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Researcher · Swarthmore College · United States

Kenneth J. Gergen

Kenneth J. Gergen publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Education, on topics such as Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Social Representations and Identity.

ORCID 0000-0002-2388-879X OpenAlex
World rank
#16,878
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,039
of 358,040
Works
142
Citations
719
Citations per work
5.1

What does Kenneth J. Gergen research?

Clinical Psychology: 14.6%Sociology and Political Science: 13.9%Education: 9.5%Social Psychology: 8.8%other fields: 53.2%15%top field
Clinical Psychology14.6%Sociology and Political Science13.9%Education9.5%Social Psychology8.8%other fields53.2%

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

  1. 1Clinical Psychology15% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3Education10% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology9% of their works
  5. 5General Psychology8% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth J. Gergen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Narrative Analysis, History, Psychology, Dialogical Self, Psychotherapy Outcome, Social Representations Theory, Therapeutic Alliance and Open Dialogue Approach.

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. Narrative Analysis132 topics
  2. History111 topic
  3. Psychology111 topic
  4. Dialogical Self71 topic
  5. Psychotherapy Outcome71 topic
  6. Social Representations Theory71 topic
  7. Therapeutic Alliance71 topic
  8. Open Dialogue Approach61 topic
  9. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy61 topic
  10. Metaphor31 topic
  11. Time31 topic
  12. Children's Literature21 topic
  13. Collaborative Partnerships21 topic
  14. Community Empowerment21 topic
  15. Concept Mapping21 topic
  16. Theory-Based Evaluation21 topic
  17. Young Adult21 topic

Where does Kenneth J. Gergen work?

Kenneth J. Gergen's main affiliation in the publication record is Swarthmore College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth J. Gergen have?

Science Explorer counts 142 works and 719 citations for Kenneth J. Gergen, ranking #16,878 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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