Jon D. Elhai

27.6k total citations · 16 hit papers
408 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Jon D. Elhai is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon D. Elhai has authored 408 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Clinical Psychology, 125 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 75 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jon D. Elhai's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (187 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (107 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (99 papers). Jon D. Elhai is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (187 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (107 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (99 papers). Jon D. Elhai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Jon D. Elhai's co-authors include Brian J. Hall, Jason C. Levine, B. Christopher Frueh, Christian Montag, Haibo Yang, Robert D. Dvorak, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Chérie Armour, Anouk L. Grubaugh and Julián D. Ford and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Jon D. Elhai

397 papers receiving 19.4k 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.

  1. Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology
    2016 1.1k citations Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  2. Fear of missing out, need for touch, anxiety and depression are related to problematic smartphone use
    2016 664 citations Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall et al. profile →
  3. Poly-Victimization and Risk of Posttraumatic, Depressive, and Substance Use Disorders and Involvement in Delinquency in a National Sample of Adolescents
    2010 460 citations Julián D. Ford, Jon D. Elhai et al. profile →
  4. Problematic smartphone use and relations with negative affect, fear of missing out, and fear of negative and positive evaluation
    2017 378 citations Jon D. Elhai et al. Psychiatry Research profile →
  5. Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptoms: Support for a hybrid Anhedonia and Externalizing Behaviors model
    2014 293 citations Chérie Armour, Jack Tsai et al. profile →
  6. On the Psychology of TikTok Use: A First Glimpse From Empirical Findings
    2021 265 citations Christian Montag, Haibo Yang et al. profile →
  7. Fear of missing out (FoMO) and rumination mediate relations between social anxiety and problematic Facebook use
    2019 259 citations Jon D. Elhai et al. profile →
  8. Fear of missing out: Testing relationships with negative affectivity, online social engagement, and problematic smartphone use
    2018 246 citations Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall et al. profile →
  9. The association between problematic smartphone use, depression and anxiety symptom severity, and objectively measured smartphone use over one week
    2018 245 citations Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Brian J. Hall et al. profile →
  10. Non-social features of smartphone use are most related to depression, anxiety and problematic smartphone use
    2016 244 citations Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall et al. profile →
  11. The relationship between anxiety symptom severity and problematic smartphone use: A review of the literature and conceptual frameworks
    2018 242 citations Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall et al. profile →
  12. Depression and anxiety symptoms are related to problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese young adults: Fear of missing out as a mediator
    2019 239 citations Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
  13. Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media’s impact on daily-life and productivity at work: Do WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat Use Disorders mediate that association?
    2020 205 citations Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Cornelia Sindermann et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
  14. Fear of missing out (FOMO): overview, theoretical underpinnings, and literature review on relations with severity of negative affectivity and problematic technology use
    2020 202 citations Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang et al. profile →
  15. Depression, anxiety and fear of missing out as correlates of social, non-social and problematic smartphone use
    2020 169 citations Jon D. Elhai, Dmitri Rozgonjuk et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
  16. Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence
    2024 51 citations Christian Montag, Zsolt Demetrovics et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jon D. Elhai 11.2k 8.0k 3.2k 2.8k 2.5k 408 20.2k
Chung‐Ying Lin 9.5k 0.8× 5.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 516 18.3k
Zsolt Demetrovics 7.0k 0.6× 9.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.5× 4.0k 1.4× 2.6k 1.0× 466 16.6k
Wim Meeus 10.9k 1.0× 6.8k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 4.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 418 21.6k
Cheng‐Fang Yen 5.7k 0.5× 7.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 4.8k 1.7× 1.6k 0.6× 394 15.6k
Mitchell J. Prinstein 13.4k 1.2× 3.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 255 19.1k
Joël Billieux 7.0k 0.6× 11.5k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 4.9k 1.7× 3.1k 1.2× 340 17.9k
Ståle Pallesen 5.8k 0.5× 8.2k 1.0× 9.1k 2.9× 4.1k 1.5× 2.1k 0.8× 507 24.8k
Paul Delfabbro 7.4k 0.7× 7.0k 0.9× 914 0.3× 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 368 13.9k
Rutger C. M. E. Engels 12.8k 1.1× 5.1k 0.6× 3.8k 1.2× 4.4k 1.6× 6.0k 2.4× 630 28.7k
Matthias Brand 6.1k 0.5× 7.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 297 17.8k

