Topic · Medical History and Research
Most cited papers in Medical History and Research
What are the most cited papers in Medical History and Research?
The most cited paper in Medical History and Research is "Medicalization and Social Control" (Peter Conrad, 1992), with 1,745 citations. Next come "In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" (1,072) and "Homosexuality and American Psychiatry: The Politics of Diagnosis." (608).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 123 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicalization and Social Control Peter Conrad · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1992 | 1,745 |
| 2 | In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity Charles E. Rosenberg, Daniel J. Kevles · Journal of American History | Jun 1986 | 1,072 |
| 3 | Homosexuality and American Psychiatry: The Politics of Diagnosis. Joseph W. Schneider, Ronald Bayer · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Mar 1982 | 608 |
| 4 | Tribute to Patrick Steptoe: beginnings of laparoscopy R. G. Edwards · Human Reproduction | Nov 1989 | 559 |
| 5 | THE LIFE HISTORY CALENDAR: A RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR COLLECTING RETROSPECTIVE EVENT‐HISTORY DATA Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Arland Thornton et al. · International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research | Jul 1996 | 544 |
| 6 | Rosen's Breast Pathology Pedro J. Grases · Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología | 2002 | 499 |
| 7 | The Incubator and the Medical Discovery of the Premature Infant Jeffrey P. Baker · Journal of Perinatology | Jul 2000 | 479 |
| 8 | Informed consent in human experimentation before the Nuremberg code Jochen Vollmann, Rolf Winau · BMJ | 7 Dec 1996 | 452 |
| 9 | A Tale of Two Experts: Thalidomide and Political Engagement in the United States and West Germany Arthur A. Daemmrich · Social History of Medicine | Apr 2002 | 427 |
| 10 | Post traumatic stress disorder: DSM-IV and beyond Gillian Mezey · Journal of Psychosomatic Research | Oct 1993 | 423 |
| 11 | Ignaz Semmelweis, Carl Mayrhofer, and the rise of germ theory K Codell Carter · Medical History | 1985 | 417 |
| 12 | Dr Carl Credé (1819–1892) and the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum Peter M Dunn · Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal | Sep 2000 | 410 |
| 13 | Philipp Bozzini (1773–1809) and the Lichtleiter Peter Rathert, Wolfgang Lutzeyer, Willard E. Goddwin · Urology | 1974 | 408 |
| 14 | Antoine van Leeuwenhoek and the discovery of sperm Stuart S. Howards · Fertility and Sterility | 1997 | 405 |
| 15 | Werner and Ingbar's The Thyroid Donald A. Meier · Clinical Nuclear Medicine | Oct 1997 | 401 |
| 16 | Beyond the Trendelenburg position: Friedrich Trendelenburg's life and surgical contributions Adam M. Bernstein, Harry P. Koo, David Adam Bloom · Surgery | Jul 1999 | 398 |
| 17 | A Pioneer in Laparoscopy and Pelviscopy: Kurt Semm (1927–2003) Friedrich Moll, Frank Marx · Journal of Endourology | Apr 2005 | 390 |
| 18 | V. Dr. Walter Schiller John G. Gruhn, Lawrence Max Roth · International Journal of Gynecological Pathology | Oct 1998 | 386 |
| 19 | HISTORY OF COLPOSCOPY IN THE UNITED STATES José E. Torres, Mary Ann Riopelle · Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America | Mar 1993 | 386 |
| 20 | Obstetrical-gynecological eponyms: Fritz Brenner and Brenner tumors of the ovary Harold Speert · Cancer | Mar 1956 | 384 |
| 21 | Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759–1816): Anatomist and Surgeon Richard Shane Tubbs, Walter B. Gribben, Marios Loukas et al. · World Journal of Surgery | 29 Aug 2008 | 382 |
| 22 | Dr Christian Kielland of Oslo (1871–1941) and his straight forceps Peter M Dunn · Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal | 20 Aug 2004 | 381 |
| 23 | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Marius Turda · Social History of Medicine | 9 Oct 2007 | 380 |
| 24 | Jewish gynecologists in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century Udo Rudloff, Hans Christoph Ludwig · Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | 6 Aug 2005 | 379 |
