Robert Jay Lifton

6.7k citations
105 papers · 3.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

    • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
    • Migration, Health and Trauma
    • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Papers in

Robert Jay Lifton

93 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 1969 · 436 citations
4361969202619882007100200300400

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Robert Jay Lifton
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  • Clinical Psychology 1.2k
  • General Psychology 64
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.5k
  • Social Psychology 651
  • Health 237
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20230
2 2007119
3 200483
4 20010
5
Hiroshima in America : a half century of denial
199521
6
Ärzte im Dritten Reich
198813
7
German doctors and the final solution.
19863
8 19851
9 198270
10
The broken connection : on death and the continuity of life
1979282
11
Home from the war
197384
12 19701
13 197061
14
History and Human Survival: Essays on the Young and Old, Survivors and the Dead, Peace and War, and on Contemporary Psychohistory.
19708
15
The woman in America
196528
16
Youth : change and challenge
1964173
17 19647
18
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB IN HIROSHIMA: THE THEME OF DEATH
196327
19 196290
20 19578

About Robert Jay Lifton

Robert Jay Lifton is a scholar working on General Psychology, Political Science and International Relations, Cultural Studies, History and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 105 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear Issues and Defense (12 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (7 papers), Medical History and Research (4 papers), Japanese History and Culture (3 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 papers), Health and Conflict Studies (3 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (1.2k citations), General Psychology (64 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.5k citations), Social Psychology (651 citations) and Health (237 citations). Robert Jay Lifton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Eric T. Olson, Ardath W. Burks, Sidney Ditzion, Alan P. Grimes, William L. O’Neill, Fritz Stern, Bernard B. Brodie, Richard Falk, Geoffrey Cocks and Dennis M. Ray. Their work appears in journals such as Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The American Historical Review, Psychiatry, Journal of Social Issues and Pacific Affairs.

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