Louise C. Hawkley

38.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
129 papers, 26.6k citations indexed

About

Louise C. Hawkley is a scholar working on Health, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Louise C. Hawkley has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 26.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Health, 48 papers in Social Psychology and 29 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Louise C. Hawkley's work include Health disparities and outcomes (69 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (35 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (26 papers). Louise C. Hawkley is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (69 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (35 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (26 papers). Louise C. Hawkley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Louise C. Hawkley's co-authors include John T. Cacioppo, Linda J. Waite, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Ronald A. Thisted, Gary G. Berntson, Christopher M. Masi, Mary H. Burleson, Maike Luhmann, Hsi‐Yuan Chen and John M. Ernst and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Louise C. Hawkley

122 papers receiving 25.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys 2002 2026 2010 2018 2004 2010 2006 2010 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys
    2004 3.2k citations Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite et al. Research on Aging profile →
  2. Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms
    2010 3.0k citations Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo profile →
  3. Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.
    2006 1.7k citations John T. Cacioppo, Mary Elizabeth Hughes et al. profile →
  4. A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Reduce Loneliness
    2010 1.3k citations Christopher M. Masi, Louise C. Hawkley et al. profile →
  5. Perceived social isolation and cognition
    2009 1.3k citations John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley profile →
  6. Perceived social isolation makes me sad: 5-year cross-lagged analyses of loneliness and depressive symptomatology in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study.
    2010 1.3k citations John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley et al. profile →
  7. Loneliness and Health: Potential Mechanisms
    2002 880 citations John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley et al. Psychosomatic Medicine profile →
  8. Loneliness, health, and mortality in old age: A national longitudinal study
    2012 871 citations Louise C. Hawkley, Linda J. Waite et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →
  9. Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective
    2006 707 citations John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley et al. Journal of Research in Personality profile →
  10. Day-to-day dynamics of experience–cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults
    2006 639 citations Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes
    2007 534 citations Steve W. Cole, Louise C. Hawkley et al. profile →
  12. Social Isolation and Health, with an Emphasis on Underlying Mechanisms
    2003 504 citations John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley profile →
  13. Age differences in loneliness from late adolescence to oldest old age.
    2016 486 citations Maike Luhmann, Louise C. Hawkley profile →
  14. Loneliness predicts increased blood pressure: 5-year cross-lagged analyses in middle-aged and older adults.
    2010 483 citations Louise C. Hawkley, Christopher M. Masi et al. profile →
  15. Loneliness predicts reduced physical activity: Cross-sectional & longitudinal analyses.
    2009 468 citations Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo et al. profile →
  16. From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study
    2008 463 citations Louise C. Hawkley, Mary Elizabeth Hughes et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series B profile →
  17. Perceived social isolation, evolutionary fitness and health outcomes: a lifespan approach
    2015 297 citations Louise C. Hawkley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Louise C. Hawkley United States 54 13.4k 9.5k 7.6k 7.4k 3.8k 129 26.6k
David M. Almeida United States 66 2.7k 0.2× 5.7k 0.6× 3.1k 0.4× 5.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.9× 340 16.2k
Julianne Holt‐Lunstad United States 38 6.3k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 4.3k 0.6× 3.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 83 14.0k
Laura L. Carstensen United States 77 8.1k 0.6× 14.4k 1.5× 4.2k 0.6× 5.0k 0.7× 6.0k 1.6× 201 35.9k
Daniel K. Mroczek United States 41 3.4k 0.3× 5.7k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 7.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 155 16.9k
Margie E. Lachman United States 68 3.9k 0.3× 4.5k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 224 16.0k
Janice K. Kiecolt‐Glaser United States 104 4.0k 0.3× 8.5k 0.9× 6.5k 0.9× 8.1k 1.1× 4.4k 1.2× 316 35.8k
Martin Pinquart Germany 66 5.5k 0.4× 5.5k 0.6× 6.4k 0.8× 8.6k 1.2× 7.7k 2.0× 229 24.4k
Debra Umberson United States 50 7.7k 0.6× 5.1k 0.5× 5.5k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 6.9k 1.8× 123 18.7k
