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Sheldon Solomon 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 Sheldon Solomon sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 165 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sheldon Solomon 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 Sheldon Solomon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 89th percentile

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

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

Overview

Sheldon Solomon is affiliated with Skidmore College in the United States. Their research spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on social and clinical psychology as well as public health, environmental, and occupational health. Their work addresses a range of topics including grief, bereavement, and mental health; death anxiety and social exclusion; palliative care and end-of-life issues; patient dignity and privacy; psychological well-being and life satisfaction; religion, spirituality, and psychology; and optimism, hope, and well-being.

Among recent publications are:

  • Terror Management Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Self-esteem and immortality: Evidence regarding the terror management hypothesis that high self-esteem is associated with a stronger sense of symbolic immortality, 2021, Personality and Individual Differences
  • Fostering Existential Maturity to Manage Terror in a Pandemic, 2020, Journal of Palliative Medicine
  • Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care, 2022, Journal of Palliative Medicine
  • Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience, 2024, Journal of Palliative Medicine

Frequently publishing in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, Sheldon Solomon also has contributions in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, and Behavioral Sciences.

Their frequent collaborators include Harvey Max Chochinov, Jeff Greenberg, Linda L. Emanuel, Tasha M. Schoppee, and Diana J. Wilkie, each of whom has coauthored multiple publications with Solomon.

Best Publications

  • The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory

    Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski;Sheldon Solomon

  • Terror Management Theory of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews: Empirical Assessments and Conceptual Refinements

    Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Tom Pyszczynski

  • Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.

    Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski;Sheldon Solomon;Abram Rosenblatt

  • A Terror Management Theory of Social Behavior: The Psychological Functions of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews

    Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski

  • Why do people need self-esteem? A theoretical and empirical review.

    Tom Pyszczynski;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Jamie Arndt

  • Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.

    Abram Rosenblatt;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Tom Pyszczynski

  • A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts: an extension of terror management theory

    Tom Pyszczynski;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon

  • Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects.

    Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski;Sheldon Solomon;Linda Simon

  • In the Wake of 9-11: The Psychology of Terror

    Thomas A. Pyszczynski;Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg

  • Why do people need self-esteem? Converging evidence that self-esteem serves an anxiety-buffering function.

    Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Tom Pyszczynski;Abram Rosenblatt

  • Terror management theory and self-esteem: evidence that increased self-esteem reduces mortality salience effects.

    Eddie Harmon-Jones;Linda Simon;Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski

  • Deliver us from Evil: The Effects of Mortality Salience and Reminders of 9/11 on Support for President George W. Bush

    Mark J. Landau;Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg;Florette Cohen

  • Terror management and aggression: evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others.

    Holly A. McGregor;Joel D. Lieberman;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon

  • Terror management and tolerance: does mortality salience always intensify negative reactions to others who threaten one's worldview?

    Jeff Greenberg;Linda Simon;Tom Pyszczynski;Sheldon Solomon

  • Why Do We Need What We Need? A Terror Management Perspective on the Roots of Human Social Motivation

    Tom Pyszczynski;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon

  • Mortality Salience, Martyrdom, and Military Might: The Great Satan Versus the Axis of Evil

    Tom Pyszczynski;Abdolhossein Abdollahi;Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg

  • Suppression, accessibility of death-related thoughts, and cultural worldview defense: Exploring the psychodynamics of terror management.

    Jamie Arndt;Jeff Greenberg;Sheldon Solomon;Tom Pyszczynski

  • The Urge to Splurge: A Terror Management Account of Materialism and Consumer Behavior

    Jamie Arndt;Sheldon Solomon;Tim Kasser;Kennon M. Sheldon

  • The Cultural Animal: Twenty Years of Terror Management Theory and Research.

    Sheldon Solomon;Jeff Greenberg;Tom Pyszczynski

  • A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion

    Kenneth E. Vail;Zachary K. Rothschild;Dave R. Weise;Sheldon Solomon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg University of Arizona
Tom Pyszczynski
Tom Pyszczynski University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Jamie Arndt
Jamie Arndt University of Missouri
Mark J. Landau
Mark J. Landau University of Kansas
Jeff Schimel
Jeff Schimel University of Alberta
Jamie L. Goldenberg
Jamie L. Goldenberg University of South Florida
Eddie Harmon-Jones
Eddie Harmon-Jones University of New South Wales
Tim Kasser
Tim Kasser Knox College
Kennon M. Sheldon
Kennon M. Sheldon University of Missouri
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California

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