David G. Myers

10.9k citations

90 papers · 6.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 25

Social Psychology top 0.1%
Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
Clinical Psychology top 1%
Health top 0.5%
Applied Psychology top 0.5%

Co-authors: Ed Diener Helmut Lamm Louis Tay George D. Bishop Eugene Borgida Geoffrey Maruyama Janet K. Swim Martin F. Kaplan
Topics: Social and Intergroup Psychology (23 papers)Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers)Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers)
Cited by: Applied Psychology Social Psychology Health
Journals: Science Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Psychological Bulletin
Partner nations: United States Australia Germany

In The Last Decade

David G. Myers

83 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Who Is Happy?

1995 1.6k citations David G. Myers, Ed Diener profile →
The funds, friends, and faith of happy people.

2000 806 citations David G. Myers American Psychologist profile →
The funds, friends, and faith of happy people.

2000 774 citations David G. Myers American Psychologist profile →
The group polarization phenomenon.

1976 703 citations David G. Myers et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
The religion paradox: If religion makes people happy, why are so many dropping out?

2011 401 citations Ed Diener, Louis Tay et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David G. Myers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David G. Myers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David G. Myers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David G. Myers. David G. Myers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Psychologie 2023 ·David G. Myers,C. Nathan DeWall	1
2	Getting People With Hearing Loss in the Loop 2019 ·Perspectives on Psychological Science ·David G. Myers	2
3	A Social Psychology of the Internet 2016 ·David G. Myers	2
4	Most are Straight, Some are Gay, and Why it is that Way: The Science of Sexual Orientation 2014 ·David G. Myers	2
5	Three Teachers’ Treasured Technologies 2013 ·APS observer ·David G. Myers,(unknown),(unknown)	0
6	Social Psychology’s Contribution to a Sustainable Future 2013 ·David G. Myers	1
7	The religion paradox: If religion makes people happy, why are so many dropping out?breakdown → 2011 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Ed Diener,Louis Tay,David G. Myers	401
8	Do We Fear the Right Things 2001 ·APS observer ·David G. Myers	13
9	The funds, friends, and faith of happy people.breakdown → 2000 ·American Psychologist ·David G. Myers	806
10	The funds, friends, and faith of happy people.breakdown → 2000 ·American Psychologist ·David G. Myers	774
11	On Assessing Prayer, Faith, and Health 1999 ·David G. Myers	1
12	Is prayer clinically effective 1999 ·David G. Myers	2
13	The Pursuit of Happiness 1996 ·Scientific American ·David G. Myers,Ed Diener	469
14	Humility : Theology Meets Psychology 1995 ·David G. Myers	7
15	The pursuit of happiness : discovering the pathway to fulfillment, well-being, and enduring personal joy 1993 ·David G. Myers	76
16	Joan McKay Versus John McKay 1989 ·Psychological Bulletin ·Janet K. Swim,Eugene Borgida,Geoffrey Maruyama,David G. Myers	2
17	Text Writing at an Undergraduate College. 1984 ·David G. Myers	0
18	Aren't All Children Gifted?. 1981 ·NEA today ·David G. Myers,(unknown)	6
19	The human puzzle : psychological research and Christian belief 1978 ·DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) ·David G. Myers	19
20	Information effects on cautious and risky-shift items 1970 ·Psychonomic Science ·P. Murdoch,David G. Myers,(unknown)	8

About David G. Myers

David G. Myers is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, General Psychology and Health, having authored 90 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (23 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (1.1k citations), Social Psychology (3.7k citations) and Health (1.2k citations). David G. Myers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ed Diener, Helmut Lamm, Louis Tay, George D. Bishop, Eugene Borgida, Geoffrey Maruyama, Janet K. Swim, Martin F. Kaplan, Sidney J. Arenson and P. Murdoch. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

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