| The open-field test: a critical review. RN Walsh, RA Cummins Psychological bulletin 83 (3), 482, 1976 | 2363 | 1976 |
| The domains of life satisfaction: An attempt to order chaos RA Cummins Citation classics from social indicators research, 559-584, 2005 | 1350 | 2005 |
| Developing a national index of subjective wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index RA Cummins, R Eckersley, J Pallant, J Van Vugt, RA Misajon Social indicators research 64 (2), 159-190, 2003 | 1143 | 2003 |
| Objective and subjective quality of life: An interactive model RA Cummins Social indicators research 52 (1), 55-72, 2000 | 996 | 2000 |
| Conceptualization, measurement, and application of quality of life for persons with intellectual disabilities: Report of an international panel of experts RL Schalock, I Brown, R Brown, RA Cummins, D Felce, L Matikka, ... Mental retardation 40 (6), 457-470, 2002 | 895 | 2002 |
| Quality of life indexes for national policy: Review and agenda for research MR Hagerty, R Cummins, AL Ferriss, K Land, AC Michalos, M Peterson, ... Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique …, 2001 | 894 | 2001 |
| Moving from the quality of life concept to a theory RA Cummins Journal of Intellectual disability research 49 (10), 699-706, 2005 | 716 | 2005 |
| Maintaining life satisfaction: The role of positive cognitive bias RA Cummins, H Nistico Journal of Happiness studies 3 (1), 37-69, 2002 | 695 | 2002 |
| Personal income and subjective well-being: A review RA Cummins Journal of happiness studies 1 (2), 133-158, 2000 | 619 | 2000 |
| Comprehensive quality of life scale: Adult (ComQol-A5): Manual RA Cummins Centre for Australia-Asia Studies, Deaking University, 1997 | 606* | 1997 |
| The second approximation to an international standard for life satisfaction RA Cummins Social indicators research 43 (3), 307-334, 1998 | 587 | 1998 |
| Normative life satisfaction: Measurement issues and a homeostatic model RA Cummins Social indicators research 64 (2), 225-256, 2003 | 564 | 2003 |
| Assessing quality of life RA Cummins Quality of life for people with disabilities: Models, research and practice, 1997 | 563 | 1997 |
| Why we should not use 5-point Likert scales: The case for subjective quality of life measurement RA Cummins, E Gullone Proceedings, second international conference on quality of life in cities 74, 93, 2000 | 526 | 2000 |
| Need for belonging, relationship satisfaction, loneliness, and life satisfaction D Mellor, M Stokes, L Firth, Y Hayashi, R Cummins Personality and individual differences 45 (3), 213-218, 2008 | 496 | 2008 |
| Subjective wellbeing, homeostatically protected mood and depression: A synthesis RA Cummins Journal of happiness studies 11 (1), 1-17, 2010 | 464 | 2010 |
| On the trail of the gold standard for subjective well-being RA Cummins Citation Classics from Social Indicators Research, 537-558, 2005 | 441 | 2005 |
| An investigation into the cross-cultural equivalence of the Personal Wellbeing Index ALD Lau, RA Cummins, W Mcpherson Social Indicators Research 72 (3), 403-430, 2005 | 422 | 2005 |
| Community integration or community exposure? A review and discussion in relation to people with an intellectual disability RA Cummins, ALD Lau Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities 16 (2), 145-157, 2003 | 403 | 2003 |
| Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct MT Davern, RA Cummins, MA Stokes Journal of Happiness Studies 8 (4), 429-449, 2007 | 305 | 2007 |
