Top Downloaded Articles in 2022
In 2023, we published our inaugural AR Top 100 list of the most read articles in 2022 from across our 51 journals.
2022 was another year of major societal change, as reflected in the timely topics that are included in our Top 100, from mRNA vaccines to emotion and decision making to the political effects of the internet and social media to the state of the world’s birds.
Below you’ll find two categories making up the Top 100: 2022’s top articles of all time, and the top new articles that published in 2022. Browse the lists below to learn more about which topics attracted the most attention from readers during the year. The entire list is also available for download.
TOP ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2022
TOP DOWNLOADED ARTICLES FROM 2022 VOLUMES:
mRNA Vaccines in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Michael J. Hogan and Norbert Pardi, Annual Review of Medicine
Meat Consumption and Sustainability
Martin C. Parlasca and Matin Qaim, Annual Review of Resource Economics
The Great Divide: Education, Despair, and Death
Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Annual Review of Economics
Replicability, Robustness, and Reproducibility in Psychological Science
Brian A. Nosek, Tom E. Hardwicke, Hannah Moshontz, Aurélien Allard, Katherine S. Corker, Anna Dreber, Fiona Fidler, Joe Hilgard, Melissa Kline Struhl, Michèle B. Nuijten, Julia M. Rohrer, Felipe Romero, Anne M. Scheel, Laura D. Scherer, Felix D. Schönbrodt, and Simine Vazire, Annual Review of Psychology
Germinal Centers
Gabriel D. Victora and Michel C. Nussenzweig, Annual Review of Immunology
Does Democracy Matter?
John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Jonas Berge, Annual Review of Political Sciences
Recovery from Work: Advancing the Field Toward the Future
Sabine Sonnentag, Bonnie Hayden Cheng, and Stacey L. Parker, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Environmental Factors Influencing COVID-19 Incidence and Severity
Amanda K. Weaver, Carlos F. Gould, Elizabeth J. Carlton, Jennifer R. Head, and Justin V. Remais, Annual Review of Public Health
Adeno-Associated Virus Toolkit to Target Diverse Brain Cells
Rosemary C. Challis, Sripriya Ravindra Kumar, Xinhong Ghen, David Goertsen, Gerard M. Coughlin, Acacia M. Hori, Miguel R. Chuapoco, Thomas S. Otis, Timothy F. Miles, and Viviana Gradinaru, Annual Review of Neuroscience
State of the World's Birds
Alexander C. Lees, Lucy Haskell, Tris Allinson, Simeon B. Bezeng, Ian J. Burfield, Luis Miguel Renjifo, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Ashwin Viswanathan, and Stuart H.M. Butchart, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Whole Inactivated Virus and Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccines
Peter J. Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi, Annual Review of Medicine
Cognitive Aging and the Promise of Physical Activity
Kirk I. Erickson, Shannon D. Donofry, Kelsey R. Sewell, Belinda M. Brown, and Chelsea M. Stillman, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
Carbonatites: Classification, Sources, Evolution, and Emplacement
Gregory M. Yaxley, Michael Anenburg, Sebastian Tappe, Sophie Decree, and Tibor Guzmics, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Social Effects of Emotions
Gerben A. van Kleef and Stéphane Côté, Annual Review of Psychology
Breathing Rhythm and Pattern and Their Influence on Emotion
Sufyan Ashhad, Kaiwen Kam, Christopher A. Del Negro, and Jack L. Feldman, Annual Review of Neuroscience
Attitudes, Habits, and Behavior Change
Bas Verplanken and Sheina Orbell, Annual Review of Psychology
Trust Within the Workplace: A Review of Two Waves of Research and a Glimpse of the Third
Kurt T. Dirks and Bart de Jong, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the "Social" in Social Determinants of Health
Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Annual Review of Public Health
Experiments and Surveys on Political Elites
Joshua D. Kertzer and Jonathan Renshon, Annual Review of Political Science
Eliminating Explicit and Implicit Biases in Health Care: Evidence and Research Needs
Monica B. Vela, Amarachi I. Erondu, Nichole A. Smith, Monica E. Peek, James N. Woodruff, and Marshall H. Chin, Annual Review of Political Science
