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San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

In research, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,666 of 16,945 worldwide) and Psychology (#2,260 of 3,744 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology — Psychology is 17.5× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#32,796
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,991
of 8,685
Research works
288
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,666 of 16,945 9.8%211
PsychologyField #2,260 of 3,744 7.7%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 17.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 22.5 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.85× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 17.52× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 17.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis?

Ranked on the composite score, Forrest Hamer and Mary T. Brady lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.

  1. 1 Forrest Hamer United States · #984,426 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mary T. Brady United States · #1,195,963 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

Which keywords describe research at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Meta-Analysis, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy Outcome, Therapeutic Alliance, Ethics, Mental Health, Neoliberalism and History.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Meta-Analysis10▲ 41×3 topics
  2. Psychological Interventions9▲ 163×2 topics
  3. Psychotherapy Outcome9▲ 969×1 topic
  4. Therapeutic Alliance9▲ 969×1 topic
  5. Ethics5▲ 23×8 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 6.8×10 topics
  7. Neoliberalism4▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Feminism3▲ 28×5 topics
  9. History3▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Psychology3▲ 56×4 topics
  11. Globalization2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  12. Science2▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Epistemology2▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Social Sciences2▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Education2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  16. Gender2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  17. Intervention2▲ 103×2 topics
  18. Group Therapy2▲ 106×2 topics
  19. Narrative Analysis2▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Resilience2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  21. Attachment2▲ 44×3 topics
  22. Trauma2▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation1▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Literature1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  25. Psychoanalysis1▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Psychotherapy1▲ 323×2 topics
  27. Adolescents1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  28. Cultural Psychology1▲ 72×2 topics
  29. Child-Centered1▲ 201×1 topic
  30. Philosophy1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Play Therapy1▲ 201×1 topic
  32. Psychopathology1▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Resistance1▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Developmental Trajectories1▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Discrimination1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Ego States1▲ 840×1 topic
  37. Ontology1▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Phenomenology1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Philosophy of Science1▲ 72×2 topics
  40. Transactional Analysis1▲ 840×1 topic

Which research topics does San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Child Therapy and Development and Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy.

  1. 1 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Social Representations and Identity Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available7.8%not open92.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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