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David Lester

David Lester publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology, on topics such as Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

World rank
#130,824
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#55,768
of 358,040
Works
542
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
3.2

What does David Lester research?

Clinical Psychology: 31.4%Sociology and Political Science: 12.6%Social Psychology: 10.4%General Health Professions: 4.5%other fields: 41.1%31%top field
Clinical Psychology31.4%Sociology and Political Science12.6%Social Psychology10.4%General Health Professions4.5%other fields41.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Clinical Psychology31% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology10% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions4% of their works
  5. 5Health4% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Lester's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Prevention Strategies, Risk Factors, Suicidal Behavior, Suicide, Infanticide, Maternal Filicide, Mental Health and Bereavement.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Prevention Strategies1052 topics
  2. Risk Factors1052 topics
  3. Suicidal Behavior811 topic
  4. Suicide811 topic
  5. Infanticide241 topic
  6. Maternal Filicide241 topic
  7. Mental Health202 topics
  8. Bereavement121 topic
  9. Complicated Grief121 topic
  10. Ostracism111 topic
  11. Social Exclusion111 topic
  12. Near-Death Experiences91 topic
  13. Paranormal Beliefs91 topic
  14. Firearm Violence81 topic
  15. Gun Ownership81 topic
  16. Borderline Personality Disorder71 topic
  17. Psychopathology71 topic
  18. Psychotherapy Outcome71 topic
  19. Therapeutic Alliance71 topic

Where does David Lester work?

David Lester's main affiliation in the publication record is Stockton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does David Lester have?

Science Explorer counts 542 works and 1,735 citations for David Lester, ranking #130,824 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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