Our most viewed journal articles of 2024

In 2024, the BPS Journals published over 600 papers addressing the latest research findings in psychology. 

Artificial intelligence in the workplace and mental health lead as topics of highest interest. Additional papers covering ADHD diagnosis, DEI statements and the COVID-19 shift to high-intensity telecommuting also feature highly. As three of the BPS's eleven journals contributed the top ten most read articles published in 2024, this year we've added the top read article from each of our other journals. 

Top ten most viewed papers from BPS Journals in 2024

1) The key components of a clinical psychology formulation: A consensus study 

Naomi E. Thrower, Sandra Bucci, Lydia Morris, Katherine Berry

British Journal of Clinical Psychology (63:2 pp. 213-216) 

2)  Sex and intelligence quotient differences in age of diagnosis among youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (Registered Report Stage 2) 

Carolynn Hare, Alexandra C. Leslie, Lindsay P. Bodell, Erin A. Kaufman, J. Bruce Morton, Robert Nicolson, Elizabeth Kelley, Jessica Jones, Muhammed Ayub, Jennifer Crosbie, Russell Schachar, Evdokia Anagnostou, Magali Segers, Ryan A. Stevenson

British Journal of Clinical Psychology (63:4 pp. 627-645) 

3) LinkedIn, LinkedIn on the screen, who is the greatest and smartest ever seen?: A machine learning approach using valid LinkedIn cues to predict narcissism and intelligence 

Tobias M. Härtel, Benedikt A. Schuler, Mitja D. Back

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (97:4 pp. 1572-1602) 

4) Attitudes towards artificial intelligence at work: Scale development and validation

Jiyoung Park, Sang Eun Woo, JeongJin Kim

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (97:3 pp. 920-951) 

5) Threat, safety, safeness and social safeness 30 years on: Fundamental dimensions and distinctions for mental health and wellbeing

Paul Gilbert

British Journal of Clinical Psychology (63:3 pp. 453-471) 

6) Mindfulness improves psychological health and supports health behaviour cognitions: Evidence from a pragmatic RCT of a digital mindfulness-based intervention

Masha Remskar, Max J. Western, Ben Ainsworth

British Journal of Health Psychology (29:4 pp. 1031-1048) 

7) The revolving door of mental illness: A meta-analysis and systematic review of current versus lifetime rates of psychological disorders 

Rachel E. Menzies, Bethany Richmond, Louise Sharpe, Amira Skeggs, Janessa Liu, Daelin Coutts-Bain

British Journal of Clinical Psychology (63:2 pp. 178-196) 

8) Would you trust an AI team member? Team trust in human AI teams

Eleni Georganta, Anna-Sophie Ulfert

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (97:3 pp. 1212-1241) 

9) Racism underlies seemingly race-neutral conservative criticisms of DEI statements among Black and White people in the United States

Abigail M. Folberg, Laura Brooks Dueland, Matthew Swanson, Sarah Stepanek, Mikki Hebl, Carey S. Ryan 

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (97:3 pp. 791-816)

10) Changes in belongingness, meaningful work, and emotional exhaustion among new high intensity telecommuters: Insights from pandemic remote workers

Marie-Colombe Afota, Yanick Provost Savard, Emmanuelle Léon, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (97:3 pp. 817-840)

Top viewed papers of 2024 from our other BPS Journals

British Journal of Developmental Psychology (42:2 pp. 234-256

Media exposure and preschoolers' social-cognitive development

Jan Lenhart, Tobias Richter

British Journal of Educational Psychology (94:3 pp. 738-758)

Mindset profiles of secondary school students: Associations with academic achievement, motivation and school burnout symptoms

Sibel Altikulaç, Tieme W. P. Janssen, Junlin Yu, Smiddy Nieuwenhuis, Nienke M. Van Atteveldt

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology (77:3 pp. 459-476)

When and how to use set exploratory structural equation modelling to test structural models: A tutorial using the R package lavaan

Herb Marsh, Abdullah Alamer

British Journal of Psychology (EarlyView paper)

Differential diagnosis of autism, attachment disorders, complex posttraumatic stress disorder and emotionally unstable personality disorder: A Delphi study 

Rachel Sarr, Debbie Spain, Alice M. G. Quinton, Francesca Happé, Chris R. Brewin, Jonathan Radcliffe, Sally Jowett, Sarah Miles, Rafael A. González et al.

British Journal of Social Psychology (63:4 pp. 1535-1546)

A social psychology of climate change: Progress and promise

Susan Clayton

Legal and Criminological Psychology (97:3 pp. 147--165)

The impact of childhood adversity on female-perpetrated intimate partner violence in young adulthood

Ailsa McGrath, Jenny Mackay, Thom Baguley

Journal of Neuropsychology (EarlyView paper)

Subjective cognitive decline and objective cognitive performance in older adults: A systematic review of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

Carl Zhou, Bassam Jeryous Fares, Kim Thériault, Brian Trinh, Morgan Joseph, Tegh Jauhal, Christine Sheppard, Patrick R. Labelle, Anjali Krishnan et al

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice (97:3 pp. 439--455)

A qualitative investigation into care leavers' experiences of accessing mental health support

Alice R. Phillips, Rachel M. Hiller, Sarah L. Halligan, Iris Lavi, John A. A. Macleod, David Wilkins

View the most read papers of 2023 and 2022 on our website.