Martin E. P. Seligman

485 total papers · 124.9k total citations
323 papers, 80.0k citations indexed

About

Martin E. P. Seligman is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin E. P. Seligman has authored 323 papers receiving a total of 80.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Clinical Psychology, 83 papers in Social Psychology and 71 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Martin E. P. Seligman's work include Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (60 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (52 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (35 papers). Martin E. P. Seligman is often cited by papers focused on Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (60 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (52 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (35 papers). Martin E. P. Seligman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Martin E. P. Seligman's co-authors include Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Christopher Peterson, Lyn Y. Abramson, Steven F. Maier, Nansook Park, John D. Teasdale, Angela Duckworth, Tracy A. Steen, Christopher Peterson and Ed Diener and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Martin E. P. Seligman

322 papers receiving 70.4k citations

Hit Papers

Positive psychology: An i... 1967 2026 1986 2006 2000 2000 1978 1975 2005 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Positive psychology: An introduction.
    2000 7.0k citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi American Psychologist profile →
  2. Positive psychology: An introduction.
    2000 6.8k citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi American Psychologist profile →
  3. Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.
    1978 4.9k citations Lyn Y. Abramson, Martin E. P. Seligman et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  4. Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death
    1975 4.0k citations Martin E. P. Seligman CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  5. Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions.
    2005 3.7k citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Tracy A. Steen et al. American Psychologist profile →
  6. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
    2002 2.3k citations Martin E. P. Seligman profile →
  7. Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence.
    1976 1.7k citations Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
  8. Beyond Money
    2004 1.6k citations Ed Diener, Martin E. P. Seligman PubMed profile →
  9. Very Happy People
    2002 1.5k citations Ed Diener, Martin E. P. Seligman Psychological Science profile →
  10. Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents
    2005 1.5k citations Angela Duckworth, Martin E. P. Seligman Psychological Science profile →
  11. Failure to escape traumatic shock.
    1967 1.3k citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Steven F. Maier Journal of Experimental Psychology profile →
  12. On the generality of the laws of learning.
    1970 1.2k citations Martin E. P. Seligman Psychological Review profile →
  13. Positive education: positive psychology and classroom interventions
    2009 1.1k citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Jane E. Gillham et al. Oxford Review of Education profile →
  14. Strengths of Character and Well-Being
    2004 1.1k citations Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson et al. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology profile →
  15. Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach
    2013 1.1k citations H. Andrew Schwartz, Johannes C. Eichstaedt et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  16. Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence.
    1984 1.1k citations Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman Psychological Review profile →
  17. The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports study.
    1995 985 citations Martin E. P. Seligman American Psychologist profile →
  18. Phobias and preparedness
    1971 945 citations Martin E. P. Seligman Behavior Therapy profile →
  19. Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life
    2005 938 citations Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park et al. Journal of Happiness Studies profile →
  20. Positive psychotherapy.
    2006 898 citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Tayyab Rashid et al. American Psychologist profile →
  21. Depressive attributional style.
    1979 855 citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Lyn Y. Abramson et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  22. Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding.
    1967 836 citations J. Bruce Overmier, Martin E. P. Seligman Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology profile →
  23. Learned optimism how to change your mind and your life
    2006 832 citations Martin E. P. Seligman CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  24. The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports study.
    1995 821 citations Martin E. P. Seligman American Psychologist profile →
  25. Self-discipline gives girls the edge: Gender in self-discipline, grades, and achievement test scores.
    2006 726 citations Angela Duckworth, Martin E. P. Seligman Journal of Educational Psychology profile →
  26. Human Helplessness: Theory and Applications
    1980 696 citations Judy Garber, Martin E. P. Seligman profile →
  27. Positive Psychology in Clinical Practice
    2004 658 citations Angela Duckworth, Tracy A. Steen et al. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology profile →
  28. Predictors and consequences of childhood depressive symptoms: A 5-year longitudinal study.
    1992 626 citations Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Joan S. Girgus et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  29. PERMA and the building blocks of well-being
    2018 600 citations Martin E. P. Seligman The Journal of Positive Psychology profile →
  30. Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control
    1993 600 citations Christopher Peterson, Steven F. Maier et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  31. Learned Helplessness
    1972 595 citations Martin E. P. Seligman Annual Review of Medicine profile →
  32. Generality of learned helplessness in man.
    1975 594 citations Donald Hiroto, Martin E. P. Seligman Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  33. Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.
    1978 506 citations Lyn Y. Abramson, Martin E. P. Seligman et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  34. Biological boundaries of learning
    1972 465 citations Martin E. P. Seligman et al. profile →
  35. Automatic personality assessment through social media language.
    2014 462 citations Gregory Park, H. Andrew Schwartz et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  36. Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience.
    2016 435 citations Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman Psychological Review profile →
  37. Navigating Into the Future or Driven by the Past
    2013 376 citations Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  38. Psychological Language on Twitter Predicts County-Level Heart Disease Mortality
    2015 321 citations Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Hansen Andrew Schwartz et al. Psychological Science profile →
  39. Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease
    2018 280 citations Laura D. Kubzansky, Jeff C. Huffman et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  40. Closed- and open-vocabulary approaches to text analysis: A review, quantitative comparison, and recommendations.
    2021 80 citations Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Margaret L. Kern et al. Psychological Methods profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Martin E. P. Seligman 35.2k 31.3k 15.5k 14.9k 10.4k 323 80.0k
Charles S. Carver 32.4k 0.9× 34.1k 1.1× 21.1k 1.4× 31.0k 2.1× 18.5k 1.8× 378 98.1k
Barbara L. Fredrickson 26.5k 0.8× 24.4k 0.8× 12.9k 0.8× 9.8k 0.7× 8.4k 0.8× 199 59.1k
Auke Tellegen 29.5k 0.8× 27.1k 0.9× 22.6k 1.5× 12.6k 0.8× 12.6k 1.2× 132 76.5k
David Watson 24.8k 0.7× 32.1k 1.0× 24.6k 1.6× 10.8k 0.7× 10.4k 1.0× 273 73.5k
David A. Kenny 43.3k 1.2× 34.5k 1.1× 18.1k 1.2× 12.2k 0.8× 42.5k 4.1× 232 155.9k
Kristopher J. Preacher 23.7k 0.7× 20.4k 0.7× 11.7k 0.8× 7.7k 0.5× 22.3k 2.2× 121 83.3k
Paul T. Costa 22.1k 0.6× 34.3k 1.1× 17.2k 1.1× 9.0k 0.6× 10.9k 1.1× 387 67.3k
Richard S. Lazarus 23.9k 0.7× 22.4k 0.7× 8.8k 0.6× 6.8k 0.5× 14.1k 1.4× 165 63.9k
Michael F. Scheier 24.1k 0.7× 19.4k 0.6× 15.0k 1.0× 25.8k 1.7× 11.2k 1.1× 148 63.6k
Avshalom Caspi 20.1k 0.6× 52.4k 1.7× 17.7k 1.1× 4.5k 0.3× 15.4k 1.5× 535 98.7k

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