- 50 Most Read Articles in 2024 (article list .xls)
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Throughout 2024, AI emerged as an important topic across disciplines, driving new questions and reshaping how we approach problems in health, psychology, technology, economics, and beyond. The impactful reviews that were most read in 2024 cover topics that support our understanding of the environment, health, and the human experience. From AI to vaccine development, from language to memory to motivation, you'll find relevant articles in this collection. Explore the collection today!
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MOST READ ARTICLES FROM 2024 VOLUMES:
The Moral Psychology of Artificial Intelligence
jean-françois bonnefon, iyad rahwan, and azim shariff, Annual Review of Psychology
Social Media and Morality
Jay J. Van Bavel, Claire E. Robertson, Kareena del rosario, jesper rasmussen, and steve rathje, Annual Review of Psychology
How Can People Become Happier? A Systematic Review of Preregistered Experiments
DUNIGAN FOLK and ELIZABETH DUNN, Annual Review of Psychology
Causal Inference in the Social Sciences
Guido W. Imbens, Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application
Women at Work: Pathways from Gender Stereotypes to Gender Bias and Discrimination
Madeline E. Heilman, suzette caleo, and francesca manzi, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Common Method Bias: It's Bad, It's Complex, It's Widespread, and It's Not Easy to Fix
philip m. podsakoff, nathan p. podsakoff, larry J. williams, chengquan Huang, and Junhui yang, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Cross-Cultural Leadership: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and Where We Need to Go
Deanne N. Den Hartog and Annebel H.B. De Hoogh, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Cultural Psychology: Beyond East and West
Shinobu kitayama and cristina e. salvador, Annual Review of Psychology
The Relation Between Attention and Memory
Nelson Cowan, chenye bao, brittney m. bishop-chrzanowski, amy n. costa, nathaniel r. greene, dominic guitard, chenyuan li, madison l. musich, and zehra e. ünal, Annual Review of Psychology
Language in Brains, Minds, and Machines
greta tuckute, nancy kanwisher, and evelina fedorenko, Annual Review of Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery: Are We There Yet?
Catrin hasselgren and tudor i. oprea, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
How Remote Work Changes the World of Work
paul m. leonardi, sienna helena parker, and roni shen, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
From Thalidomide to Rational Molecular Glue Design for Targeted Protein Degradation
Vladas Oleinikovas, pablo gainza, thomas ryckmans, bernhard fasching, and nicolas h. thomä, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Metacognition and Confidence: A Review and Synthesis
Stephen m. fleming, Annual Review of Psychology
Global Talent Management: A Critical Review and Research Agenda for the New Organizational Reality
paula m. caligiuri, david g. collings, helen de cieri, and mila b. lazarova, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Foundation Species
Thomas wernberg, mads s. thomsen, julia k. baum, melanie j. bishop, john f. bruno, melinda a. coleman, karen filbee-dexter, karine gagnon, qiang he, daniel murdiyarso, kerrylee rogers, brian r. silliman, dan a. smale, samuel starko, and mathew a. vanderklift, Annual Review of Marine Science
Understanding Contemporary Career Success: A Critical Review
scott seibert, jos akkermans, and cheng-huan (Jerry) liu, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
T Cell Exhaustion
andrew baessler and dario a.a. vignali, Annual Review of Immunology
Computational Social Psychology
fiery cushman, Annual Review of Psychology
The Sixty-Year Trajectory of Homicide Clearance Rates: Toward a Better Understanding of the Great Decline
philip j. cook and ashley mancik, Annual Review of Criminology
The Role of Attitudes in Work Behavior
john d. kammeyer-mueller, alex l. rubenstein, and tianna s. barnes, Annual Review of Political Science
Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: Problems and Solutions
george f. koob, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Why We Should Stop Trying to Fix Women: How Context Shapes and Constrains Women's Career Trajectories
michelle k. ryan and thekla morgenroth, Annual Review of Psychology
Norm Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Norm Emergence, Persistence, and Change
michele j. gelfand, sergey gavrilets, and nathan nunn, Annual Review of Psychology
The New Economics of Industrial Policy
réka juhász, nathan lane, and dani rodrik, Annual Review of Economics
Resilience and Disaster: Flexible Adaptation in the Face of Uncertain Threat
george a. bonanno, shuquan chen, rohini bagrodia, and isaac r. galatzer-levy, Annual Review of Psychology
The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine
john d. salamone and mercè correa, Annual Review of Psychology
Advances and Challenges in Cell Biology for Cultured Meat
beatriz martins, arthur bister, richard g.j. dohmen, maria ana gouveia, rui hueber, lea melzener, tobias messmer, joanna papadopoulos, joana pimenta, dhruv raina, lieke schaeken, sara shirley, benjamin p. bouchet, and joshua e. flack, Annual Review of Nutrition
