Nilàm Ram

15.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
305 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Nilàm Ram is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nilàm Ram has authored 305 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Social Psychology, 98 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 66 papers in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nilàm Ram's work include Aging and Gerontology Research (66 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (61 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (59 papers). Nilàm Ram is often cited by papers focused on Aging and Gerontology Research (66 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (61 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (59 papers). Nilàm Ram collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Nilàm Ram's co-authors include Kevin J. Grimm, Denis Gerstorf, John R. Nesselroade, David E. Conroy, Aaron L. Pincus, Ulman Lindenberger, Gert G. Wagner, Laura L. Carstensen, Hal Ersner-Hershfield and Frank J. Infurna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nilàm Ram

280 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Emotional experience improves with age: Evidence based on over 10 years of experience sampling.

2010 827 citations Laura L. Carstensen, Bülent Turan et al. Psychology and Aging profile →
Methods and Measures: Growth mixture modeling: A method for identifying differences in longitudinal change among unobserved groups

2009 812 citations Nilàm Ram et al. profile →
People, places, and time: a large-scale, longitudinal study of transformed avatars and environmental context in group interaction in the metaverse

2023 90 citations Eugy Han, Jeffrey T. Hancock et al. profile →
Digital Trace Data Collection for Social Media Effects Research: APIs, Data Donation, and (Screen) Tracking

2023 61 citations Nilàm Ram, Byron Reeves et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nilàm Ram	3.3k	2.8k	2.6k	1.8k	1.6k	305	10.4k
John J. McArdle	2.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	815 0.5×	157	12.2k
John R. Nesselroade	3.9k 1.2×	4.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	170	13.5k
Helene H. Fung	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	188	8.3k
Angelina R. Sutin	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	6.4k 2.4×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	341	12.8k
Antonio Terracciano	4.4k 1.3×	3.8k 1.4×	8.1k 3.1×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	400	18.0k
Jacqui Smith	3.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	3.1k 1.8×	3.6k 2.3×	168	10.1k
Bert N. Uchino	4.2k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	3.4k 1.3×	3.4k 1.9×	777 0.5×	168	12.7k
David M. Almeida	5.7k 1.7×	3.6k 1.3×	5.0k 1.9×	2.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	340	16.2k
Mick Power	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	4.3k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	571 0.4×	220	12.6k
Derek M. Isaacowitz	4.3k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	4.1k 2.6×	140	11.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Ram, Nilàm, et al.. (2025). Impact Of Social Media Influence On Senior Citizens. International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews. 6(4). 3345–3354.

Ong, Anthony D., Egon Dejonckheere, & Nilàm Ram. (2025). Positive Affect Dynamics. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 34(5). 301–308.

Vaid, Sumer S., Lara Kroencke, Sanaz Talaifar, et al.. (2024). Variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6571–6571. 9 indexed citations

Fisher, Jane & Nilàm Ram. (2024). Personality Differences Drive Conversational Dynamics: A High-Dimensional NLP Approach. 36–45.

Han, Eugy, et al.. (2024). The influence of spatial dimensions of virtual environments on attitudes and nonverbal behaviors during social interactions. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 95. 102269–102269. 5 indexed citations

Tetzner, Julia, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, et al.. (2024). Stability and change of optimism and pessimism in late midlife and old age across three independent studies.. Psychology and Aging. 39(1). 14–30. 2 indexed citations

Ram, Nilàm, et al.. (2024). Kids or no kids? Life goals in one’s 20s predict midlife trajectories of well-being.. Psychology and Aging. 39(8). 897–914.

Haider, Hilde, et al.. (2023). Between- and within-subject covariance perspectives matter for investigations into the relationship between single- and dual-tasking performance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100110–100110.

Gerstorf, Denis, Oliver Schilling, Theresa Pauly, et al.. (2023). Long-term aging trajectories of the accumulation of disease burden as predictors of daily affect dynamics and stressor reactivity.. Psychology and Aging. 38(8). 763–777. 3 indexed citations

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Layland, Eric K., et al.. (2022). Adolescent Substance Use Behavior Change Through School Intervention Is Improved by Teacher and School Implementation Support Together, Especially for Girls. Prevention Science. 23(7). 1251–1263. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoran, et al.. (2022). Connectedness and independence of young adults and parents in the digital world: Observing smartphone interactions at multiple timescales using Screenomics. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 40(4). 1126–1150. 7 indexed citations

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Brown, Kayla, Nilàm Ram, & Erika Lunkenheimer. (2022). The influence of children’s effortful control on parent–child behavioral synchrony.. Journal of Family Psychology. 36(6). 907–918. 1 indexed citations

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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

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Wahl, Hans‐Werner, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, et al.. (2021). Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time.. Psychology and Aging. 37(3). 413–429. 14 indexed citations

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Löckenhoff, Corinna E., Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, et al.. (2021). Sociohistorical Change in Urban Older Adults’ Perceived Speed of Time and Time Pressure. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 77(3). 457–466. 2 indexed citations

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Reed, Rebecca G., Iris B. Mauss, Nilàm Ram, & Suzanne C. Segerstrom. (2021). Daily Stressors, Emotion Dynamics, and Inflammation in the MIDUS Cohort. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 29(4). 494–505. 4 indexed citations

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Lippold, Melissa A., Andrea M. Hussong, Gregory M. Fosco, & Nilàm Ram. (2020). Youth Internalizing Problems and Changes in Parent–Child Relationships Across Early Adolescence: Lability and Developmental Trends. The Journal of Early Adolescence. 41(3). 472–497. 13 indexed citations

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Hülür, Gizem, Jutta Heckhausen, Christiane A. Hoppmann, et al.. (2017). Levels of and Changes in Life Satisfaction Predict Mortality Hazards:\nDisentangling the Role of Physical Health, Perceived Control, and Social\nOrientation. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 37 indexed citations

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Rebar, Amanda L., Nilàm Ram, & David E. Conroy. (2014). Using the EZ-diffusion model to score a Single-Category Implicit Association Test of physical activity. Psychology of sport and exercise. 16(3). 96–105. 35 indexed citations

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Carstensen, Laura L., Bülent Turan, Susanne Scheibe, et al.. (2010). Emotional experience improves with age: Evidence based on over 10 years of experience sampling.. Psychology and Aging. 26(1). 21–33. 827 indexed citations breakdown →

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