Elites in the Making and Breaking of Foreign Policy
Elizabeth N. Saunders, Annual Review of Political Science
Immigration and Globalization (and Deglobalization)
David Leblang and Margaret E. Peters, Annual Review of Political Science
Biodiversity: Concepts, Patterns, Trends, and Perspectives
Sandra Díaz and Yadvinder Malhi, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Personality Psychology
Brent W. Roberts and Hee J. Yoon, Annual Review of Psychology
The Recent Rise of Suicide Mortality in the United States
Gonzalo Martínez-Alés, Tammy Jiang, Katherine M. Keyes, and Jaimie L. Gradus, Annual Review of Public Health
Experimental Models of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Possible Platforms to Study COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Potential Treatments
Sareh Pandamooz, Benjamin Jurek, Carl-Philipp Meinung, Zahra Baharvand, Alireza Sahebi Shahem-abadi, Silke Haerteis, Jaleel A. Miyan, James Downing, Mehdi Dianatpour, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, and Mohammad Saied Salehi, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Analytic Criminology: Mechanisms and Methods in the Explanation of Crime and its Causes
Per-Olof H. Wikström and Clemens Kroneberg, Annual Review of Criminology
A Female Career in Research
Katherine M. Flegal, Annual Review of Nutrition
Recollecting What We Once Knew: My Life in Psycholinguistics
Lila R. Gleitman and Claire Gleitman, Annual Review of Psychology
The Structure of Intrinsic Motivation
Ayelet Fishbach and Kaitlin Woolley, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Topological Magnets: Functions Based on Berry Phase and Multipoles
Satoru Nakatsuji and Ryotaro Arita, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
Social Epidemiology: Past, Present, and Future
Ana V. Diez Roux, Annual Review of Public Health
Pericyte Control of Blood Flow Across Microvascular Zones in the Central Nervous System
David A. Hartmann, Vanessa Coelho-Santos, and Andy Y. Shih, Annual Review of Physiology
Education and Political Participation
Claire Willeck and Tali Mendelberg, Annual Review of Political Science
Social Motivation at Work: The Organizational Psychology of Effort for, Against, and with Others
Adam M. Grant and Marissa S. Shandell, Annual Review of Psychology
From Traditional Research to Responsible Research: The Necessity of Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility for Better Societies
Anne S. Tsui, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
A Framework for the Study of Persuasion
James N. Druckman, Annual Review of Political Science
Phosphorus Acquisition and Utilization in Plants
Hans Lambers, Annual Review of Plant Biology
Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic
Edward A.G. Schuur, Benjamin W. Abbott, Roisin Commane, Jessica Ernakovich, Eugenie Euskirchen, Gustaf Hugelius, Guido Grosse, Miriam Jones, Charlie Koven, Victor Leshyk, David Lawrence, Michael M. Loranty, Marguerite Mauritz, David Olefeldt, Susan Natali, Heidi Rodenhizer, Verity Salmon, Christina Schädel, Jens Strauss, Claire Treat, and Merritt Turetsky, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide
Henrik Hartmann, Ana Bastos, Adrian J. Das, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, William M. Hammond, Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Nate G. McDowell, Jennifer S. Powers, Thomas A.M. Pugh, Katinka X. Ruthrof, and Craig D. Allen, Annual Review of Plant Biology
Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics: A 50-Year Perspective on Personalities, Progress, and Prospects
Martin J. Rees, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Carbon Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean: Synthesis, Boundary Processes, and Future Trends
Minhan Dai, Jianzhong Su, Yangyang Zhao, Eileen E. Hofmann, Zhimian Cao, Wei-Jun Cai, Jianping Gan, Fabrice Lacroix, Goulven G. Laruelle, Feifei Meng, Jens Daniel Müller, Pierre A.G. Regnier, Guizhi Wang, and Zhixuan Wang, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Political Control
Maai Hassan, Daniel Mattingly, and Elizabeth R. Nugent, Annual Review of Political Science
Social Capital, Black Social Mobility, and Health Disparities
Keon L. Gilbert, Yusuf Ransome, Lorraine T. Dean, Jerell DeCaille, and Ichiro Kawachi, Annual Review of Public Health