Crafting Well-Being: Employees Can Enhance Their Own Well-Being by Savoring, Reflecting upon, and Capitalizing on Positive Work Experiences
remus ilies, joyce e. bono, and arnold b. bakker, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Ketamine: Mechanisms and Relevance to Treatment of Depression
ji-woon kim, kanzo suzuki, ege t. kavalali, and lisa m. monteggia, Annual Review of Medicine
Toward Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Precision Pathology
Frederick klauschen, jonas dippel, philipp keyl, philipp jurmeister, michael bockmayr, andreas mock, oliver buchstab, maximilian alber, lukas ruff, grégoire montavon, and klaus-robert müller, Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
The Future of Motivation in and of Teams
Gilad chen and ruth kanfer, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Digital Image Sensor Evolution and New Frontiers
eric r. fossum, nobukazu teranishi, and albert j.p. theuwissen, Annual Review of Vision Science
Intellectual Diary of an Iconoclast
james c. scott, Annual Review of Political Science
Learning Nonlinear Reduced Models from Data with Operator Inference
Boris kramer, benjamin peherstorfer, and karen e. willcox, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
The Effects of Psychedelics on Neuronal Physiology
cassandra j. hatzipantelis and david e. olson, Annual Review of Physiology
The Neuroscience of Human and Artificial Intelligence Presence
lasana t. harris, Annual Review of Psychology
Management of Resistant Hypertension
Lucas lauder, felix mahfoud, and michael böhm, Annual Review of Medicine
Music Training and Nonmusical Abilities
E. glenn schellenberg and césar f. lima, Annual Review of Psychology
Pesticide Exposure and Effects on Non-Apis Bees
Nigel e. raine and maj rundlöf, Annual Review of Entomology
Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity: Paradigm for Understanding Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Liver Injury
hartmut jaeschke and anup ramachandran, Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
Designing Difference-in-Difference Studies with Staggered Treatment Adoption: Key Concepts and Practical Guidelines
coady wing, madeline yozwiak, alex hollingsworth, seth freedman, and kosali simon, Annual Review of Public Health
The Effects of Codon Usage on Protein Structure and Folding
mckenze j. moss, laura m. chamness, and patricia l. clark, Annual Review of Biophysics
Terrorism, Political Extremism, and Crime and Criminal Justice
joshua d. freilich, steven m. chermak, rachael a. arietti, and noah d. turner, Annual Review of Criminology
Wearable Devices: Implications for Precision Medicine and the Future of Health Care
mohan babu, ziv lautman, xiangping lin, mila h.b. sobota, and michael p. snyder, Annual Review of Medicine
The Art and Science of Molecular Docking
joseph m. paggi, ayush pandit, and ron o. dror, Annual Review of Biochemistry
Cloning for the Twenty-First Century and Its Place in Endangered Species Conservation
veronica b. cowl, pierre comizzoli, ruth appeltant, rhiannon l. bolton, robert k. browne, william v. holt, linda m. penfold, aleona swegen, susan l. walker, and Suzannah a. williams, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
Neutrophils in Physiology and Pathology
alejandra aroca-crevillén, tommaso vicanolo, samuel ovadia, and andrés hidalgo, Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
Psychological Flexibility, Chronic Pain, and Health
Lance m. mccracken, Annual Review of Psychology
Changing Human Behavior to Conserve Biodiversity
diogo veríssimo, katie blake, hilary byerly flint, hunter doughty, dulce espelosin, emily a. gregg, takahiro kubo, judy mann-lang, laura r. perry, matthew j. selinske, ganga shreedhar, and laura thomas-walters, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
MOST READ ARTICLES IN 2024 FROM ALL VOLUMES:
Executive Functions
ADELE DIAMOND, Annual Review of Psychology (2015)
Gender Stereotypes
NAOMI ELLEMERS, Annual Review of Psychology (2018)
Media and the Development of Gender Role Stereotypes
L. Monique Ward and Petal Grower, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology (2020)
Emotion and Decision Making
Jennifer S. Lerner, Karim S. Kassam, Piercarlo Valdesolo, and Ye Li, Annual Review of Psychology (2015)
Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention
kristin d. neff, Annual Review of Psychology (2023)
Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations: The State of a Science
Edward l. deci, anja h. olafsen, and richard m. ryan, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2017)
Climate Change and Society
thomas dietz, rachael l. shwom, and cameron t. whitley, Annual Review of Sociology (2020)
How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses
andy p. siddaway, alex m. wood, and larry v. hedges, Annual Review of Psychology (2019)
Job Demands-Resources Theory: Ten Years Later
arnold b. bakker, evangelia demerouti, and ana sanz-vergel, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2023)
CRISPR–Cas9 Structures and Mechanisms
FUGUO JIANG and jennifer a. doudna, Annual Review of Biophysics (2017)
