Richard E. Lucas

56.1k total citations · 19 hit papers
165 papers, 33.0k citations indexed

About

Richard E. Lucas is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard E. Lucas has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 33.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Social Psychology, 60 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 50 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard E. Lucas's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (83 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (44 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (33 papers). Richard E. Lucas is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (83 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (44 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (33 papers). Richard E. Lucas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Richard E. Lucas's co-authors include Ed Diener, Eunkook M. Suh, Heidi Smith, Ed Diener, M. Brent Donnellan, Shigehiro Oishi, Brendan M. Baird, Andrew E. Clark, Yannis Georgellis and Felix Cheung and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nature Communications and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Richard E. Lucas

160 papers receiving 30.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.

1999 7.8k citations Ed Diener, Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Personality, Culture, and Subjective Well-Being: Emotional and Cognitive Evaluations of Life

2002 2.3k citations Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi et al. profile →
The Mini-IPIP Scales: Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five Factors of Personality.

2006 1.8k citations M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being.

2006 1.1k citations Richard E. Lucas et al. American Psychologist profile →
Discriminant validity of well-being measures.

1996 988 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.

1999 980 citations Ed Diener, Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Discriminant validity of well-being measures.

1996 960 citations Richard E. Lucas, Ed Diener et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Subjective well-being and adaptation to life events: A meta-analysis.

2011 886 citations Maike Luhmann, Richard E. Lucas et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: Reactions to changes in marital status.

2003 784 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Unemployment Alters the Set Point for Life Satisfaction

2004 770 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Assessing the validity of single-item life satisfaction measures: results from three large samples

2014 732 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

2008 732 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being

2018 601 citations Richard E. Lucas, Shigehiro Oishi et al. profile →
Well-Being for Public Policy

2009 523 citations Richard E. Lucas et al. profile →
Adaptation and the Set-Point Model of Subjective Well-Being

2007 517 citations Richard E. Lucas profile →
Life Events and Personality Trait Change

2016 326 citations Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood et al. Journal of Personality profile →
National accounts of subjective well-being.

2015 310 citations Shigehiro Oishi, Richard E. Lucas et al. American Psychologist profile →
Making replication mainstream

2017 289 citations Richard E. Lucas, M. Brent Donnellan et al. profile →
Why the Cross-Lagged Panel Model Is Almost Never the Right Choice

2023 147 citations Richard E. Lucas profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ready (for love) or not? Self and other perceptions of commitment readiness and associations with attachment orientations 2025 ·Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ·(unknown), Rebekka Weidmann, (unknown), Robert A. Ackerman, Richard E. Lucas, William J. Chopik	0
2	What’s in a name? Exploring overlap among self-belief constructs 2025 ·Journal of Research in Personality ·Lindsay Ackerman, Richard E. Lucas	0
3	Life events and life satisfaction: Estimating effects of multiple life events in combined models 2024 ·European Journal of Personality ·Michael Dominik Krämer, Julia M. Rohrer, Richard E. Lucas, David Richter	10
4	Detecting spurious effects in cross-lagged panel models: Triangulation is not a valid test 2024 ·European Journal of Personality ·Richard E. Lucas, Rebekka Weidmann, Mark J. Brandt	2
5	Characterising the short- and long-term impacts of tropical cyclones on mangroves using the Landsat archive 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Emma Asbridge, (unknown), Richard E. Lucas, Christopher J. Owers, Kerrylee Rogers, Leo Lymburner, Norman Mueller, (unknown), Sun Wong	1
6	Perception of major life events and personality trait change 2022 ·European Journal of Personality ·Peter Haehner, (unknown), Ina Faßbender, Richard E. Lucas, M. Brent Donnellan, Maike Luhmann	22
7	Putting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings From the Loss-of-Confidence Project 2021 ·Perspectives on Psychological Science ·Julia M. Rohrer, Warren Tierney, Eric Luis Uhlmann, Lisa M. DeBruine, Tom Heyman, Benedict C. Jones, Stefan C. Schmukle, Raphael Silberzahn, (unknown), Rickard Carlsson, Richard E. Lucas, Julia Strand, Simine Vazire, Jessica K. Witt, Thomas R. Zentall, Christopher F. Chabris, Tal Yarkoni	25
8	Personality Trait Stability and Change 2021 ·PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology) ·Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood, Mitja D. Back, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marie Hennecke, Patrick L. Hill, Markus Jokela, Christian Kandler, Richard E. Lucas, Maike Luhmann, Ulrich Orth, Brent W. Roberts, Jenny Wagner, Cornelia Wrzus, Johannes Zimmermann	87
9	Happiness Singled Out: Bidirectional Associations Between Singlehood and Life Satisfaction 2021 ·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ·Jeewon Oh, William J. Chopik, Richard E. Lucas	31
10	Development of character strengths across the deployment cycle among U.S. Army soldiers 2020 ·Journal of Personality ·William J. Chopik, (unknown), Loryana L. Vie, Jeewon Oh, Douglas G. Bonett, Richard E. Lucas, Martin E. P. Seligman	23
11	Trajectories of adolescent life satisfaction 2020 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·Richard E. Lucas, Amy Orben, Delia Fuhrmann, Rogier Kievit	1
12	Are we happier with others? An investigation of the links between spending time with others and subjective well-being. 2020 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Nathan W. Hudson, Richard E. Lucas, M. Brent Donnellan	21
13	The policy relevance of personality traits. 2019 ·American Psychologist ·Wiebke Bleidorn, Patrick L. Hill, Mitja D. Back, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marie Hennecke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Markus Jokela, Christian Kandler, Richard E. Lucas, Maike Luhmann, Ulrich Orth, Jenny Wagner, Cornelia Wrzus, Johannes Zimmermann, Brent W. Roberts	152
14	Getting older, feeling less? A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of developmental patterns in experiential well-being. 2016 ·Psychology and Aging ·Nathan W. Hudson, Richard E. Lucas, M. Brent Donnellan	28
15	Commentary and Rejoinder on 2014 ·Social Psychology ·Lawrence E. Williams, Katherine S. Corker, Dermot Lynott, Jessica Wortman, Louise Connell, M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas, Kerry O’Brien	4
16	Replication of “Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth” by 2014 ·Social Psychology ·Dermot Lynott, Katherine S. Corker, Jessica Wortman, Louise Connell, M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas, Kerry O’Brien	73
17	Does life seem better on a sunny day? Examining the association between daily weather conditions and life satisfaction judgments. 2013 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Richard E. Lucas, (unknown)	86
18	Dependability of Personality, Life Satisfaction, and Affect in Short‐Term Longitudinal Data 2011 ·Journal of Personality ·Ivana Anusic, Richard E. Lucas, M. Brent Donnellan	36
19	Wanting, having, and satisfaction: Examining the role of desire discrepancies in satisfaction with income. 2002 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·(unknown), Ed Diener, Derrick Wirtz, Richard E. Lucas, Shigehiro Oishi	95
20	Pleasant Affect and Sociability: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Extraverted Feelings and Behaviors 2000 ·Richard E. Lucas	34

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