Media and Policy Making in the Digital Age
Emiliano Grossman, Annual Review of Political Science
Targeting Solid Tumors with Bispecific T Cell Engager Immune Therapy
Tara Arvedson, Julie M. Bailis, Carolyn D. Britten, Matthias Klinger, Dirk Nagorsen, Angela Coxon, Jackson G. Egen, and Flavius Martin, Annual Review of Cancer Biology
Qualitative Research Methods in Chronic Disease: Introduction and Opportunities to Promote Health Equity
Rachel C. Shelton, Morgan M. Philbin, and Shoba Ramanadhan, Annual Review of Public Health
The Power of Beliefs
Margaret Levi, Annual Review of Political Science
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: New Concepts and Therapies
Barry J. Maron, Ethan J. Rowin, and Martin S. Maron, Annual Review of Medicine
Personal Values Across Cultures
Lilach Sagiv and Shalom H. Schwartz, Annual Review of Psychology
ARTICLE LIST CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
For articles 51-100, please see the full list. (.xlsx file)
TOP DOWNLOADED ARTICLES IN 2022:
Emotion and Decision Making
Jennifer S. Lerner, Karim S. Kassam, Piercarlo Valdesolo, and Ye Li, Annual Review of Psychology (2015)
Political Effects of the Internet and Social Media
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Maria Petrova, and Ruben Enikolopov, Annual Review of Economics (2020)
Parenting and its Effects on Children: On Reading and Misreading Behavior Genetics
Eleanor E. Maccoby, Annual Review of Psychology (2000)
Political Parties and Democracy
S.C. Stokes, Annual Review of Political Science (1999)
Metabolic Effects of Intermittent Fasting
Ruth E. Patterson and Dorothy D. Sears, Annual Review of Nutrition (2017)
The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace
Jack S. Levy, Annual Review of Political Science (1998)
The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN, Annual Review of Economics (2015)
Executive Functions
ADELE DIAMOND, Annual Review of Psychology (2015)
The Good That Viruses Do
Mario Mietzsch and Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Annual Review of Virology (2017)
Human–Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence
Philip J. Nyhus, Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2016)
The Growing Impact of Globalization for Health and Public Health Practice
RONALD LABONTÉ, KATIA MOHINDRA, and TED SCHRECKER, Annual Review of Public Health (2011)
Political Misinformation
Jennifer Jerit and Yangzi Zhao, Annual Review of Political Science (2020)
Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research
David R. Williams, Jourdyn A. Lawrence, and Brigette A. Davis, Annual Review of Public Health (2019)
Learning from Errors
Janet Metcalfe, Annual Review of Psychology (2017)
Framing Theory
Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman, Annual Review of Political Science (2007)
Machine Learning Methods That Economists Should Know About
Susan Athey and Guido W. Imbens, Annual Review of Economics (2019)
Weird Animals, Sex, and Genome Evolution
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences (2018)
Structure, Function, and Evolution of Coronavirus Spike Proteins
Fang Li, Annual Review of Virology (2016)
Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics
Steven L. Brunton, Petros Koumoutsakos, and Bernd R. Noack, Annual Review of Virology (2020)
Media and the Development of Gender Role Stereotypes
L. Monique Ward and Petal Grower, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology (2020)
The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Shanto Iyengar, Yphtach Lelkes, Matthew Levendusky, Neil Malhotra, and Sean J. Westwood, Annual Review of Political Science (2019)
Working Memory: Theories, Models, and Controversies
Alan Baddeley, Annual Review of Psychology (2012)
Designing Difference in Difference Studies: Best Practices for Public Health Policy Research
Coady Wing, Kosali Simon, and Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez, Annual Review of Public Health (2018)
The Mass Criminalization of Black Americans: A Historical Overview
Elizabeth Hinton and DeAnza Cook, Annual Review of Criminology (2021)
Organic Agriculture, Food Security, and the Environment
Eva-Marie Meemken and Matin Qaim, Annual Review of Resource Economics (2018)
Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?
