Sheldon Cohen: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Sheldon Cohen's h-index is 144 (367 i10-index, 225,657+ total citations across 773+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Sheldon Cohen is affiliated with Robert E. Doherty University Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon.
Sheldon Cohen is a researcher affiliated with Robert E. Doherty University Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, specializing in psychology, social psychology, psychoneuroimmunology. Their work has been cited 225,657 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Sheldon Cohen's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 773 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 144
- i10-Index
- 367
- Total Citations
- 225,657
- Citing Countries
- 44
As of June 2026.
Sheldon Cohen has an h-index of 144 and 225,657 total citations across 773 publications, with research cited by institutions in 44 countries.
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A global measure of perceived stress
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The researcher developed a seminal global measure of perceived stress, establishing a foundational tool for health and social behavior research with widespread independent adoption.
The researcher established the buffering hypothesis framework, demonstrating how social support mitigates the adverse health effects of stress, a seminal contribution to health psychology.
The researcher established the theoretical framework for positive events and social supports as buffers against life change stress, a seminal contribution widely adopted across social psychology.
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About Sheldon Cohen's research
Sheldon Cohen is a researcher in psychology, social psychology and psychoneuroimmunology at Robert E. Doherty University Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon. Their work has been cited 225,657 times across 773 publications (h-index 144), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “A global measure of perceived stress” (1983), has accumulated 48,262 citations. Other influential works include “Stress, Social Support, and the Buffering Hypothesis” (1985) with 34,386 citations and “Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States” (1988) with 10,838 citations.
Citations of Sheldon Cohen's research come primarily from United States, China and Canada, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
