Table 1.
Prevalence of online methods in social and applied journals
| Journal | Year | No. of online studies | No. of MTurk studies | Total no. of studies | % of online studies | % of MTurk studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPSP | 2019–2020 | 363 | 216 | 533 | 0.68 | 0.41 |
| 2014–2015 | 233 | 137 | 427 | 0.55 | 0.32 | |
| 2009–2010 | 123 | 6 | 481 | 0.26 | 0.01 | |
| JAP | 2019–2020 | 73 | 28 | 122 | 0.60 | 0.23 |
| 2014–2015 | 73 | 9 | 176 | 0.41 | 0.05 | |
| 2009–2010 | 40 | 0 | 124 | 0.32 | 0.00 | |
| JCP | 2019–2020 | 70 | 58 | 131 | 0.53 | 0.44 |
| 2014–2015 | 77 | 38 | 151 | 0.51 | 0.25 | |
| 2009–2010 | 13 | 0 | 97 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
Journals examined were the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP; NArticles2019–2020 = 128, NStudies2019–2020 = 533, NArticles2014–2015 = 117, NStudies2014–2015 = 427, NArticles2009–2010 = 144, NStudies2009–2010 = 481), the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP; NArticles2019–2020 = 76, NStudies2019–2020 = 122, NArticles2014–2010 = 123, NStudies2014–2015 = 176, NArticles2009–2010 = 97, NStudies2009–2010 = 124), and the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP; NArticles2019–2020 = 36, NStudies2019–2020 = 131, NArticles2014–2015 = 48, NStudies2014–2015 = 151, NArticles2009–2010 = 50, NStudies2009–2010 = 97)