| 25 | Obstetrical-Gynecological eponyms: Ernst Wertheim and his operation for uterine cancer Harold Speert · Cancer | Sep 1956 | 379 |
| 26 | Franz Kaspar Hasselbach (1759–1816) Akhilesh Kumar Agarwal, Ramanuj Mukherjee · Indian Journal of Surgery | Apr 2008 | 378 |
| 27 | Dr. Ibis and the Artists:A Sidelight upon Hunter's Atlas, The Gravid Uterus Betsy Copping Corner · Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | 1951 | 377 |
| 28 | James Marion Sims and the Rise of Gynaecological Surgery Stephen C. Kenny, John L. Ward, Charles S Bryan · Journal of Medical Biography | Nov 1999 | 376 |
| 29 | Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878–1961): the controversial life of an eminent gynaecologist Christos R Iavazzo, Ioannis D. Gkegkes, Xanthi-Ekaterini D. Gkegke et al. · Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | 19 Feb 2015 | 375 |
| 30 | Obstetrical-gynecological eponyms: Friedrich Krukenberg and ovarian tumors Harold Speert · Cancer | 1955 | 374 |
| 31 | Gustav Adolf Michaelis (1798–1848) K. N. Grigorieva · Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproduction | 16 Jan 2020 | 373 |
| 32 | Powellʼs Pearls: Heinrich Martius, MD (1885–1965) John L. Powell · Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery | May 2009 | 372 |
| 33 | Anthropologie. Handbuch der vergleichenden biologie des menschen A.Brigitte Demes · Journal of Human Evolution | Apr 1991 | 366 |
| 34 | COMPARISON OF FREE AND FAST SPEED WALKING PATTERNS OF NORMAL MEN M. PAT MURRAY, Ross C. Kory, B.H. Clarkson et al. · American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Feb 1966 | 355 |
| 35 | STERILIZED in the Name of Public Health Alexandra Minna Stern · American Journal of Public Health | 28 Jun 2005 | 348 |
| 36 | Giovanni Domenico Santorini (1681-1737) Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers (1808-1872) First Description of Urosurgically Relevant Structures in the Small Pelvis H. Dietrich · European Urology | 1997 | 344 |
| 37 | The 100th Anniversary of Tubal Sterilization Alvin M. Siegler, Amos N. Grunebaum · Fertility and Sterility | Dec 1980 | 339 |
| 38 | Cultural Locations of Disability Sharon L. Snyder, David Mitchell · Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research | 14 May 2007 | 327 |
| 39 | The Contributions of Paul Ehrlich to Pharmacology: A Tribute on the Occasion of the Centenary of His Nobel Prize Fèlix Bosch, Laia Rosich · Pharmacology | 2008 | 285 |
| 40 | Delusional Infestation Roland W. Freudenmann, Peter Lepping · Clinical Microbiology Reviews | Oct 2009 | 282 |
| 41 | The Nuremberg Code and the Nuremberg Trial Jay Katz · JAMA | 27 Nov 1996 | 268 |
| 42 | Teratology-principles and techniques L. Oberthur Johnson · Metabolism | Jun 1965 | 261 |
| 43 | The Saga of Thalidomide Gilbert W. Mellin, Michael Katzenstein · New England Journal of Medicine | 6 Dec 1962 | 252 |
| 44 | History of Gynecological Pathology Lawrence Max Roth, Richard J. Reed · International Journal of Gynecological Pathology | 1997 | 250 |
| 45 | Relapse Prevention with Sexual Aggressors William D. Pithers | 1990 | 228 |
| 46 | Eugenics: Hereditarian Attitudes in American Thought, by Mark H. Haller Theodosius Dobzhansky · Political Science Quarterly | Dec 1964 | 223 |
| 47 | The Origins of Informed Consent: The International Scientific Commission on Medical War Crimes, and the Nuremberg Code Paul Julian Weindling · Bulletin of the history of medicine | Mar 2001 | 217 |
| 48 | Epigenetic life: biological plasticity, abnormality, and new configurations of race and reproduction Becky Mansfield, Julie Guthman · Cultural Geographies | 3 Nov 2014 | 211 |
| 49 | The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, 1910-1940: An Essay in Institutional History Garland E. Allen · Osiris | 1986 | 210 |
| 50 | Die schizophrenen Geistesstorungen im Lichte langjahriger Kranken- und Familiengeschichten, by Manfred Bleuler* Gerd C. Teschke · Schizophrenia Bulletin | 1978 | 207 |
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