American Psychologist

Papers
(The median citation count of American Psychologist is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
E. Mavis Hetherington (1926–2023).443
(Un)ethical consequences: How psychology’s cold war defense of military personnel led to enhanced interrogation techniques in the war on terror.237
International Humanitarian Award: Garth Neufeld.139
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.139
An Ocean of Data by Gonzalo Bacigalupe136
Eileen Gavin (1931–2024).84
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Shinobu Kitayama.75
Norman B. Anderson (1955–2024).71
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice: Gayle Y. Iwamasa.71
Supplemental Material for Intergroup Contact Is Reliably Associated With Reduced Prejudice, Even in the Face of Group Threat and Discrimination70
Supplemental Material for Step-by-Step to More Creativity: The Number of Steps in Everyday Life Is Related to Creative Ideation Performance69
Supplemental Material for Fears About Artificial Intelligence Across 20 Countries and Six Domains of Application68
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Richard E. Petty.61
Conscious and unconscious processing of ensemble statistics oppositely modulate perceptual decision-making.60
Truth and reconciliation for whom? Transitional justice for Indigenous peoples in American psychology.56
Applying rigorous standards is not a ban or censorship: A reply to León (2025) and Connor and Fuerst (2025).53
Climate change and health equity: A research agenda for psychological science.50
Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.49
Mental health and environmental factors in adults: A population-based network analysis.48
Translating neurophysiological biomarkers into clinical tools: A psychometric blueprint illustrated with the error-related negativity.48
Atypical child–parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children’s psychopathological symptoms.46
It’s time to replace the personality disorders with the interpersonal disorders.44
Increased functional connectivity between the midbrain and frontal cortex following bright light therapy in subthreshold depression: A randomized clinical trial.44
Martin Y. Iguchi (1955–2021).42
Supplemental Material for Resilience of Racial and Ethnic Minority Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of a Prior Disability Prevention Intervention41
Supplemental Material for Dynamic Fit Index Cutoffs for Categorical Factor Analysis With Likert-Type, Ordinal, or Binary Responses40
Dianne L. Chambless (1948–2023).40
Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction.37
Field social psychology.36
James R. Flynn (1934–2020).36
No client left behind: A meta-analysis of premature termination from psychotherapy in U.S. service members and veterans.36
From “behind the bridge” to the presidency of the American Psychological Association: Lessons learned on an unplanned journey.36
Jerry (Jerald) Rudmann (1944–2024).34
Lee D. Ross (1942–2021).32
Stanley R. Graham (1926–2023).32
Report of the American Psychological Association’s Board of Scientific Affairs Task Force on Promotion, Tenure, and Retention of Faculty of Color in Psychology.32
Epistemological oppression and racism—Failure to see the forest from the trees: Reply to Mckay and Koppelman-White (2025) and Strambler (2025).31
Supplemental Material for Shifting the Gaze From Racism to Healing From Racism: A Systematic Review of Selected Psychology Journals From 1992 to 202230
Anthony J. Marsella (1940–2024).29
The American Psychological Association and antisemitism: Toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.28
Amplifying Black excellence in industrial–organizational psychology.28
Relational and situated agency in communal women in Peru.26
John H. Flavell (1928–2025).26
Interpersonal and personality disorders: Commentary on Wright et al. (2022).24
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Amie Michelle Gordon.24
Social support and psychological adjustment: A quantitative synthesis of 60 meta-analyses.24
Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers24
Assessing the safety and efficacy of prescribing psychologists in New Mexico and Louisiana.24
Supplemental Material for The Associations and Mediators Between Visual Disabilities and Anxiety Disorders in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Population-Based Study23
Scholarship, not politics: Reply to Eidelson (2025).23
All Hands In by Yolanda Peña Mazzoni23
Supplemental Material for Integrating Systems of Power and Privilege in the Study of Resilience23
Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.23
Gary B. Melton (1952–2020).22
Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology: Stephen L. Chew.22
Carol McDonald Connor (1953–2020).22
Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.22
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Jennifer C. Wolff.22
Michael E. Connor (1942–2023).21
Supplemental Material for How Elections Shape Perceptions of Ideal Leadership21
Process-focused psychotherapy training is evidence-based psychotherapy training: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024).21
Supplemental Material for Reflections From the Wading Pool: Detoxifying Racist Psychological Waters While Submerged in Their Waves21
Alfred B. Heilbrun, Jr. (1924–2022).21
