Roy Porter
Impact in
- General Psychology top 5%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- History top 0.5%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- History of Medicine Studies
Papers in
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- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices 9
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- Mental Health and Psychiatry 8
- Co-authors
- Nicholas Gane (1 shared paper)Colin Jones (1 shared paper)Mark S. Micale (2 shared papers)W. F. Bynum (1 shared paper)Janet Oppenheim (1 shared paper)Michael Shepherd (1 shared paper)G. E. Berrios (1 shared paper)Sylvana Tomaselli (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- British Journal of Sociology (1 paper)The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1 paper)Medical History (1 paper)Social Science History (1 paper)The American Historical Review (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Roy Porter
14 papers receiving 509 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 84
- General Psychology 36
- History 214
- Clinical Psychology 324
- Philosophy 140
- Neurology 71
Countries citing papers authored by Roy Porter
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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Porter
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Co-authors
The 16 scholars most cited alongside Roy Porter, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995 | 181 | |
| 2 | 1987 | 132 | |
| 3 | Mind-Forg'd Manacles: A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency | 1988 | 106 |
| 4 | A history of clinical psychiatry : the origin and history of psychiatric disorders | 1995 | 64 |
| 5 | 1995 | 61 | |
| 6 | 2003 | 45 | |
| 7 | 1993 | 28 | |
| 8 | Illustrations of Madness | 1989 | 17 |
| 9 | Rape: An Historical and Cultural Enquiry | 1989 | 14 |
| 10 | 1991 | 10 | |
| 11 | 1995 | 7 | |
| 12 | 1998 | 6 | |
| 13 | Reflections on Psychiatry and its histories | 1994 | 4 |
| 14 | A proper house: Bedford Lunatic Asylum (1812–1860) | 1993 | 3 |
| 15 | 1996 | 1 | |
| 16 | 2024 | 0 |
About Roy Porter
Roy Porter is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy, Neurology, History and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 16 papers that have together received 679 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (8 papers), Neurology and Historical Studies (5 papers), Medical History and Research (2 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 papers), Medical History and Innovations (1 paper), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 paper) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in General Psychology (36 citations), History (214 citations), Clinical Psychology (324 citations), Philosophy (140 citations) and Neurology (71 citations). Roy Porter has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Nicholas Gane, Colin Jones, Mark S. Micale, W. F. Bynum, Janet Oppenheim, Michael Shepherd, G. E. Berrios, Sylvana Tomaselli, Jeremy Gaines and Judith N. Shklar. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Sociology, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Medical History, Social Science History and The American Historical Review.
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