Heidi Smith

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Heidi Smith is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Smith has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 2 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Heidi Smith's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 papers), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (3 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (2 papers). Heidi Smith is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 papers), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (3 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (2 papers). Heidi Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States. Heidi Smith's co-authors include Ed Diener, Eunkook M. Suh, Richard E. Lucas, Frank Fujita, Liang Shao, Harry G. Segal, Geoffrey A. Wood, Debra K. DeMeis, Daniel Fishman and Jenna Sopfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Smith

8 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. 1995 2026 2005 2015 1999 1999 1995 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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.

  1. Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.
    1999 7.8k citations Ed Diener, Eunkook M. Suh et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  2. Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.
    1999 980 citations Ed Diener, Eunkook M. Suh et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. The personality structure of affect.
    1995 519 citations Ed Diener, Heidi Smith 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Heidi Smith United States 5 6.5k 2.3k 2.0k 1.8k 1.8k 8 9.6k
William Pavot United States 15 4.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 18 8.3k
Robert Biswas‐Diener United States 27 5.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 49 7.8k
Jutta Heckhausen United States 53 5.2k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 2.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.5× 167 11.6k
Ruut Veenhoven Netherlands 44 6.5k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 230 9.6k
John Maltby United Kingdom 51 5.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 4.4k 2.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 224 10.8k
Edward Diener United States 26 4.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 48 8.7k
Christopher Peterson United States 42 7.6k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 4.5k 2.2× 906 0.5× 2.3k 1.3× 114 12.8k
Darrin R. Lehman Canada 48 6.3k 1.0× 4.8k 2.1× 4.0k 2.0× 774 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 79 14.1k
Morris A. Okun United States 49 2.8k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 838 0.5× 163 6.9k
Ronnie Janoff‐Bulman United States 35 4.2k 0.7× 3.4k 1.5× 4.7k 2.3× 1.5k 0.8× 997 0.6× 63 10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Heidi Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heidi Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Smith

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Smith, Heidi, Jenna Sopfe, Daniel Fishman, et al.. (2013). 653. Critical Care Medicine. 41. A160–A160. 1 indexed citations
2.
Segal, Harry G., Geoffrey A. Wood, Debra K. DeMeis, & Heidi Smith. (2003). Future Events, Early Experience, and Mental Health. Assessment. 10(1). 29–40. 2 indexed citations
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Segal, Harry G., Debra K. DeMeis, Geoffrey A. Wood, & Heidi Smith. (2001). Assessing Future Possible Selves by Gender and Socioeconomic Status Using the Anticipated Life History Measure. Journal of Personality. 69(1). 57–87. 30 indexed citations
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Diener, Ed, Eunkook M. Suh, Richard E. Lucas, & Heidi Smith. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.. Psychological Bulletin. 125(2). 276–302. 980 indexed citations breakdown →
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Diener, Ed, Eunkook M. Suh, Richard E. Lucas, & Heidi Smith. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.. Psychological Bulletin. 125(2). 276–302. 7784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Heidi. (1997). The Structure and Utility of Social Desirability Scales in Psychological Research. IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). 3 indexed citations
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Diener, Ed, Heidi Smith, & Frank Fujita. (1995). The personality structure of affect.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 69(1). 130–141. 519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Diener, Ed, Eunkook M. Suh, Heidi Smith, & Liang Shao. (1995). National differences in reported subjective well-being: Why do they occur?. Social Indicators Research. 34(1). 7–32. 304 indexed citations

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