| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. | American Psychologist | 2000 | 23,552 |
| 2 | Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties. | American Psychologist | 2000 | 10,398 |
| 3 | Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency. | American Psychologist | 1982 | 10,147 |
| 4 | The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. | American Psychologist | 2001 | 9,773 |
| 5 | Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualizing stress. | American Psychologist | 1989 | 9,371 |
| 6 | Positive psychology: An introduction. | American Psychologist | 2000 | 9,041 |
| 7 | Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being | American Psychologist | 2000 | 7,759 |
| 8 | In search of how people change: Applications to addictive behaviors. | American Psychologist | 1992 | 6,471 |
| 9 | Toward an experimental ecology of human development. | American Psychologist | 1977 | 6,108 |
| 10 | Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. | American Psychologist | 1980 | 5,780 |
| 11 | Metacognition and cognitive monitoring: A new area of cognitive-developmental inquiry. | American Psychologist | 1979 | 5,764 |
| 12 | In search of how people change. Applications to addictive behaviors | American Psychologist | 1992 | 5,383 |
| 13 | Human agency in social cognitive theory. | American Psychologist | 1989 | 5,013 |
| 14 | Possible selves. | American Psychologist | 1986 | 4,863 |
| 15 | Motivational processes affecting learning. | American Psychologist | 1986 | 4,818 |
| 16 | Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development. | American Psychologist | 2001 | 4,745 |
| 17 | Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. | American Psychologist | 2002 | 4,700 |
| 18 | Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events? | American Psychologist | 2004 | 4,665 |
| 19 | Mood and memory. | American Psychologist | 1981 | 4,629 |
| 20 | Choices, values, and frames. | American Psychologist | 1984 | 4,615 |
| 21 | Beyond pleasure and pain. | American Psychologist | 1997 | 4,504 |
| 22 | Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index. | American Psychologist | 2000 | 4,406 |
| 23 | A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. | American Psychologist | 1997 | 4,323 |
| 24 | A perspective on judgment and choice: Mapping bounded rationality. | American Psychologist | 2003 | 4,175 |
| 25 | Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. | American Psychologist | 2005 | 3,946 |
| 26 | Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. | American Psychologist | 1999 | 3,780 |
| 27 | Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity. | American Psychologist | 1999 | 3,488 |
| 28 | Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. | American Psychologist | 2007 | 3,396 |
| 29 | The earth is round (p < .05). | American Psychologist | 1994 | 3,394 |
| 30 | Social Relationships and Health. | American Psychologist | 2004 | 3,358 |
| 31 | Emerging adulthood. A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties | American Psychologist | 2000 | 3,275 |
| 32 | On the social psychology of the psychological experiment: With particular reference to demand characteristics and their implications. | American Psychologist | 1962 | 3,165 |
| 33 | The structure of phenotypic personality traits. | American Psychologist | 1993 | 3,153 |
| 34 | Conservation of resources. A new attempt at conceptualizing stress | American Psychologist | 1989 | 3,100 |
| 35 | The processes of causal attribution. | American Psychologist | 1973 | 3,086 |
| 36 | Positive psychology. An introduction | American Psychologist | 2000 | 3,054 |
| 37 | Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons' responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. | American Psychologist | 1995 | 2,876 |
| 38 | Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being? | American Psychologist | 1998 | 2,876 |
| 39 | Personality trait structure as a human universal. | American Psychologist | 1997 | 2,852 |
| 40 | The social constructionist movement in modern psychology. | American Psychologist | 1985 | 2,797 |
| 41 | Creativity. | American Psychologist | 1950 | 2,759 |
| 42 | Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development. | American Psychologist | 1998 | 2,714 |
| 43 | Integration of the cognitive and the psychodynamic unconscious. | American Psychologist | 1994 | 2,692 |
| 44 | The unbearable automaticity of being. | American Psychologist | 1999 | 2,685 |
| 45 | Testing for competence rather than for "intelligence." | American Psychologist | 1973 | 2,534 |
| 46 | How stigma interferes with mental health care. | American Psychologist | 2004 | 2,413 |
| 47 | The role of positive emotions in positive psychology. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions | American Psychologist | 2001 | 2,399 |
| 48 | Facial expression and emotion. | American Psychologist | 1993 | 2,334 |
| 49 | Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation. | American Psychologist | 1983 | 2,313 |
| 50 | Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations. | American Psychologist | 1999 | 2,304 |
