Classics in Psychoanalysis:

The author studied the bibliographies in five years of issues of the four leading psychoanalytic journals to identify those articles and books that could be called classics in psychoanalysis. The determination of what items were classics depended largely upon age (original publications must have taken place in 1939 or before), and frequency (six or more citations were required). The 9 books and 21 articles are listed in order of frequency and examined further by type of authorship, psychoanalytic specialty dealth with, language of publication and availability. It is felt that the results of the study are important for teaching purposes, as a reading guide and for collection development.