# Most-cited Arts and Humanities papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Arts and Humanities research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3103171760) · 5,595 citations
2. [The postmodern condition: a report on knowledge](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3014128412) · 921 citations
3. [A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W120384207) · 724 citations
4. [Risking Ourselves in Education: Qualification, Socialization, and Subjectification Revisited](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3036659752) · 608 citations
5. [Acknowledging the use of human cadaveric tissues in research papers: Recommendations from anatomical journal editors](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3050812843) · 570 citations
6. [Homeostasis: The Underappreciated and Far Too Often Ignored Central Organizing Principle of Physiology](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3012033770) · 454 citations · Free PDF
7. [Disadvantages in preparing and publishing scientific papers caused by the dominance of the English language in science: The case of Colombian researchers in biological sciences](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3086997468) · 397 citations · Free PDF
8. [Factors affecting the attitudes of students towards learning English as a foreign language](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3023980648) · 387 citations
9. [The role of growth mindset, self-efficacy and intrinsic value in self-regulated learning and English language learning achievements](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3037626064) · 380 citations
10. [History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3009568559) · 377 citations
11. [Gustav Adolf Michaelis (1798–1848)](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2999608033) · 373 citations
12. [The limitations to our understanding of peer review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3021454583) · 363 citations
13. [The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and Academic Achievement: An Overview of the Prevailing Literature and a Meta-analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3088378006) · 336 citations
14. [Exploring Emotions in Language Teaching](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3037061748) · 332 citations
15. [The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W1605850442) · 307 citations
16. [Model Evaluation: An Adequacy-for-Purpose View](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3007296464) · 304 citations · Free PDF
17. [Global Englishes and language teaching: A review of pedagogical research](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3104237830) · 304 citations
18. [The impact of Google Assistant on adolescent EFL learners’ willingness to communicate](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3100449273) · 299 citations
19. [The role of grit and classroom enjoyment in EFL learners’ willingness to communicate](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3013020948) · 298 citations
20. [What is digital literacy? A comparative review of publications across three language contexts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3046818418) · 292 citations
21. [Emotions in Second Language Acquisition: a critical review and research agenda](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3166051333) · 281 citations
22. [Impact of automated writing evaluation on teacher feedback, student revision, and writing improvement](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3013848609) · 275 citations
23. [The Epistemic and the Zetetic](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3110865672) · 274 citations
24. [Task-based language teaching theory and practice](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2979538858) · 271 citations
25. [The Universal Right to Breathe](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3113856539) · 269 citations

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