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Kenneth J. Gergen

Kenneth J. Gergen

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
101
Citations
84303
World Ranking
582
National Ranking
369

Kenneth J. Gergen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth J. Gergen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 436 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth J. Gergen 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 Kenneth J. Gergen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Kenneth J. Gergen is affiliated with Swarthmore College in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on areas such as management science and operations research, political science and international relations, education, organizational behavior and human resource management, and sociology and political science.

Their most recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • The social sciences as future forming, 2023, published in Possibility Studies & Society
  • Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education, 2021, published in FORUM
  • The promises of qualitative research revisited: 10 years of Qualitative Psychology., 2023, published in Qualitative Psychology
  • La psychologie sociale comme histoire, 2020, published in NumeRev
  • Edward E. Sampson (1934−2019)., 2020, published in American Psychologist

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenneth J. Gergen include:

  • Scherto Gill
  • Mary Gergen
  • Silvia Díazgranados Ferráns
  • Ángela María Estrada Mesa
  • Mark Freeman

They have published in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Possibility Studies & Society
  • Qualitative Psychology
  • FORUM
  • NumeRev
  • American Psychologist

Among their published books are:

  • Construccionismo social: aportes para el debate y la práctica, 2023, published by Ediciones Uniandes eBooks
  • Ethical Education, 2020, published by Cambridge University Press

Kenneth J. Gergen's research topics include:

  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Critical Realism in Sociology
  • Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Religious Education and Schools

They have received several professional recognitions, including fellowships from:

  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1970
  • The American Psychological Association (APA), awarded in 1970
  • The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1967

Best Publications

  • The Saturated Self Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • An invitation to social construction

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Social Psychology as History

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Realidades y relaciones: Aproximaciones a la construcción social

    Kenneth Jay Gergen

  • Narrative and the Self as Relationship

    Kenneth J. Gergen;Mary M. Gergen

  • Social construction in context

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Therapy as Social Construction

    Sheila McNamee;Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Social Exchange: Advances In Theory And Research

    Kenneth J. Gergen;Martin S. Greenberg;Richard Hartley Willis

  • Texts of Identity

    John Shotter;Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Narratives of the self.

    Kenneth J. Gergen;Mary M. Gergen

  • Psychological science in a postmodern context.

    Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue

    Sheila. McNamee;Kenneth J. Gergen

  • The Social construction of the person

    Kenneth J. Gergen;Keith E. Davis

  • Social comparison, self-consistency, and the concept of self.

    Stan Morse;Kenneth J. Gergen

  • Construccionismo social - aportes para el debate y la práctica

    Kenneth J Gergen;Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns;Angela María Estrada Mesa

  • Toward a postmodern psychology.

    Kenneth J. Gergen

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Stroebe
Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen
Margaret Stroebe
Margaret Stroebe Utrecht University
John Shotter
John Shotter University of New Hampshire
Keith E. Davis
Keith E. Davis University of South Carolina
Frances E. Aboud
Frances E. Aboud McGill University
Arthur P. Bochner
Arthur P. Bochner University of South Florida
Carolyn Ellis
Carolyn Ellis University of South Florida
David L. Cooperrider
David L. Cooperrider Case Western Reserve University
Elaine Walster
Elaine Walster University of Wisconsin–Madison
Colin Wayne Leach
Colin Wayne Leach Barnard College

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