Most-cited Psychology papers of 2020, with free PDFs

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

1. Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China
   Cuiyan Wang, Riyu Pan et al. · 2020 · 9,977 citations · Free PDF
2. Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019
   Jianbo Lai, Simeng Ma et al. · 2020 · 8,055 citations
3. Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic
   Betty J. Pfefferbaum, Carol S. North · 2020 · 4,406 citations
4. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation
   Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, Chung‐Ying Lin et al. · 2020 · 4,368 citations · Free PDF
5. A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID‐19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
   Jianyin Qiu, Bin Shen et al. · 2020 · 4,326 citations
6. Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis
   Nader Salari, Amin Hosseinian Far et al. · 2020 · 3,581 citations · Free PDF
7. The outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on global mental health
   Julio César Torales, Marcelo Gerardo O’Higgins et al. · 2020 · 3,017 citations
8. Effects of COVID-19 on College Students’ Mental Health in the United States: Interview Survey Study
   Changwon Son, Sudeep Hegde et al. · 2020 · 2,827 citations
9. Human Trust in Artificial Intelligence: Review of Empirical Research
   Ella Glikson, Anita Williams Woolley · 2020 · 2,817 citations
10. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 24–30, 2020
    Mark É. Czeisler, Rashon I. Lane et al. · 2020 · 2,702 citations · Free PDF
11. Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak
    Junling Gao, Pinpin Zheng et al. · 2020 · 2,697 citations · Free PDF
12. Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic
    Jonathan P. Rogers, Edward Chesney et al. · 2020 · 2,416 citations
13. Risk and resilience in family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Heather Prime, Mark Wade et al. · 2020 · 2,219 citations
14. Prevalence of Depression Symptoms in US Adults Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Catherine K. Ettman, Salma M. Abdalla et al. · 2020 · 2,154 citations
15. Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic
    Neil L. Greenberg, Mary Jane Docherty et al. · 2020 · 2,138 citations
16. The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing
    Sandro Galea, Raina M. Merchant et al. · 2020 · 2,101 citations
17. Public responses to the novel 2019 coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) in Japan: Mental health consequences and target populations
    Jun Shigemura, Robert J. Ursano et al. · 2020 · 1,963 citations
18. Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Tait D. Shanafelt, Jonathan Ripp et al. · 2020 · 1,962 citations
19. A Nationwide Survey of Psychological Distress among Italian People during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors
    Cristina Mazza, Eleonora Ricci et al. · 2020 · 1,915 citations · Free PDF
20. The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users
    Sijia Li, Yilin Wang et al. · 2020 · 1,843 citations · Free PDF
21. Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality
    Jörg Michael Fegert, Benedetto Vitiello et al. · 2020 · 1,820 citations · Free PDF
22. Deep Facial Expression Recognition: A Survey
    Shan Li, Weihong Deng · 2020 · 1,776 citations · Free PDF
23. Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Beyond Paranoia and Panic
    Cyrus S. H. Ho, Cornelia Yi Chee et al. · 2020 · 1,708 citations · Free PDF
24. Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems of Medical Health Workers during the COVID-19 Epidemic in China
    Wen-rui Zhang, Kun Wang et al. · 2020 · 1,691 citations
25. Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety
    Sherman Aclaracion Lee · 2020 · 1,661 citations

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