2026 Allen Frances: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	85	276	233	125	107	419	22475

Allen Frances publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allen Frances sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 419 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Allen Frances D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allen Frances sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Allen Frances is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a research focus rooted in psychology, particularly clinical psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including philosophy, public health, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research topics cover a range of issues, with main areas including:

Mental Health and Psychiatry
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Migration, Health and Trauma
Mental Health Treatment and Access
Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Allen Frances has published in several academic venues, notably with multiple contributions to The Lancet Psychiatry. Other important publication venues include:

BMJ
Journal of Affective Disorders
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frances illustrate engagement with complex psychiatric topics and mental health diagnosis, including:

"Rates of Prolonged Grief Disorder: Considering relationship to the person who died and cause of death," 2023, Journal of Affective Disorders
"DSM-5-TR turns normal grief into a mental disorder," 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry
"Psychiatric Diagnosis," 2024, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
"Save Trieste's mental health system," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
"Prolonged grief disorder - Authors' reply," 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Joanne Cacciatore, Kara Thieleman, Peter Tyrer, Laura Batstra, and Awais Aftab, reflecting collaborative work across various aspects of psychiatry and clinical psychology.

Allen Frances has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication by Cambridge University Press titled Making Sense of the ICD-11 (2023).

Best Publications

Drug abuse in schizophrenic patients: clinical correlates and reasons for use.

Lisa Dixon;Gretchen Haas;Peter J. Weiden;John Sweeney

856
Citations
Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

Allen Frances

573
Citations
Prototypic typology and the Borderline Personality Disorder.

John F. Clarkin;Thomas A. Widiger;Allen Frances;Stephen W. Hurt

465
Citations
Relapse and rehospitalization during maintenance treatment of schizophrenia. The effects of dose reduction and family treatment.

Nina R. Schooler;Samuel J. Keith;Joanne B. Severe;Susan M. Matthews

453
Citations
Self-mutilation in personality disorders: psychological and biological correlates.

Daphne Simeon;Barbara Stanley;Allen J. Frances;J. John Mann

442
Citations
Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury.

Samuel W. Perry;JoAnn Difede;Gloria Musngi;Allen J. Frances

428
Citations
The expert consensus guideline series : treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Edna B. Foa;Jonathan R. T. Davidson;Allen Frances;Larry Culpepper

422
Citations
Rating of Medication Influences (ROMI) Scale in Schizophrenia

Peter Weiden;Bruce Rapkin;Tasha Mott;Annette Zygmunt

411
Citations
Acute Effects of Drug Abuse in Schizophrenic Patients: Clinical Observations and Patients' Self-reports

Lisa Dixon;Gretchen Haas;Peter Weiden;John A Sweeney

396
Citations
Toward a dimensional model for the personality disorders.

Thomas A. Widiger;Allen J. Frances

353
Citations
Treatment of Depressive Symptoms in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Patients

John C. Markowitz;James H. Kocsis;Baruch Fishman;Lisa A. Spielman

343
Citations
DSM-IV antisocial personality disorder field trial.

Thomas A. Widiger;Remi Cadoret;Robert Hare;Lee Robins

330
Citations
The DSM-III personality disorders. Perspectives from psychology.

Thomas A. Widiger;Allen Frances

327
Citations
Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lessons from the DSM-IV Past and Cautions for the DSM-5 Future

Allen J. Frances;Thomas Widiger

323
Citations
The DSM-III personality disorders section: A commentary.

Allen Frances

297
Citations
Clinical correlates of self-mutilation in borderline personality disorder

Rebecca A. Dulit;Minna R. Fyer;Andrew C. Leon;Beth S. Brodsky

281
Citations
The DSM-III-R personality disorders: an overview

Thomas A. Widiger;Allen Frances;Robert L. Spitzer;Janet B. Williams

280
Citations
Relationships over 1 year between lymphocyte subsets and psychosocial variables among adults with infection by human immunodeficiency virus.

Samuel W. Perry;Baruch Fishman;Lawrence Jacobsberg;Allen J. Frances

273
Citations
Comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder

Minna R. Fyer;Allen J. Frances;Timothy Sullivan;Stephen W. Hurt

264
Citations
Toward an empirical classification for the DSM-IV.

Thomas A. Widiger;Allen J. Frances;Harold A. Pincus;Wendy W. Davis

254
Citations
Psychiatry update : American Psychiatric Association annual review

Robert E. Hales;Allen Frances;Lester Grinspoon

254
Citations
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism

Allen Frances

100
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky

John F. Clarkin Cornell University

J. John Mann Columbia University

Harold Alan Pincus Columbia University

Michael B. First Columbia University

John A. Sweeney University of Cincinnati

Stephen W. Hurt Cornell University

Daniel Carpenter Harvard University

Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

Paul S. Appelbaum Columbia University

External Links

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