James W. Pennebaker

74.2k citations
331 papers · 47.5k indexed · 28 hit papers · h-index 96

James W. Pennebaker

323 papers receiving 43.5k citations

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The Psychological Meaning of Wor...19822026199620112009198920021997198210002.0k3.0k

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James W. Pennebaker
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  • Social Psychology 20.9k
  • Clinical Psychology 13.1k
  • Sociology and Political Science 10.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7.7k
  • Artificial Intelligence 7.1k
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All Works

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Comparison of expressive writing after the terrorist attacks of September 11th and March 11th
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Mémoire Collective et histoire à la fin du second millénaire
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Confronting a traumatic event: Toward an understanding of inhibition and disease.breakdown →
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About James W. Pennebaker

James W. Pennebaker is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction, having authored 331 papers that have together received 47.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mental Health via Writing (103 papers), Identity, Memory, and Therapy (28 papers) and Digital Communication and Language (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (20.9k citations), Applied Psychology (4.9k citations) and Clinical Psychology (13.1k citations). James W. Pennebaker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Yla Tausczik, Matthias R. Mehl, David Watson, Kate Niederhoffer, Laura A. King, Cindy K. Chung, Janice K. Kiecolt‐Glaser, Ronald Glaser, Daniel M. Wegner and Tracy J. Mayne. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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