American Psychologist

Papers
(The TQCC of American Psychologist is 4. 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
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
Conscious and unconscious processing of ensemble statistics oppositely modulate perceptual decision-making.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
Increased functional connectivity between the midbrain and frontal cortex following bright light therapy in subthreshold depression: A randomized clinical trial.43
Truth and reconciliation for whom? Transitional justice for Indigenous peoples in American psychology.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
Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training.38
Martin Y. Iguchi (1955–2021).38
Rosalind Dymond Cartwright (1922–2021).38
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Brian J. Hall.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
Supplemental Material for Dynamic Fit Index Cutoffs for Categorical Factor Analysis With Likert-Type, Ordinal, or Binary Responses34
Field social psychology.34
Supplemental Material for Resilience of Racial and Ethnic Minority Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of a Prior Disability Prevention Intervention33
James R. Flynn (1934–2020).33
Amplifying Black excellence in industrial–organizational psychology.31
Modeling cultural change: Computational models of interpersonal influence dynamics can yield new insights about how cultures change, which cultures change more rapidly than others, and why.31
From “behind the bridge” to the presidency of the American Psychological Association: Lessons learned on an unplanned journey.31
Assessing the safety and efficacy of prescribing psychologists in New Mexico and Louisiana.30
Jerry (Jerald) Rudmann (1944–2024).30
Stanley R. Graham (1926–2023).29
Supplemental Material for Shifting the Gaze From Racism to Healing From Racism: A Systematic Review of Selected Psychology Journals From 1992 to 202229
Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction.27
The American Psychological Association and antisemitism: Toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.27
No client left behind: A meta-analysis of premature termination from psychotherapy in U.S. service members and veterans.25
Social support and psychological adjustment: A quantitative synthesis of 60 meta-analyses.24
Dianne L. Chambless (1948–2023).24
Anthony J. Marsella (1940–2024).24
Supplemental Material for The Associations and Mediators Between Visual Disabilities and Anxiety Disorders in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Population-Based Study23
Interpersonal and personality disorders: Commentary on Wright et al. (2022).23
Supplemental Material for Integrating Systems of Power and Privilege in the Study of Resilience23
Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology: Stephen L. Chew.22
All Hands In by Yolanda Peña Mazzoni22
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Jennifer C. Wolff.22
Supplemental Material for Reflections From the Wading Pool: Detoxifying Racist Psychological Waters While Submerged in Their Waves22
Carol McDonald Connor (1953–2020).21
Process-focused psychotherapy training is evidence-based psychotherapy training: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024).21
Gary B. Melton (1952–2020).21
Alfred B. Heilbrun, Jr. (1924–2022).21
Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.21
Michael E. Connor (1942–2023).21
Supplemental Material for Responses to Political Partisans Are Shaped by a COVID-19-Sensitive Disease Avoidance Psychology: A Longitudinal Investigation of Functional Flexibility20
A randomized wait-list controlled trial of Men in Mind: Enhancing mental health practitioners’ self-rated clinical competencies to work with men.20
Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.20
A network analysis of high school and college students’ COVID-19-related concerns, self-regulatory skills, and affect.20
Cotton Candy Sunset by Randy Bott20
Supplemental Material for How Elections Shape Perceptions of Ideal Leadership20
Mental health care equity and access: A group therapy solution.19
Scaling up psychological treatments: Lessons learned from global mental health.19
Language brokering and immigrant-origin youth’s well-being: A meta-analytic review.19
Summary report of journal operations, 2023.19
Promoting institutional change to support public psychology: Innovations and challenges at the University of California.19
Scholarship, not politics: Reply to Eidelson (2025).19
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Cynthia J. Najdowski.18
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Vonnie C. McLoyd.18
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Megan R. Gunnar.17
Robin J. Hailstorks (1954–2023).17
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.17
Supplemental Material for How Subjective Idea Valuation Energizes and Guides Creative Idea Generation17
AA1133 (Rothko) by Alan D. Entin16
Supplemental Material for Psychological Predictors of Socioeconomic Resilience Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Machine Learning16
Public psychology: Introduction to the special issue.16
APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology: Shawntell Nicole Pace.16
A refreshing and necessary start: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024).16
Supplemental Material for Exponential Authorship Inflation in Neuroscience and Psychology From the 1950s to the 2020s16
Expert predictions of societal change: Insights from the world after COVID project.16
A quasi-experimental study examining the efficacy of multimodal bot screening tools and recommendations to preserve data integrity in online psychological research.15
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 Symptoms15
