Sheryl Zika

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sheryl Zika is a scholar working on Social Psychology, General Health Professions and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheryl Zika has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sheryl Zika's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (6 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (4 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (3 papers). Sheryl Zika is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (6 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (4 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (3 papers). Sheryl Zika collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand and United States. Sheryl Zika's co-authors include Kerry Chamberlain and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences and Social Indicators Research.

In The Last Decade

Sheryl Zika

7 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

On the relation between meaning in life and psychological well‐being

1992 616 citations Sheryl Zika, Kerry Chamberlain British Journal of Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheryl Zika New Zealand	7	724	414	374	294	234	7	1.2k
William C. Compton United States	14	583 0.8×	337 0.8×	245 0.7×	187 0.6×	155 0.7×	32	967
Dominique L. Debats Netherlands	13	487 0.7×	361 0.9×	305 0.8×	255 0.9×	195 0.8×	16	1.0k
Stan W. Sadava Canada	21	802 1.1×	613 1.5×	298 0.8×	190 0.6×	252 1.1×	46	1.6k
James C. Crumbaugh United States	10	917 1.3×	698 1.7×	531 1.4×	446 1.5×	314 1.3×	20	1.8k
Sheila Feld United States	15	453 0.6×	351 0.8×	161 0.4×	273 0.9×	269 1.1×	35	1.3k
Jerome L. Short United States	15	535 0.7×	523 1.3×	181 0.5×	167 0.6×	211 0.9×	23	1.1k
Michael W. Fordyce	7	716 1.0×	342 0.8×	313 0.8×	107 0.4×	138 0.6×	8	980
Leonard T. Maholick United States	4	566 0.8×	447 1.1×	312 0.8×	251 0.9×	189 0.8×	12	1.1k
Gary T. Reker Canada	17	1.3k 1.7×	861 2.1×	663 1.8×	543 1.8×	434 1.9×	28	2.3k
Owen Richard Lightsey United States	23	579 0.8×	740 1.8×	287 0.8×	116 0.4×	170 0.7×	37	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sheryl Zika

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sheryl Zika

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheryl Zika

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sheryl Zika. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sheryl Zika based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sheryl Zika. Sheryl Zika is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Zika, Sheryl & Kerry Chamberlain. (1992). On the relation between meaning in life and psychological well‐being. British Journal of Psychology. 83(1). 133–145. 616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chamberlain, Kerry & Sheryl Zika. (1992). Stability and change in subjective well-being over short time periods. Social Indicators Research. 26(2). 101–117. 77 indexed citations

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Chamberlain, Kerry & Sheryl Zika. (1990). The minor events approach to stress: Support for the use of daily hassles. British Journal of Psychology. 81(4). 469–481. 132 indexed citations

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Chamberlain, Kerry & Sheryl Zika. (1988). Measuring meaning in life: An examination of three scales. Personality and Individual Differences. 9(3). 589–596. 118 indexed citations

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Chamberlain, Kerry & Sheryl Zika. (1988). Religiosity, Life Meaning and Wellbeing: Some Relationships in a Sample of Women. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 27(3). 411–411. 163 indexed citations

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Zika, Sheryl & Kerry Chamberlain. (1987). Relation of hassles and personality to subjective well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53(1). 155–162. 121 indexed citations

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Zika, Sheryl & Kerry Chamberlain. (1987). Relation of hassles and personality to subjective well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53(1). 155–162. 7 indexed citations

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