2026 Kenneth J. Gergen: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	101	582	506	369	311	436	84303

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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

9335
Citations
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY

Kenneth J. Gergen

8589
Citations
An invitation to social construction

Kenneth J. Gergen

8165
Citations
Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction

Kenneth J. Gergen

6052
Citations
Social Psychology as History

Kenneth J. Gergen

3326
Citations
Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community

Kenneth J. Gergen

2847
Citations
Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge

Kenneth J. Gergen

2516
Citations
Realidades y relaciones: Aproximaciones a la construcción social

Kenneth Jay Gergen

2021
Citations
Narrative and the Self as Relationship

Kenneth J. Gergen;Mary M. Gergen

1958
Citations
Social construction in context

Kenneth J. Gergen

1561
Citations
Therapy as Social Construction

Sheila McNamee;Kenneth J. Gergen

1546
Citations
Social Exchange: Advances In Theory And Research

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

1518
Citations
Texts of Identity

John Shotter;Kenneth J. Gergen

1355
Citations
Narratives of the self.

Kenneth J. Gergen;Mary M. Gergen

1234
Citations
Psychological science in a postmodern context.

Kenneth J. Gergen

1139
Citations
Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue

Sheila. McNamee;Kenneth J. Gergen

983
Citations
The Social construction of the person

Kenneth J. Gergen;Keith E. Davis

909
Citations
Social comparison, self-consistency, and the concept of self.

Stan Morse;Kenneth J. Gergen

834
Citations
Construccionismo social - aportes para el debate y la práctica

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

692
Citations
Toward a postmodern psychology.

Kenneth J. Gergen

683
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen

Margaret Stroebe Utrecht University

Frances E. Aboud McGill University

Keith E. Davis University of South Carolina

Ellen Berscheid University of Minnesota

Phoebe C. Ellsworth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Henk Schut Utrecht University

Philip G. Zimbardo Stanford University

Elaine Walster University of Wisconsin–Madison

Colin Wayne Leach Barnard College

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