Laura Carstensen: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Laura Carstensen's h-index is 93 (199 i10-index, 80,132+ total citations across 100+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of May 2026. Laura Carstensen is affiliated with Professor of Psychology, Stanford University.
Laura Carstensen is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 80,132 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Laura Carstensen's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 100 indexed publications. Of these, 18 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 93
- i10-Index
- 199
- Total Citations
- 80,132
- Citing Countries
- 18
As of May 2026.
Laura Carstensen has an h-index of 93 and 80,132 total citations across 100 publications, with research cited by institutions in 18 countries.
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Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity.
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The researcher established the positivity effect framework, demonstrating how aging alters motivated cognition in attention and memory, and extended this to time perception in human development.
The researcher established the socioemotional selectivity theory, a seminal framework explaining how perceived time horizons shape social motivation and emotional regulation across the lifespan.
The researcher established a theoretical framework linking socioemotional selectivity to emotion regulation in later life, a highly cited contribution that has significantly influenced gerontological psychology.
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