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Most cited papers in Safety Research
What are the most cited papers in Safety Research?
The most cited paper in Safety Research is "The theory of planned behavior" (Icek Ajzen, 1991), with 87,913 citations. Next come "The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior" (33,752) and "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions" (18,640).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 2,625 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The theory of planned behavior Icek Ajzen · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Dec 1991 | 87,913 |
| 2 | The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Psychological Inquiry | Oct 2000 | 33,752 |
| 3 | Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology | 2000 | 18,640 |
| 4 | Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency. Albert Bandura · American Psychologist | Feb 1982 | 15,425 |
| 5 | An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict Henri Tajfel, John C. Turner | 18 Mar 2000 | 12,732 |
| 6 | School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris · Review of Educational Research | Mar 2004 | 12,369 |
| 7 | A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation Ernst Fehr, Klaus M. Schmidt · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1999 | 11,313 |
| 8 | Not So Different After All: A Cross-Discipline View Of Trust Denise M. Rousseau, Sim B. Sitkin, Ronald S. Burt et al. · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1998 | 10,293 |
| 9 | Social Exchange Theory: An Interdisciplinary Review Russell Cropanzano, Marie S. Mitchell · Journal of Management | 8 Nov 2005 | 9,926 |
| 10 | A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. Thomas Fraser Pettigrew, Linda R. Tropp · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2006 | 8,946 |
| 11 | The measurement of psychological androgyny. Sandra L. Bem · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1974 | 8,602 |
| 12 | Strategic assets and organizational rent Raphael H Amit, Paul J. H. Schoemaker · Strategic Management Journal | 1993 | 8,412 |
| 13 | Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Aug 1994 | 7,642 |
| 14 | PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION. Gretchen Marie Spreitzer · Academy of Management Journal | Oct 1995 | 6,653 |
| 15 | Rational choice and the structure of the environment. H. A. Simon · Psychological Review | 1956 | 5,982 |
| 16 | The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines Anna Jobin, Marcello Ienca, Effy Vayena · Nature Machine Intelligence | 2 Sep 2019 | 5,935 |
| 17 | Gender Differences in Preferences Rachel T. A. Croson, Uri Gneezy · Journal of Economic Literature | May 2009 | 5,912 |
| 18 | Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology | Apr 2020 | 5,809 |
| 19 | Altruistic punishment in humans Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter · Nature | 2002 | 5,714 |
| 20 | Trust, Reciprocity, and Social History Joyce E. Berg, John W. Dickhaut, Kevin McCabe · Games and Economic Behavior | Jul 1995 | 5,694 |
| 21 | Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme James J. Heckman, Hidehiko Ichimura, Petra Todd · The Review of Economic Studies | Oct 1997 | 5,599 |
| 22 | ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition Gary Eugene Bolton, Axel Ockenfels · American Economic Review | Mar 2000 | 5,583 |
| 23 | Maps of Bounded Rationality: Psychology for Behavioral Economics Daniel J. Kahneman · American Economic Review | Nov 2003 | 5,465 |
| 24 | Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence Emily F. Oster · Journal of Business and Economic Statistics | 10 Sep 2016 | 5,390 |
| 25 | Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data—or tears: An application to educational enrollments in states of India Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett · Demography | Feb 2001 | 5,262 |
| 26 | Dual-Processing Accounts of Reasoning, Judgment, and Social Cognition Jonathan St. B. T. Evans · Annual Review of Psychology | 21 Dec 2007 | 5,188 |
| 27 | Current patterns of parental authority. Diana Baumrind · Developmental Psychology | 1971 | 5,167 |
| 28 | Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias Daniel J. Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch, Richard H. Thaler · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 1991 | 5,077 |
| 29 | FOUNDATION FOR A GENERAL STRAIN THEORY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY* Robert S. Agnew · Criminology | Feb 1992 | 5,029 |
| 30 | Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 Alize J Ferrari et al. · The Lancet | 17 Apr 2024 | 4,996 |
| 31 | An experimental analysis of ultimatum bargaining Werner Güth, Rolf Schmittberger, Bernd Schwarze · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | Dec 1982 | 4,959 |
| 32 | Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment Naila Kabeer · Development and Change | Jul 1999 | 4,863 |
| 33 | Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts Edward P. Lazear, Sherwin Rosen · Journal of Political Economy | Oct 1981 | 4,697 |
| 34 | The Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Satisfaction for Firms Eugene W. Anderson, Mary W. Sullivan · Marketing Science | May 1993 | 4,639 |
| 35 | AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations Luciano Floridi, Josh Cowls, Monica Beltrametti et al. · Minds and Machines | 25 Nov 2018 | 4,502 |
| 36 | Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter · American Economic Review | Sep 2000 | 4,423 |
| 37 | Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs Charles S. Taber, Milton G. Lodge · American Journal of Political Science | 21 Jun 2006 | 4,388 |
| 38 | Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Oct 2000 | 4,303 |
| 39 | A life-span, life-space approach to career development Donald E. Super · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Jun 1980 | 4,302 |
| 40 | Causation and Effectuation: Toward a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability to Entrepreneurial Contingency Saras D. Sarasvathy · Academy of Management Review | Apr 2001 | 4,299 |
| 41 | Evaluating Online Labor Markets for Experimental Research: Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk Adam J. Berinsky, Gregory A. Huber, Gabriel Lenz · Political Analysis | 2012 | 4,118 |
| 42 | Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms Элинор Остром · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Aug 2000 | 4,107 |
| 43 | The information available in brief visual presentations. George Sperling · The Psychological Monographs | 1960 | 4,074 |
| 44 | The Self-Efficacy Scale: Construction and Validation Mark Sherer, James E. Maddux, Blaise Mercandante et al. · Psychological Reports | Oct 1982 | 4,042 |
| 45 | The Limitations of Deep Learning in Adversarial Settings Nicolas Papernot, Patrick Drew McDaniel, Somesh Jha et al. | Mar 2016 | 3,986 |
| 46 | Notes on the Concept of Commitment Howard S. Becker · American Journal of Sociology | Jul 1960 | 3,942 |
| 47 | Governing the commons — the evolution of institutions for collective action Erich Weede · European Journal of Political Economy | May 1992 | 3,926 |
| 48 | The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms P. Wesley Schultz, Jessica M. Nolan, Robert B. Cialdini et al. · Psychological Science | May 2007 | 3,714 |
| 49 | Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Yin Bun Cheung, Santiago Cueto et al. · The Lancet | 2007 | 3,673 |
| 50 | Psychological and implied contracts in organizations Denise M. Rousseau · Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal | Jun 1989 | 3,668 |
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