Robert F. Prien

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert F. Prien is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Prien has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 12 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Prien's work include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (21 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (18 papers) and Treatment of Major Depression (7 papers). Robert F. Prien is often cited by papers focused on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (21 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (18 papers) and Treatment of Major Depression (7 papers). Robert F. Prien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Japan. Robert F. Prien's co-authors include David J. Kupfer, Eugene M. Caffey, C. James Klett, W.Z. Potter, David J. Kupfer, Jonathan Cole, Jonathan M. Himmelhoch, A. John Rush, Jerome Levine and Matig Mavissakalian and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Prien

48 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Drug Therapy in the Prevention of Recurrences in Unipolar... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 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. Drug Therapy in the Prevention of Recurrences in Unipolar and Bipolar Affective Disorders
    1984 455 citations Robert F. Prien Archives of General Psychiatry profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert F. Prien United States 28 2.4k 856 629 397 320 48 3.0k
Jonathan M. Himmelhoch United States 33 2.1k 0.9× 835 1.0× 1.0k 1.6× 831 2.1× 243 0.8× 77 3.7k
P E Keck United States 31 2.5k 1.0× 568 0.7× 1.7k 2.6× 366 0.9× 165 0.5× 51 3.9k
Amir H Kalali United States 26 1.6k 0.7× 459 0.5× 451 0.7× 316 0.8× 308 1.0× 84 2.5k
S. J. Dencker Sweden 20 1.9k 0.8× 625 0.7× 502 0.8× 275 0.7× 207 0.6× 70 2.7k
Gary Sachs United States 31 3.6k 1.5× 711 0.8× 783 1.2× 275 0.7× 475 1.5× 66 4.1k
Daniel Rapport United States 18 2.4k 1.0× 418 0.5× 814 1.3× 206 0.5× 328 1.0× 31 2.9k
Theodore Van Putten United States 28 2.5k 1.0× 418 0.5× 916 1.5× 299 0.8× 149 0.5× 76 3.2k
R R Fieve United States 26 1.1k 0.5× 413 0.5× 456 0.7× 327 0.8× 129 0.4× 63 1.8k
K. Behnke Denmark 19 983 0.4× 620 0.7× 334 0.5× 480 1.2× 130 0.4× 33 1.6k
Martin M. Katz United States 26 998 0.4× 579 0.7× 800 1.3× 529 1.3× 94 0.3× 49 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pilkonis, Paul A., et al.. (1997). Introduction to the Special Feature: Research Directions for the Personality Disorders: Part I. Journal of Personality Disorders. 11(3). 201–204. 4 indexed citations
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Mavissakalian, Matig & Robert F. Prien. (1996). Long-term treatments of anxiety disorders. 49 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F. & A. John Rush. (1996). National institute of mental health workshop report on the treatment of bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 40(3). 215–220. 36 indexed citations
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Rush, A. John & Robert F. Prien. (1995). From scientific knowledge to the clinical practice of psychopharmacology: can the gap be bridged?. PubMed. 31(1). 7–20. 28 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F. & Donald S. Robinson. (1994). Clinical Evaluation of Psychotropic Drugs: Principles and Guidelines. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 46 indexed citations
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Jensen, Peter S., Neal D. Ryan, & Robert F. Prien. (1992). Psychopharmacology of Child and Adolescent Major Depression: Present Status and Future Directions. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2(1). 31–45. 42 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1991). The Definition and Operational Criteria for Treatment Outcome of Major Depressive Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry. 48(9). 796–796. 129 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1990). Efficacy of Continuation Drug Therapy of Depression and Anxiety. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 10(Supplement). 86S–90S. 9 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1989). Outside Analysis of a Multicenter Collaborative Study. Archives of General Psychiatry. 46(5). 462–462. 4 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., Jonathan M. Himmelhoch, & David J. Kupfer. (1988). Treatment of mixed mania. Journal of Affective Disorders. 15(1). 9–15. 120 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., Jack Blaine, & Jerome Levine. (1985). Antidepressant Drug Therapy: The Role of the New Antidepressants. Psychiatric Services. 36(5). 513–516. 11 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1984). Five-Center Study Clarifies Use of Lithium, Imipramine for Recurrent Affective Disorders. Psychiatric Services. 35(11). 1097–1098. 9 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1978). Chapter 7. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 3. 113–132. 8 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., Paul Haber, & Eugene M. Caffey. (1975). The Use of Psychoactive Drugs in Elderly Patients with Psychiatric Disorders: Survey Conducted in Twelve Veterans Administration Hospitals. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 23(3). 104–112. 30 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1973). Prophylactic Efficacy of Lithium Carbonate in Manic-Depressive Illness. Archives of General Psychiatry. 28(3). 337–337. 221 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., et al.. (1973). Intermittent Pharmacotherapy in Chronic Schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services. 24(5). 317–322. 12 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., Eugene M. Caffey, & C. James Klett. (1972). Relationship Between Serum Lithium Level and Clinical Response in Acute Mania Treated with Lithium. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 120(557). 409–414. 66 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F.. (1970). Ocular Changes Occurring With Prolonged. Archives of General Psychiatry. 23(5). 464–464. 22 indexed citations
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Wayner, M.J., J. A. Ross, & Robert F. Prien. (1964). Thirst motivation associated with the salt arousal of drinking. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 206(2). 369–372. 14 indexed citations
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Prien, Robert F., et al.. (1963). Lack of facilitation in maze learning by picrotoxin and strychnine sulfate. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 204(3). 488–492. 14 indexed citations

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