Felix Cheung

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Felix Cheung is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix Cheung has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Social Psychology, 10 papers in Health and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Felix Cheung's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (13 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (10 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Felix Cheung is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (13 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (10 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Felix Cheung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Canada. Felix Cheung's co-authors include Richard E. Lucas, David J. Johnson, M. Brent Donnellan, Michael Y. Ni, GM Leung, Rocío Calvo, Simone Schnall, Joshua J. Jackson, Joseph T. Wu and Louis Tay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Felix Cheung

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Assessing the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures: results from three large samples

2014 732 citations Felix Cheung, Richard E. Lucas Quality of Life Research profile →
TCM: Made in China

2011 394 citations Felix Cheung profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Felix Cheung United States	15	796	434	360	243	243	39	1.9k
Tamás Martos Hungary	21	694 0.9×	215 0.5×	221 0.6×	168 0.7×	424 1.7×	151	1.5k
Gareth Hagger‐Johnson United Kingdom	24	555 0.7×	300 0.7×	302 0.8×	439 1.8×	385 1.6×	56	2.4k
Jyoti Savla United States	28	272 0.3×	676 1.6×	307 0.9×	705 2.9×	669 2.8×	102	3.2k
J. Scott Roberts United States	39	183 0.2×	384 0.9×	388 1.1×	856 3.5×	311 1.3×	152	5.2k
Jason Ferris Australia	35	314 0.4×	716 1.6×	140 0.4×	862 3.5×	974 4.0×	185	3.9k
Ernest Harburg United States	27	408 0.5×	398 0.9×	367 1.0×	487 2.0×	568 2.3×	77	2.9k
Frances O’Callaghan Australia	26	236 0.3×	314 0.7×	79 0.2×	399 1.6×	433 1.8×	69	2.4k
Jia Xue China	24	645 0.8×	934 2.2×	447 1.2×	241 1.0×	1.1k 4.4×	78	3.4k
Nuran Bayram Türkiye	18	566 0.7×	373 0.9×	152 0.4×	441 1.8×	804 3.3×	52	1.8k
Elizabeth A. Martin United States	29	358 0.4×	372 0.9×	62 0.2×	169 0.7×	646 2.7×	114	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Felix Cheung

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Fields of papers citing papers by Felix Cheung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Felix Cheung

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Felix Cheung. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Felix Cheung 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 Felix Cheung. Felix Cheung is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chan, Meanne, et al.. (2025). Rising tide of stress: Global trends and structural predictors over 18 years. Wellbeing Space and Society. 10. 100319–100319.

Beck, Emorie D, et al.. (2025). Towards a personalized happiness approach to capturing change in satisfaction. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(7). 1391–1404.

Cheung, Felix, et al.. (2025). Methods reflect values: Evaluating the shortcomings of the average for measuring population well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 128(6). 1355–1370.

Mello, Victoria Oldemburgo de, Felix Cheung, & Michael Inzlicht. (2024). Twitter (X) use predicts substantial changes in well-being, polarization, sense of belonging, and outrage. Communications Psychology. 2(1). 15–15. 5 indexed citations

Horne, Rebecca M., et al.. (2024). Partner (in)congruence in gender role attitudes and relationship satisfaction. PNAS Nexus. 4(1). pgae589–pgae589.

Cheung, Felix, et al.. (2022). Changes in subjective well-being predict changes in U.S. presidential, Senate, & House of Representatives election outcomes. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 3. 1 indexed citations

Cheung, Felix, Louis Tay, Edward Diener, et al.. (2020). The impact of the Syrian conflict on population well-being. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3899–3899. 42 indexed citations

Yao, Xiaoxin I, Michael Y. Ni, Felix Cheung, et al.. (2019). Change in moderate alcohol consumption and quality of life: evidence from 2 population-based cohorts. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 191(27). E753–E760. 7 indexed citations

Cheung, Felix, et al.. (2019). The Role of Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training (VERT) in Medical Dosimetry Education. Journal of Cancer Education. 36(2). 271–277. 6 indexed citations

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Ni, Michael Y., Xiaoxin I Yao, Felix Cheung, et al.. (2019). Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being: a longitudinal environment-wide association study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49(2). 380–389. 30 indexed citations

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Ni, Michael Y., et al.. (2018). Augmented Reality Games as a New Class of Physical Activity Interventions? The Impact of Pokémon Go Use and Gaming Intensity on Physical Activity. Games for Health Journal. 8(1). 1–6. 27 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix. (2017). Figures for illustrating Gini coefficients. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix. (2017). Income redistribution predicts greater life satisfaction across individual, national, and cultural characteristics.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 115(5). 867–882. 29 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix & Richard E. Lucas. (2015). When does money matter most? Examining the association between income and life satisfaction over the life course.. Psychology and Aging. 30(1). 120–135. 94 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix & Richard E. Lucas. (2015). Income inequality is associated with stronger social comparison effects: The effect of relative income on life satisfaction.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 110(2). 332–341. 193 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix, et al.. (2015). Metachronous Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of Kidney: Case Report and Review of Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 45–47. 6 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix. (2015). Can Income Inequality be Associated With Positive Outcomes? Hope Mediates the Positive Inequality–Happiness Link in Rural China. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 7(4). 320–330. 65 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix & Richard E. Lucas. (2014). Assessing the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures: results from three large samples. Quality of Life Research. 23(10). 2809–2818. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheung, Felix. (2008). Traditional Chinese medicine: Ancient formula in modern times. 1 indexed citations

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Cheung, Felix. (2008). Avian influenza: Straight from the dragon's mouth. 4 indexed citations

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