--- title: "Journal of Happiness Studies: impact and top papers" description: "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." url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "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. (as of 2026-11-03)" data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00 window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03 source: OpenAlex (CC0) --- # Journal of Happiness Studies - 1 paper in the last 7 days - category: Economics - publisher: Springer Science+Business Media - ISSN 1389-4978 - Journal website: https://www.springer.com/journal/10902 - ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1389-4978 - OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S202734349 Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md Rankings of Economics: [Economics dashboard](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) · [Economics journal rankings by citations](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/economics.md) · [Top economics institutions, 2023–2025](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/economics.md) · [Top funders of economics research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/economics.md) · [Companies in economics research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies/economics.md) · [Open access in economics journals](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics.md) · [Top Economics conferences](https://scholar4ai.com/proceedings/categories/economics.md) ## 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 *Citation metrics (OpenAlex)* | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/economics.md) | *Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)* | 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 | 2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly. Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://www.springer.com/journal/10902 ## The last 36 months *Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months | |---:|---:|---:|---:| | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | *Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | # | 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 | *Papers, newest first.* | Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-28 | [The Relationship Between Partner Phubbing and Relationship Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01118-z) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Dongkui Li, CongYuan Liao, Yi Hou et al. | Southwest University | | 2026-10-24 | [How Do the Frequency of Sexual Intercourse and the Division of Housework Relate to Happiness?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01111-6) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Aguru Ishibashi | The Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Research Organization of Information and Systems | | 2026-10-23 | [Perceived Income Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Robust Evidence from Rural Vietnam Using an Instrumental Variable Approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01128-x) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Binh Thanh La, Steven Lim, Michael P. Cameron et al. | University of Waikato | | 2026-10-20 | [Social support processes link gratitude and well-being across cultures and over time](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01126-z) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Carley Vornlocher, Alexandra S. Wormley | Arizona State University; University of Michigan | | 2026-10-17 | [Not Flourishing](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01121-4) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Alex Bryson, David G. Blanchflower | University College London; Dartmouth College | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). Journal of Happiness Studies. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. 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