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Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
99
Citations
95933
World Ranking
636
National Ranking
403

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 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 Susan Nolen-Hoeksema sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 159 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 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 Susan Nolen-Hoeksema sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2013 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science

Overview

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their academic work focused on psychological research, with a career that included contributions recognized by the wider scientific community.

During their tenure, they received the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2013.

Though specific recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, books, and detailed fields or subfields of study are not documented here, their association with Yale and award recognition indicate active involvement in psychological science.

Best Publications

  • Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review.

    Amelia Aldao;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Susanne Schweizer

  • Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Rethinking Rumination

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  • Rumination reconsidered: A psychometric analysis.

    Wendy Treynor;Richard Gonzalez;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • A prospective study of depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms after a natural disaster: the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Jannay Morrow

  • Sex differences in unipolar depression: evidence and theory.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • The emergence of gender differences in depression during adolescence.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Joan S. Girgus

  • Explaining the gender difference in depressive symptoms

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Judith Larson;Carla Grayson

  • Making sense of loss and benefiting from the experience: two construals of meaning.

    Christopher G. Davis;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Judith Larson

  • Response styles and the duration of episodes of depressed mood.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Jannay Morrow;Barbara L. Fredrickson

  • Gender Differences in Depression

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Effects of self-focused rumination on negative thinking and interpersonal problem solving.

    Sonja Lyubomirsky;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Ruminative coping with depressed mood following loss.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Louise E. Parker;Judith Larson

  • Sex differences in depression

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Effects of rumination and distraction on naturally occurring depressed mood

    Susan Nolen-hoeksema;Jannay Morrow

  • Predictors and Consequences of Childhood Depressive Symptoms: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Joan S. Girgus;Martin E.P. Seligman

  • Age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and birth cohort difference on the children's depression inventory: A meta-analysis.

    Jean M. Twenge;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Gender differences in risk factors and consequences for alcohol use and problems.

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology: The Role of Gender

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Specificity of cognitive emotion regulation strategies: A transdiagnostic examination

    Amelia Aldao;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

  • Self-perpetuating properties of dysphoric rumination.

    Sonja Lyubomirsky;Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Frequent Co-Authors

Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon
Amelia Aldao
Amelia Aldao Together CBT
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California, Riverside
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler Harvard University
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
June Gruber
June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder
John F. Dovidio
John F. Dovidio Yale University
Nadine J. Kaslow
Nadine J. Kaslow Emory University
Regina Miranda
Regina Miranda Hunter College
Barbara L. Fredrickson
Barbara L. Fredrickson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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