Isak Stoddard, Kevin Anderson, Stuart Capstick, Wim Carton, Joanna Depledge, Keri Facer, Clair Gough, Frederic Hache, Claire Hoolohan, Martin Hultman, Niclas Hällström, Sivan Kartha, Sonja Klinsky, Magdalena Kuchler, Eva Lövbrand, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Peter Newell, Glen P. Peters, Youba Sokona, Andy Stirling, Matthew Stilwell, Clive L. Spash, and Mariama Williams, Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2021)
Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations
Briony Swire-Thompson and David Lazer, Annual Review of Public Health (2020)
Globalization and Politics
Suzanne Berger, Annual Review of Political Science (2000)
Judgment and Decision Making
Baruch Fischhoff and Stephen B. Broomell, Annual Review of Psychology (2020)
Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Harris Mylonas and Maya Tudor, Annual Review of Political Science (2021)
The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age
Paula Braveman, Susan Egerter, and David R. Williams, Annual Review of Public Health (2011)
The Politics of Sustainability and Development
Ian Scoones, Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2016)
Measures of Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, and Gender Binarism for Health Equity Research: From Structural Injustice to Embodied Harm—An Ecosocial Analysis
Nancy Krieger, Annual Review of Public Health (2020)
Culture, Politics, and Economic Development
Paul Collier, Annual Review of Political Science (2017)
The Role of Media Violence in Violent Behavior
L. Rowell Huesmann and Laramie D. Taylor, Annual Review of Public Health (2006)
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Biology
Anthony A. Hyman, Christoph A. Weber, and Frank Jülicher, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (2014)
REVIEW OF COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health
Barbara A. Israel, Amy J. Schulz, Edith A. Parker, and Adam B. Becker, Annual Review of Public Health (1998)
Intersectionality's Definitional Dilemmas
Patricia Hill Collins, Annual Review of Sociology (2015)
The Origins, Development, and Possible Decline of the Modern State
Hendrik Spruyt, Annual Review of Political Science (2002)
Dopamine and Addiction
Roy A. Wise and Mykel A. Robble, Annual Review of Psychology (2020)
Global Water Pollution and Human Health
René P. Schwarzenbach, Thomas Egli, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Urs von Gunten, and Bernhard Wehrli, Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2010)
Nature and Health
Terry Hartig, Richard Mitchell, Sjerp de Vries, and Howard Frumkin, Annual Review of Public Health (2014)
Evidence-Based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for Public Health Practice
Ross C. Brownson, Jonathan E. Fielding, and Christopher M. Maylahn, Annual Review of Public Health (2009)
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Health Benefits
Fereidoon Shahidi and Priyatharini Ambigaipalan, Annual Review of Food Science and Technology (2018)
Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Theories of International Relations
James D. Fearon, Annual Review of Political Science (1998)
The Big Five Personality Traits in the Political Arena
Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, and Conor M. Dowling, Annual Review of Political Science (2011)
Mediation Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide
Tyler J. VanderWeele, Annual Review of Public Health (2016)
What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy
Steven Vallas and Juliet B. Schor, Annual Review of Sociology (2020)
ELECTORAL FRAUD: Cause, Types, and Consequences
Fabrice Lehoucq, Annual Review of Political Science (2020)
Civil-Military Relations
Peter D. Feaver, Annual Review of Political Science (1999)
ARTICLE LIST CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
For articles 51-100, please see the full list. (.xlxs file)
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