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Researcher · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · United States

Barbara L. Fredrickson

Barbara L. Fredrickson publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology, on topics such as Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions.

ORCID 0000-0002-3890-2646 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,183
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,477
of 358,040
Works
65
Citations
4.7k
Citations per work
72.5

What does Barbara L. Fredrickson research?

Social Psychology: 28.6%Clinical Psychology: 12.9%Applied Psychology: 8.6%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7.1%other fields: 42.8%29%top field
Social Psychology28.6%Clinical Psychology12.9%Applied Psychology8.6%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology7.1%other fields42.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Social Psychology29% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology13% of their works
  3. 3Applied Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4Experimental and Cognitive Psychology7% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience4% of their works
  6. 6Oncology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Barbara L. Fredrickson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Positive Psychology, Well-being, Happiness, Positive Emotions, Neuroscience, Hope Theory, Mindfulness and Optimism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Positive Psychology132 topics
  2. Well-being132 topics
  3. Happiness101 topic
  4. Positive Emotions101 topic
  5. Neuroscience52 topics
  6. Hope Theory31 topic
  7. Mindfulness31 topic
  8. Optimism31 topic
  9. Self-Compassion31 topic
  10. Body Image21 topic
  11. Cancer Survivorship21 topic
  12. Creativity21 topic
  13. Eating Disorders21 topic
  14. Innovation21 topic
  15. Network Analysis21 topic
  16. Psychopathology21 topic
  17. Quality of Life21 topic
  18. Self-Regulation21 topic
  19. Theory of Planned Behaviour21 topic

Where does Barbara L. Fredrickson work?

Barbara L. Fredrickson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.

How many publications and citations does Barbara L. Fredrickson have?

Science Explorer counts 65 works and 4,712 citations for Barbara L. Fredrickson, ranking #3,183 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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