# Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2024, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Social Sciences research papers published in 2024, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Two new Later Stone Age sites from the Final Pleistocene in the Falémé Valley, eastern Senegal](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392145873) · 23,915 citations · Free PDF
2. [Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4393858312) · 2,841 citations · Free PDF
3. [Strategi Belajar Mengajar](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4402690901) · 2,758 citations
4. [The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4390793092) · 1,255 citations · Free PDF
5. [Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392663706) · 1,039 citations · Free PDF
6. [Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4396946178) · 1,030 citations · Free PDF
7. [What Is Qualitative Research? An Overview and Guidelines](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4401036688) · 959 citations
8. [The Government's Role in DMO-based Urban Tourism in Kayutangan area of Malang city](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4400588278) · 958 citations · Free PDF
9. [Supporting best practice in reflexive thematic analysis reporting in Palliative Medicine : A review of published research and introduction to the Reflexive Thematic Analysis Reporting Guidelines (RTARG)](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392705437) · 894 citations
10. [Economic growth and income inequality](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4400232689) · 883 citations
11. [Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W1767339332) · 855 citations
12. [Bias and Fairness in Large Language Models: A Survey](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399528455) · 674 citations · Free PDF
13. [ACCORD (ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document): A reporting guideline for consensus methods in biomedicine developed via a modified Delphi](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4391135337) · 672 citations · Free PDF
14. [Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4396571207) · 636 citations · Free PDF
15. [Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4394019396) · 621 citations · Free PDF
16. [Saturation in qualitative research: An evolutionary concept analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4390604507) · 542 citations
17. [Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4390954240) · 535 citations · Free PDF
18. [Trust in AI: progress, challenges, and future directions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4404470920) · 496 citations · Free PDF
19. [Comparing the quality of human and ChatGPT feedback of students’ writing](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392639864) · 490 citations
20. [Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of Measurement Instruments: A Practical Guideline for Novice Researchers](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399245583) · 457 citations · Free PDF
21. [Status of Instructional Leadership Practices in Botswana's Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Case of Brigades](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4393317860) · 454 citations · Free PDF
22. [Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4403921190) · 432 citations
23. [ChatGPT is bullshit](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399465031) · 430 citations · Free PDF
24. [Transparency and accountability in AI systems: safeguarding wellbeing in the age of algorithmic decision-making](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4400303336) · 429 citations · Free PDF
25. [Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4402555024) · 417 citations

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