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PSYCHOLOGIST

Joseph Nicolosi

1947 - 2017

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Joseph Nicolosi (January 24, 1947 – March 8, 2017) was an American clinical psychologist who advocated and practised "reparative therapy", a form of the pseudoscientific treatment of conversion therapy that he claimed could help people overcome or mitigate their homosexual desires and replace them with heterosexual ones. Nicolosi was a founder and president of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Nicolosi has received more than 259,602 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Nicolosi is the 200th most popular psychologist, the 8,017th most popular biography from United States and the 73rd most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 260k

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  • 44.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Joseph Nicolosi ranks 200 out of 183. Before him are Carol Dweck, Théodore Flournoy, August Dvorak, Jaak Panksepp, Anne Treisman, and C. George Boeree. After him are Dan Ariely, Uta Frith, Robin Dunbar, Simon Baron-Cohen, Elsa Cayat, and Arthur Jensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Joseph Nicolosi ranks 543. Before him are Clemente Mastella, Bill Richardson, André Heller, John Lipsky, Afanasijs Kuzmins, and José Luis Cuerda. After him are Linda Thorson, Flavio Bucci, Bob Evans, Ian Ashley, James Rumbaugh, and Luigi Padovese. Among people deceased in 2017, Joseph Nicolosi ranks 407. Before him are Liam Cosgrave, Jared Martin, Richard Wilbur, Charles P. Thacker, Gunnar Birkerts, and Ruth Perry. After him are Joy Fleming, Friedel Rausch, Habib Thiam, Katy Bødtger, Wu Wenjun, and Vladimir Voevodsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Nicolosi ranks 8,017 out of 18,182. Before him are Dwight Howard (1985), Lucy Hale (1989), June Gable (1945), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Randy Pausch (1960), and Dennis Johnson (1954). After him are Mark Rydell (1929), Edgar Kennedy (1890), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Troian Bellisario (1985), and Merrick Garland (1952).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Joseph Nicolosi ranks 73. Before him are Robert Yerkes (1876), Sandra Bem (1944), Julian Jaynes (1920), Lee Cronbach (1916), Nancy Chodorow (1944), and Neal E. Miller (1909). After him are Dan Ariely (1967) and Arthur Jensen (1923).

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