William Fairbairn

152 total papers · 4.7k total citations
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

William Fairbairn is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Fairbairn has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Clinical Psychology, 3 papers in Philosophy and 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in William Fairbairn's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers). William Fairbairn is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers). William Fairbairn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. William Fairbairn's co-authors include Ernest Jones and David E. Scharff and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Technology and Culture and The Economic History Review.

In The Last Decade

William Fairbairn

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Psychoanalytic Studies of... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 1954 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality
    1953 971 citations William Fairbairn et al. British Journal of Sociology profile →
  2. An object-relations theory of the personality
    1954 645 citations William Fairbairn, Ernest Jones Basic Books profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William Fairbairn 1.5k 475 292 245 184 17 2.0k
Hans W. Loewald 1.4k 0.9× 309 0.7× 292 1.0× 339 1.4× 162 0.9× 35 2.0k
Ernest Jones 1.2k 0.8× 384 0.8× 302 1.0× 365 1.5× 218 1.2× 53 2.1k
Alexander C. Morgan 1.3k 0.9× 595 1.3× 228 0.8× 215 0.9× 69 0.4× 23 1.7k
Harry Stack Sullivan 1.3k 0.9× 598 1.3× 288 1.0× 220 0.9× 274 1.5× 22 2.0k
Ralph R. Greenson 1.6k 1.1× 631 1.3× 139 0.5× 229 0.9× 156 0.8× 33 2.2k
Wilfred R. Bion 1.7k 1.1× 485 1.0× 424 1.5× 325 1.3× 379 2.1× 52 2.6k
Jeremy P. Nahum 1.4k 1.0× 664 1.4× 241 0.8× 225 0.9× 72 0.4× 31 1.8k
Fred Pine 1.4k 0.9× 550 1.2× 163 0.6× 181 0.7× 240 1.3× 55 2.0k
Melanie Klein 1.8k 1.2× 538 1.1× 372 1.3× 205 0.8× 564 3.1× 50 3.2k
H. F. Ellenberger 876 0.6× 351 0.7× 516 1.8× 346 1.4× 151 0.8× 44 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by William Fairbairn

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Fairbairn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Fairbairn

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