Susan T. Charles United States 46 4.4k 0.3× 6.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 2.9k 0.8× 130 15.7k
Carolyn E. Cutrona United States 62 4.9k 0.4× 6.9k 0.7× 4.2k 0.5× 8.2k 1.1× 6.1k 1.6× 127 19.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Prochnow, Tyler, Louise C. Hawkley, Julianne Holt‐Lunstad, et al.. (2025). Clearing the Air: Using Tobacco Prevention Lessons for Social Connection. Public Health Reports. 141(2). 156–161.
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Wroblewski, Kristen, et al.. (2024). Types of sensory disability are differentially associated with mental health in older US adults over time. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(9). 2770–2781.
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Wroblewski, Kristen, et al.. (2023). Relating depression, anxiety, stress and loneliness to 5-year decline in physical function and frailty. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 115. 105199–105199. 7 indexed citations
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Finch, Laura E., Louise C. Hawkley, L. Philip Schumm, et al.. (2023). Moderation of associations between weight discrimination and diabetes status by psychosocial factors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 47(2). 244–254. 1 indexed citations
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Kotwal, Ashwin, et al.. (2023). THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL ISOLATION TO SELF-NEGLECT AMONG OLDER ADULTS: RESULTS OF A NATIONAL SURVEY. Innovation in Aging. 7(Supplement_1). 474–474.
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Hawkley, Louise C., et al.. (2021). Resilience and Social Support-Giving Scales: Conceptual and Empirical Validation. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 76(Supplement_3). S238–S250. 7 indexed citations
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Prohaska, Thomas, Vanessa Burholt, Annette Burns, et al.. (2020). Consensus statement: loneliness in older adults, the 21st century social determinant of health?. BMJ Open. 10(8). e034967–e034967. 107 indexed citations
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Norman, Greg J., Louise C. Hawkley, Maike Luhmann, et al.. (2011). Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene influences neurocardiac reactivity to social stress and HPA function: A population based study. Hormones and Behavior. 61(1). 134–139. 55 indexed citations
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Cole, Steve W., Louise C. Hawkley, Jesusa M.G. Arevalo, & John T. Cacioppo. (2011). Transcript origin analysis identifies antigen-presenting cells as primary targets of socially regulated gene expression in leukocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(7). 3080–3085. 233 indexed citations
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Hawkley, Louise C., Kipling D. Williams, & John T. Cacioppo. (2010). Responses to ostracism across adulthood. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 6(2). 234–243. 57 indexed citations
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Masi, C, Louise C. Hawkley, Xia Xu, Timothy D. Veenstra, & John T. Cacioppo. (2009). Serum Estrogen Metabolites and Systolic Blood Pressure Among Middle-Aged and Older Women and Men. American Journal of Hypertension. 22(11). 1148–1153. 16 indexed citations
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Masi, Christopher M., Louise C. Hawkley, Z Piotrowski, & Kate E. Pickett. (2007). Neighborhood economic disadvantage, violent crime, group density, and pregnancy outcomes in a diverse, urban population. Social Science & Medicine. 65(12). 2440–2457. 143 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, John T., Louise C. Hawkley, John M. Ernst, et al.. (2006). Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Research in Personality. 40(6). 1054–1085. 707 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boomsma, Dorret I., Gonneke Willemsen, Conor V. Dolan, Louise C. Hawkley, & John T. Cacioppo. (2005). Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Loneliness in Adults: The Netherlands Twin Register Study. Behavior Genetics. 35(6). 745–752. 135 indexed citations
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Hughes, Mary Elizabeth, Linda J. Waite, Louise C. Hawkley, & John T. Cacioppo. (2004). A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys. Research on Aging. 26(6). 655–672. 3186 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boomsma, Dorret I., Gonneke Willemsen, Eco J. C. de Geus, et al.. (2004). Genetics of loneliness: a study from the Netherlands Twin Register.. Behavior Genetics. 34(6). 1 indexed citations
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Hawkley, Louise C., Mary H. Burleson, Gary G. Berntson, & John T. Cacioppo. (2003). Loneliness in everyday life: Cardiovascular activity, psychosocial context, and health behaviors.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85(1). 105–120. 449 indexed citations
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Cacioppo, John T., Louise C. Hawkley, Lori Crawford, et al.. (2002). Loneliness and Health: Potential Mechanisms. Psychosomatic Medicine. 64(3). 407–417. 880 indexed citations breakdown →

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