Zoe was developed by analyzing thousands of clinical, psychological and sociological journal research articles from some of the leading relationship researchers, including:

Paul R. Amato
Steven R. H. Beach
Jay Belsky
Bernard L. Bloom
Alan Booth
Thomas N. Bradbury
Michael D. Bramlett
Larry L. Bumpass
David M. Buss
Andrew J. Cherlin
Carmel U. Chiswick
Rand D. Conger
James J. Conley
John N. Edwards
Frank D. Fincham
Blaine J. Fowers
John M. Gottman
Ted L. Huston
Bruce Keith
E. Lovell Kelly
Lawrence A. Kurdek
Michael E. Lamb
Jeffry H. Larson
Evelyn L. Lehrer
Howard J. Markman
Teresa Castro Martin
William D. Mosher
Sandra L. Murray
Maggie Scarf
Jeffry A. Simpson
Scott M. Stanley
Deborah Tannen
Anita L. Vangelisti
Linda J. Waite
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
. . . and many others.