Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2017, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Social Sciences research papers published in 2017, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Thematic Analysis
   Lorelli S. Nowell, Jill M. Norris et al. · 2017 · 13,810 citations
2. Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization
   Benjamin Saunders, Julius Sim et al. · 2017 · 11,927 citations · Free PDF
3. Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods
   Robert K. Yin · 2017 · 9,667 citations
4. Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
   Hunt Allcott, Matthew Aaron Gentzkow · 2017 · 6,738 citations
5. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
   Mohsen Naghavi, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir et al. · 2017 · 4,837 citations
6. Fake News Detection on Social Media
   Kai Shu, Amy L. Sliva et al. · 2017 · 3,279 citations
7. EU 7 FP project Governing urban divercity: Creating social cohesion, social mobility and economic performance in today’s hyper-diversified cities (DIVERCITIES) – The case of Warsaw
   Korcelli-Olejniczak, Ewa · 2017 · 3,241 citations
8. Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part 4: Trustworthiness and publishing
   Irene Korstjens, Albine Moser · 2017 · 3,184 citations
9. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
   Tony Doyle · 2017 · 3,114 citations
10. Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology
    Brett M. Smith, Kerry R. McGannon · 2017 · 3,058 citations
11. Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases
    Aylin Caliskan, Joanna J. Bryson et al. · 2017 · 2,913 citations · Free PDF
12. Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language
    Li Wei · 2017 · 2,772 citations
13. BELAJAR DAN PEMBELAJARAN
    Aprida Pane, Muhammad Darwis Dasopang · 2017 · 2,730 citations
14. Marketing through Instagram influencers: the impact of number of followers and product divergence on brand attitude
    Marijke De Veirman, Veroline Cauberghe et al. · 2017 · 2,522 citations · Free PDF
15. Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part 3: Sampling, data collection and analysis
    Albine Moser, Irene Korstjens · 2017 · 2,488 citations
16. Employing a Qualitative Description Approach in Health Care Research
    Carmel Bradshaw, Sandra Atkinson et al. · 2017 · 2,363 citations
17. A hands-on guide to doing content analysis
    Christen Lee Erlingsson, Petra Brysiewicz · 2017 · 2,362 citations
18. Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review
    Chloë FitzGerald, Samia Hurst · 2017 · 2,361 citations · Free PDF
19. Promoting Positive Youth Development Through School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Effects
    Rebecca D. Taylor, Eva Oberle et al. · 2017 · 2,318 citations
20. Snowball Sampling: A Purposeful Method of Sampling in Qualitative Research
    Mahin Naderifar, Hamideh Goli et al. · 2017 · 2,277 citations
21. The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it)
    Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose · 2017 · 2,194 citations · Free PDF
22. Guidance on Conducting and REporting DElphi Studies (CREDES) in palliative care: Recommendations based on a methodological systematic review
    Saskia Jünger, Sheila Alison Payne et al. · 2017 · 2,177 citations · Free PDF
23. Defining “Fake News”
    Edson C. Tandoc, Zheng Wei Lim et al. · 2017 · 2,174 citations
24. Fair Prediction with Disparate Impact: A Study of Bias in Recidivism Prediction Instruments
    Alexandra Chouldechova · 2017 · 2,160 citations · Free PDF
25. European Union Regulations on Algorithmic Decision Making and a “Right to Explanation”
    Bryce Goodman, Seth Flaxman · 2017 · 2,151 citations · Free PDF

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