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12908
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5834
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Clay Routledge publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clay Routledge sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Clay Routledge D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clay Routledge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Clay Routledge is affiliated with North Dakota State University in the United States. Their main fields of study include Psychology and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on the subfields of Social Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, and Health.

The research topics covered by Routledge span several areas related to human behavior and psychological processes. These include:

  • Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy

Routledge has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • "Time capsule: Nostalgia shields psychological wellbeing from limited time horizons." (2020), Emotion
  • "The Hedonic Character of Nostalgia: An Integrative Data Analysis" (2020), Emotion Review
  • "Why Meaning in Life Matters for Societal Flourishing" (2021), Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Combating Loneliness With Nostalgia: Nostalgic Feelings Attenuate Negative Thoughts and Motivations Associated With Loneliness" (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Is Nostalgia a Past or Future-Oriented Experience? Affective, Behavioral, Social Cognitive, and Neuroscientific Evidence" (2020), Frontiers in Psychology

The frequent publication venues for Routledge's work include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Emotion
  • Emotion Review
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Religion Brain & Behavior

The list of frequent co-authors includes:

  • Taylor A. FioRito
  • Andrew A. Abeyta
  • Tim Wildschut
  • Constantine Sedikides
  • Erica G. Hepper

Best Publications

  • Nostalgia: Content, Triggers, Functions

    Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Jamie Arndt;Clay Routledge

  • Nostalgia Past, Present, and Future

    Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Jamie Arndt;Clay Routledge

  • The past makes the present meaningful: nostalgia as an existential resource.

    Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides

  • A blast from the past: The terror management function of nostalgia.

    Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut

  • Nostalgia as a repository of social connectedness: the role of attachment-related avoidance.

    Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt

  • To nostalgize: mixing memory with affect and desire

    Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt

  • Nostalgia counteracts self-discontinuity and restores self-continuity

    Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt

  • The power of the past: nostalgia as a meaning-making resource

    Clay Routledge;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Jacob Juhl

  • A Time to Tan: Proximal and Distal Effects of Mortality Salience on Sun Exposure Intentions

    Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Jamie L. Goldenberg

  • Nostalgia as a resource for the self

    Matthew Vess;Jamie Arndt;Clay Routledge;Constantine Sedikides

  • Fighting the future with the past: nostalgia buffers existential threat

    Jacob Juhl;Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Constantine Sedikides

  • When Death is Good for Life: Considering the Positive Trajectories of Terror Management

    Kenneth E. Vail;Jacob Juhl;Jamie Arndt;Matthew Vess

  • Adjusting to death: The effects of mortality salience and self-esteem on psychological well-being, growth motivation, and maladaptive behavior

    Clay Routledge;Brian Ostafin;Jacob Juhl;Constantine Sedikides

  • Nostalgia as a Resource for Psychological Health and Well‐Being

    Clay Routledge;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Jacob Juhl

  • The blueprint of terror management: understanding the cognitive architecture of psychological defense against the awareness of death

    Jamie Arndt;Alison Cook;Clay Routledge

  • Nostalgia fosters self-continuity: Uncovering the mechanism (social connectedness) and consequence (eudaimonic well-being).

    Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Wing-Yee Cheung;Clay Routledge

  • When death thoughts lead to death fears: mortality salience increases death anxiety for individuals who lack meaning in life

    Clay Routledge;Jacob Juhl

  • The mnemonic mover: nostalgia regulates avoidance and approach motivation.

    Elena Stephan;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Xinyue Zhou

  • The dynamics of death and meaning: the effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life.

    Matthew Vess;Clay Routledge;Mark J. Landau;Jamie Arndt

  • Nostalgia as enabler of self continuity.

    Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Lowell Gaertner;Clay Routledge

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie Arndt
Jamie Arndt University of Missouri
Constantine Sedikides
Constantine Sedikides University of Southampton
Tim Wildschut
Tim Wildschut University of Southampton
Jamie L. Goldenberg
Jamie L. Goldenberg University of South Florida
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets Tilburg University
Joshua A. Hicks
Joshua A. Hicks Texas A&M University
Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg University of Arizona
Kennon M. Sheldon
Kennon M. Sheldon University of Missouri
Michael D. Robinson
Michael D. Robinson North Dakota State University
Mark J. Landau
Mark J. Landau University of Kansas

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