Byron J. Good publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Byron J. Good between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Byron J. Good published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 1993. 5 of the 145 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1977 2025

145 publications in total across all disciplines

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Byron J. Good: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year	Publications
1977	1
1978	3
1979	0
1980	1
1981	4
1982	4
1983	2
1984	0
1985	4
1986	1
1987	3
1988	4
1989	2
1990	2
1991	2
1992	1
1993	15
1994	3
1995	1
1996	1
1997	1
1998	0
1999	2
2000	2
2001	2
2002	1
2003	2
2004	2
2005	4
2006	1
2007	6
2008	0
2009	3
2010	4
2011	0
2012	9
2013	1
2014	3
2015	5
2016	4
2017	1
2018	1
2019	10
2020	5
2021	3
2022	7
2023	7
2024	3
2025	2
Total	145

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Byron J. Good 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 Byron J. Good sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 126 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453	126
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Byron J. Good 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 Byron J. Good sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203	48
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Byron J. Good is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including social psychology, clinical psychology, general health professions, psychiatry and mental health, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to mental health treatment and access, family caregiving in mental illness, schizophrenia research and treatment, memory, trauma and commemoration, anthropological studies and insights, Asian studies and history, and cultural differences and values.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Byron J. Good include:

The Anthropology of Being Haunted: On the Emergence of an Anthropological Hauntology (2022, Annual Review of Anthropology)
Cultural explanations of psychotic illness and care-seeking of family caregivers in Java, Indonesia (2020, Transcultural Psychiatry)
Development and Evaluation of a Mental Health Training Program for Community Health Workers in Indonesia (2020, Community Mental Health Journal)
The principles of recovery-oriented mental health services: A review of the guidelines from five different countries for developing a protocol to be implemented in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2023, PLoS ONE)
Afterword: Haunted histories and the silences of everyday life (2021, History and Anthropology)

Byron J. Good has frequently collaborated with other researchers throughout their career. Among their common co-authors are Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, M. A. Subandi, Devon E. Hinton, Carla Raymondalexas Marchira, and Andrea Chiovenda.

The scientist has published work in various academic venues, with multiple contributions in journals such as PLoS ONE, Annual Review of Anthropology, Community Mental Health Journal, Transcultural Psychiatry, and History and Anthropology.

In addition to journal articles, Byron J. Good has authored book publications, including titles published by Stanford University Press eBooks. One notable book is Culture and Panic Disorder, published in 2020.

Best Publications

Culture, Illness, and Care: Clinical Lessons from Anthropologic and Cross-Cultural Research

Arthur Kleinman;Leon Eisenberg;Byron J. Good

4387
Citations
Medicine, Rationality and Experience: An Anthropological Perspective

Byron J. Good

1709
Citations
Culture and stigma: adding moral experience to stigma theory.

Lawrence Hsin Yang;Arthur Kleinman;Bruce G. Link;Jo C. Phelan

1592
Citations
World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries

Robert Desjarlais;Leon Eisenberg;Byron Good;Arthur Kleinman

1084
Citations
The heart of what's the matter. The semantics of illness in Iran.

Byron J. Good

790
Citations
Culture and depression : studies in the anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry of affect and disorder

Byron Good;Arthur Kleinman

678
Citations
American oncology and the discourse on hope.

Mary-Jo del Vecchio Good;Byron J. Good;Cynthia Schaffer;Stuart E. Lind

640
Citations
Medicine, rationality, and experience

Byron Good

582
Citations
Subjectivity: Ethnographic Investigations

João Guilherme Biehl;Byron Good;Arthur Kleinman

579
Citations
The Meaning of Symptoms: A Cultural Hermeneutic Model for Clinical Practice

Byron J. Good;Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good

460
Citations
The place of culture in DSM-IV.

Juan E. Mezzich;Laurence J. Kirmayer;Arthur Kleinman;Horacio Fabrega

385
Citations
Introduction: Rethinking Subjectivity

João Biehl;Byron Good;Arthur Kleinman

257
Citations
In the subjunctive mode: epilepsy narratives in Turkey.

Byron J. Good;Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good;Isenbike Togan;Zafer Ilbars

232
Citations
“What matters most:” A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma

Lawrence H. Yang;Fang pei Chen;Kathleen Janel Sia;Jonathan Lam

221
Citations
A critical review of epidemiological studies of Puerto Rican mental health.

Peter J. Guarnaccia;Byron J. Good;Arthur Kleinman

219
Citations
Oncology and narrative time

Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good;Tseunetsugu Munakata;Yasuki Kobayashi;Cheryl Mattingly

219
Citations
Telling the diagnosis of cancer.

S E Lind;M J DelVecchio Good;S Seidel;T Csordas

195
Citations
A Methodology for Cross-cultural Ethnomedical Research [and Comments and Reply]

C. H. Browner;Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano;Arthur J. Rubel;Jean Benoist

192
Citations
Cross-cultural studies of depression.

Janis H. Jenkins;Arthur Kleinman;Byron J. Good

175
Citations
The Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare

Mary‐Jo DelVecchio Good;Cara James;Byron J. Good;Anne E. Becker

163
Citations
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities

Byron J. Good

143
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Kleinman Harvard University

Devon E. Hinton Harvard University

Sing Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lawrence H. Yang New York University

Spero M. Manson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Jo C. Phelan Columbia University

Cheryl Mattingly University of Southern California

Norma C. Ware Harvard University

Daniel E. Lieberman Harvard University

Nick Patterson Harvard University

External Links

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