Sheldon Solomon
Impact in
- Social Psychology top 0.01%
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Health top 0.5%
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Papers in
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- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion 122
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports 3
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs 3
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- Personality Traits and Psychology 6
- Co-authors
- Jeff Greenberg (103 shared papers)Tom Pyszczynski (90 shared papers)Jamie Arndt (26 shared papers)Abram Rosenblatt (3 shared papers)Jeff Schimel (9 shared papers)Jamie L. Goldenberg (10 shared papers)Florette Cohen (13 shared papers)Mark J. Landau (13 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (27 papers)Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (12 papers)Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (7 papers)Psychological Science (5 papers)Journal of Palliative Medicine (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaIran
In The Last Decade
Sheldon Solomon
153 papers receiving 19.4k citations
Sheldon Solomon's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 160
- Social Psychology 12.7k
- Health 1k
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 299
- Clinical Psychology 2.2k
- General Decision Sciences 268
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 1652 |
| 2 | Terror Management Theory of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews: Empirical Assessments and Conceptual Refinements Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1150 |
| 3 | Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1058 |
| 4 | A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts: An extension of terror management theory. Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1027 |
| 5 | Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values. Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 1013 |
| 6 | A Terror Management Theory of Social Behavior: The Psychological Functions of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 1006 |
| 7 | Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1000 |
| 8 | 1994 | 712 | |
| 9 | 1992 | 658 | |
| 10 | 2003 | 503 | |
| 11 | 2004 | 481 | |
| 12 | 1992 | 407 | |
| 13 | 2009 | 352 | |
| 14 | 1997 | 348 | |
| 15 | 1998 | 343 | |
| 16 | Thirty Years of Terror Management Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 336 |
| 17 | 1997 | 329 | |
| 18 | 2004 | 329 | |
| 19 | 2006 | 307 | |
| 20 | Terror Management Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 273 |
About Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Anthropology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Psychology, having authored 158 papers that have together received 21.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (122 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 papers), Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning (6 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (6 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (5 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (3 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (12.7k citations), Health (1k citations), Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (299 citations), Clinical Psychology (2.2k citations) and General Decision Sciences (268 citations). Sheldon Solomon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Iran. Frequent co-authors include Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Jamie Arndt, Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Schimel, Jamie L. Goldenberg, Florette Cohen, Mark J. Landau, Joel D. Lieberman and Andy Martens. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Psychological Science and Journal of Palliative Medicine.
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