Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2018, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Social Sciences research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- The spread of true and false news online
Soroush Vosoughi, Deb Roy et al. · 2018 · 8,779 citations - Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Gregory A. Roth, Degu Abate et al. · 2018 · 8,516 citations · Free PDF - AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations
Luciano Floridi, Josh Cowls et al. · 2018 · 4,619 citations · Free PDF - Making Neighborhood-Disadvantage Metrics Accessible — The Neighborhood Atlas
Amy Kind, William R. Buckingham · 2018 · 3,294 citations - The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Shanto Iyengar, Yphtach Lelkes et al. · 2018 · 3,292 citations - Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies: systematic analysis of qualitative health research over a 15-year period
Konstantina Vasileiou, Julie C. Barnett et al. · 2018 · 3,101 citations · Free PDF - Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories
Kyle J Foreman, Neal Marquez et al. · 2018 · 3,002 citations · Free PDF - Influencer Marketing: How Message Value and Credibility Affect Consumer Trust of Branded Content on Social Media
Chen Lou, Shupei Yuan · 2018 · 2,766 citations - The use of focus group discussion methodology: Insights from two decades of application in conservation
Tobias Ochieng Nyumba, Kerrie A. Wilson et al. · 2018 · 2,610 citations · Free PDF - The development of student feedback literacy: enabling uptake of feedback
David Robert Carless, David J. Boud · 2018 · 2,371 citations - COSMIN methodology for evaluating the content validity of patient-reported outcome measures: a Delphi study
Caroline Barbara Terwee, C. A. C. Prinsen et al. · 2018 · 2,304 citations · Free PDF - Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report.
Heidi M. Levitt, Michael Bamberg et al. · 2018 · 2,257 citations - Good Gig, Bad Gig: Autonomy and Algorithmic Control in the Global Gig Economy
Alex J. Wood, Mark J Graham et al. · 2018 · 2,169 citations - Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization
Christopher A. Bail, Lisa P. Argyle et al. · 2018 · 1,889 citations - Global Evidence on Economic Preferences*
Armin Falk, Anke Becker et al. · 2018 · 1,708 citations - Social Security Bulletin
2018 · 1,696 citations - Flexible Coding of In-depth Interviews: A Twenty-first-century Approach
Nicole M. Deterding, Mary C. Waters · 2018 · 1,612 citations - Data Colonialism: Rethinking Big Data’s Relation to the Contemporary Subject
Nick Couldry, Ulises Ali Mejias · 2018 · 1,578 citations · Free PDF - Women and men in the informal economy: a statistical picture
Florence Bonnet · 2018 · 1,576 citations - The disinformation order: Disruptive communication and the decline of democratic institutions
W. Lance Bennett, Steven G. Livingston · 2018 · 1,561 citations - The State of US Health, 1990-2016
The US Burden of Disease Collaborators, Ali H. Mokdad et al. · 2018 · 1,516 citations · Free PDF - What's In A Name? Malay Seals As Onomastic Sources
Annabel Teh Gallop · 2018 · 1,496 citations - Associations between loneliness and perceived social support and outcomes of mental health problems: a systematic review
Jingyi Wang, Farhana Mann et al. · 2018 · 1,491 citations - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND RELATED SUBJECTS
Haradhan Kumar Mohajan · 2018 · 1,476 citations - Engagement Matters: Student Perceptions on the Importance of Engagement Strategies in the Online Learning Environment
Florence Martin, Doris U. Bolliger · 2018 · 1,433 citations
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