Patti M. Valkenburg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Patti M. Valkenburg between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Patti M. Valkenburg published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2024. 33 of the 370 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1992 2025

370 publications in total across all disciplines

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Patti M. Valkenburg: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year	Publications
1992	1
1993	0
1994	2
1995	1
1996	0
1997	3
1998	4
1999	7
2000	5
2001	7
2002	5
2003	4
2004	7
2005	6
2006	11
2007	22
2008	14
2009	14
2010	17
2011	22
2012	20
2013	16
2014	24
2015	16
2016	17
2017	24
2018	6
2019	12
2020	15
2021	15
2022	14
2023	6
2024	26
2025	7
Total	370

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Patti M. Valkenburg publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patti M. Valkenburg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 314 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101	314
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Patti M. Valkenburg D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patti M. Valkenburg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13	94
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award
2011 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
2011 - Dr Hendrik Muller Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Patti M. Valkenburg is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their primary research spans the social sciences and psychology, with a focus on the impact of technology on adolescents and related mental health topics.

Valkenburg's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences
Psychology

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

Sociology and Political Science
Education
Literature and Literary Theory
Applied Psychology
Communication

Their research addresses several key topics, notably:

Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Child Development and Digital Technology
Media Influence and Health
Digital Mental Health Interventions
Social Media and Politics
Mental Health Research Topics
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Recent publications by Valkenburg include:

Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology
Social media use and well-being: What we know and what we need to know, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology
The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review, 2021, New Media & Society
Social Media Use and Adolescents' Self-Esteem: Heading for a Person-Specific Media Effects Paradigm, 2021, Journal of Communication

Other notable papers related to their research network include:

The effect of social media on well-being differs from adolescent to adolescent, 2020, Scientific Reports (co-authored by Ine Beyens)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Valkenburg are:

Ine Beyens
J. Loes Pouwels
Loes Keijsers
Irene I. van Driel
Amber van der Wal

Valkenburg has published across multiple academic journals, with repeated contributions in the following venues:

Scientific Reports
Current Opinion in Psychology
Communication Research
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Communication Methods and Measures

They have also authored books, including the title published by Cambridge University Press:

Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health, 2022

Throughout their career, Valkenburg has received several awards, such as:

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council (2011)
Dr Hendrik Muller Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)

Best Publications

Framing European politics: a content analysis of press and television news

Holli A. Semetko;Patti M. Valkenburg Valkenburg

4179
Citations
Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents' well-being and social self-esteem.

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter;Alexander P. Schouten

2466
Citations
Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents

Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1843
Citations
Online communication among adolescents: an integrated model of its attraction, opportunities, and risks.

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1394
Citations
Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents: A Decade of Research

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1346
Citations
The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1307
Citations
Preadolescents' and adolescents' online communication and their closeness to friends

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1297
Citations
Developing a scale to assess three styles of television mediation: “Instructive mediation,” “restrictive mediation,” and “social coviewing”

Patti M. Valkenburg;Marina Krcmar;Allerd L. Peeters;Nies M. Marseille

1068
Citations
Online Communication and Adolescent Well-Being: Testing the Stimulation versus the Displacement Hypothesis

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

1044
Citations
The Effects of News Frames on Readers' Thoughts and Recall

Patti M. Valkenburg;Holli A. Semetko;Claes H. De Vreese

1007
Citations
The Social Media Disorder Scale

Regina J.J.M. van den Eijnden;Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg

998
Citations
Adolescents’ identity experiments on the internet

Patti M. Valkenburg;Alexander P. Schouten;Jochen Peter

864
Citations
The Internet gaming disorder scale

Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Douglas A. Gentile

798
Citations
Psychosocial causes and consequences of pathological gaming

Jeroen S. Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

781
Citations
Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp:

Sophie F Waterloo;Susanne E Baumgartner;Jochen Peter;Patti M Valkenburg

597
Citations
Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research

Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

576
Citations
Developing a model of adolescent friendship formation on the internet.

Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg;Alexander P. Schouten

569
Citations
The development of a child into a consumer.

Patti M Valkenburg;Joanne Cantor

562
Citations
Media Effects: Theory and Research.

Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter;Joseph Bart Walther

540
Citations
Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence.

Patti M. Valkenburg;Adrian Meier;Ine Beyens

528
Citations
Adolescents’ Exposure to Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet

Jochen Peter;Patti M. Valkenburg

525
Citations
Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale

Jeroen S Lemmens;Patti M. Valkenburg;Jochen Peter

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Peter University of Amsterdam

Moniek Buijzen Erasmus University Rotterdam

Loes Keijsers Erasmus University Rotterdam

Holli A. Semetko Emory University

Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science

Wouter van der Brug University of Amsterdam

Marina Krcmar Wake Forest University

Joseph B. Walther University of California, Santa Barbara

Joanne Cantor University of Wisconsin–Madison

Eva A. van Reijmersdal University of Amsterdam

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