| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Guidelines for Establishing Reliability When Coding Narrative Data | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 459 |
| 2 | The Challenge of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 318 |
| 3 | Identity in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 254 |
| 4 | Emerging in a Digital World | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 210 |
| 5 | College Students as Emerging Adults | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 189 |
| 6 | Casual Sexual Relationships and Experiences in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 187 |
| 7 | Contemporary Issues in Sexual Orientation and Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 186 |
| 8 | Negotiating the Transition to College | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 173 |
| 9 | A Primer on Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting and Marginal Structural Models | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 146 |
| 10 | Turning Point for a Turning Point | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 143 |
| 11 | Can You Guess Who I Am? Real, Ideal, and False Self-Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 133 |
| 12 | Race, Ethnicity, and Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 126 |
| 13 | Flourishing and Floundering in Emerging Adult College Students | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 114 |
| 14 | The Evidence for Generation Me and Against Generation We | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 114 |
| 15 | Does Emerging Adulthood Theory Apply Across Social Classes? National Data on a Persistent Question | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 113 |
| 16 | Presidential Address: The Emergence of Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 104 |
| 17 | Young Adulthood Is the Crucible of Personality Development | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 92 |
| 18 | Transitioning From High School to College | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 81 |
| 19 | Applying the Master Narrative Framework to Gender Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2017 | 81 |
| 20 | Is Hovering Smothering or Loving? An Examination of Parental Warmth as a Moderator of Relations Between Helicopter Parenting and Emerging Adults’ Indices of Adjustment | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 80 |
| 21 | The Evidence for Generation We and Against Generation Me | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 79 |
| 22 | Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 76 |
| 23 | Transition to Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 76 |
| 24 | Identity and Purpose as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 72 |
| 25 | Development of the Cyberbullying Experiences Survey | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 68 |
| 26 | Foster Youth and the Transition to Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 61 |
| 27 | “When Do I Feel Like an Adult?” | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 61 |
| 28 | Career and Romantic Relationship Goals and Concerns During Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 59 |
| 29 | “Another Kind of Swede” | Emerging Adulthood | 2018 | 59 |
| 30 | Navigating the College Years: Developmental Trajectories and Gender Differences in Psychological Functioning, Cognitive-Affective Strategies, and Social Well-Being | Emerging Adulthood | 2020 | 58 |
| 31 | Are the Features of Emerging Adulthood Developmentally Distinctive? A Comparison of Ages 18–60 in the United States | Emerging Adulthood | 2020 | 56 |
| 32 | Bringing Identity Content to the Fore | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 55 |
| 33 | Our Scripted Sexuality | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 52 |
| 34 | Constructing Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 52 |
| 35 | Female College Students’ Media Use and Academic Outcomes | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 51 |
| 36 | Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Health and Substance Use Problems in the Early Emerging Adult Years in the United States | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 51 |
| 37 | Increased Stress, Declining Mental Health: Emerging Adults’ Experiences in College During COVID-19 | Emerging Adulthood | 2021 | 51 |
| 38 | Perceptions of Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 48 |
| 39 | The Theory of Emerging Adulthood 20 Years Later: A Look at Where It Has Taken Us, What We Know Now, and Where We Need to Go | Emerging Adulthood | 2021 | 48 |
| 40 | Prospective Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction in Young Adults | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 47 |
| 41 | Seeking Self-Sufficiency | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 47 |
| 42 | Positive Peer Relationships Facilitate Adjustment in the Transition to University for Emerging Adults With ADHD Symptoms | Emerging Adulthood | 2018 | 47 |
| 43 | Profiles of Helicopter Parenting, Parental Warmth, and Psychological Control During Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2021 | 47 |
| 44 | Systematic Reviews With Meta-Analysis | Emerging Adulthood | 2016 | 46 |
| 45 | Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant? | Emerging Adulthood | 2021 | 45 |
| 46 | “She’s Leaving Home . . .” Antecedents, Consequences, and Cultural Patterns in the Leaving Home Process | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 44 |
| 47 | Wisdom and Meaning in Emerging Adulthood | Emerging Adulthood | 2018 | 43 |
| 48 | From Foster Care to College | Emerging Adulthood | 2014 | 42 |
| 49 | Electronic Aggression Among Emerging Adults | Emerging Adulthood | 2013 | 41 |
| 50 | Financial Challenges in Emerging Adulthood and Students’ Decisions to Stop Out of College | Emerging Adulthood | 2015 | 41 |
