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Researcher · Universidade Federal de São Paulo · Brazil

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique.

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World rank
#387,399
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#1,735
of 253,246
Works
1,715
Citations
97k
Citations per work
56.5
h-index
120
i10-index 412Top 0.1% in Clinical Psychology
Sigmund Freud

What does Sigmund Freud research?

Sigmund Freud's work is mostly in Psychology (20%), Social Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (15%).

Social Sciences: 947 works · 55.2% of their workPsychology: 348 works · 20.3% of their workClinical Psychology: 348 works · 20.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 340 works · 19.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 134 works · 7.8% of their workCultural Studies: 113 works · 6.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 93 works · 5.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 259 works · 15.1% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 141 works · 8.2% of their workPhilosophy: 118 works · 6.9% of their workEverything else: 768 works · 44.8% of their workTHEIR WORKSigmund Freud1,715works
Social Sciences55%

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. Psychology34820.3%
    2. Social Sciences34019.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities25915.1%
  2. Everything else76844.8%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology20% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory8% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy7% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies7% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sigmund Freud's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mental Health, Ethics, History, Psychoanalysis, Clinical Practice, Psychotherapy Outcome, Therapeutic Alliance and Developmental Trauma.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health2293 topics
  2. Ethics2262 topics
  3. History2262 topics
  4. Psychoanalysis2253 topics
  5. Clinical Practice1812 topics
  6. Psychotherapy Outcome1351 topic
  7. Therapeutic Alliance1351 topic
  8. Developmental Trauma1271 topic
  9. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy1271 topic
  10. Religion1231 topic
  11. Social Theory1231 topic
  12. Psychology1031 topic
  13. Science1031 topic
  14. Adolescence1022 topics
  15. Depression1022 topics
  16. Autorschaft711 topic
  17. Bildung711 topic
  18. Diagnostic Labels541 topic
  19. Social Determinants541 topic
  20. Coaching501 topic
  21. Psychodrama501 topic
  22. Emotions481 topic
  23. Psychiatry481 topic

Where does Sigmund Freud work?

Sigmund Freud's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Sigmund Freud have?

OpenAlex counts 1,715 works and 96,899 citations for Sigmund Freud, an h-index of 120, ranking #387,399 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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