Sheldon Solomon

27.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
142 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Sheldon Solomon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheldon Solomon has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Social Psychology, 70 papers in Clinical Psychology and 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sheldon Solomon's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (106 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (63 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (42 papers). Sheldon Solomon is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (106 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (63 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (42 papers). Sheldon Solomon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Sheldon Solomon's co-authors include Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Jamie Arndt, Linda Simon, Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Schimel, Jamie L. Goldenberg, Florette Cohen, Holly A. McGregor and Mark J. Landau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Sheldon Solomon

139 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for terror manag... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1990 2004 1989 1989 1994 250 500 750
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. Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.
    1990 950 citations Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review.
    2004 898 citations Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.
    1989 808 citations Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Greenberg et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  4. Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.
    1989 750 citations Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Greenberg et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  5. Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects.
    1994 658 citations Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Sheldon Solomon 12.0k 6.5k 6.0k 2.5k 2.5k 142 15.0k
Tom Pyszczynski 15.4k 1.3× 8.4k 1.3× 8.1k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 201 20.2k
Jeff Greenberg 17.5k 1.5× 9.9k 1.5× 8.8k 1.5× 3.4k 1.4× 3.7k 1.5× 244 23.5k
Jamie Arndt 9.8k 0.8× 4.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 145 12.4k
Gustavo Carlo 7.2k 0.6× 3.7k 0.6× 7.4k 1.2× 769 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 258 13.7k
Frank D. Fincham 19.6k 1.6× 9.7k 1.5× 14.4k 2.4× 4.3k 1.7× 999 0.4× 482 30.3k
John Maltby 5.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 4.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 432 0.2× 224 10.8k
Susan T. Charles 6.4k 0.5× 2.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.5× 4.4k 1.7× 1.9k 0.8× 130 15.7k
Letitia Anne Peplau 7.4k 0.6× 5.0k 0.8× 6.1k 1.0× 3.9k 1.6× 427 0.2× 98 16.5k
Shelly L. Gable 8.2k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 806 0.3× 830 0.3× 73 12.9k
Kali H. Trzesniewski 6.6k 0.6× 3.5k 0.5× 5.9k 1.0× 844 0.3× 747 0.3× 71 14.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tarbi, Elise C., Cara Wallace, Yvan Beaussant, et al.. (2024). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 27(10). 1379–1389. 6 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Linda L., Sheldon Solomon, Harvey Max Chochinov, et al.. (2022). Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(2). 235–243. 14 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Linda L., Sheldon Solomon, George Fitchett, et al.. (2020). Fostering Existential Maturity to Manage Terror in a Pandemic. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(2). 211–217. 15 indexed citations
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Maxfield, Molly, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, & Jeff Greenberg. (2010). Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism. Journal of Aging Research. 2010. 1–8. 13 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Daniel Sullivan, & Sheldon Solomon. (2010). On graves and graven images: A terror management analysis of the psychological functions of art. European Review of Social Psychology. 21(1). 114–154. 14 indexed citations
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Hart, Joshua, et al.. (2010). Going for broke: Mortality salience increases risky decision making on the Iowa gambling task. British Journal of Social Psychology. 49(2). 425–432. 12 indexed citations
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Cox, Cathy R., Jamie Arndt, Tom Pyszczynski, et al.. (2008). Terror management and adults' attachment to their parents: The safe haven remains.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 94(4). 696–717. 82 indexed citations
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Maxfield, Molly, Tom Pyszczynski, Cathy R. Cox, et al.. (2007). Age-related differences in responses to thoughts of one's own death: Mortality salience and judgments of moral transgressions.. Psychology and Aging. 22(2). 341–353. 130 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Jamie L. Goldenberg, Jeff Greenberg, et al.. (2006). The siren's call: Terror management and the threat of men's sexual attraction to women.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 90(1). 129–146. 56 indexed citations
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Landau, Mark J., Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, & Andy Martens. (2006). Windows into nothingness: Terror management, meaninglessness, and negative reactions to modern art.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 90(6). 879–892. 144 indexed citations
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Pyszczynski, Tom, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Jamie Arndt, & Jeff Schimel. (2004). Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review.. Psychological Bulletin. 130(3). 435–468. 898 indexed citations breakdown →
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Landau, Mark J., Michael Johns, Jeff Greenberg, et al.. (2004). A Function of Form: Terror Management and Structuring the Social World.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 87(2). 190–210. 191 indexed citations
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Solomon, Sheldon, Jeff Greenberg, & Tom Pyszczynski. (2003). Fear of Death and Human Destructiveness. The Psychoanalytic Review. 90(4). 457–474. 7 indexed citations
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McGregor, Holly A., et al.. (1998). Terror management and aggression: Evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(3). 590–605. 83 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Jeff, et al.. (1997). Suppression, accessibility of death-related thoughts, and cultural worldview defense: Exploring the psychodynamics of terror management.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 73(1). 5–18. 46 indexed citations
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Simon, Linda, Jeff Greenberg, Eddie Harmon‐Jones, Sheldon Solomon, & et al. (1997). Terror management and cognitive-experiential self-theory: Evidence that terror management occurs in the experiential system.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 72(5). 1132–1146. 7 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Jeff, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, Linda Simon, & et al. (1994). Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 67(4). 627–637. 36 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Jeff, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Abram Rosenblatt, & et al. (1992). Why do people need self-esteem? Converging evidence that self-esteem serves an anxiety-buffering function.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 63(6). 913–922. 41 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Jeff, et al.. (1992). Terror management and tolerance: Does mortality salience always intensify negative reactions to others who threaten one's worldview?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 63(2). 212–220. 67 indexed citations
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Rosenblatt, Abram, et al.. (1989). Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 57(4). 681–690. 808 indexed citations breakdown →

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