| Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes. JV Wood Psychological bulletin 106 (2), 231, 1989 | 3046 | 1989 |
| Attributions, beliefs about control, and adjustment to breast cancer. SE Taylor, RR Lichtman, JV Wood Journal of personality and social psychology 46 (3), 489, 1984 | 1830 | 1984 |
| What is social comparison and how should we study it? JV Wood Personality and social psychology bulletin 22 (5), 520-537, 1996 | 1017 | 1996 |
| Social comparison in adjustment to breast cancer. JV Wood, SE Taylor, RR Lichtman Journal of personality and social psychology 49 (5), 1169, 1985 | 1014 | 1985 |
| It could be worse: Selective evaluation as a response to victimization SE Taylor, JV Wood, RR Lichtman Journal of social issues 39 (2), 19-40, 1983 | 948 | 1983 |
| When social networking is not working: Individuals with low self-esteem recognize but do not reap the benefits of self-disclosure on Facebook AL Forest, JV Wood Psychological science 23 (3), 295-302, 2012 | 861 | 2012 |
| Does affect induce self-focused attention? JV Wood, JA Saltzberg, LA Goldsamt Journal of personality and social psychology 58 (5), 899, 1990 | 509 | 1990 |
| Self-esteem and the cognitive accessibility of strengths and weaknesses after failure. PG Dodgson, JV Wood Journal of personality and Social Psychology 75 (1), 178, 1998 | 502 | 1998 |
| Savoring versus dampening: self-esteem differences in regulating positive affect. JV Wood, SA Heimpel, JL Michela Journal of personality and social psychology 85 (3), 566, 2003 | 500 | 2003 |
| Serving self-relevant goals through social comparison. JV Wood, KL Taylor Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, 1991 | 456 | 1991 |
| Strategies of social comparison among people with low self-esteem: self-protection and self-enhancement. JV Wood, M Giordano-Beech, KL Taylor, JL Michela, V Gaus Journal of personality and social psychology 67 (4), 713, 1994 | 387 | 1994 |
| Self-focused attention, coping responses, and distressed mood in everyday life. JV Wood, JA Saltzberg, JM Neale, AA Stone, TB Rachmiel Journal of personality and social psychology 58 (6), 1027, 1990 | 378 | 1990 |
| Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others JV Wood, WQ Elaine Perunovic, JW Lee Psychological Science 20 (7), 860-866, 2009 | 364 | 2009 |
| Social support and marital adjustment after breast cancer RR Lichtman, SE Taylor, JV Wood Journal of psychosocial oncology 5 (3), 47-74, 1987 | 359 | 1987 |
| Do people with low self-esteem really want to feel better? Self-esteem differences in motivation to repair negative moods. SA Heimpel, JV Wood, MA Marshall, JD Brown Journal of personality and social psychology 82 (1), 128, 2002 | 318 | 2002 |
| Illness‐related and treatment‐related factors in psychological adjustment to breast cancer SE Taylor, RR Lichtman, JV Wood, AZ Bluming, GM Dosik, RL Leibowitz Cancer 55 (10), 2506-2513, 1985 | 286 | 1985 |
| Basic personality dispositions, self‐esteem, and personal goals: An approach‐avoidance analysis SA Heimpel, AJ Elliot, JV Wood Journal of personality 74 (5), 1293-1320, 2006 | 282 | 2006 |
| The cost of lower self-esteem: testing a self-and social-bonds model of health. DA Stinson, C Logel, MP Zanna, JG Holmes, JJ Cameron, JV Wood, ... Journal of personality and social psychology 94 (3), 412, 2008 | 257 | 2008 |
| Testing sociometer theory: Self-esteem and the importance of acceptance for social decision-making DB Anthony, JV Wood, JG Holmes Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 43 (3), 425-432, 2007 | 228 | 2007 |
| Social acceptance and self-esteem: tuning the sociometer to interpersonal value. DB Anthony, JG Holmes, JV Wood Journal of personality and social psychology 92 (6), 1024, 2007 | 225 | 2007 |
