Roy Porter

1.6k total citations
16 papers, 679 citations indexed

About

Roy Porter is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Porter has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 679 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Clinical Psychology, 8 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Roy Porter's work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (8 papers) and Neurology and Historical Studies (5 papers). Roy Porter is often cited by papers focused on Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (8 papers) and Neurology and Historical Studies (5 papers). Roy Porter collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United Kingdom. Roy Porter's co-authors include Colin Jones, Nicholas Gane, Janet Oppenheim, Mark S. Micale, Michael Shepherd, W. F. Bynum, G. E. Berrios, Wolf Lepenies, Jeremy Gaines and Judith N. Shklar and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Roy Porter

14 papers receiving 509 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Porter Canada 10 326 218 144 137 72 16 679
Janet Oppenheim United States 10 252 0.8× 194 0.9× 189 1.3× 125 0.9× 70 1.0× 16 736
Norman Dain United States 12 336 1.0× 125 0.6× 143 1.0× 141 1.0× 57 0.8× 26 616
Suzann Bick 4 216 0.7× 177 0.8× 77 0.5× 123 0.9× 34 0.5× 6 569
Ian Dowbiggin Canada 13 189 0.6× 144 0.7× 62 0.4× 89 0.6× 39 0.5× 40 431
Élisabeth Roudinesco France 12 291 0.9× 49 0.2× 157 1.1× 170 1.2× 27 0.4× 79 609
Kathleen W. Jones United States 8 142 0.4× 109 0.5× 35 0.2× 97 0.7× 22 0.3× 22 415
Joanna Bourke United Kingdom 17 171 0.5× 425 1.9× 65 0.5× 549 4.0× 11 0.2× 88 1.2k
Geoffrey Cocks United States 13 147 0.5× 246 1.1× 56 0.4× 253 1.8× 8 0.1× 53 698
Martin J. Kaufman United States 13 419 1.3× 63 0.3× 19 0.1× 68 0.5× 14 0.2× 17 1.0k
Maria Török Canada 10 173 0.5× 51 0.2× 94 0.7× 136 1.0× 6 0.1× 32 556

Countries citing papers authored by Roy Porter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Porter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Porter

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Gilman, Sander L., Helen King, Roy Porter, G. S. Rousseau, & Elaine Showalter. (2024). Hysteria Beyond Freud. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Porter, Roy, et al.. (2003). The Confinement of the Insane. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 44 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy. (1998). Madness and the Family Before Freud: the View of the Mad-Doctors. Journal of Family History. 23(2). 159–172. 6 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy, et al.. (1996). 'An erroneous bias': the mental illness of Jean-Francois Berger. History of Psychiatry. 7(27). 397–424. 1 indexed citations
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Berrios, G. E. & Roy Porter. (1995). A history of clinical psychiatry : the origin and history of psychiatric disorders. Figshare. 34. 57–58. 64 indexed citations
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Gane, Nicholas, Colin Jones, & Roy Porter. (1995). Reassessing Foucault: Power, Medicine and the Body. British Journal of Sociology. 46(3). 546–546. 183 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy. (1995). Shaping Psychiatric Knowledge: The Role of the Asylum. PubMed. 29. 255–273. 7 indexed citations
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Micale, Mark S. & Roy Porter. (1995). Discovering the History of Psychiatry. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 183(7). 490–490. 61 indexed citations
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Micale, Mark S. & Roy Porter. (1994). Reflections on Psychiatry and its histories. 3–36. 4 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy. (1993). A proper house: Bedford Lunatic Asylum (1812–1860). Medical History. 37(1). 96–97. 3 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy, Wolf Lepenies, Jeremy Gaines, & Judith N. Shklar. (1993). Melancholy and Society.. The American Historical Review. 98(4). 1209–1209. 28 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy. (1991). History of psychiatry in Britain. History of Psychiatry. 2(7). 271–279. 10 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy, et al.. (1989). Illustrations of Madness. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
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Tomaselli, Sylvana & Roy Porter. (1989). Rape: An Historical and Cultural Enquiry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations
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Porter, Roy. (1988). Mind-Forg'd Manacles: A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 106 indexed citations
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Oppenheim, Janet, W. F. Bynum, Roy Porter, & Michael Shepherd. (1987). The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry. Social Science History. 11(1). 108–108. 131 indexed citations

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