Cotton Candy Sunset by Randy Bott20
Inconvenience and generalization in building a better psychology: Commentary on Sherman (2025).19
A randomized wait-list controlled trial of Men in Mind: Enhancing mental health practitioners’ self-rated clinical competencies to work with men.19
Supplemental Material for Cultural Tightness Reduces Humor Production: Evidence From Multiple Countries19
Mental health care equity and access: A group therapy solution.19
Supplemental Material for Responses to Political Partisans Are Shaped by a COVID-19-Sensitive Disease Avoidance Psychology: A Longitudinal Investigation of Functional Flexibility19
Tales from the trenches: The barriers to and facilitators of decolonizing doctoral research in psychology departments of Aotearoa.18
Language brokering and immigrant-origin youth’s well-being: A meta-analytic review.18
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Vonnie C. McLoyd.17
A network analysis of high school and college students’ COVID-19-related concerns, self-regulatory skills, and affect.17
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.17
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Cynthia J. Najdowski.17
Supplemental Material for Psychological Predictors of Socioeconomic Resilience Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Machine Learning16
Supplemental Material for How Subjective Idea Valuation Energizes and Guides Creative Idea Generation16
AA1133 (Rothko) by Alan D. Entin16
APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology: Shawntell Nicole Pace.16
Supplemental Material for Citation Accuracy in American Psychological Association Amicus Curiae Briefs16
Robin J. Hailstorks (1954–2023).16
Supplemental Material for Exponential Authorship Inflation in Neuroscience and Psychology From the 1950s to the 2020s16
A refreshing and necessary start: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024).16
Summary report of journal operations, 2023.15
A stigma-conscious framework for resilience and posttraumatic change.15
Supplemental Material for The Impact of Self-Affirmation Interventions on Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis15
Expert predictions of societal change: Insights from the world after COVID project.15
A quasi-experimental study examining the efficacy of multimodal bot screening tools and recommendations to preserve data integrity in online psychological research.15
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Riana Elyse Anderson.14
Decolonial research practices from an indigenous psychology perspective: Critical contributions to knowledge.14
“Don't hold back”: Swearing improves strength through state disinhibition.14
Untitled by KwangHo Shin14
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.13
Is psychological research producing the kind of knowledge clinicians find useful?13
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Pim Cuijpers.13
Cultural tightness reduces humor production: Evidence from multiple countries.13
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.13
Asuncion (Siony) Miteria Austria (1932–2020).13
Susan M. Johnson (1947–2024).12
Supplemental Material for “More Is Better” or “Better Near the Middle”? A U.S.-Based Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms12
Evolving evolutionary psychology.12
Vineland Near Ventura, Right Bank Looking East by Randye N. Sandel12
Edison J. Trickett (1941–2022).12
Toward a better understanding of cultural change: Reply to Bao et al. (2022).12
Supplemental Material for To Read or Not to Read? Motives for Reading Negative COVID-19 News12
Supplemental Material for I Forgot That You Existed: Role of Memory Accessibility in the Gender Citation Gap12
Duane F. Alexander (1940–2020).12
Supplemental Material for Five Decades of Research on Psychological Treatments of Depression: A Historical and Meta-Analytic Overview12
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Arie W. Kruglanski.11
Supplemental Material for Language Brokering and Immigrant-Origin Youth’s Well-Being: A Meta-Analytic Review11
Beyond “heartfelt condolences”: A critical take on mainstream psychology’s responses to anti-Black police brutality.11
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Karen Chan Osilla.11
Building a dynamic adaptational process theory of resilience (ADAPTOR): Stress exposure, reserve capacity, adaptation, and consequence.11
Supplemental Material for Navigating Ethical Challenges in Psychological Research Involving Digital Remote Technologies and People Who Use Alcohol or Drugs11
Race versus the human.11
Standing on the shoulders of a giant: The legacy of Robert M. Sellers.11
Supplemental Material for Racial Uplifts and the Asian American Experience11
Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award.10
A tale of two perspectives: Reply to Schneider (2022).10
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.10
International Humanitarian Award.10
Intergenerational transmission of depression risk and the developing brain.10
Aaron T. Beck (1921–2021).10
The far reach of personality traits in relationship functioning and COVID-19: Comment on Pietromonaco and Overall (2020).10
Möbius Rising by Allison Zuckerman10
Rocky Mountain Sunflowers by Jan Bushart9
Neural specialization with generalizable representations underlies children’s cognitive development of attention.9
