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Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to psychodynamic psychotherapy, developmental trauma, attachment, mental health, and the parent-infant relationship. It explores the intersection of neuroscience and psychoanalysis, as well as the concept of resilience in clinical practice. The papers also delve into the impact of childhood trauma on adult mental health and the role of group therapy in addressing developmental trauma.

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Attachment
  • Mental Health
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Clinical Practice
  • Parent-Infant Relationship
  • Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis
  • Resilience
  • Group Therapy
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Which countries lead Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 281 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 3.1k works
  2. 2 United States 281 works
  3. 3 Canada 264 works
  4. 4 Switzerland 200 works
  5. 5 Brazil 199 works
  6. 6 ?? 157 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 137 works
  8. 8 Belgium 134 works
  9. 9 Germany 108 works
  10. 10 Italy 65 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 66.8%United States: 6.0%Canada: 5.7%Switzerland: 4.3%6 others listed: 17.2%67%largest
France3,113 · 66.8%United States281 · 6.0%Canada264 · 5.7%Switzerland200 · 4.3%6 others listed800 · 17.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research, followed by Université de Lyon and Université Paris Cité.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 538 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 235 works
  3. 3 Université Paris CitéFrance 228 works
  4. 4 Université Paris NanterreFrance 86 works
  5. 5 Université de LorraineFrance 80 works
  6. 6 InsermFrance 74 works
  7. 7 Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 62 works
  8. 8 Université Paris 8France 56 works
  9. 9 Psychoanalytical AssociationKazakhstan 56 works
  10. 10 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research include Pierre Bourdıeu, Jean‐Louis Vincent and Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  3. 3 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  4. 4 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k citations
  5. 5 Jeffrey L. Cummings United States 176k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research?

The most cited paper in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research is "The generalizability of the psychoanalytic concept of the working alliance." (Edward S. Bordin, 1979), with 5,259 citations. Next come "Groupes réductifs" (831) and "Disorganized/disoriented attachment relationships in maltreated infants." (678).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The generalizability of the psychoanalytic concept of the working alliance. Edward S. Bordin · Psychotherapy 1979 5,259
2 Groupes réductifs Armand Borel, Jacques Tits · Publications mathématiques de l IHÉS 7 Dec 1965 831
3 Disorganized/disoriented attachment relationships in maltreated infants. Vicki Carlson, Dante Cicchetti, Douglas Barnett et al. · Developmental Psychology Jul 1989 678
4 Crit�res de platitude et de projectivit� Michel Raynaud, Laurent Gruson · Inventiones mathematicae Mar 1971 662
5 Conversations about feeling states between mothers and their young children. Judy Dunn, Inge Bretherton, Penny Munn · Developmental Psychology 1987 631
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Where is Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research done?

The largest centres of Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Bron (France) and Toulouse (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bron, Boulogne-Billancourt and Paris.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 908 works
  2. 2 LyonFrance 195 works
  3. 3 BronFrance 140 works
  4. 4 ToulouseFrance 119 works
  5. 5 MontrealCanada 114 works
  6. 6 NanterreFrance 96 works
  7. 7 LilleFrance 96 works
  8. 8 RennesFrance 86 works
  9. 9 MarseilleFrance 83 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 80 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BronFR · 140.3 works242×
  2. Boulogne-BillancourtFR · 37.3 works129×
  3. Paris49.0 works107×
  4. Caen25.8 works75×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Lausanne, Université de Lyon and Université Paris Cité score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.72%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of LausanneUniversité Sorbonne …Université Paris CitéUniversité de Lyon
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of LausanneSwitzerland 79.223.4%18.6×38 +28.6%
2Université de LyonFrance 75.314.4%82.2×235 -19.8%
3Université Paris CitéFrance 74.916.1%67.6×228 -41.4%
4Université Sorbonne Paris NordFrance 62.517.3%71.2×26 -38.1%
5Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 60.619.0%30.8×32 +6.5%
6Université de Franche-ComtéFrance 58.015.4%65.0×14 +32.0%
7Université de LorraineFrance 56.010.6%47.4×80 +3.5%
8Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersFrance 55.413.2%32.2×12 -27.2%
9Institut National des Langues et Civilisations OrientalesFrance 53.124.5%52.2×8 -9.8%
10Université Paris-SaclayFrance 52.613.3%11.7×34 +7.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, country by country

Is Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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