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All Works

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Savcı, Mustafa, et al.. (2025). The binge scrolling scale measures excessive scrolling through a validated three-factor structure. Scientific Reports. 16(1). 2160–2160.
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Elhai, Jon D., Silvia Casale, & Christian Montag. (2025). Worry and fear of missing out are associated with problematic smartphone and social media use severity. Journal of Affective Disorders. 379. 258–265. 6 indexed citations
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Marengo, Davide, et al.. (2024). Distinguishing high engagement from problematic symptoms in Instagram users: Associations with big five personality, psychological distress, and motives in an Italian sample. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 18(5). 2 indexed citations
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Chao, Miao, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang, & Christian Montag. (2024). Personality associations with online vs. offline social capital and life satisfaction. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 763–763. 1 indexed citations
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Montag, Christian, Zsolt Demetrovics, Jon D. Elhai, et al.. (2024). Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence. Addictive Behaviors. 153. 107980–107980. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Guangzhe Frank, et al.. (2023). Symptoms of internet gaming disorder and depression in Chinese adolescents: A network analysis. Psychiatry Research. 322. 115097–115097. 26 indexed citations
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Hussain, Zaheer, Jon D. Elhai, Christian Montag, Elisa Wegmann, & Dmitri Rozgonjuk. (2023). The role of trait and state fear of missing out on problematic social networking site use and problematic smartphone use severity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100140–100140. 9 indexed citations
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Arrivillaga, Christiane, Jon D. Elhai, Lourdes Rey, & Natalio Extremera. (2023). Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 17(3). 8 indexed citations
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Arrivillaga, Christiane, et al.. (2023). Emotion dysregulation factors associated with problematic smartphone use severity: The mediating role of fear of missing out. Addictive Behaviors. 143. 107708–107708. 19 indexed citations
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Sindermann, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Latent profiles of problematic smartphone use severity are associated with social and generalized anxiety, and fear of missing out, among Chinese high school students. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 17(5). 4 indexed citations
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Shen, Jie, et al.. (2022). Exploring subtypes and correlates of internet gaming disorder severity among adolescents during COVID-19 in China: A latent class analysis. Current Psychology. 42(23). 19915–19926. 20 indexed citations
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Ford, Julián D., Davide Marengo, Miranda Olff, et al.. (2022). Temporal trends in health worker social media communication during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Research in Nursing & Health. 45(6). 636–651. 3 indexed citations
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Sindermann, Cornelia, Christian Montag, & Jon D. Elhai. (2022). The design of social media platforms—Initial evidence on relations between personality, fear of missing out, design element-driven increased social media use, and problematic social media use.. OPen Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm (OPARU) (Ulm University). 3(4). 524–538. 14 indexed citations
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Elhai, Jon D.. (2019). Problematic smartphone use and mental health problems: current state of research and future directions. Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, Li Wang, Chengqi Cao, et al.. (2018). DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptom dimensions and health-related quality of life among Chinese earthquake survivors. European journal of psychotraumatology. 9(1). 1468710–1468710. 16 indexed citations
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Roley‐Roberts, Michelle E., Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Chérie Armour, & Jon D. Elhai. (2016). Impulsivity facets’ predictive relations with DSM–5 PTSD symptom clusters.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 9(1). 76–79. 31 indexed citations
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Seligman, Laura D., Joseph D. Hovey, Gabriela Hurtado, et al.. (2016). Social cognitive correlates of attitudes toward empirically supported treatments.. Professional Psychology Research and Practice. 47(3). 215–223. 2 indexed citations
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Charak, Ruby, et al.. (2015). Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptom Domains Relate Differentially to PTSD and Depression: A Study of War-Exposed Bosnian Adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 44(7). 1361–1373. 25 indexed citations
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Tsai, Jack, Jon D. Elhai, Robert H. Pietrzak, Rani A. Hoff, & Ilan Harpaz‐Rotem. (2014). Comparing four competing models of depressive symptomatology: A confirmatory factor analytic study of 986,647 U.S. veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders. 165. 166–169. 16 indexed citations
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Grubaugh, Anouk L., Jon D. Elhai, Karen Cusack, Chris Wells, & B. Christopher Frueh. (2006). Screening for PTSD in public-sector mental health settings: the diagnostic utility of the PTSD checklist. Depression and Anxiety. 24(2). 124–129. 76 indexed citations

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