Most-cited Social Sciences papers of 2025, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Social Sciences research papers published in 2025, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
Michael Gerlich · 2025 · 1,060 citations · Free PDF - Using thematic analysis in qualitative research
Sirwan Khalid Ahmed, Ribwar Arsalan Mohammed et al. · 2025 · 705 citations - Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative
Jeremy Waldron · 2025 · 630 citations - Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Mohsen Naghavi, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu et al. · 2025 · 540 citations · Free PDF - EM-DAT: the Emergency Events Database
Damien Delforge, Valentin Wathelet et al. · 2025 · 372 citations · Free PDF - Bias recognition and mitigation strategies in artificial intelligence healthcare applications
Fereshteh Hasanzadeh, Colin B. Josephson et al. · 2025 · 302 citations - AI Ethics: Integrating Transparency, Fairness, and Privacy in AI Development
Petar Radanliev · 2025 · 299 citations - AI governance: a systematic literature review
Amna Batool, Didar Zowghi et al. · 2025 · 287 citations · Free PDF - Generative AI and Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Kyle Bittle, Omar El-Gayar · 2025 · 267 citations · Free PDF - On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4
Francesco Salvi, Manoel Horta Ribeiro et al. · 2025 · 260 citations · Free PDF - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt · 2025 · 232 citations - Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Ch Devi Palaka, S.V.V.D.M.B. Prasad · 2025 · 208 citations - The transparency dilemma: How AI disclosure erodes trust
Oliver S. Schilke, Martin Reimann · 2025 · 197 citations - Governance of Generative AI
Araz Taeihagh · 2025 · 189 citations - Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Austin E Schumacher, Peng Zheng et al. · 2025 · 186 citations · Free PDF - The impact of generative AI on academic integrity of authentic assessments within a higher education context
Alexander Kofinas, Crystal Han‐Huei Tsay et al. · 2025 · 182 citations - Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
Daniella Medeiros Cavalcanti, Lucas de Oliveira Ferreira de Sales et al. · 2025 · 178 citations - Digital Transformation and Social Inclusion in Public Services: A Qualitative Analysis of E-Government Adoption for Marginalized Communities in Sustainable Governance
Gatot Hery Djatmika, Obsatar Sinaga et al. · 2025 · 176 citations - Treasure Hunting for Brands: Metaverse Marketing Gamification Effects on Purchase Intention, WOM, and Loyalty
Ahmad Samed Al‐Adwan, Husam Yaseen et al. · 2025 · 163 citations - How Delphi studies in the health sciences find consensus: a scoping review
Julia Schifano, Marlen Niederberger · 2025 · 162 citations · Free PDF - Engagement, user satisfaction, and the amplification of divisive content on social media
Smitha Milli, Micah Carroll et al. · 2025 · 161 citations · Free PDF - Hallucination‐Free? Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools
Varun Magesh, Faiz Surani et al. · 2025 · 159 citations · Free PDF - Students’ engagement with ChatGPT feedback: implications for student feedback literacy in the context of generative artificial intelligence
Ying Zhan, Zi Yan · 2025 · 152 citations - The anti-DEI agenda: navigating the impact of Trump’s second term on diversity, equity and inclusion
Eddy S. Ng, Terrance William Fitzsimmons et al. · 2025 · 150 citations - Understanding Human-Centred AI: a review of its defining elements and a research agenda
Stefan Schmager, Ilias O. Pappas et al. · 2025 · 149 citations
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