Robert C. Ness

863 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 665 citations indexed

About

Robert C. Ness is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Ness has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 665 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Health, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Ness's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 papers) and Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods (1 paper). Robert C. Ness is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 papers) and Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods (1 paper). Robert C. Ness collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert C. Ness's co-authors include Karen Rubinstein, Leonard Handelsman, Philip D. Kanof, Ronald M. Wintrob, Ronald P. Rohner, Billie R. DeWalt, Joseph Lopreato, Alec Roy, Tom Craig and David P. Bernstein and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry and Sociological Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Ness

10 papers receiving 599 citations

Hit Papers

Two New Rating Scales for Opiate Withdrawal 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400
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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. Two New Rating Scales for Opiate Withdrawal
    1987 464 citations Leonard Handelsman, Robert C. Ness et al. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert C. Ness United States 7 260 140 114 109 98 10 665
Clemma Jacobsen United States 13 108 0.4× 63 0.5× 222 1.9× 72 0.7× 116 1.2× 21 798
John Schmittner United States 14 205 0.8× 239 1.7× 82 0.7× 43 0.4× 45 0.5× 25 687
Stephen Strobbe United States 14 131 0.5× 218 1.6× 85 0.7× 61 0.6× 54 0.6× 39 758
Randy S. Burke United States 16 111 0.4× 175 1.3× 149 1.3× 55 0.5× 189 1.9× 34 729
Claudio Leonardi Italy 20 274 1.1× 280 2.0× 148 1.3× 101 0.9× 57 0.6× 66 938
Jeff Daiter Canada 17 372 1.4× 326 2.3× 132 1.2× 91 0.8× 56 0.6× 28 749
R. Jeffrey Goldsmith United States 16 438 1.7× 571 4.1× 170 1.5× 80 0.7× 87 0.9× 32 1.1k
Hamid Ghodse United Kingdom 18 206 0.8× 298 2.1× 82 0.7× 29 0.3× 44 0.4× 69 909
Janet Brigham United States 14 198 0.8× 97 0.7× 28 0.2× 64 0.6× 271 2.8× 17 612
Michael Varenbut Canada 18 480 1.8× 392 2.8× 133 1.2× 93 0.9× 57 0.6× 29 867

Countries citing papers authored by Robert C. Ness

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert C. Ness

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert C. Ness

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Craig, Tom, Laure Buydens‐Branchey, David P. Bernstein, et al.. (1996). Admission Criteria for Inpatient Substance Abuse/Dependence Rehabilitation: Implications for Managed Care. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 8(1). 11–17. 1 indexed citations
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Handelsman, Leonard, et al.. (1987). Two New Rating Scales for Opiate Withdrawal. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 13(3). 293–308. 464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ness, Robert C., et al.. (1981). Emotional Distress among Vietnamese Adolescents: A Statewide Survey.. 1(3). 7–15. 22 indexed citations
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Ness, Robert C. & Ronald M. Wintrob. (1981). Folk healing: a description and synthesis. American Journal of Psychiatry. 138(11). 1477–1481. 22 indexed citations
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Ness, Robert C. & Ronald M. Wintrob. (1980). The emotional impact of fundamentalist religious participation: An empirical study of intragroup variation.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 50(2). 302–315. 37 indexed citations
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Ness, Robert C.. (1980). The impact of indigenous healing activity: An empirical study of two fundamentalist churches. PubMed. 14(3). 167–180. 23 indexed citations
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Ness, Robert C.. (1978). The old hag phenomenon as sleep paralysis: A biocultural interpretation. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 2(1). 15–39. 62 indexed citations
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Ness, Robert C.. (1977). Part two: Modernization and illness in a Newfoundland community. Medical Anthropology. 1(4). 25–53. 6 indexed citations
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Rohner, Ronald P., Billie R. DeWalt, & Robert C. Ness. (1973). Ethnographer Bias in Cross-Cultural Research: An Empirical Study. 8(4). 275–308. 27 indexed citations
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Lopreato, Joseph & Robert C. Ness. (1966). Vilfredo Pareto: Sociologist or Ideologist?. Sociological Quarterly. 7(1). 21–38. 1 indexed citations

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