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Ruut Veenhoven

Ruut Veenhoven publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Education, on topics such as Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Income, Poverty, and Inequality and Resilience and Mental Health.

World rank
#58,944
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#1,256
of 23,481
Works
184
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
6.0

What does Ruut Veenhoven research?

Social Psychology: 32.8%Sociology and Political Science: 11.6%Education: 7.9%General Health Professions: 6.9%other fields: 40.8%33%top field
Social Psychology32.8%Sociology and Political Science11.6%Education7.9%General Health Professions6.9%other fields40.8%

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

  1. 1Social Psychology33% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  3. 3Education8% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions7% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ruut Veenhoven's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Mental Health, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Happiness, Subjective Well-Being and Health Promotion.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Well-being603 topics
  2. Mental Health562 topics
  3. Positive Emotions562 topics
  4. Positive Psychology552 topics
  5. Resilience552 topics
  6. Happiness501 topic
  7. Subjective Well-Being501 topic
  8. Health Promotion112 topics
  9. Psychological Resilience112 topics
  10. Health Behavior102 topics
  11. Income Inequality71 topic
  12. Poverty Measurement71 topic
  13. Adversity61 topic
  14. Coping Strategies61 topic
  15. Research Methods61 topic
  16. Social Work61 topic
  17. Future Orientation51 topic
  18. Hope Theory51 topic
  19. Optimism51 topic
  20. Salutogenesis51 topic
  21. School Engagement51 topic
  22. Sense of Coherence51 topic
  23. Student-Teacher Relationships51 topic
  24. Time Perspective51 topic

Where does Ruut Veenhoven work?

Ruut Veenhoven's main affiliation in the publication record is Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Ruut Veenhoven have?

Science Explorer counts 184 works and 1,109 citations for Ruut Veenhoven, ranking #58,944 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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