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J. Christopher Muran

J. Christopher Muran

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
10073
World Ranking
7150
National Ranking
3869

J. Christopher Muran publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 150 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

J. Christopher Muran D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Christopher Muran sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

J. Christopher Muran is affiliated with Adelphi University in the United States and focuses primarily on the field of Psychology, with a particular emphasis on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Epidemiology, and Surgery, demonstrating a diverse academic interest.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics:

  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

J. Christopher Muran has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • One more time with less jargon: An introduction to "Rupture Repair in Practice", 2021, Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Commentary: Rupture repair as a transtheoretical corrective experience, 2021, Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations from qualitative psychotherapy researchers., 2024, American Psychologist
  • Comparing the interpersonal profiles of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and avoidant personality disorder: Are there homogeneous profiles or interpersonal subtypes?, 2020, Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

The frequent co-authors who collaborate with Muran include:

  • Catherine F. Eubanks
  • Lisa Wallner Samstag
  • Lauren M. Lipner
  • Adelya Urmanche
  • James H. MacDonald

Publications appear regularly in established venues such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Psychotherapy
  • Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

In addition to journal articles, Muran has contributed to book literature with two publications from the American Psychological Association:

  • Therapist performance under pressure: Negotiating emotion, difference, and rupture., 2020
  • Alliance-focused training: An evidence-based guide to negotiating ruptures in therapy., 2025

The academic career includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), awarded in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran

  • Repairing alliance ruptures.

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran;Catherine Eubanks-Carter

  • The Resolution of Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance.

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran

  • Resolving therapeutic alliance ruptures: Diversity and integration

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran

  • Alliance rupture repair: A meta-analysis.

    Catherine F. Eubanks;J. Christopher Muran;Jeremy D. Safran

  • Has the concept of the therapeutic alliance outlived its usefulness

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran

  • Short-term psychotherapy of personality disorders.

    Winston A;Laikin M;Pollack J;Samstag Lw

  • Patient pretreatment interpersonal problems and therapeutic alliance in short-term cognitive therapy.

    J. Christopher Muran;Zindel V. Segal;Lisa Wallner Samstag;Cynthia E. Crawford

  • Resolving therapeutic alliance ruptures: A task analytic investigation.

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran;Lisa Wallner Samstag

  • Early Identification of Treatment Failures in Short-Term Psychotherapy: An Assessment of Therapeutic Alliance and Interpersonal Behavior

    L W Samstag;S T Batchelder;J C Muran;J D Safran

  • Evaluating an alliance-focused treatment for personality disorders.

    J. Christopher Muran;Jeremy D. Safran;Lisa Wallner Samstag;Arnold Winston

  • The relationship of early alliance ruptures and their resolution to process and outcome in three time-limited psychotherapies for personality disorders

    J. Christopher Muran;Jeremy D. Safran;Bernard S. Gorman;Lisa Wallner Samstag

  • The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice

    J. Christopher Muran;Jacques P. Barber

  • Evaluating alliance-focused intervention for potential treatment failures: A feasibility study and descriptive analysis.

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran;Lisa Wallner Samstag;Arnold Winston

  • Research on psychotherapy integration: Building on the past, looking to the future

    Louis G. Castonguay;Catherine F. Eubanks;Marvin R. Goldfried;J. Christopher Muran

  • The relationship between alliance and outcome: Analysis of a two-person perspective on alliance and session outcome.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;J. Christopher Muran;Clara Hungr;Catherine F. Eubanks

  • Linking in-session change to overall outcome in short-term cognitive therapy.

    J. Christopher Muran;Bernard S. Gorman;Jeremy D. Safran;Lynne Twining

  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Christoph Flückiger;Julian Rubel;A. C. Del Re;Adam O. Horvath

  • Patient pretreatment interpersonal problems and therapeutic alliance in short-term cognitive therapy.

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  • Levels and patterns of the therapeutic alliance in brief psychotherapy.

    Christopher L. Stevens;J. Christopher Muran;Jeremy D. Safran;Bernard S. Gorman

  • Alliance-focused training.

    Catherine Eubanks-Carter;J. Christopher Muran;Jeremy D. Safran

  • Repairing alliance ruptures.

    Unknown

  • The therapeutic alliance in brief psychotherapy: General principles.

    Jeremy D. Safran;J. Christopher Muran

  • Therapist mindfulness, alliance and treatment outcome

    Anjanette Ryan;Jeremy D Safran;Jennifer M Doran;J Christopher Muran

  • Rupture Resolution Rating System (3RS): Development and validation.

    Catherine F Eubanks;Jessica Lubitz;J Christopher Muran;Jeremy D Safran

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis G. Castonguay
Louis G. Castonguay Pennsylvania State University
Sigal Zilcha-Mano
Sigal Zilcha-Mano University of Haifa
Jacques P. Barber
Jacques P. Barber Adelphi University
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
Jeffrey A. Hayes
Jeffrey A. Hayes Pennsylvania State University
Marvin R. Goldfried
Marvin R. Goldfried Stony Brook University
Lynne Angus
Lynne Angus York University
Nicholas Ladany
Nicholas Ladany Lehigh University
Mark J. Hilsenroth
Mark J. Hilsenroth Adelphi University

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