Is psychological research producing the kind of knowledge clinicians find useful?15
Supplemental Material for To Read or Not to Read? Motives for Reading Negative COVID-19 News15
Asuncion (Siony) Miteria Austria (1932–2020).15
A stigma-conscious framework for resilience and posttraumatic change.15
Susan M. Johnson (1947–2024).14
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Pim Cuijpers.14
Vineland Near Ventura, Right Bank Looking East by Randye N. Sandel14
The role of data in facilitating discussion: Reply to Jackson (2021).14
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.14
Supplemental Material for I Forgot That You Existed: Role of Memory Accessibility in the Gender Citation Gap14
Edison J. Trickett (1941–2022).14
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.14
Integrating evolutionary game theory and cross-cultural psychology to understand cultural dynamics.14
Duane F. Alexander (1940–2020).13
Beyond “heartfelt condolences”: A critical take on mainstream psychology’s responses to anti-Black police brutality.13
Standing on the shoulders of a giant: The legacy of Robert M. Sellers.13
Toward a better understanding of cultural change: Reply to Bao et al. (2022).13
Supplemental Material for Five Decades of Research on Psychological Treatments of Depression: A Historical and Meta-Analytic Overview13
Building a dynamic adaptational process theory of resilience (ADAPTOR): Stress exposure, reserve capacity, adaptation, and consequence.13
Aaron T. Beck (1921–2021).12
Supplemental Material for Language Brokering and Immigrant-Origin Youth’s Well-Being: A Meta-Analytic Review12
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Institutional Practice.12
Supplemental Material for Racial Uplifts and the Asian American Experience12
Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award.12
Supplemental Material for Navigating Ethical Challenges in Psychological Research Involving Digital Remote Technologies and People Who Use Alcohol or Drugs12
Evolving evolutionary psychology.12
Intergenerational transmission of depression risk and the developing brain.11
Möbius Rising by Allison Zuckerman11
There is much more to tolerance than social categorization: Commentary on Simon (2023).11
International Humanitarian Award.11
The far reach of personality traits in relationship functioning and COVID-19: Comment on Pietromonaco and Overall (2020).11
A nuanced view of the extent to which samples from narrow populations are scientifically problematic.11
A tale of two perspectives: Reply to Schneider (2022).11
Neural specialization with generalizable representations underlies children’s cognitive development of attention.10
Moving human rights to the forefront of psychology: Summary of the final report of the APA task force on human rights.10
Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Kimberly G. Noble.10
Exponential authorship inflation in neuroscience and psychology from the 1950s to the 2020s.10
Responsible data sharing: Identifying and remedying possible re-identification of human participants.10
Donald K. Routh (1937–2021).10
Rocky Mountain Sunflowers by Jan Bushart10
Addressing racial equity in health psychology research: An application of the multicultural orientation framework.10
Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations from qualitative psychotherapy researchers.9
Irwin Pollack (1925–2021).9
Supplemental Material for A Review of General Cognitive-Behavioral Programs in English and Welsh Prisons and Probation Services: Three Decades of Quasi-Experimental Evaluations9
Jerome Kagan (1929–2021).9
Reducing racial bias in scientific communication: Journal policies and their influence on reporting racial demographics.9
Resilience of racial and ethnic minority older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of a prior disability prevention intervention.9
Lewis Paeff Lipsitt (1929–2021).9
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Kathryn J. Holland.9
APF Charles l. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology: Jeffrey S. Nevid.9
Leveraging psychological fit to encourage saving behavior.9
Patterns of implicit and explicit attitudes II. Long-term change and stability, regardless of group membership.9
To reduce editor bias and increase diversity and transparency, editors must be motivated: Commentary on Sharpe (2024).9
Professional practice guidelines for operational psychology: An executive summary.9
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.9
International Humanitarian Award.8
Pathways to queer thriving in an LGBTQ+ intergenerational community.8
On the accuracy, media representation, and public perception of psychological scientists’ judgments of societal change.8
Quantifying the selective forgetting and integration of ideas in science and technology.8
What is awe? On an uncontested definition, conceptual ambiguities, and cultural limitations.8
Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.8
Supplemental Material for Publication Trends for Qualitative Inquiry in American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science Journals8
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology.8
Developing practices for hospital-based violence intervention programs to address anti-Black racism and historical trauma.8
Interventions in everyday life to improve mental health and reduce symptoms of psychiatric disorders.8
Psychology and whiteness itself.8
The detection of automatic behavior in other people.8
Now is the time to assess the effects of open science practiceswith randomized control trials.8
James S. Jackson and the program for research on Black Americans: Contributions to psychology and the social sciences.8
Frans B. M. de Waal (1948–2024).7
International Humanitarian Award: Bhava Nath Poudyal.7
Effectiveness of youth psychotherapy delivered remotely: A meta-analysis.7