Political Effects of the Internet and Social Media
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Maria Petrova, and Ruben Enikolopov, Annual Review of Economics (2020)
Metabolic Effects of Intermittent Fasting
Ruth E. Patterson and Dorothy D. Sears, Annual Review of Nutrition (2017)
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)
Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes
daryl b. o'connor, julian f. thayer, and kavia vedhara, Annual Review of Psychology (2021)
Framing Theory
Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman, Annual Review of Political Science (2007)
The Structure of Intrinsic Motivation
ayelet fishbach and kaitlin woolley, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2022)
The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age
Paula Braveman, Susan Egerter, and David R. Williams, Annual Review of Public Health (2011)
Developing Self-Awareness: Learning Processes for Self- and Interpersonal Growth
manuel london, valerie i. sessa, and loren a. shelley, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2023)
Mindfulness Interventions
j. david creswell, Annual Review of Psychology (2017)
What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy
steven vallas and juliet b. schor, Annual Review of Sociology (2020
Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics
Steven L. Brunton, Petros Koumoutsakos, and Bernd R. Noack, Annual Review of Virology (2020)
Nonverbal Communication
judith a. hall, terrence g. horgan, and nora a. murphy, Annual Review of Psychology (2019)
Feminist Theory Today
kathy e. ferguson, Annual Review of Political Science (2017)
Psychological Safety Comes of Age: Observed Themes in an Established Literature
Amy C. Edmondson and derrick p. bransby, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2023)
The Moral Psychology of Artificial Intelligence
jean-françois bonnefon, iyad rahwan, and azim shariff, Annual Review of Psychology (2024)
Diversity in the Workplace: A Review, Synthesis, and Future Research Agenda
Quinetta m. roberson, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2019)
Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Ethnically Diverse Populations
stanley j. huey, alayna l. park, chardée a. galán, and crystal x. wang, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (2023)
Theories of the Causes of Poverty
david brady, Annual Review of Sociology (2019)
The Gut–Brain Axis
emeran a. mayer, karina nance, and shelley chen, Annual Review of Medicine (2022)
Machine Learning Methods That Economists Should Know About
Susan Athey and Guido W. Imbens, Annual Review of Economics (2019)
Nature and Health
Terry Hartig, Richard Mitchell, Sjerp de Vries, and Howard Frumkin, Annual Review of Public Health (2014)
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications
Mario Mietzsch, Jennifer vanos, jane w. baldwin, jesse e. bell, david m. hondula, nicole a. errett, katie hayes, colleen e. reid, shubhayu saha, june spector, and peter berry, Annual Review of Public Health (2021)
Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges
elizabeth levy paluck, roni porat, chelsey s. clark, and donald p. green, Annual Review of Psychology (2021)
Working Memory: Theories, Models, and Controversies
Alan Baddeley, Annual Review of Psychology (2012)
Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Contentious Issue
graham c. ousey and charis e. kubrin, Annual Review of Criminology (2018)
Mental Health in the Workplace
e. kevin kelloway, jennifer k. dimoff, and stephanie gilbert, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2023)
Personality Psychology
brent w. roberts and hee j. yoon, Annual Review of Psychology (2022)
Benefits and Risks of Testosterone Treatment in Men with Age-Related Decline in Testosterone
marcelo rodrigues dos santos and shalender bhasin, Annual Review of Medicine (2021)
Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Harris Mylonas and Maya Tudor, Annual Review of Political Science (2021)
The Causes of Populism in the West
sheri berman, Annual Review of Political Science (2021)
The Development of Color Perception and Cognition
john maule, alice e. skelton and anna franklin, Annual Review of Psychology (2023)
Psychology of Habit
wendy wood and dennis rünger, Annual Review of Psychology (2016)
The Backlash Against Globalization
stefanie walter, Annual Review of Political Science (2021)
Qualitative Methods
john gerring, Annual Review of Political Science (2017)
Major Depression and Its Recurrences: Life Course Matters
scott m. monroe and kate l. harkness, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (2022)
The Social Effects of Emotions
gerben a. van kleef and stéphane côté, Annual Review of Psychology (2022)
How Technology Is Changing Work and Organizations
wayne f. cascio and ramiro montealegre, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (2016)
Dopamine and Addiction
roy a. wise and mykel a. robble, Annual Review of Psychology (2020)
The Mass Criminalization of Black Americans: A Historical Overview
Elizabeth Hinton and DeAnza Cook, Annual Review of Criminology (2021)
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)
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