# Most-cited Psychology papers of 2019, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Psychology research papers published in 2019, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2913144876) · 2,274 citations · Free PDF
2. [How phenomenology can help us learn from the experiences of others](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2932631983) · 2,088 citations
3. [The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2953836153) · 2,081 citations
4. [Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2983201012) · 1,772 citations · Free PDF
5. [Bridge Centrality: A Network Approach to Understanding Comorbidity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2801359717) · 1,758 citations
6. [Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression: individual participant data meta-analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2937440490) · 1,717 citations · Free PDF
7. [New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2950709739) · 1,684 citations
8. [The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2921199185) · 1,590 citations · Free PDF
9. [A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2964722401) · 1,519 citations · Free PDF
10. [Age, period, and cohort trends in mood disorder indicators and suicide-related outcomes in a nationally representative dataset, 2005–2017.](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2921393753) · 1,472 citations
11. [The Gamification of Learning: a Meta-analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2968628489) · 1,463 citations · Free PDF
12. [Changes in the global burden of depression from 1990 to 2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease study](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2967946137) · 1,447 citations
13. [Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2019 Annual Meeting](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4237513721) · 1,434 citations
14. [What do centrality measures measure in psychological networks?](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2963120510) · 1,363 citations
15. [The impact of stress on students in secondary school and higher education](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2936355586) · 1,343 citations
16. [Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2945081425) · 1,263 citations
17. [Mindsets: A View From Two Eras](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2912646984) · 1,233 citations
18. [REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2949457836) · 1,206 citations
19. [Depression in sleep disturbance: A review on a bidirectional relationship, mechanisms and treatment](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2911856336) · 1,148 citations
20. [Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2960372990) · 1,114 citations · Free PDF
21. [Agreement Between Prospective and Retrospective Measures of Childhood Maltreatment](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2923015624) · 1,086 citations
22. [The Relationship Between Burnout, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2921990961) · 1,083 citations · Free PDF
23. [Qualitative thematic analysis based on descriptive phenomenology](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2940411187) · 1,079 citations
24. [Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2913350866) · 1,045 citations
25. [Chatbots and Conversational Agents in Mental Health: A Review of the Psychiatric Landscape](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2922711788) · 1,025 citations

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