarason United States 37 5.1k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 4.9k 1.8× 2.6k 1.1× 3.1k 1.8× 72 12.8k
Stanislav V. Kasl United States 70 3.7k 0.7× 4.6k 1.3× 2.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.6× 2.3k 1.3× 199 16.0k
Peter P. Vitaliano United States 59 4.6k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 2.9k 1.7× 148 13.2k
Gail Ironson United States 67 4.3k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 276 14.7k
Bruce P. Dohrenwend United States 54 7.8k 1.5× 4.9k 1.4× 4.9k 1.8× 3.4k 1.4× 3.3k 1.9× 142 16.0k
Carl E. Thoresen United States 46 4.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 3.5k 1.3× 3.7k 1.5× 2.1k 1.2× 139 10.8k

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All Works

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Skrabski, Árpád, Mária Kopp, Sándor Rózsa, János Réthelyi, & Richard H. Rahe. (2005). Life meaning: an important correlate of health in the hungarian population. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 12(2). 78–85. 91 indexed citations
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Fukunishi, Isao, Hiroyoshi Séi, Yusuke Morita, & Richard H. Rahe. (1999). Sympathetic activity in alexithymics with mother’s low care. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 46(6). 579–589. 67 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H., et al.. (1998). . International Journal of Stress Management. 5(4). 249–253. 1 indexed citations
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Fukunishi, Isao, et al.. (1997). Relationship of Alexithymia and Poor Social Support to Ulcerative Changes on Gastrofiberscopy. Psychosomatics. 38(1). 20–26. 8 indexed citations
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Miller, Mark A. & Richard H. Rahe. (1997). Life changes scaling for the 1990s. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 43(3). 279–292. 226 indexed citations
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Fukunishi, Isao, Noriyuki Kawamura, Toshio Ishikawa, et al.. (1997). Mothers' Low Care in the Development of Alexithymia: A Preliminary Study in Japanese College Students. Psychological Reports. 80(1). 143–146. 55 indexed citations
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Fukunishi, Isao, Takashi Hosaka, & Richard H. Rahe. (1996). Are abnormal gastrofiberscopic findings related to hostility with poor social support or to negative responses to stress?. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 41(4). 337–342. 12 indexed citations
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Fukunishi, Isao, et al.. (1995). Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Stress and Coping Inventory. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 49(4). 195–199. 40 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H.. (1988). Acute Versus Chronic Psychological Reactions to Combat. Military Medicine. 153(7). 365–372. 13 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H., et al.. (1979). Brief Group Therapy in Myocardial Infarction Rehabilitation: Three- to Four-Year Follow-Up of a Controlled Trial*. Psychosomatic Medicine. 41(3). 229–242. 114 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H.. (1979). Life Change Events and Mental Illness: An Overview. Journal of Human Stress. 5(3). 2–10. 63 indexed citations
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Looney, John G., Richard H. Rahe, Richard Harding, Harold Ward, & William Liu. (1979). Consulting to children in crisis. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 10(1). 5–14. 9 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H. & Ransom J. Arthur. (1978). Life Change and Illness Studies: Past History and Future Directions. Journal of Human Stress. 4(1). 3–15. 235 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H.. (1975). Liaison Psychiatry on a Coronary Care Unit. Journal of Human Stress. 1(1). 13–21. 6 indexed citations
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Theorell, Töres & Richard H. Rahe. (1975). Life Change Events, Ballistocardiography and Coronary Death. Journal of Human Stress. 1(3). 18–24. 40 indexed citations
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Gunderson, E. K. Eric & Richard H. Rahe. (1974). Life Stress and Illness. 143 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H., Robert T. Rubín, E. K. Eric Gunderson, & Ransom J. Arthur. (1971). Psychologic Correlates of Serum Cholesterol in Man. Psychosomatic Medicine. 33(5). 399–410. 30 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H., et al.. (1970). An Identical Twin Study of Psychosocial Factors in Coronary Heart Disease in Sweden. Psychosomatic Medicine. 32(5). 523–542. 41 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H.. (1968). Life-Change Measurement as a Predictor of Illness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 61(11P1). 1124–1126. 92 indexed citations
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Rahe, Richard H.. (1967). Stressful Underwater Demolition Training. JAMA. 202(11). 1052–1052. 31 indexed citations

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