American Psychologist

Papers
(The H4-Index of American Psychologist is 33. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
E. Mavis Hetherington (1926–2023).402
(Un)ethical consequences: How psychology’s cold war defense of military personnel led to enhanced interrogation techniques in the war on terror.255
Supplemental Material for Fears About Artificial Intelligence Across 20 Countries and Six Domains of Application243
Supplemental Material for Step-by-Step to More Creativity: The Number of Steps in Everyday Life Is Related to Creative Ideation Performance202
International Humanitarian Award: Garth Neufeld.128
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.122
An Ocean of Data by Gonzalo Bacigalupe119
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Shinobu Kitayama.75
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice: Gayle Y. Iwamasa.64
Supplemental Material for Intergroup Contact Is Reliably Associated With Reduced Prejudice, Even in the Face of Group Threat and Discrimination62
A window into youth and family policy: State policymaker views on polarization and research utilization.60
Norman B. Anderson (1955–2024).59
Conscious and unconscious processing of ensemble statistics oppositely modulate perceptual decision-making.57
Atypical child–parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children’s psychopathological symptoms.57
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Richard E. Petty.57
Eileen Gavin (1931–2024).51
Applying rigorous standards is not a ban or censorship: A reply to León (2025) and Connor and Fuerst (2025).51
Climate change and health equity: A research agenda for psychological science.47
It’s time to replace the personality disorders with the interpersonal disorders.44
Truth and reconciliation for whom? Transitional justice for Indigenous peoples in American psychology.43
Increased functional connectivity between the midbrain and frontal cortex following bright light therapy in subthreshold depression: A randomized clinical trial.43
Mental health and environmental factors in adults: A population-based network analysis.42
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Dobromir Rahnev.41
Rosalind Dymond Cartwright (1922–2021).38
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Brian J. Hall.38
Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training.38
Martin Y. Iguchi (1955–2021).38
Lee D. Ross (1942–2021).37
Report of the American Psychological Association’s Board of Scientific Affairs Task Force on Promotion, Tenure, and Retention of Faculty of Color in Psychology.35
Field social psychology.34
Supplemental Material for Dynamic Fit Index Cutoffs for Categorical Factor Analysis With Likert-Type, Ordinal, or Binary Responses34
James R. Flynn (1934–2020).33
Supplemental Material for Resilience of Racial and Ethnic Minority Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of a Prior Disability Prevention Intervention33
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