Resilience of racial and ethnic minority older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of a prior disability prevention intervention.9
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Kathryn J. Holland.9
Professional practice guidelines for operational psychology: An executive summary.9
Moving human rights to the forefront of psychology: Summary of the final report of the APA task force on human rights.9
A nuanced view of the extent to which samples from narrow populations are scientifically problematic.9
Responsible data sharing: Identifying and remedying possible re-identification of human participants.9
Lewis Paeff Lipsitt (1929–2021).9
Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations from qualitative psychotherapy researchers.9
There is much more to tolerance than social categorization: Commentary on Simon (2023).9
Exponential authorship inflation in neuroscience and psychology from the 1950s to the 2020s.9
Leveraging psychological fit to encourage saving behavior.9
“We are not alone in the world”: Creating possibilities for transnational radical relationality, epistemic justice, and expanded ecologies of knowledge through the Indaba podcast.9
Supplemental Material for A Review of General Cognitive-Behavioral Programs in English and Welsh Prisons and Probation Services: Three Decades of Quasi-Experimental Evaluations8
On the accuracy, media representation, and public perception of psychological scientists’ judgments of societal change.8
To reduce editor bias and increase diversity and transparency, editors must be motivated: Commentary on Sharpe (2024).8
APF Charles l. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology: Jeffrey S. Nevid.8
Psychology and whiteness itself.8
James S. Jackson and the program for research on Black Americans: Contributions to psychology and the social sciences.8
Idea ex Plenum by Philip Zelazo8
Reducing racial bias in scientific communication: Journal policies and their influence on reporting racial demographics.8
Frans B. M. de Waal (1948–2024).8
Now is the time to assess the effects of open science practiceswith randomized control trials.8
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.8
Supplemental Material for Publication Trends for Qualitative Inquiry in American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science Journals8
Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024).8
Psychologist undercover: George Kelly and the Central Intelligence Agency.8
Developing practices for hospital-based violence intervention programs to address anti-Black racism and historical trauma.8
Jerome Kagan (1929–2021).8
International Humanitarian Award.8
The detection of automatic behavior in other people.8
Online racial discrimination and the role of white bystanders.7
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice: Brigitte Khoury.7
What is awe? On an uncontested definition, conceptual ambiguities, and cultural limitations.7
Pathways to queer thriving in an LGBTQ+ intergenerational community.7
Island Sovereign by Theodore Walker Robinson7
Fears about artificial intelligence across 20 countries and six domains of application.7
Provenance by Lyle Rushing7
Decolonizing psychology education in Australia through the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project.7
White fragility: An emotion regulation perspective.7
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.7
Harvey Schlossberg (1936–2021).7
Supplemental Material for Atypical Child–Parent Neural Synchrony Is Linked to Negative Family Emotional Climate and Children’s Psychopathological Symptoms7
APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology: Sarah C. Leighton.7
Interventions in everyday life to improve mental health and reduce symptoms of psychiatric disorders.7
Supplemental Material for Personality Portrait of Psychologists in 170 Years of English Books7
Effectiveness of youth psychotherapy delivered remotely: A meta-analysis.7
The Long Wait by Lisa Jacobs7
Acceptance and commitment therapy versus trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy: A comparative study of the effects on the posttraumatic stress symptoms of female Afghan adolescents.7
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.7
Supplemental Material for What Is Unique About Acceptance and Correction of Misinformation? Insights From Work on Attitudes, Persuasion, and Beyond6
Psychologists return to the first question of Western philosophy.6
Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.6
A new model explaining number-line estimation performance across development: An adversarial collaboration.6
Emotion regulation strategies and psychological health across cultures.6
“And they are still the guardians of these sacred waters …”: Land as a process of reconciliation.6
The social determinants of resilience: A conceptual framework to integrate psychological and policy research.6
Expanding the role of justice in secondary research using digital psychological data.6
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Susan Goldin-Meadow.6
La Luna Como un Garbanzo (The Moon as a Chickpea) by Marcia Salas6
A Grand Welcome for the Outsider by Grace Lynne Haynes6
The Faceless by Jane Zich6
Some closure on exposure—Realigning the perspective on trauma treatment and finding a pathway forward: Reply to Brown (2024) and Najavits (2024).6
