2026 John F. Helliwell: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	52	1214	1079	33	28	226	28793

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Overview

John F. Helliwell is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans critical areas within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and health-related topics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Psychology
Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study are:

Social Psychology
Health
General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology

Key research topics addressed in their work cover:

Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Health disparities and outcomes
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Health, psychology, and well-being
Community Health and Development
Employment and Welfare Studies

Their recent papers include:

"Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward," 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science
"Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries," 2022, The Lancet Public Health
"Relationship between sense of community belonging and self-rated health across life stages," 2020, SSM - Population Health
"Migration as a test of the happiness set-point hypothesis: Evidence from immigration to Canada and the United Kingdom," 2020, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique
"THE NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONTRACTING COVID-19," 2021, Acta Neuropsychologica

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John F. Helliwell are:

Lara B. Aknin
Shun Wang
Richard Layard
Haifang Huang
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

The scientist's publications have appeared in several academic venues, including:

Perspectives on Psychological Science
The Lancet Public Health
SSM - Population Health
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique
Acta Neuropsychologica

John F. Helliwell has also contributed to book publications with:

Korea Development Institute: "Happiness, trust, and deaths under COVID-19" (2021), "CHAPTER 2 Changing World Happiness" (2020)
Bank of Canada Research: "The Structure of RDX1" (2024)

Best Publications

World happiness report [2012]

John F. Helliwell;Richard Layard;Jeffrey D. Sachs

2696
Citations
Empirical Linkages Between Democracy and Economic Growth

John F. Helliwell

2650
Citations
HOW'S LIFE? COMBINING INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL VARIABLES TO EXPLAIN SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

John F. Helliwell

2491
Citations
Education and Social Capital

John F. Helliwell;Robert D. Putnam

1545
Citations
How's Your Government? International Evidence Linking Good Government and Well-Being

John F. Helliwell;Haifang Huang

1408
Citations
World happiness report

John Helliwell;Richard Layard;Jeffrey Sachs

1377
Citations
Economic Growth and Social Capital in Italy

Robert D. Putnam;John Helliwell

1353
Citations
The well-being of nations : the role of human and social capital

Tom Healy;Sylvain Côté;John F Helliwell;Simon Field

1339
Citations
Well-Being for Public Policy

Ed Diener;Richard Lucas;Ulrich Schimmack;John Helliwell

1201
Citations
Well-Being, Social Capital and Public Policy: What's New?*

John F. Helliwell

1085
Citations
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Lara B. Aknin;Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Elizabeth W. Dunn;John F. Helliwell

1031
Citations
World happiness report 2013

John F. Helliwell;Richard Layard;Jeffrey D. Sachs

975
Citations
How Much Do National Borders Matter

John F. Helliwell

649
Citations
Well-Being and Social Capital: Does Suicide Pose a Puzzle?

John F. Helliwell

578
Citations
National Borders, Trade and Migration

John Helliwell

522
Citations
How's the Job? Well-Being and Social Capital in the Workplace

John F. Helliwell;Haifang Huang

482
Citations
Economic Growth and Social Capital in Asia

John F. Helliwell

414
Citations
Do National Borders Matter for Quebec's Trade?

John F Helliwell

412
Citations
International Evidence on the Social Context of Well-Being

John F. Helliwell;Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Anthony Harris;Haifang Huang

342
Citations
Social capital and well-being in times of crisis.

John F. Helliwell;Haifang Huang;Shun Wang

310
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lara B. Aknin Simon Fraser University

Ed Diener University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ulrich Schimmack University of Toronto

Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University

Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science

Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University

Thorvaldur Gylfason University of Iceland

Elizabeth W. Dunn University of British Columbia

Michael I. Norton Harvard University

Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California, Riverside

External Links

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