2026 Stevan E. Hobfoll: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	100	609	532	385	326	311	78040

Stevan E. Hobfoll 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 Stevan E. Hobfoll sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 706+

This scientist: 311 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Stevan E. Hobfoll 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 Stevan E. Hobfoll sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

1990 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Stevan E. Hobfoll is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a total of 54 publications. A significant portion of their work focuses on clinical psychology, contributing 36 publications, alongside contributions to general health professions, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their research include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, resilience and mental health, COVID-19 and mental health, migration, health and trauma, health and conflict studies, mental health research topics, and mental health treatment and access.

Frequent venues for their publications include UNC Libraries, Psychiatry, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Sleep and Vigilance, and Roczniki Psychologiczne.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Stevan E. Hobfoll include:

"Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis" (2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services [DANS])
"War trauma and PTSD in Ukraine's civilian population: comparing urban-dwelling to internally displaced persons" (2021, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)
"Conservation of Resources, Psychological Distress, and Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022, International Journal of Public Health)
"Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence" (2021, Psychiatry)
"A multilevel moderated mediational model of the daily relationships between hassles, exhaustion, ego-resiliency and resulting emotional inertia" (2020, Journal of Research in Personality)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hobfoll include:

Scott B. Patten
Pim Cuijpers
Janneke M. de Man-van Ginkel
Iná S. Santos
Brooke Levis

Stevan E. Hobfoll received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1990.

Best Publications

Conservation of resources. A new attempt at conceptualizing stress.

Stevan E. Hobfoll

15863
Citations
The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested-Self in the Stress Process: Advancing Conservation of Resources Theory

Stevan E. Hobfoll

8322
Citations
Social and Psychological Resources and Adaptation

Stevan E. Hobfoll

5781
Citations
Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Jonathon Halbesleben;Jean-Pierre Neveu;Mina Westman

4594
Citations
Stress, Culture, and Community: The Psychology and Philosophy of Stress

Stevan E. Hobfoll

2508
Citations
The ecology of stress

Stevan E. Hobfoll

2118
Citations
Conservation of resource caravans and engaged settings

Stevan E. Hobfoll

1947
Citations
Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid–Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Patricia Watson;Carl C. Bell;Richard A. Bryant

1912
Citations
Resource loss, resource gain, and emotional outcomes among inner city women.

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Robert J. Johnson;Nicole Ennis;Anita P. Jackson

1911
Citations
Conservation of resources: A general stress theory applied to burnout.

Stevan E. Hobfoll;John Freedy

1521
Citations
Conservation of resources theory: Applications to stress and management in the workplace.

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Arie Shirom

1005
Citations
Resource conservation as a strategy for community psychology

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Roy S. Lilly

977
Citations
Conservation of Resources Theory: Its Implication for Stress, Health, and Resilience

Stevan E. Hobfoll

917
Citations
Conservation of Social Resources: Social Support Resource Theory

Stevan E. Hobfoll;John Freedy;Carol Lane;Pamela Geller

857
Citations
Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research and interventions.

Steve Duck

854
Citations
Post-traumatic stress disorder

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845
Citations
Depression prevalence and incidence among inner-city pregnant and postpartum women.

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Christian Ritter;Justin Lavin;Michael R. Hulsizer

687
Citations
Refining our Understanding of Traumatic Growth in the Face of Terrorism: Moving from Meaning Cognitions to Doing what is Meaningful

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Brian J. Hall;Daphna Canetti‐Nisim;Sandro Galea

648
Citations
Gender and coping: The dual‐axis model of coping

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Carla L. Dunahoo;Yossef Ben-Porath;Jeannine Monnier

553
Citations
Exposure to terrorism, stress-related mental health symptoms, and defensive coping among Jews and Arabs in Israel.

Stevan E. Hobfoll;Daphna Canetti-Nisim;Regina Jones Johnson

509
Citations
Cumulative interpersonal traumas and social support as risk and resiliency factors in predicting PTSD and depression among inner-city women

Jeremiah A. Schumm;Melissa Briggs-Phillips;Stevan E. Hobfoll

493
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai

Patrick A. Palmieri Summa Health System

Jean C. Beckham Duke University

Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong

Flávia de Lima Osório Universidade de São Paulo

Alyson K. Zalta University of California, Irvine

Daniel S. S. Fung Institute of Mental Health

Femke Lamers Amsterdam UMC

Zahava Solomon Tel Aviv University

Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External Links

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