2026 Ruut Veenhoven: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	67	2545	2329	137	131	572	28866

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

2545

2329

137

131

572

28866

Overview

Ruut Veenhoven is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily within the field of psychology, with 52 publications. Their work notably spans subfields such as social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and health.

Their research addresses several key topics, including psychological well-being and life satisfaction, psychological and temporal perspectives research, health disparities and outcomes, optimism, hope, and well-being, COVID-19 and mental health, cultural differences and values, and urban green space and health.

Recent papers authored by Ruut Veenhoven include:

Happiness and Consumption: A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive (2021, SAGE Open)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

Martijn Burger
Ângela Leite
Paulo C. Dias
Ad Bergsma
Ivonne Buijt

Veenhoven has published in several academic venues such as:

Frontiers in Psychology
Applied Research in Quality of Life
Journal of Happiness Studies
International Journal of Happiness and Development
SAGE Open

Some other notable recent papers in related research areas, though not authored by Veenhoven but within their network or research interest sphere, include:

Ways to Greater Happiness: A Delphi Study (2020, Journal of Happiness Studies)
Will Happiness-Trainings Make Us Happier? A Research Synthesis Using an Online Findings-Archive (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
In Memory of Edward Diener: Reflections on His Career, Contributions and the Science of Happiness (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
Happiness in urban environments: what we know and don't know yet (2024, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment)

Best Publications

The Four Qualities of Life

Ruut Veenhoven

1818
Citations
Is happiness relative

Ruut Veenhoven

1799
Citations
Conditions of Happiness

Ruut Veenhoven

1760
Citations
DEVELOPMENTS IN SATISFACTION RESEARCH

Ruut Veenhoven

1154
Citations
Healthy happiness: effects of happiness on physical health and the consequences for preventive health care

Ruut Veenhoven

1073
Citations
The four qualities of life: Ordering concepts and measures of the good life

Ruut Veenhoven

916
Citations
Happiness in nations: Subjective appreciation of life in 56 nations 1946–1992.

Ruut Veenhoven;Joop Ehrhardt;Monica Sie Dhian Ho;Astrid de Vries

881
Citations
Wealth and Happiness Revisited--Growing National Income Does Go with Greater Happiness.

Michael R. Hagerty;Ruut Veenhoven

790
Citations
THE UTILITY OF HAPPINESS

Ruut Veenhoven

702
Citations
Why social policy needs subjective indicators

Ruut Veenhoven

701
Citations
El estudio de la satisfacción con la vida

Ruut Veenhoven

673
Citations
Questions on Happiness

Ruut Veenhoven

663
Citations
Happy life-expectancy. A comprehensive measure of quality-of-life in nations

Ruut Veenhoven

654
Citations
The study of life-satisfaction

Ruut Veenhoven

583
Citations
Freedom and happiness: A comparative study in forty-four nations in the early 1990s.

Ruut Veenhoven

572
Citations
The cross-national pattern of happiness: Test of predictions implied in three theories of happiness.

Ruut Veenhoven;Joop Ehrhardt

571
Citations
World Database of Happiness

Ruut Veenhoven

564
Citations
Is happiness a trait

Ruut Veenhoven

560
Citations
How Do We Assess How Happy We Are? Tenets, Implications and Tenability of Three Theories

Ruut Veenhoven

531
Citations
Sociological theories of subjective well-being

Ruut Veenhoven

499
Citations
Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Theories of Subjective Well-Being

Bruce Headey;Ruut Veenhoven;Alex Wearing

475
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam

Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Maykel Verkuyten Utrecht University

Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University

Frank Baas Leiden University Medical Center

Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Bruce Headey University of Melbourne

Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu University of Hong Kong

External Links

Personal website of Ruut Veenhoven

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