Journal of Happiness Studies
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Key findings#
- Journal of Happiness Studies has a 2-year mean citedness of 3.95 and an h-index of 169 in OpenAlex, #36 of 124 tracked economics journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 163 papers, and its papers received 13,402 citations.
- Journal of Happiness Studies published 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #211 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: Southwest University (1), Research Organization of Information and Systems (1) and The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (1).
- Countries: United States (2), China (1) and Japan (1).
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Journal of Happiness Studies published 5 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “subjective well-being” (2), “European Social Survey” (1) and “Global Flourishing Study” (1).
Citation metrics# Economics journals →
20162025
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.95 |
| h-index | 169 |
| i10-index | 1,592 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 2,281 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 140,853 |
| Rank among tracked economics journals | #36 of 124 |
| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 131 | 10,181 |
| 2025 | 163 | 13,402 |
| 2024 | 126 | 13,313 |
| 2023 | 96 | 14,519 |
| 2022 | 125 | 13,555 |
| 2021 | 148 | 13,008 |
| 2020 | 121 | 10,904 |
| 2019 | 140 | 8,716 |
| 2018 | 115 | 6,997 |
| 2017 | 116 | 5,762 |
| 2016 | 125 | 5,405 |
The last 36 months#
Nov 23Oct 26
| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | subjective well-being | 2 |
| 2 | European Social Survey | 1 |
| 3 | Global Flourishing Study | 1 |
| 4 | age profiles | 1 |
| 5 | collectivism | 1 |
| 6 | community | 1 |
| 7 | computer-assisted telephone interviewing | 1 |
| 8 | couple relationships | 1 |
| 9 | cross-cultural comparison | 1 |
| 10 | cultural norms | 1 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Journal of Happiness Studies. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies
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