Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2020, with free PDFs

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

  1. One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?
    Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · 2020 · 9,421 citations
  2. Online Learning: A Panacea in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis
    Shivangi Dhawan · 2020 · 5,103 citations
  3. Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19
    Stefan Gößling, Daniel J. Scott et al. · 2020 · 4,778 citations
  4. The Delphi Technique: Making Sense of Consensus
    Chia-Chien Hsu, Brian A. Sandford · 2020 · 4,267 citations
  5. Intercoder Reliability in Qualitative Research: Debates and Practical Guidelines
    Cliódhna O’Connor, Hélène Joffé · 2020 · 3,799 citations
  6. Thematic analysis of qualitative data: AMEE Guide No. 131
    Michelle E. Kiger, Lara Varpio · 2020 · 3,751 citations
  7. Purposive sampling: complex or simple? Research case examples
    Steve Campbell, Melanie D Greenwood et al. · 2020 · 3,716 citations
  8. Journal of Universal Computer Science
    Arto K. Salomaa, Cristian S. Calude et al. · 2020 · 3,394 citations
  9. The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
    Ricardo Vinuesa, Hossein Azizpour et al. · 2020 · 3,246 citations · Free PDF
  10. Can I use TA? Should I use TA? Should I not use TA? Comparing reflexive thematic analysis and other pattern‐based qualitative analytic approaches
    Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · 2020 · 3,122 citations
  11. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Chinese residents during the rapid rise period of the COVID-19 outbreak: a quick online cross-sectional survey
    Bao‐Liang Zhong, Wei Ping Luo et al. · 2020 · 3,105 citations
  12. A simple method to assess and report thematic saturation in qualitative research
    Greg Guest, Emily Namey et al. · 2020 · 2,889 citations
  13. An overview of content analysis
    Steve Stemler · 2020 · 2,825 citations
  14. Covid-19 pandemic and online learning: the challenges and opportunities
    Olasile Babatunde Adedoyın, Emrah Soykan · 2020 · 2,738 citations
  15. Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work
    Stephen D. Brown, Robert W. Lent · 2020 · 2,694 citations
  16. Setting the future of digital and social media marketing research: Perspectives and research propositions
    Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Elvira Ismagilova et al. · 2020 · 2,622 citations
  17. GPT-3: Its Nature, Scope, Limits, and Consequences
    Luciano Floridi, Massimo Chiriatti · 2020 · 2,385 citations · Free PDF
  18. Online teaching-learning in higher education during lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic
    Lokanath Mishra, Tushar Gupta et al. · 2020 · 2,368 citations
  19. Closure of Universities Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact on Education and Mental Health of Students and Academic Staff
    Pradeep Kumar Sahu · 2020 · 2,363 citations · Free PDF
  20. COVID ‐19 and online teaching in higher education: A case study of Peking University
    Bao Wei · 2020 · 2,265 citations
  21. Online University Teaching During and After the Covid-19 Crisis: Refocusing Teacher Presence and Learning Activity
    Chrysi Rapanta, Luca Botturi et al. · 2020 · 2,117 citations · Free PDF
  22. COVID-19 and Racial/Ethnic Disparities
    Monica Webb Hooper, Anna María Nápoles et al. · 2020 · 2,063 citations
  23. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective
    Aleksander Aristovnik, Damijana Keržič et al. · 2020 · 2,045 citations
  24. The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities
    Clare L Bambra, Ryan Riordan et al. · 2020 · 1,988 citations
  25. Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
    Haidong Wang, Kaja Abbas et al. · 2020 · 1,974 citations · Free PDF

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