Jenny Wagner

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Jenny Wagner is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jenny Wagner has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 18 papers in Clinical Psychology and 16 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jenny Wagner's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (17 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (17 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (11 papers). Jenny Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (17 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (17 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (11 papers). Jenny Wagner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Jenny Wagner's co-authors include Cornelia Wrzus, Franz J. Neyer, Mitja D. Back, Denis Gerstorf, Oliver Lüdtke, Brent W. Roberts, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Wiebke Bleidorn, Ulrich Orth and Christian Kandler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Jenny Wagner

35 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Social network changes and life events across the life span: A meta-analysis.

2012 856 citations Cornelia Wrzus, Jenny Wagner et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jenny Wagner Germany	21	810	745	657	537	518	37	2.1k
Werner Greve Germany	21	626 0.8×	866 1.2×	393 0.6×	344 0.6×	587 1.1×	91	2.1k
Jason E. Strickhouser United States	20	1.1k 1.4×	736 1.0×	416 0.6×	510 0.9×	412 0.8×	33	2.1k
JoNell Strough United States	31	427 0.5×	757 1.0×	438 0.7×	192 0.4×	447 0.9×	81	2.2k
Kai S. Cortina United States	29	723 0.9×	834 1.1×	649 1.0×	589 1.1×	622 1.2×	76	3.2k
William J. Chopik United States	35	1.1k 1.4×	1.6k 2.2×	829 1.3×	585 1.1×	1.0k 1.9×	149	3.5k
Rebecca Nowland United Kingdom	16	955 1.2×	825 1.1×	239 0.4×	742 1.4×	471 0.9×	46	2.1k
Dannii Y. Yeung Hong Kong	25	421 0.5×	606 0.8×	255 0.4×	369 0.7×	456 0.9×	81	1.8k
Michael A. Busseri Canada	33	976 1.2×	1.8k 2.4×	747 1.1×	310 0.6×	670 1.3×	80	3.1k
Martin J. Tomasik Germany	17	244 0.3×	609 0.8×	222 0.3×	338 0.6×	343 0.7×	60	1.6k
Paul Wink United States	30	2.1k 2.6×	1.5k 2.0×	521 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	989 1.9×	65	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jenny Wagner

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Neugebauer, Martin, et al.. (2025). Well-being scarring effects of college non-completion. Social Science Research. 127. 103138–103138. 1 indexed citations

Aguilar‐Raab, Corina, et al.. (2025). Personality intervention affects emotional stability and extraversion similarly in older and younger adults. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 171–171. 2 indexed citations

Wagner, Jenny, et al.. (2023). Boosting yourself? Associations between momentary self-esteem, daily social interactions, and self-esteem development in late adolescence and late adulthood.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 126(2). 332–345. 3 indexed citations

Breil, Simon Mats, Katharina Geukes, Jeremy C. Biesanz, et al.. (2022). The incremental validity of average states: A replication and extension of Finnigan and Vazire (2018).. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 123(3). e23–e37. 11 indexed citations

Brandt, Naemi D., Johanna Drewelies, Sherry L. Willis, et al.. (2022). Acting Like a Baby Boomer? Birth-Cohort Differences in Adults’ Personality Trajectories During the Last Half a Century. Psychological Science. 33(3). 382–396. 20 indexed citations

Lüdtke, Oliver, et al.. (2021). What makes for a pleasant social experience in adolescence? The role of perceived social interaction behavior in associations between personality traits and momentary social satisfaction. European Journal of Personality. 36(5). 787–808. 11 indexed citations

Bleidorn, Wiebke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Mitja D. Back, et al.. (2021). Personality Trait Stability and Change. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 2(1). 87 indexed citations

Brandt, Naemi D., et al.. (2021). Personality and psychosocial functioning in early adolescence: Age-differential associations from the self- and parent perspective. European Journal of Personality. 36(2). 218–244. 8 indexed citations

Brandt, Naemi D., et al.. (2021). The joint power of personality and motivation dynamics for occupational success: Bridging two largely separated fields. European Journal of Personality. 35(4). 480–509. 8 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, Ulrich Orth, Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood, & Christian Kandler. (2020). Toward an Integrative Model of Sources of Personality Stability and Change. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 29(5). 438–444. 59 indexed citations

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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Patrick L. Hill, Mitja D. Back, et al.. (2019). The policy relevance of personality traits.. American Psychologist. 74(9). 1056–1067. 152 indexed citations

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Ram, Nilàm, et al.. (2019). Happy Like a Fish in Water? The Role of Personality–Situation Fit for Momentary Happiness in Social Interactions across the Adult Lifespan. European Journal of Personality. 33(3). 298–316. 27 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, et al.. (2018). How far reaches the power of personality? Personality predictors of terminal decline in well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(4). 634–650. 12 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, et al.. (2018). Perceived reciprocity and relationship satisfaction: Age and relationship category matter.. Psychology and Aging. 33(5). 713–727. 20 indexed citations

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Lüdtke, Oliver, Alexander Robitzsch, & Jenny Wagner. (2017). More stable estimation of the STARTS model: A Bayesian approach using Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques.. Psychological Methods. 23(3). 570–593. 34 indexed citations

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Drewelies, Johanna, Jenny Wagner, Clemens Tesch‐Römer, Jutta Heckhausen, & Denis Gerstorf. (2017). Perceived control across the second half of life: The role of physical health and social integration.. Psychology and Aging. 32(1). 76–92. 47 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, et al.. (2016). Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II. Journal of Research in Personality. 65. 94–108. 40 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, Nilàm Ram, Jacqui Smith, & Denis Gerstorf. (2015). Personality trait development at the end of life: Antecedents and correlates of mean-level trajectories.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(3). 411–429. 75 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jenny, Oliver Lüdtke, Brent W. Roberts, & Ulrich Trautwein. (2014). Who Belongs to Me? Social Relationship and Personality Characteristics in the Transition to Young Adulthood. European Journal of Personality. 28(6). 586–603. 60 indexed citations

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Wrzus, Cornelia, et al.. (2012). Social network changes and life events across the life span: A meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 139(1). 53–80. 856 indexed citations breakdown →

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