Scholarly Index

Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

2021-2025 World Top1000 Scholar ranking for Optimism, Hope, and Well-being.

World rank	Scholar	Impact score	Total citations	Total publications
1	Murat Yıldırım	99.76	7,049	323
2	Tyler J. VanderWeele	99.64	61,335	586
3	Gökmen Arslan	99.55	6,861	174
4	Laura D. Kubzansky	99.35	35,262	492
5	Dorota Węziak‐Białowolska	98.27	3,136	120
6	Carlos Laranjeira	98.10	2,002	205
7	Eric S. Kim	97.92	7,856	147
8	Angelina R. Sutin	97.90	19,325	384
9	André Hajek	97.90	8,169	503
10	Richard G. Cowden	97.90	19,366	239
11	Mohsen Joshanloo	97.72	5,848	225
12	Patrick L. Hill	97.60	11,483	298
13	Ana Querido	97.56	1,707	131
14	Anita Padmanabhanunni	97.29	1,356	118
15	Laura Upenieks	96.80	1,634	154
16	Tyrone B. Pretorius	96.57	1,320	105
17	İlhan Çi̇çek	96.57	947	38
18	Ying Chen	96.55	5,931	170
19	Tim Lomas	96.08	5,707	168
20	Piotr Białowolski	95.98	2,280	136
21	Antonio Terracciano	95.88	36,245	510
22	Weixi Kang	95.60	705	55
23	Ryan M. Niemiec	95.57	2,041	76
24	Hamid Sharif Nia	95.37	4,521	391
25	Abby R. Rosenberg	94.83	7,829	305
26	Hans‐Helmut König	94.62	24,283	836
27	Paul T. P. Wong	94.49	9,634	175
28	Miao Miao	94.49	2,759	146
29	Paola Magnano	94.45	1,896	103
30	Jesus Alfonso D. Datu	94.13	4,744	161
31	Zane Asher Green	94.01	685	25
32	MoezAlIslam E. Faris	93.92	23,670	164
33	George M. Slavich	93.90	21,271	272
34	Alberto Megías‐Robles	93.87	1,764	89
35	Ali Derakhshan	93.82	10,174	259
36	Adem Peker	93.69	825	93
37	Malka Margalit	93.66	4,155	137
38	David F. Carreno	93.64	830	27
39	Robert J. Vallerand	93.55	29,702	166
40	Roy F. Baumeister	93.43	162,428	676
41	Yuval Palgi	93.10	4,694	213
42	İbrahim Sani Mert	92.94	1,002	116
43	David B. Feldman	92.93	5,121	111
44	Souheil Hallit	92.89	12,601	791
45	Yoav S. Bergman	92.85	2,106	79
46	Naval Garg	92.84	1,700	110
47	Yannick Stéphan	92.80	10,771	318
48	Ernst T. Bohlmeijer	92.71	22,339	363
49	Crystal L. Park	92.60	31,764	461
50	Crystal I. Bryce	92.09	1,063	53