Robert Jay Lifton

168 total papers · 6.7k total citations
93 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Jay Lifton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Jay Lifton has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert Jay Lifton’s work include Nuclear Issues and Defense (12 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (7 papers) and Medical History and Research (4 papers). Robert Jay Lifton is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Issues and Defense (12 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (7 papers) and Medical History and Research (4 papers). Robert Jay Lifton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ukraine. Robert Jay Lifton's co-authors include Eric T. Olson, Ardath W. Burks, William L. O’Neill, Alan P. Grimes, Sidney Ditzion, Fritz Stern, Bernard B. Brodie, Richard Falk, Laurence J. Kirmayer and Geoffrey Cocks and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Jay Lifton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Jay Lifton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Jay Lifton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Jay Lifton. Robert Jay Lifton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Robert Jay Lifton

80 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Jay Lifton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Jay Lifton

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