Kennon M. Sheldon
Kennon M. Sheldon publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Behavioral Health and Interventions.
- World rank
- #4,007 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #1,379 of 1,627,098
- Works
- 343
- Citations
- 51k
- Citations per work
- 147.9
What does Kennon M. Sheldon research?
Kennon M. Sheldon's work is mostly in Psychology (69%), Social Sciences (7%).
Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.
The fields and subfields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences26075.9%
- Psychology23668.8%
- Social Sciences247.1%
- Everything else8324.1%
- 1Social Psychology37% of their works
- 2Applied Psychology14% of their works
- 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology9% of their works
- 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
- 5Clinical Psychology6% of their works
- 6Developmental and Educational Psychology4% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Kennon M. Sheldon's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Happiness, Positive Emotions, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory and Self-Regulation.
- Achievement Motivation
- Hope Theory
- Future Orientation
- Intergroup Contact
- Cultural Psychology
- Health Behavior
- Self-Regulation
- Intrinsic Motivation
- Happiness
- Positive Psychology
- Well-being
- Resilience
- Positive Emotions
- Self-Determination Theory
- Theory of Planned Behaviour
- Self-Efficacy
- Values
- Social Identity
- Time Perspective
- Optimism
- Goal Orientation
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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.
All 21 words, with their numbers
- Well-being2293 topics
- Positive Psychology1262 topics
- Resilience1262 topics
- Happiness1051 topic
- Positive Emotions1051 topic
- Intrinsic Motivation991 topic
- Self-Determination Theory991 topic
- Self-Regulation791 topic
- Theory of Planned Behaviour791 topic
- Health Behavior462 topics
- Self-Efficacy402 topics
- Cultural Psychology381 topic
- Values381 topic
- Intergroup Contact291 topic
- Social Identity291 topic
- Future Orientation251 topic
- Time Perspective251 topic
- Hope Theory211 topic
- Optimism211 topic
- Achievement Motivation191 topic
- Goal Orientation191 topic
Where does Kennon M. Sheldon work?
Kennon M. Sheldon's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Missouri, United States.
How many publications and citations does Kennon M. Sheldon have?
OpenAlex counts 343 works and 50,717 citations for Kennon M. Sheldon, an h-index of 100, ranking #4,007 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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