| The origins of happiness: the science of well-being over the life course A Clark, S Flèche, R Layard, N Powdthavee, G Ward Princeton University Press, 2018 | 434 | 2018 |
| Employee wellbeing, productivity, and firm performance C Krekel, G Ward, JE De Neve Saïd Business School WP 4, 2019 | 296* | 2019 |
| Does employee happiness have an impact on productivity? CS Bellet, JE De Neve, G Ward Management science 70 (3), 1656-1679, 2024 | 213 | 2024 |
| The asymmetric experience of positive and negative economic growth: Global evidence using subjective well-being data JE De Neve, G Ward, F De Keulenaer, B Van Landeghem, G Kavetsos, ... Review of Economics and Statistics 100 (2), 362-375, 2018 | 183 | 2018 |
| Happiness at work JE De Neve, G Ward World Happiness Report, 144-177, 2017 | 172* | 2017 |
| Happiness and voting: Evidence from four decades of elections in Europe G Ward American Journal of Political Science 64 (3), 504-518, 2020 | 130* | 2020 |
| What makes for a good job? Evidence using subjective wellbeing data C Krekel, G Ward, JE De Neve The Economics of Happiness: How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed Our …, 2019 | 96* | 2019 |
| Can we be happier?: Evidence and ethics R Layard, G Ward Penguin UK, 2020 | 95* | 2020 |
| The Key Determinants of Happiness and Misery AE Clark, S Flèche, R Layard, N Powdthavee, G Ward CEP Discussion Paper 1485, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
| Work and well-being during COVID-19: impact, inequalities, resilience, and the future of work M Cotofan, JE De Neve, M Golin, M Kaats, G Ward World happiness report 2021, 153, 2021 | 71 | 2021 |
| (Un) happiness and voting in US presidential elections. G Ward, JE De Neve, LH Ungar, JC Eichstaedt Journal of personality and social psychology 120 (2), 370, 2021 | 55 | 2021 |
| Happiness and Voting Behaviour G Ward World Happiness Report 2019, 46-65, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| Workplace Happiness and Job Search Behavior: Evidence From A Field Experiment G Ward MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper 6607-22, 2022 | 10* | 2022 |
| Breaking up for the Kids’ Sake: Evidence from a British Birth Cohort AE CLARK, W LEKFUANGFU, N POWDTHAVEE, G WARD PSE Working Paper, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Work values shape the relationship between stress and (un) happiness G Ward, H Collins, MI Norton, AV Whillans Harvard Business School, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Workplace wellbeing and firm performance JE De Neve, M Kaats, G Ward Wellbeing Research Centre, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
| Measuring workplace wellbeing JE De Neve, G Ward Wellbeing Research Centre, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| World happiness report 2019 J Twenge | 2 | 2019 |
| Happiness at Work: Essays on subjective wellbeing in the workplace and labor market G Ward Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| The role of negative affect in shaping populist support: converging field evidence from across the globe G Ward, AH Schwartz, S Giorgi, J Menges, SC Matz American Psychological Association, 2024 | | 2024 |
