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Researcher · University of Missouri · United States

Kennon M. Sheldon

Kennon M. Sheldon publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Behavioral Health and Interventions and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction.

ORCID 0000-0002-9219-832X OpenAlex
World rank
#50,562
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#23,240
of 358,040
Works
57
Citations
583
Citations per work
10.2

What does Kennon M. Sheldon research?

Social Psychology: 26.2%Applied Psychology: 10.8%Sociology and Political Science: 7.7%Clinical Psychology: 7.7%other fields: 47.6%26%top field
Social Psychology26.2%Applied Psychology10.8%Sociology and Political Science7.7%Clinical Psychology7.7%other fields47.6%

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

  1. 1Social Psychology26% of their works
  2. 2Applied Psychology11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology8% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kennon M. Sheldon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Altruism, Cooperation, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology and Self-Regulation.

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. Well-being132 topics
  2. Intrinsic Motivation71 topic
  3. Self-Determination Theory71 topic
  4. Altruism62 topics
  5. Cooperation62 topics
  6. Positive Emotions61 topic
  7. Positive Psychology61 topic
  8. Self-Regulation61 topic
  9. Theory of Planned Behaviour61 topic
  10. Evolutionary Psychology41 topic
  11. Human Behavior41 topic
  12. Cultural Psychology31 topic
  13. Economic Experiments31 topic
  14. Evolutionary Games31 topic
  15. Social Networks31 topic
  16. Social Preferences31 topic
  17. Values31 topic
  18. Sense of Agency21 topic
  19. Voluntary Action21 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?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 583 citations for Kennon M. Sheldon, ranking #50,562 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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