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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 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 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 335 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 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 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their main field of study was psychology, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their research centered predominantly on flow experience and its applications across various domains. Key research topics included:

  • Flow Experience in Various Fields
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Education and Learning Interventions
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Physical Activity and Health

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi contributed to academic literature through several recent papers, including:

  • "Living well by "flowing' well: The indirect effect of autotelic personality on well-being through flow experience," 2020, The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • "Optimal Experience in Adult Learning: Conception and Validation of the Flow in Education Scale (EduFlow-2)," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Flow Experiences Across Adulthood: Preliminary Findings on the Continuity Hypothesis," 2022, Journal of Happiness Studies
  • "Flow among introverts and extraverts in solitary and social activities," 2020, Personality and Individual Differences
  • "How experiencing autonomy contributes to a good life," 2020, The Journal of Positive Psychology

Their frequent collaborators included Jeanne Nakamura, Jean Heutte, Fabien Fenouillet, Charles Martin-Krumm, and Gary Gute. Csikszentmihalyi's work was published in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi also authored books published by Akadémiai Kiadó, including Kreativitás and Flow - Az áramlat, both released in 2022.

The scientist received several awards over their career, such as the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2013, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2003, and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Beyond boredom and anxiety

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Positive psychology: An introduction.

    Martin E. P. Seligman;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Finding Flow: The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Validity and reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Reed Larson

  • The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Eugene Halton

  • Optimal experience: Psychological studies of flow in consciousness.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi

  • The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Experience Sampling Method: Measuring the Quality of Everyday Life

    Joel M. Hektner;Jennifer A. Schmidt;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Optimal experience in work and leisure.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Judith LeFevre

  • The Concept of Flow

    Jeanne Nakamura;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Das flow-Erlebnis: jenseits von Angst und Langeweile: im Tun aufgehen

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Implications of a Systems Perspective for the Study of Creativity

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Flow in Sports

    Susan A. Jackson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Flow: the psychology of happiness

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Society, Culture, and Person: A Systems View of Creativity

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Student engagement in high school classrooms from the perspective of flow theory.

    David J. Shernoff;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Barbara Schneider;Elisa Steele Shernoff

  • Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Kevin Raymond Rathunde;Samuel Whalen

  • The Experience Sampling Method

    Reed Larson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Optimal experience: Name index

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi

Frequent Co-Authors

Reed W. Larson
Reed W. Larson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
David Feldman
David Feldman Stanford University
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner Harvard University
R. Keith Sawyer
R. Keith Sawyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maria M. Wong
Maria M. Wong Idaho State University
Fredrik Ullén
Fredrik Ullén Karolinska Institute
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

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