Laura Carstensen Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Laura Carstensen's h-index is 93 (199 i10-index, 81,390+ total citations across 394+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 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 81,390 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Laura Carstensen's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 394 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
- 81,390
- Citing Countries
- 43
As of October 2026.
Laura Carstensen has an h-index of 93 and 81,390 total citations across 394 publications, with research cited by institutions in 43 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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About Laura Carstensen's research
Laura Carstensen is a researcher at Professor of Psychology, Stanford University. Their work has been cited 81,390 times across 394 publications (h-index 93), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity.” (1999), has accumulated 8,599 citations. Other influential works include “The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development” (2006) with 3,922 citations and “Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: support for socioemotional selectivity theory.” (1992) with 3,607 citations.
Citations of Laura Carstensen's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
