Everett L Worthington Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Everett L Worthington's h-index is 110 (387 i10-index, 60,476+ total citations across 687+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Everett L Worthington is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University.
Everett L Worthington is a researcher affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in Forgiveness, Couple Therapy, Religion and Spirituality. Their work has been cited 60,476 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Everett L Worthington's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 687 indexed publications. Of these, 14 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 110
- i10-Index
- 387
- Total Citations
- 60,476
- Citing Countries
- 61
As of October 2026.
Everett L Worthington has an h-index of 110 and 60,476 total citations across 687 publications, with research cited by institutions in 61 countries.
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Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships: II. Theoretical elaboration and measurement.
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The researcher established a foundational theoretical framework and measurement approach for interpersonal forgiveness in close relationships, creating a seminal body of work that has been widely adopted by independent scholars.
The researcher developed and validated the Religious Commitment Inventory-10, a brief, reliable scale for assessing religious commitment in research and counseling contexts.
The researcher established a theoretical framework linking forgiveness to emotion-focused coping, proposing it reduces health risks and promotes resilience.
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About Everett L Worthington's research
Everett L Worthington is a researcher in Forgiveness, Couple Therapy and Religion and Spirituality at Virginia Commonwealth University. Their work has been cited 60,476 times across 687 publications (h-index 110), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships: II. Theoretical elaboration and measurement.” (1998), has accumulated 3,129 citations. Other influential works include “Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships.” (1997) with 2,885 citations and “Cultural humility: measuring openness to culturally diverse clients.” (2013) with 2,254 citations.
Citations of Everett L Worthington's research come primarily from United States, Indonesia and Turkey, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
