Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2021, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Social Sciences research papers published in 2021, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- Sample sizes for saturation in qualitative research: A systematic review of empirical tests
Monique M. Hennink, Bonnie N. Kaiser · 2021 · 6,148 citations - A Survey on Bias and Fairness in Machine Learning
Ninareh Mehrabi, Fred Morstatter et al. · 2021 · 5,469 citations · Free PDF - Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis.
Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · 2021 · 4,398 citations - A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
John W. Creswell · 2021 · 4,043 citations - One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Herbert Marcuse · 2021 · 3,933 citations - A worked example of Braun and Clarke’s approach to reflexive thematic analysis
David Byrne · 2021 · 3,532 citations · Free PDF - The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill
Tim Ingold · 2021 · 3,247 citations - A Literature Review on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching and Learning
Sumitra Pokhrel, Roshan Chhetri · 2021 · 2,404 citations - Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis: Elements of the Sociology of Corporate Life
Gibson Burrell, Gareth Morgan · 2021 · 2,220 citations - Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA): Guidelines for research practice in Information Systems and marketing
Ilias O. Pappas, Arch George Woodside · 2021 · 2,213 citations - Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey
Caroline Hickman, Elizabeth M. Marks et al. · 2021 · 2,160 citations - COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates
Malik Sallam · 2021 · 2,146 citations · Free PDF - The echo chamber effect on social media
Matteo Cinelli, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales et al. · 2021 · 2,065 citations · Free PDF - A global database of COVID-19 vaccinations
Edouard Mathieu, Hannah Ritchie et al. · 2021 · 1,998 citations · Free PDF - Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities
Carlos Moreno, Zaheer Allam et al. · 2021 · 1,947 citations · Free PDF - Delphi methodology in healthcare research: How to decide its appropriateness
Prashant Nasa, Ravi Jain et al. · 2021 · 1,792 citations - Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic
Per Engzell, Arun Frey et al. · 2021 · 1,560 citations · Free PDF - Ethics of AI in Education: Towards a Community-Wide Framework
W. Holmes, Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta et al. · 2021 · 1,389 citations · Free PDF - Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom
Jamie Murphy, Frédérique Vallières et al. · 2021 · 1,299 citations · Free PDF - The Psychology of Fake News
Gordon Pennycook, David Gertler Rand · 2021 · 1,277 citations - Social media influencer marketing: A systematic review, integrative framework and future research agenda
Demetris Vrontis, Anna Makrides et al. · 2021 · 1,178 citations - COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries
Julio S. Solís Arce, Shana S. Warren et al. · 2021 · 1,116 citations · Free PDF - A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework
Hein de Haas · 2021 · 1,108 citations · Free PDF - Social Media Use for Health Purposes: Systematic Review
Junhan Chen, Yuan Wang · 2021 · 1,061 citations - Students’ perception and preference for online education in India during COVID -19 pandemic
Muthuprasad Thiyaharajan, Aiswarya S M et al. · 2021 · 1,053 citations
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