2026 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	113	346	218	335	160509

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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

41751
Citations
Beyond boredom and anxiety

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

16073
Citations
Positive psychology: An introduction.

Martin E. P. Seligman;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

10069
Citations
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

9172
Citations
Finding Flow: The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

8723
Citations
Validity and reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Reed Larson

3353
Citations
The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Eugene Halton

3313
Citations
Optimal experience: Psychological studies of flow in consciousness.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi

2706
Citations
The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

2704
Citations
Experience Sampling Method: Measuring the Quality of Everyday Life

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

2255
Citations
Optimal experience in work and leisure.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Judith LeFevre

2049
Citations
The Concept of Flow

Jeanne Nakamura;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

2046
Citations
Das flow-Erlebnis: jenseits von Angst und Langeweile: im Tun aufgehen

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1862
Citations
Implications of a Systems Perspective for the Study of Creativity

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1751
Citations
Flow in Sports

Susan A. Jackson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1569
Citations
Flow: the psychology of happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1548
Citations
Society, Culture, and Person: A Systems View of Creativity

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1534
Citations
Student engagement in high school classrooms from the perspective of flow theory.

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

1530
Citations
Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Kevin Raymond Rathunde;Samuel Whalen

1528
Citations
The Experience Sampling Method

Reed Larson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1397
Citations
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1150
Citations
Optimal experience: Name index

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Reed W. Larson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Barbara Schneider Michigan State University

Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University

Howard Gardner Harvard University

Maria M. Wong Idaho State University

William Damon Stanford University

Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University

Dean Keith Simonton University of California, Davis

External Links

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