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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 31 Citations 42,231 177 World Ranking 5449 National Ranking 336

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Awards & Achievements

2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Social science

His main research concerns Narrative, Epistemology, Aesthetics, Psychoanalysis and Social psychology. His Epistemology research incorporates themes from Social science, Habitus and Research ethics. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Therapeutic processes, Narrative inquiry, Storytelling and Dialogical self.

His Dialogical self research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Affect, Literature and Interpretation. Arthur W. Frank studied Psychoanalysis and Narrative ethics that intersect with Illness narratives. His Social psychology research includes themes of Generosity, Compassion, Health care delivery, Humanity and Rhetoric.

His most cited work include:

  • Outline of a Theory of Practice. (14033 citations)
  • The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics (2486 citations)
  • At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness (443 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics, Bioethics and Epistemology. As a part of the same scientific study, Arthur W. Frank usually deals with the Narrative, concentrating on Gender studies and frequently concerns with Politics. His studies examine the connections between Psychoanalysis and genetics, as well as such issues in Social psychology, with regards to Generosity.

His studies in Aesthetics integrate themes in fields like Narrative inquiry and Storytelling. Arthur W. Frank has included themes like Interpretation and Metaphor in his Narrative inquiry study. His Bioethics study is concerned with Law in general.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Narrative (26.67%)
  • Psychoanalysis (20.56%)
  • Aesthetics (13.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Narrative (26.67%)
  • Psychoanalysis (20.56%)
  • Aesthetics (13.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics, Witness and Bioethics are his primary areas of study. He combines subjects such as Ideal, Gaze, Social care and Media studies with his study of Narrative. His Psychoanalysis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Identity, Autoethnography, Dialogical self, Sociology of health and illness and Style.

The concepts of his Witness study are interwoven with issues in Memoir, Storytelling and Illness narratives. His study in Bioethics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Epistemology, Environmental ethics and Affect. His research integrates issues of Technician, Typology and Point in his study of Epistemology.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • An illness of one’s own: Memoir as art form and research as witness (7 citations)
  • Geographies of Medical and Health Humanities: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation (6 citations)
  • Narrative-based Practice in Health and Social Care: Conversations Inviting Change by John Launer, London and New York: Routledge, 2018 (4 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Social science

His primary areas of investigation include Narrative, Narrative therapy, Psychotherapist, Media studies and Social care. His Narrative study combines topics in areas such as Aesthetics, Meaning, Ideal, The Imaginary and Grandparent. His Aesthetics research incorporates elements of Privilege, Psychology of self and Gaze.

His Narrative therapy study frequently involves adjacent topics like MEDLINE.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Outline of a Theory of Practice.

Arthur W. Frank;Pierre Bourdieu.
Contemporary Sociology (1980)

29875 Citations

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics

Arthur W. Frank.
(1995)

4401 Citations

At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness

Arthur W. Frank.
(1991)

703 Citations

Letting Stories Breathe: A Socio-Narratology

Arthur W. Frank.
(2010)

634 Citations

The Standpoint of Storyteller

Arthur W. Frank.
Qualitative Health Research (2000)

444 Citations

For a Sociology of the Body: An Analytical Review

Arthur Frank.
(1991)

403 Citations

What Is Dialogical Research, and Why Should We Do It?

Arthur W. Frank.
Qualitative Health Research (2005)

383 Citations

Just listening: Narrative and deep illness.

Arthur W. Frank.
Families, Systems, & Health (1998)

346 Citations

The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live

Arthur W. Frank.
(2004)

312 Citations

The Rhetoric of Self-Change: Illness Experience as Narrative

Arthur W. Frank.
Sociological Quarterly (1993)

276 Citations

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