Does risk perception motivate preventive behavior during a pandemic? A longitudinal study in the United States and China.6
Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.6
Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families.6
Supplemental Material for A Randomized Wait-List Controlled Trial of Men in Mind: Enhancing Mental Health Practitioners’ Self-Rated Clinical Competencies to Work With Men5
Using psychological science to understand and fight health misinformation: An APA consensus statement.5
Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-19-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility.5
Frank L. Schmidt (1944–2021).5
Internalization of weight bias and stigma: Scientific challenges and opportunities.5
Supplemental Material for Gender Disparities in Authorship of Invited Submissions in High-Impact Psychology Journals5
APF Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology: Robert D. Enright.5
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Keely A. Muscatell.5
APF Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology: Mark L. Hatzenbuehler.5
A cultural script for suicide among White men in the Mountain West Region of the United States.5
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Judith L. Gibbons.5
The meditation app revolution.5
Robert Sommer (1929–2021).5
Knowledge and intelligence: Reply to Oswald et al. (2023) and Sternberg (2023).5
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Dylan G. Gee.5
Duane Schultz (1934–2023).4
Intersectionality is not a footnote: Commentary on Roberts and Rizzo (2021).4
A historic apology: The American Psychological Association’s commitment to dismantling systemic racism and advancing racial equity in psychology.4
Supplemental Material for The Misperception of Organizational Racial Progress Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion4
Jean Maria Arrigo (1944–2024).4
Herbert J. Greenwald (1929–2024).4
James “Jim” C. Coyne (1947–2024).4
Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.4
Opening editorial 2022.4
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Michael S. Fanselow.4
Vineyard at Volpaia by Catherine Renzi4
Ron E. Franco Durán (1963–2022).4
Supplemental Material for Replicating and Extending Sengupta et al. (2023): Contact Predicts No Within-Person Longitudinal Outgroup-Bias Change4
Philip G. Zimbardo (1933–2024).4
A generalizable framework for assessing the role of emotion during choice.4
Why citation accuracy matters in psychological science: A commentary on Marcus et al. (2025) and call to the field.4
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: BJ Casey.4
On definition and description in psychopathology: Reply to Widiger et al. (2023).4
Decolonizing mental health in the polycrisis: Pathways toward neuro-decolonization.4
A review of general cognitive-behavioral programs in English and Welsh prisons and probation services: Three decades of quasi-experimental evaluations.4
Guidelines for psychological practice for people with low-income and economic marginalization: Executive summary.4
Supplemental Material for Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Prescribing Psychologists in New Mexico and Louisiana4
Supplemental Material for No Client Left Behind: A Meta-Analysis of Premature Termination From Psychotherapy in U.S. Service Members and Veterans4
Dismantling racism through partnership with resettled refugee communities.4
Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients of prescribing psychologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.4
Claire Crooks (1973–2024).3
Overcoming the streetlight effect: Shining light on the foundations of learning and development in early childhood.3
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Hector Betancourt.3
“Resilience looks like me”: Community stakeholder perspectives on resilience in Black boys and young men exposed to community violence.3
Violence and aggression against educators and school personnel, retention, stress, and training needs: National survey results.3
Supplemental Material for Broadening the Evidentiary Basis for Clinical Practice Guidelines: Recommendations From Qualitative Psychotherapy Researchers3
Supplemental Material for Purpose in Life: A Resolution on the Definition, Conceptual Model, and Optimal Measurement3
Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Russell B. Lemle.3
Measuring gender in elementary school-aged children in the United States: Promising practices and barriers to moving beyond the binary.3
A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research: Upholding promises for diverse, inclusive, and equitable psychological science.3
Machines, psychology, and hypothesis generation: Commentary on Banker et al. (2024).3
How psychologists can help achieve equity in health care—advancing innovative partnerships and models of care delivery: Introduction to the special issue.3
Supplemental Material for The Associations Among Racial Discrimination, Pubertal Timing, Neighborhoods, and Mental Health Among U.S. Mexican Boys3
Sankofa by Mahmood Ayobami Babalola3
Honoring elder wisdom: In the classroom, in practice, in life.3
Decolonizing psychology through struggles for land.3
Warren K. Bickel (1956–2024).3
Irving B. Weiner (1933–2024).3
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