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.7
Island Sovereign by Theodore Walker Robinson7
Supplemental Material for Effectiveness of Youth Psychotherapy Delivered Remotely: A Meta-Analysis7
International Humanitarian Award.7
Online racial discrimination and the role of white bystanders.7
Harvey Schlossberg (1936–2021).7
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
The Long Wait by Lisa Jacobs7
Supplemental Material for What Is Unique About Acceptance and Correction of Misinformation? Insights From Work on Attitudes, Persuasion, and Beyond7
Fears about artificial intelligence across 20 countries and six domains of application.7
White fragility: An emotion regulation perspective.7
Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024).7
APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology: Sarah C. Leighton.7
Supplemental Material for Atypical Child–Parent Neural Synchrony Is Linked to Negative Family Emotional Climate and Children’s Psychopathological Symptoms7
A Grand Welcome for the Outsider by Grace Lynne Haynes7
The Faceless by Jane Zich6
Provenance by Lyle Rushing6
Division 21 has been devoted to human-centered design since the 1950s: Comment on Lyon, Brewer, and Areán (2020).6
Knowledge and intelligence: Reply to Oswald et al. (2023) and Sternberg (2023).6
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Lisa Feldman Barrett.6
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Dylan G. Gee.6
Does risk perception motivate preventive behavior during a pandemic? A longitudinal study in the United States and China.6
“And they are still the guardians of these sacred waters …”: Land as a process of reconciliation.6
Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families.6
The social determinants of resilience: A conceptual framework to integrate psychological and policy research.6
Collaboratively maximizing the impact of human-centered design in psychological and implementation science: Reply to Proctor et al. (2021).6
A cultural script for suicide among White men in the Mountain West Region of the United States.6
Robert Sommer (1929–2021).6
La Luna Como un Garbanzo (The Moon as a Chickpea) by Marcia Salas6
Psychologists return to the first question of Western philosophy.6
Expanding the role of justice in secondary research using digital psychological data.6
Some closure on exposure—Realigning the perspective on trauma treatment and finding a pathway forward: Reply to Brown (2024) and Najavits (2024).6
Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.6
Frank L. Schmidt (1944–2021).6
A review of general cognitive-behavioral programs in English and Welsh prisons and probation services: Three decades of quasi-experimental evaluations.6
APF Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology: Mark L. Hatzenbuehler.6
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Keely A. Muscatell.6
Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.6
Emotion regulation strategies and psychological health across cultures.6
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
Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients of prescribing psychologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.5
Internalization of weight bias and stigma: Scientific challenges and opportunities.5
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: BJ Casey.5
Intersectionality is not a footnote: Commentary on Roberts and Rizzo (2021).5
On definition and description in psychopathology: Reply to Widiger et al. (2023).5
A historic apology: The American Psychological Association’s commitment to dismantling systemic racism and advancing racial equity in psychology.5
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Michael S. Fanselow.5
Duane Schultz (1934–2023).5
The meditation app revolution.5
The (post)colonial predicament in community mental health services for American Indians: Explorations in alter-Native psy-ence.5
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Judith L. Gibbons.5
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
Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-19-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility.5
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Kathleen M. Pike.5
Opening editorial 2022.4
Supplemental Material for No Client Left Behind: A Meta-Analysis of Premature Termination From Psychotherapy in U.S. Service Members and Veterans4
A generalizable framework for assessing the role of emotion during choice.4
Ron E. Franco Durán (1963–2022).4
Jean Maria Arrigo (1944–2024).4
Guidelines for psychological practice for people with low-income and economic marginalization: Executive summary.4
Marcia Worrell (1966–2020).4
Socioeconomic disparities and neuroplasticity: Moving toward adaptation, intersectionality, and inclusion.4
Herbert J. Greenwald (1929–2024).4
Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.4
Dismantling racism through partnership with resettled refugee communities.4
Supplemental Material for Replicating and Extending Sengupta et al. (2023): Contact Predicts No Within-Person Longitudinal Outgroup-Bias Change4
Supplemental Material for Active Exploration of Faces in Police Lineups Increases Discrimination Accuracy4
It remains meaningful to distinguish optimism from pessimism: Reply to VanderWeele and Kubzansky (2021).4
How to live in peace? Mapping the science of sustaining peace: A progress report.4
Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Russell B. Lemle.4
Philip G. Zimbardo (1933–2024).4
Supplemental Material for Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Prescribing Psychologists in New Mexico and Louisiana4
Supplemental Material for The Misperception of Organizational Racial Progress Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion4
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