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Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 4.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the theory and application of Transactional Analysis in psychotherapy and education. It explores concepts such as ego states, script protocol, relational needs, and ethical challenges. The papers also delve into the cocreative perspective, group dynamics, and the integration of neurological findings in the context of Transactional Analysis.

  • Transactional Analysis
  • Psychotherapy
  • Education
  • Ego States
  • Relational Needs
  • Script Protocol
  • Ethical Challenges
  • Cocreative Perspective
  • Group Dynamics
  • Neurological Findings
Research works
4.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
513
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

Which countries lead Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research?

By volume, the United States and Poland publish the most (189 and 78 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 189 works
  2. 2 Poland 78 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 71 works
  4. 4 Russia 42 works
  5. 5 Canada 29 works
  6. 6 Germany 29 works
  7. 7 China 28 works
  8. 8 Italy 23 works
  9. 9 France 21 works
  10. 10 Australia 19 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.

United States: 35.6%Poland: 14.8%United Kingdom: 13.4%Russia: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.2%36%largest
United States189 · 35.6%Poland78 · 14.8%United Kingdom71 · 13.4%Russia42 · 7.9%6 others listed149 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research?

By volume in 2022-now, IS practice publishes the most Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 IS practiceBelgium 10 works
  2. 2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 7 works
  3. 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 6 works
  4. 4 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 6 works
  5. 5 Minnesota State University MoorheadUnited States 5 works
  6. 6 The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityPoland 5 works
  7. 7 Metanoia InstituteUnited Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 Association of Child PsychotherapistsUnited Kingdom 4 works
  9. 9 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 4 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 4 works

What are the most cited papers in Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy?

The most cited paper in Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy is "Relation between working alliance and outcome in psychotherapy: A meta-analysis." (Adam Otto Horvath, B. Dianne Symonds, 1991), with 2,614 citations. Next come "Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies." (2,135) and "The totalitarian ego: Fabrication and revision of personal history." (1,971).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relation between working alliance and outcome in psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. Adam Otto Horvath, B. Dianne Symonds · Journal of Counseling Psychology Apr 1991 2,614
2 Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. Mary Lee Smith, Gene V. Glass · American Psychologist Review 1977 2,135
3 The totalitarian ego: Fabrication and revision of personal history. Anthony G. Greenwald · American Psychologist Jul 1980 1,971
4 Leader-Member Exchange Model of Leadership: A Critique and Further Development Richard M. Dienesch, Robert C. Liden · Academy of Management Review Jul 1986 1,637
5 Research summary on the therapeutic relationship and psychotherapy outcome. Michael J. Lambert, Dean E. Barley · Psychotherapy 2001 1,572
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Where is Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research done?

The largest centres of Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Warsaw (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in New York, London and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 25 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 22 works
  4. 4 WarsawPoland 17 works
  5. 5 KrakowPoland 14 works
  6. 6 BrusselsBelgium 11 works
  7. 7 RomeItaly 10 works
  8. 8 PoznańPoland 8 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 7 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. New YorkUS · 24.9 works4.6×
  2. LondonGB · 27.4 works3.9×
  3. MoscowRU · 21.8 works2.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy than the world average.

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Is Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy 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.

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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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