David Lester

1.8k papers and 25.6k indexed citations i.

About

David Lester is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lester has authored 1.8k papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1.0k papers in Clinical Psychology, 390 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 372 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Lester’s work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (761 papers), Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (175 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (122 papers). David Lester is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (761 papers), Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (175 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (122 papers). David Lester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Kuwait. David Lester's co-authors include Aaron T. Beck, Larry D. Trexler, Arlene Weissman, Maurizio Pompili, Ahmed M. Abdel‐Khalek, Bijou Yang, Marco Innamorati, Roberto Tatarelli, Paolo Girardi and Antoon A. Leenaars and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lester

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EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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