Scranton’s Dr. John Norcross Celebrated as a ‘Top 0.05%’ Scholar
Having worked at The University of Scranton since 1985, John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP, distinguished professor of psychology, has developed one of the most extensive and reputable life’s works in his field. He is ScholarGPS’ fifth-ranked scholar in the Psychotherapy-Lifetime category.John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP, distinguished professor of psychology at The University of Scranton, ranks among the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide for his career contributions, according to the analytics platform ScholarGPS.
Dr. Norcross ranks fifth in the Psychotherapy-Lifetime category, as his peers in the top 10 include educators from Harvard University, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, Yale University and other leading institutions of higher learning.
ScholarGPS’ ranking methodology was developed on “simplicity, transparency and fairness,” it said, and it ranks authors on purely quantitative data that assesses their productivity, impact and quality. Dr. Norcross has authored more than 400 publications and has written or co-written 22 books. According to his ScholarGPS profile page, Dr. Norcross' work has been cited a predicted nearly 28,000 times.
A graduate of Rutgers University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree, and the University of Rhode Island, where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees, Dr. Norcross has worked at The University of Scranton since 1985. He is an award-winning, internationally recognized expert on behavior change and psychotherapy. He is also a clinical professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University and a board-certified clinical psychologist.
