Elizabeth W. Dunn

12.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
104 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth W. Dunn is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth W. Dunn has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Social Psychology, 35 papers in Applied Psychology and 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth W. Dunn's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (45 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (23 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (18 papers). Elizabeth W. Dunn is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (45 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (23 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (18 papers). Elizabeth W. Dunn collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Elizabeth W. Dunn's co-authors include Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Kostadin Kushlev, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Timothy D. Wilson, Ashley V. Whillans, Daniel T. Gilbert, Ryan Dwyer, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Jason Proulx and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth W. Dunn

101 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness

2008 1.0k citations Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin et al. profile →
Social Interactions and Well-Being

2014 374 citations Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin profile →
Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

2022 272 citations Lara B. Aknin, Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions

2017 207 citations Ryan Dwyer, Kostadin Kushlev et al. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology profile →
Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

2022 132 citations Lara B. Aknin, Rafael Goldszmidt et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth W. Dunn Canada	45	3.8k	2.5k	1.7k	1.6k	1.2k	104	7.5k
David K. Sherman United States	42	4.3k 1.1×	4.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	113	9.4k
Michael J. Zyphur Australia	33	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	73	9.1k
Susan E. Cross United States	31	4.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	773 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	80	7.0k
Michael W. Kraus United States	36	3.8k 1.0×	4.2k 1.7×	725 0.4×	835 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	74	7.5k
Heejung S. Kim United States	35	3.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	552 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	801 0.7×	79	6.2k
Joachim I. Krueger United States	38	3.5k 0.9×	3.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	175	8.7k
Ulrich Schimmack Canada	47	4.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	2.5k 2.1×	106	8.2k
Tobias Greitemeyer Austria	48	3.6k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	947 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	939 0.8×	189	8.0k
Paul K. Piff United States	27	3.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	691 0.4×	798 0.5×	730 0.6×	46	6.7k
William Ickes United States	50	4.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	148	9.3k

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Li, R., et al.. (2026). Is a random human peer better than a highly supportive chatbot in reducing loneliness over time?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 125. 104911–104911.

Folk, Dunigan Parker & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2025). Everything Is Better Together: Analyzing the Relationship Between Socializing and Happiness in the American Time Use Survey. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 17(4). 426–435.

Folk, Dunigan Parker & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2023). How Can People Become Happier? A Systematic Review of Preregistered Experiments. Annual Review of Psychology. 75(1). 467–493. 20 indexed citations

Folk, Dunigan Parker & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2023). A systematic review of the strength of evidence for the most commonly recommended happiness strategies in mainstream media. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(10). 1697–1707. 28 indexed citations

Aknin, Lara B., Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve, Elizabeth W. Dunn, et al.. (2022). Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17(4). 915–936. 272 indexed citations breakdown →

Aknin, Lara B., Rafael Goldszmidt, John F. Helliwell, et al.. (2022). Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries. The Lancet Public Health. 7(5). e417–e426. 132 indexed citations breakdown →

Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daisy Fancourt, et al.. (2021). Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward. 2 indexed citations

Dunn, Elizabeth W., et al.. (2020). Can Researchers’ Personal Characteristics Shape Their Statistical Inferences?. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(6). 969–984. 3 indexed citations

Whillans, Ashley V., et al.. (2020). Service Provider Salience: When Guilt Undermines Consumer Willingness to Buy Time. Collabra Psychology. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

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Dwyer, Ryan, Elizabeth W. Dunn, & Hal E. Hershfield. (2017). Cousins or conjoined twins: how different are meaning and happiness in everyday life?. 2(2-3). 199–215. 21 indexed citations

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Whillans, Ashley V., Scott Seider, Ryan Dwyer, et al.. (2016). Does volunteering improve well-being?. 1(1-3). 35–50. 25 indexed citations

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Whillans, Ashley V., Aaron C. Weidman, & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2016). Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated With Greater Happiness. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 7(3). 213–222. 47 indexed citations

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Sandstrom, Gillian M. & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2014). Social Interactions and Well-Being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 40(7). 910–922. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aknin, Lara B., J. Kiley Hamlin, & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2012). Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39211–e39211. 203 indexed citations

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Kushlev, Kostadin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, & Claire E. Ashton‐James. (2012). Does affluence impoverish the experience of parenting?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 48(6). 1381–1384. 32 indexed citations

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Aknin, Lara B., et al.. (2010). Putting the “Social” in Prosocial Spending: Interpersonal Giving Promotes Happiness. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

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Norton, Michael I. & Elizabeth W. Dunn. (2008). Help Employees Give Away Some of That Bonus. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(13). 2360–9. 1 indexed citations

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Forgas, Joseph P., et al.. (2007). Are you being served…? An unobtrusive experiment of affective influences on helping in a department store. European Journal of Social Psychology. 38(2). 333–342. 20 indexed citations

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Dunn, Elizabeth W., et al.. (2005). The War of the Words: How Linguistic Differences in Reporting Shape Perceptions of Terrorism. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. 5(1). 67–86. 21 indexed citations

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Baillie, Caroline, et al.. (2004). Travelling facts : the social construction, distribution, and accumulation of Knowledge. Campus eBooks. 21 indexed citations

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