Clay Routledge

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Clay Routledge is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Clay Routledge has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Social Psychology, 30 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Clay Routledge's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (57 papers), Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (31 papers) and Media Influence and Health (30 papers). Clay Routledge is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (57 papers), Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (31 papers) and Media Influence and Health (30 papers). Clay Routledge collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Clay Routledge's co-authors include Jamie Arndt, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, Jacob Juhl, Constantine Sedikides, Andrew A. Abeyta, Matthew Vess, Jamie L. Goldenberg, A.J.J.M. Vingerhoets and Joshua A. Hicks and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Clay Routledge

92 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nostalgia: Content, triggers, functions.

2006 817 citations Tim Wildschut, Jamie Arndt et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource.

2011 322 citations Clay Routledge, Jamie Arndt et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clay Routledge United States	38	5.1k	2.1k	1.6k	1.6k	1.1k	93	6.1k
Lynn E. McCutcheon United States	22	1.2k 0.2×	832 0.4×	862 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	112	4.2k
Jamie L. Goldenberg United States	40	3.1k 0.6×	513 0.2×	478 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	90	4.6k
Shira Gabriel United States	25	2.1k 0.4×	325 0.2×	488 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	573 0.5×	55	3.5k
Constantine Sedikides United Kingdom	23	1.9k 0.4×	483 0.2×	347 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	635 0.6×	65	3.0k
Kerry Kawakami Canada	29	3.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	234 0.1×	4.8k 3.1×	596 0.5×	61	6.7k
Serena Chen United States	31	2.4k 0.5×	295 0.1×	333 0.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	66	4.4k
Riia Luhtanen United States	14	2.6k 0.5×	717 0.3×	176 0.1×	3.2k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	15	5.1k
Emily A. Impett Canada	45	4.6k 0.9×	899 0.4×	180 0.1×	2.2k 1.4×	2.7k 2.4×	177	7.2k
Susan S. Hendrick United States	32	4.4k 0.9×	709 0.3×	192 0.1×	2.3k 1.5×	2.7k 2.4×	84	6.7k
Jennifer K. Bosson United States	36	2.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	106 0.1×	3.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.2×	79	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Clay Routledge

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clay Routledge

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clay Routledge

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All Works

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Counted, Victor, Matthew T. Lee, Tim Lomas, et al.. (2025). Love of place: Conceptual framework and template for measuring the contributory and unitive affection towards a place. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 107. 102203–102203. 1 indexed citations

Routledge, Clay, et al.. (2021). Why Meaning in Life Matters for Societal Flourishing. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 601899–601899. 34 indexed citations

Hepper, Erica G., Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, Sara Robertson, & Clay Routledge. (2020). Time capsule: Nostalgia shields psychological wellbeing from limited time horizons.. Emotion. 21(3). 644–664. 91 indexed citations

Abeyta, Andrew A., et al.. (2020). Combating Loneliness With Nostalgia: Nostalgic Feelings Attenuate Negative Thoughts and Motivations Associated With Loneliness. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1219–1219. 28 indexed citations

Routledge, Clay, et al.. (2017). Treating Objects like Women: The Impact of Terror Management and Objectification on the Perception of Women’s Faces. Sex Roles. 77(9-10). 593–603. 5 indexed citations

Abeyta, Andrew A., Clay Routledge, Michael Kersten, & Cathy R. Cox. (2016). The existential cost of economic insecurity: Threatened financial security undercuts meaning. The Journal of Social Psychology. 157(6). 692–702. 16 indexed citations

Routledge, Clay, et al.. (2016). Further Exploring the Link Between Religion and Existential Health: The Effects of Religiosity and Trait Differences in Mentalizing on Indicators of Meaning in Life. Journal of Religion and Health. 56(2). 604–613. 8 indexed citations

Juhl, Jacob & Clay Routledge. (2016). Putting the Terror in Terror Management Theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 25(2). 99–103. 83 indexed citations

Abeyta, Andrew A., Clay Routledge, & Jacob Juhl. (2015). Looking back to move forward: Nostalgia as a psychological resource for promoting relationship goals and overcoming relationship challenges.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 109(6). 1029–1044. 97 indexed citations

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Stephan, Elena, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, et al.. (2014). The mnemonic mover: Nostalgia regulates avoidance and approach motivation.. Emotion. 14(3). 545–561. 155 indexed citations

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Juhl, Jacob & Clay Routledge. (2013). The Effects of Trait Self-Esteem and Death Cognitions on Worldview Defense and Search for Meaning. Death Studies. 38(1). 62–68. 17 indexed citations

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Routledge, Clay. (2012). Failure Causes Fear: The Effect of Self-Esteem Threat on Death-Anxiety. The Journal of Social Psychology. 152(6). 665–669. 21 indexed citations

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Routledge, Clay, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, Jacob Juhl, & Jamie Arndt. (2012). The power of the past: Nostalgia as a meaning-making resource. Memory. 20(5). 452–460. 154 indexed citations

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Routledge, Clay, Jamie Arndt, Tim Wildschut, et al.. (2011). The past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101(3). 638–652. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Routledge, Clay, Brian D. Ostafin, Jacob Juhl, et al.. (2010). Adjusting to death: The effects of mortality salience and self-esteem on psychological well-being, growth motivation, and maladaptive behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 99(6). 897–916. 144 indexed citations

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Wildschut, Tim, et al.. (2010). Nostalgia as a repository of social connectedness: The role of attachment-related avoidance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 98(4). 573–586. 236 indexed citations

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Arndt, Jamie, Cathy R. Cox, Jamie L. Goldenberg, et al.. (2009). Blowing in the (social) wind: Implications of extrinsic esteem contingencies for terror management and health.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(6). 1191–1205. 37 indexed citations

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Cox, Cathy R., Douglas Cooper, Matthew Vess, et al.. (2009). Bronze is beautiful but pale can be pretty: The effects of appearance standards and mortality salience on sun-tanning outcomes.. Health Psychology. 28(6). 746–752. 49 indexed citations

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Vess, Matthew, Clay Routledge, Mark J. Landau, & Jamie Arndt. (2009). The dynamics of death and meaning: The effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 97(4). 728–744. 94 indexed citations

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Goldenberg, Jamie L., Jamie Arndt, Joshua Hart, & Clay Routledge. (2007). Uncovering an existential barrier to breast self-exam behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 44(2). 260–274. 51 indexed citations

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