Virginia E. Johnson

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Virginia E. Johnson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia E. Johnson has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Clinical Psychology, 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Virginia E. Johnson's work include Sexual function and dysfunction studies (2 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (2 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (2 papers). Virginia E. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Sexual function and dysfunction studies (2 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (2 papers) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (2 papers). Virginia E. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Virginia E. Johnson's co-authors include William H. Masters, Robert C. Kolodny, Edward M. Brecher and Richard P. Keeling and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Marriage and the Family and Fertility and Sterility.

In The Last Decade

Virginia E. Johnson

20 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Human Sexual Response

1966 2.0k citations William H. Masters, Virginia E. Johnson profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virginia E. Johnson United States	10	1.1k	871	446	432	362	22	2.4k
William H. Masters United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	559 1.3×	509 1.2×	443 1.2×	47	3.4k
Helen Singer Kaplan United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	418 0.9×	482 1.1×	284 0.8×	60	2.5k
Joseph LoPiccolo United States	21	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	286 0.6×	513 1.2×	313 0.9×	49	1.7k
Leonore Tiefer United States	27	972 0.9×	926 1.1×	477 1.1×	523 1.2×	272 0.8×	82	2.0k
Carol Anderson United States	25	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	415 0.9×	677 1.6×	393 1.1×	65	2.6k
Alessandra H. Rellini United States	31	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.8×	376 0.8×	676 1.6×	425 1.2×	54	2.9k
Patrick Jern Finland	28	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	487 1.1×	549 1.3×	332 0.9×	114	2.6k
Markus Varjonen Finland	21	678 0.6×	690 0.8×	255 0.6×	247 0.6×	215 0.6×	26	1.4k
N. Kenneth Sandnabba Finland	31	592 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	580 1.3×	847 2.0×	324 0.9×	78	2.6k
Chiara Simonelli Italy	24	996 0.9×	879 1.0×	401 0.9×	321 0.7×	225 0.6×	100	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Masters, William H., et al.. (2016). L'atto sessuale nell'uomo e nella donna. 75–89.

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1998). The sexual response cycle of the human female. III. The clitoris: anatomic and clinical consideration.. PubMed. 70. 248–57. 16 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1998). The sexual response of the human male. I. Gross anatomic considerations.. PubMed. 71. 85–95. 8 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1998). The physiology of the vaginal reproductive function.. PubMed. 69. 105–20. 14 indexed citations

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Masters, William H., Virginia E. Johnson, & Robert C. Kolodny. (1996). Eros: los mundos de la sexualidad. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 8 indexed citations

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Keeling, Richard P., et al.. (1989). Creating a Crisis. The Hastings Center Report. 19(2). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

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Masters, William H., Virginia E. Johnson, & Robert C. Kolodny. (1988). El sexo en los tiempos del SIDA. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 1 indexed citations

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Masters, William H., Virginia E. Johnson, & Robert C. Kolodny. (1987). Liebe und Sexualität. Ullstein eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1985). pleasure bond: a new look at sexuality. 1 indexed citations

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Kolodny, Robert C., et al.. (1981). Textbook of Human Sexuality for Nurses. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 81(3). 615–615. 17 indexed citations

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Masters, William H., et al.. (1981). Respuesta sexual humana. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 34 indexed citations

12.

Masters, William H., et al.. (1980). Homosexuality in Perspective. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 42(1). 228–228. 2 indexed citations

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Masters, William H., et al.. (1979). In Vivo Evaluation of an Effervescent Intravaginal Contraceptive Insert by Simulated Coital Activity. Fertility and Sterility. 32(2). 161–165. 4 indexed citations

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Kolodny, Robert C., William H. Masters, & Virginia E. Johnson. (1979). Textbook of sexual medicine. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 127 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1976). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sexuality. The Personnel and Guidance Journal. 54(7). 368–368. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Virginia E. & William H. Masters. (1976). CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCES ON SEXUAL RESPONSE 1. THE WORK ETHIC. Journal of School Health. 46(4). 211–215. 3 indexed citations

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Johnson, Virginia E., et al.. (1976). Principles of the new sex therapy. American Journal of Psychiatry. 133(5). 548–554. 67 indexed citations

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Brecher, Edward M., William H. Masters, & Virginia E. Johnson. (1969). The sex researchers. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 32 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1961). Intravaginal Environment. Fertility and Sterility. 12(6). 560–580. 3 indexed citations

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Masters, William H. & Virginia E. Johnson. (1960). The human female: anatomy of sexual response.. PubMed. 43. 31–6. 22 indexed citations

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