Edward L. Deci
Impact in
- Applied Psychology top 0.01%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Psychology top 0.01%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Papers in
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- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports 160
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction 23
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- Behavioral Health and Interventions 89
- Co-authors
- Richard M. Ryan (162 shared papers)Karen A. Miller (1 shared paper)Marylène Gagné (7 shared papers)Geoffrey C. Williams (41 shared papers)Richard Koestner (8 shared papers)Maarten Vansteenkiste (16 shared papers)Willy Lens (6 shared papers)Zachary R. Freedman (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (16 papers)Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (12 papers)Motivation and Emotion (11 papers)Journal of Educational Psychology (10 papers)Health Psychology (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNorwayAustralia
In The Last Decade
Edward L. Deci
298 papers receiving 207.4k citations
Edward L. Deci's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 219
- Applied Psychology 34.8k
- Social Psychology 102.4k
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 36.8k
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 29.1k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 34.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 25791 |
| 2 | The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 22531 |
| 3 | Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 20878 |
| 4 | Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 18894 |
| 5 | Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 12574 |
| 6 | Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 12429 |
| 7 | On Happiness and Human Potentials: A Review of Research on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 8092 |
| 8 | Self‐determination theory and work motivation Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 5391 |
| 9 | A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation. Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 4926 |
| 10 | Self-determination theory: A macrotheory of human motivation, development, and health. Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 4385 |
| 11 | The general causality orientations scale: Self-determination in personality Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 3589 |
| 12 | Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 3166 |
| 13 | Handbook of Self-Determination Research Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 3141 |
| 14 | Effects of externally mediated rewards on intrinsic motivation. Hit paper breakdown → | 1971 | 2964 |
| 15 | Intrinsic Motivation Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 2338 |
| 16 | Overview of self-determination theory: An organismic-dialectical perspective. Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 2201 |
| 17 | Facilitating optimal motivation and psychological well-being across life's domains. Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 2110 |
| 18 | A motivational approach to self: integration in personality. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 2086 |
| 19 | Facilitating Internalization: The Self‐Determination Theory Perspective Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 2043 |
| 20 | Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations: The State of a Science Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 1980 |
About Edward L. Deci
Edward L. Deci is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Safety Research, having authored 299 papers that have together received 231.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (160 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (89 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (39 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (24 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (23 papers), Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (15 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (14 papers) and Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (34.8k citations), Social Psychology (102.4k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (36.8k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (29.1k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (34.4k citations). Edward L. Deci has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Norway and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Richard M. Ryan, Karen A. Miller, Marylène Gagné, Geoffrey C. Williams, Richard Koestner, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Willy Lens, Zachary R. Freedman, Anja H. Olafsen and Wendy S. Grolnick. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Motivation and Emotion, Journal of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology.
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