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Ladislav Valach 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 Ladislav Valach sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 118 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ladislav Valach 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 Ladislav Valach sits on this spectrum.

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23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ladislav Valach is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research within the field of psychology. Their work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a particular focus on psychotherapy techniques and applications, social representations and identity, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, counseling practices and supervision, educational and psychological assessments, innovative education and learning practices, as well as academic and historical perspectives in psychology.

Recent publications by Ladislav Valach include:

  • Exploring human action in counseling psychology: The action-project research method. (2021) Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Enacted mind, enminded and encultured action in vocational counseling: contextual action theory. (2020) International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
  • A Non-Cartesian View of Suicide and Suicide Prevention Intervention. (2020) Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
  • Monitoring problems in suicide action. (2020) Archives of Depression and Anxiety
  • Suicide Attempt: Temporary Ultimate Dyspraxia? (2020) Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
  • Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
  • Archives of Depression and Anxiety
  • Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience

Collaborative work involves coauthors such as:

  • Richard A. Young
  • José F. Domene
  • Krista D. Socholotiuk

Best Publications

  • The outcome of surgery for lumbar disc herniation. I. A 4-17 years' follow-up with emphasis on somatic aspects.

    J. Dvorak;M.-H. Gauchat;L. Valach

  • Coping and psychosocial adaptation: longitudinal effects over time and stages in breast cancer.

    Edgar Heim;Ladislav Valach;Liliane Schaffner

  • Career development in adolescence as a family project.

    Richard A. Young;Ladislav Valach;Jessica Ball;Michele A. Paseluikho

  • The construction of career through goal-directed action

    Richard A. Young;Ladislav Valach

  • Coping with breast cancer over time and situation

    Edgar Heim;Klaus F. Augustiny;Liliane Schaffner;Ladislav Valach

  • Cognitive deficits in patients after soft tissue injury of the cervical spine.

    Bogdan P. Radanov;Jiri Dvor̆Ák;Ladislav Valach

  • An exercise in improving suicide reporting in print media.

    Konrad Michel;Conrad Frey;Kathrin Wyss;Ladislav Valach

  • An fMRI study on mental pain and suicidal behavior

    Thomas Reisch;Erich Seifritz;Fabrizio Esposito;Roland Wiest

  • The group as a self-active system: outline of a theory of group action

    Mario Von Cranach;Guy Ochsenbein;Ladislav Valach

  • The action-project method in counseling psychology.

    Richard A. Young;Ladislav Valach;Jose F. Domene

  • Discovering the truth in attempted suicide.

    Konrad Michel;John T. Maltsberger;David A. Jobes;Antoon A. Leenaars

  • Relationships, Communication, and Career in the Parent-Adolescent Projects of Families with and without Challenges.

    Richard A. Young;Sheila Marshall;José F. Domene;Juliette Arato-Bolivar

  • The Joint Action of Parents and Adolescents in Conversation about Career

    Richard A. Young;Ladislav Valach;Michele A. Paseluikho;Carolyn Dover

  • Action theory : a primer for applied research in the social sciences

    Ladislav Valach;Richard A. Young;M. Judith Lynam

  • Attempted suicide. Do we understand the patients' reasons?

    Ulrich Schnyder;Ladislav Valach;Kathrin Bichsel;Konrad Michel

  • Transition to Adulthood

    Richard A. Young;Sheila K. Marshall;Ladislav Valach;José F. Domene

  • The Role of Emotion in the Construction of Career in Parent—Adolescent Conversations

    Richard A. Young;Michele A. Paseluikho;Ladislav Valach

  • Understanding deliberate self-harm: the patients' views

    Konrad Michel;Ladislav Valach;Vital Waeber

  • Addiction as a complex social process: An action theoretical perspective

    Matthew D. Graham;Richard A. Young;Ladislav Valach;R. Alan Wood

  • Making Career Theories More Culturally Sensitive: Implications for Counseling

    Richard A. Young;Sheila K. Marshall;Ladislav Valach

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Young
Richard A. Young University of British Columbia
Ulrich Schnyder
Ulrich Schnyder University of Zurich
Anat Zaidman-Zait
Anat Zaidman-Zait Tel Aviv University
Jiri Dvorak
Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic
Israel Orbach
Israel Orbach Bar-Ilan University
David A. Jobes
David A. Jobes Catholic University of America
Erich Seifritz
Erich Seifritz University of Zurich
Fabrizio Esposito
Fabrizio Esposito University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Thomas E. Schlaepfer
Thomas E. Schlaepfer University of Freiburg

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