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Researcher · Yale University · United States

Alec W. Buchanan

Alec W. Buchanan publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy, on topics such as Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints and Mental Health and Psychiatry.

ORCID 0000-0002-9183-6203 OpenAlex
World rank
#442,487
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#155,696
of 1,627,098
Works
141
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
29.0
h-index
28
i10-index 45Top 10% in Clinical Psychology
Alec W. Buchanan

What does Alec W. Buchanan research?

Alec W. Buchanan's work is mostly in Psychology (49%), Social Sciences (12%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Social Sciences: 94 works · 67.0% of their workPsychology: 68 works · 48.5% of their workClinical Psychology: 61 works · 43.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 7 works · 5.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 16 works · 11.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 11.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 10 works · 6.9% of their workPhilosophy: 10 works · 6.9% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 23.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 14 works · 9.6% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 6.6% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 works · 6.6% of their workHealth Professions: 4 works · 3.0% of their workPharmacy: 4 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKAlec W. Buchanan141works
Health Sciences10%Social Sciences67%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology6848.5%
    2. Social Sciences1611.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities106.9%
  2. Everything else3323.4%
    1. Medicine96.6%
    2. Health Professions43.0%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology44% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy7% of their works
  4. 4Psychiatry and Mental health7% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alec W. Buchanan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Criminal Behavior, Psychopathy, Risk Assessment, Informed Consent, Psychiatric Treatment, Phenomenology, Psychiatric Disorders and Antipsychotic Drugs.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Criminal Behavior782 topics
  2. Psychopathy681 topic
  3. Risk Assessment681 topic
  4. Informed Consent421 topic
  5. Psychiatric Treatment421 topic
  6. Phenomenology251 topic
  7. Psychiatric Disorders251 topic
  8. Antipsychotic Drugs201 topic
  9. Neurocognitive Deficits201 topic
  10. Criminal Justice131 topic
  11. Crisis Resolution131 topic
  12. Home Treatment131 topic
  13. Mass Incarceration131 topic
  14. Defensive Medicine111 topic
  15. Malpractice Risk111 topic
  16. Crime101 topic
  17. Social Structure101 topic

Where does Alec W. Buchanan work?

Alec W. Buchanan's main affiliation in the publication record is Yale University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alec W. Buchanan have?

OpenAlex counts 141 works and 4,095 citations for Alec W. Buchanan, an h-index of 28, ranking #442,487 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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