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Sonja Lyubomirsky

Active 1993–2024

57
Papers
41,034
Citations
50
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Citations

Citations per year for Sonja Lyubomirsky1946: 2 citations1952: 1 citations1976: 1 citations1988: 1 citations1991: 1 citations1993: 1 citations1994: 3 citations1995: 1 citations1996: 1 citations1997: 7 citations1998: 13 citations1999: 21 citations2000: 17 citations2001: 38 citations2002: 27 citations2003: 53 citations2004: 48 citations2005: 54 citations2006: 92 citations2007: 114 citations2008: 137 citations2009: 164 citations2010: 244 citations2011: 216 citations2012: 246 citations2013: 240 citations2014: 256 citations2015: 252 citations2016: 219 citations2017: 239 citations2018: 225 citations2019: 506 citations2020: 503 citations2021: 434 citations2022: 315 citations2023: 252 citations2024: 382 citations2025: 149 citations2026: 20 citations1947–1951: no citations, so these years are not shown1953–1975: no citations, so these years are not shown1977–1987: no citations, so these years are not shown1989–1990: no citations, so these years are not shown1992: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,789 citing papers, 31.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 537 citing papers, 9.6% of this breakdownChina: 295 citing papers, 5.2% of this breakdownNetherlands: 288 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownGermany: 276 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownCanada: 273 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownAustralia: 254 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownSpain: 151 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownItaly: 139 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownBelgium: 126 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownJapan: 102 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 88 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdown
0%31.8%Other 23.2%

Institutions

Fields

  • Psychology54.4%
  • Medicine9.9%
  • Social Sciences9.3%
  • Neuroscience9.2%
  • Health Professions4.9%
  • Business, Management and Accounting3.8%
  • Other8.5%

Topics

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction7.3%
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes5.9%
  • Mental Health Research Topics4.9%
  • Mind wandering and attention2.6%
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being2.4%
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development2.2%
  • Other74.7%

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  1. Rethinking Rumination

    Authors: Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Blair E. Wisco, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Perspectives on Psychological Science 2008 cited by 5,021

  2. The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King, Ed Diener - Psychological Bulletin 2005 cited by 7,082

  3. A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Heidi S. Lepper - Social Indicators Research 1999 cited by 3,820

  4. Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kennon M. Sheldon, David Schkade - Review of General Psychology 2005 cited by 3,198

  5. Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice‐friendly meta‐analysis

    Authors: Nancy L. Sin, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Journal of Clinical Psychology 2009 cited by 2,955

  6. The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

    Authors: S. Katherine Nelson, Kostadin Kushlev, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Psychological Bulletin 2014 cited by 599

  7. Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

    Authors: Lara B. Aknin, Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daisy Fancourt, Elkhonon Goldberg, John F. Helliwell, Sarah Jones, Elie G. Karam, Richard Layard, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Andrew Rzepa, Shekhar Saxena, Emily M. Thornton, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ashley V. Whillans, Jamil Zaki, Özge Karadağ Çaman, Yanis Ben Amor - Perspectives on Psychological Science 2022 cited by 433

  8. How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being?

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kristin Layous - Current Directions in Psychological Science 2013 cited by 1,197

  9. Current Recommendations on the Selection of Measures for Well-Being

    Authors: Tyler J. VanderWeele, Claudia Trudel‐Fitzgerald, Paul Allin, Colin Farrelly, Guy Fletcher, Donald E. Frederick, Jon G. Hall, John F. Helliwell, Eric S. Kim, William A. Lauinger, Matthew T. Lee, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Seth A. Margolis, Eileen McNeely, Neil Messer, Louis Tay, K. Vish Viswanath, Dorota Węziak‐Białowolska, Laura D. Kubzansky - Measuring Well-Being 2020 cited by 221

  10. Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention

    Authors: Charles T. Taylor, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Murray B. Stein - Depression and Anxiety 2017 cited by 235

  11. Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and motivational processes in well-being.

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky - American Psychologist 2001 cited by 933

  12. How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky - The Journal of Positive Psychology 2006 cited by 916

  13. Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes

    Authors: Ryan T. Howell, Margaret L. Kern, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Health Psychology Review 2007 cited by 630

  14. Kindness Counts: Prompting Prosocial Behavior in Preadolescents Boosts Peer Acceptance and Well-Being

    Authors: Kristin Layous, S. Katherine Nelson, Eva Oberle, Kimberly A. Schonert‐Reichl, Sonja Lyubomirsky - PLoS ONE 2012 cited by 369

  15. Do unto others or treat yourself? The effects of prosocial and self-focused behavior on psychological flourishing.

    Authors: S. Katherine Nelson, Kristin Layous, Steve W. Cole, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Emotion 2016 cited by 351

  16. The relationship between physician humility, physician–patient communication, and patient health

    Authors: Peter M. Ruberton, Ho Phi Huynh, Tricia A. Miller, Elliott Kruse, Joseph Chancellor, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Patient Education and Counseling 2016 cited by 127

  17. In Defense of Parenthood

    Authors: S. Katherine Nelson, Kostadin Kushlev, Tammy English, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Psychological Science 2012 cited by 326

  18. The Challenge of Staying Happier

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2012 cited by 248

  19. Does Happiness Promote Career Success? Revisiting the Evidence

    Authors: Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Journal of Career Assessment 2018 cited by 229

  20. Kindness in the blood: A randomized controlled trial of the gene regulatory impact of prosocial behavior

    Authors: S. Katherine Nelson, Megan M. Fritz, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Steve W. Cole - Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017 cited by 142

  21. Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice.

    Authors: Barry Schwartz, Andrew Ward, John Monterosso, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Katherine White, Darrin R. Lehman - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2002 cited by 1,332

  22. What Is the Optimal Way to Deliver a Positive Activity Intervention? The Case of Writing About One’s Best Possible Selves

    Authors: Kristin Layous, S. Katherine Nelson, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Journal of Happiness Studies 2012 cited by 244

  23. Thinking About Rumination: The Scholarly Contributions and Intellectual Legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kristin Layous, Joseph Chancellor, S. Katherine Nelson - Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2015 cited by 221

  24. Culture Matters When Designing a Successful Happiness-Increasing Activity

    Authors: Kristin Layous, Kyuhyun Lee, Incheol Choi, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2013 cited by 209