Tim Wildschut

15.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
180 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Tim Wildschut is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Gender Studies and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Wildschut has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Social Psychology, 83 papers in Gender Studies and 78 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Tim Wildschut's work include Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (133 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (82 papers) and Media Influence and Health (72 papers). Tim Wildschut is often cited by papers focused on Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (133 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (82 papers) and Media Influence and Health (72 papers). Tim Wildschut collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Tim Wildschut's co-authors include Constantine Sedikides, Clay Routledge, Jamie Arndt, Xinyue Zhou, Constantine Sedikides, Chester A. Insko, A.J.J.M. Vingerhoets, Wing‐Yee Cheung, Erica G. Hepper and Jacob Juhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tim Wildschut

166 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Nostalgia: Content, triggers, functions.

2006 817 citations Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides et al. profile →
The past makes the present meaningful: Nostalgia as an existential resource.

2011 322 citations Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides et al. profile →
Odyssey's end: Lay conceptions of nostalgia reflect its original homeric meaning.

2011 315 citations Erica G. Hepper, Timothy D. Ritchie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Wildschut United Kingdom	52	7.9k	4.5k	3.1k	3.0k	1.5k	180	9.7k
Dolf Zillmann United States	54	3.3k 0.4×	2.7k 0.6×	4.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.3×	701 0.5×	186	10.8k
Mary Beth Oliver United States	38	1.6k 0.2×	1.7k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	475 0.3×	121	6.0k
Daniel L. Wann United States	44	2.0k 0.3×	5.7k 1.3×	6.6k 2.2×	996 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	182	8.6k
Diane M. Mackie United States	51	4.7k 0.6×	995 0.2×	6.3k 2.0×	708 0.2×	948 0.6×	145	10.0k
Jochen Peter Netherlands	51	2.1k 0.3×	3.0k 0.7×	8.2k 2.7×	1.1k 0.4×	372 0.2×	102	11.8k
Jennings Bryant United States	37	1.6k 0.2×	1.6k 0.3×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	327 0.2×	97	5.4k
Robin L. Nabi United States	38	1.4k 0.2×	981 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	513 0.3×	80	6.2k
Deborah A. Prentice United States	29	2.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 1.0×	454 0.2×	357 0.2×	48	6.5k
Charles Stangor United States	42	3.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	4.7k 1.5×	288 0.1×	268 0.2×	122	7.4k
Gerben A. van Kleef Netherlands	60	6.7k 0.9×	974 0.2×	6.2k 2.0×	257 0.1×	443 0.3×	192	12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Wildschut

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Wildschut

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All Works

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Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. van, et al.. (2025). Searching for Ithaca: The geography and psychological benefits of nostalgic places. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 8. 100223–100223.

Wildschut, Tim, et al.. (2025). Virtual-reality induced nostalgia: Duration and psychological benefits. Behavior Research Methods. 57(11). 314–314.

Dang, Jianning, Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, & Liu Li. (2024). AI as a companion or a tool? Nostalgia promotes embracing AI technology with a relational use. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 117. 104711–104711. 3 indexed citations

Wildschut, Tim, et al.. (2024). Benefits of nostalgic landmarks for people living with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 102(3). 683–702. 2 indexed citations

Sedikides, Constantine & Tim Wildschut. (2024). On the Nature of Nostalgia: A Psychological Perspective. Emotion Review. 17(2). 121–124.

Białobrzeska, Olga, Tim Wildschut, & Constantine Sedikides. (2023). From nostalgia, through communion, to psychological benefits: the moderating role of narcissism. Self and Identity. 22(6). 950–972. 1 indexed citations

Redhead, Edward S., et al.. (2023). Nostalgia enhances route learning in a virtual environment. Cognition & Emotion. 37(4). 617–632. 5 indexed citations

Sedikides, Constantine, et al.. (2023). Distress prospectively predicts higher nostalgia, and nostalgia prospectively predicts lower distress. Journal of Personality. 91(6). 1478–1492. 6 indexed citations

Sedikides, Constantine & Tim Wildschut. (2022). Nostalgia across cultures. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. 16. 39 indexed citations

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Sedikides, Constantine & Tim Wildschut. (2022). Nostalgia as motivation. Current Opinion in Psychology. 49. 101537–101537. 15 indexed citations

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Reid, Chelsea A., et al.. (2022). Food-evoked nostalgia. Cognition & Emotion. 37(1). 34–48. 29 indexed citations

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Wildschut, Tim & Constantine Sedikides. (2022). Water From the Lake of Memory: The Regulatory Model of Nostalgia. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 32(1). 57–64. 28 indexed citations

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Zou, Xi, Constantine Sedikides, & Tim Wildschut. (2022). What Good is Organizational Nostalgia in the Time of Pandemic? Unpacking a Pathway from COVID-Related Stress to Authenticity at Work. Self and Identity. 22(4). 620–638. 4 indexed citations

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Smeekes, Anouk, Tim Wildschut, & Constantine Sedikides. (2021). Longing for the “good old days” of our country: National nostalgia as a new master‐frame of populist radical right parties. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5(2). 90–102. 44 indexed citations

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Hong, Emily, Constantine Sedikides, & Tim Wildschut. (2020). Nostalgia strengthens global self-continuity through holistic thinking. Cognition & Emotion. 35(4). 730–737. 19 indexed citations

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Wildschut, Tim, et al.. (2016). Nostalgia:A bittersweet emotion that confers psychological health benefits. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 4 indexed citations

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Leunissen, Joost M., Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, & Taya R. Cohen. (2016). Organizational nostalgia lowers turnover intentions by increasing work meaning: The moderating role of burnout.. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 23(1). 44–57. 50 indexed citations

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Hepper, Erica G., Timothy D. Ritchie, Constantine Sedikides, & Tim Wildschut. (2009). What is nostalgia? A prototype analysis. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Wildschut, Tim, et al.. (2008). Nostalgia: from cowbells to the meaning of life. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations

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Wildschut, Tim, Chester A. Insko, & Brad Pinter. (2004). The perception of outgroup threat: content and activation of the outgroup schema. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 14 indexed citations

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