Ruth Leys

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ruth Leys is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Leys has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Clinical Psychology, 6 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ruth Leys's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (5 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (4 papers). Ruth Leys is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (5 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (4 papers). Ruth Leys collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ruth Leys's co-authors include Marlene Goldman, William Ian Miller and Rand B. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and Emotion Review.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Leys

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

The Turn to Affect: A Critique

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ruth Leys	545	376	313	222	213	29	1.5k
Cathy Caruth	975 1.8×	687 1.8×	345 1.1×	574 2.6×	263 1.2×	33	2.3k
Shoshana Felman	395 0.7×	147 0.4×	161 0.5×	431 1.9×	110 0.5×	60	1.3k
Robert A. Nye	475 0.9×	84 0.2×	313 1.0×	96 0.4×	442 2.1×	60	1.4k
James Strachey	245 0.4×	207 0.6×	526 1.7×	210 0.9×	68 0.3×	26	1.4k
Sidonie Smith	654 1.2×	131 0.3×	73 0.2×	500 2.3×	237 1.1×	37	1.4k
Paul John Eakin	395 0.7×	103 0.3×	91 0.3×	554 2.5×	187 0.9×	41	1.2k
Jerome Neu	398 0.7×	462 1.2×	155 0.5×	73 0.3×	34 0.2×	29	1.3k
Ronald David Laing	456 0.8×	368 1.0×	792 2.5×	115 0.5×	73 0.3×	32	2.1k
Robert Bernasconi	577 1.1×	108 0.3×	148 0.5×	152 0.7×	55 0.3×	119	1.6k
Peggy Phelan	427 0.8×	124 0.3×	54 0.2×	275 1.2×	83 0.4×	60	1.7k

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All Works

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Leys, Ruth. (2021). The trouble with affect.. History of Psychology. 24(2). 126–129.

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Leys, Ruth. (2013). A World Without Pretense? Honest and Dishonest Signaling in Social Life. Philosophy of education. 69. 25–42. 4 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2012). IIIFacts and Moods: Reply to My Critics. Critical Inquiry. 38(4). 882–891. 7 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2011). The Turn to Affect: A Critique. Critical Inquiry. 37(3). 434–472. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leys, Ruth. (2011). IIAffect and Intention: A Reply to William E. Connolly. Critical Inquiry. 37(4). 799–805. 24 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth & Marlene Goldman. (2010). Navigating the Genealogies of Trauma, Guilt, and Affect: An Interview with Ruth Leys. University of Toronto Quarterly. 79(2). 656–679. 11 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2010). How Did Fear Become a Scientific Object and What Kind of Object Is It?. Representations. 110(1). 66–104. 30 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2010). Surveying the Emotions. Emotion Review. 2(2). 109–110.

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Leys, Ruth. (2009). From Guilt to Shame. Princeton University Press eBooks. 62 indexed citations

10.

Leys, Ruth. (2006). Image and Trauma. Science in Context. 19(1). 137–149. 8 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2000). Trauma: A Genealogy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 276 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (2000). Trauma. 274 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1996). Death Masks: Kardiner and Ferenczi on Psychic Trauma. Representations. 53. 44–73. 5 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1994). Traumatic Cures: Shell Shock, Janet, and the Question of Memory. Critical Inquiry. 20(4). 623–662. 35 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1993). Mead's Voices: Imitation as Foundation, or, the Struggle against Mimesis. Critical Inquiry. 19(2). 277–307. 38 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth, et al.. (1991). Defining American Psychology: The Correspondence between Adolf Meyer and Edward Bradford Titchener.. Journal of American History. 78(1). 368–368. 5 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1990). From sympathy to reflex : Marshall Hall and his opponents. Garland Pub. eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1984). Meyer, Watson, and the dangers of behaviorism. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 20(2). 128–149. 16 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1981). Meyer's dealings with Jones: A chapter in the history of the American response to psychoanalysis. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 17(4). 445–465. 11 indexed citations

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Leys, Ruth. (1980). Background to the reflex controversy: William Alison and the doctrine of sympathy before Hall.. PubMed. 4. 1–66. 4 indexed citations

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