OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Japanese Psychological Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Announcement	19
Are Hong Kongese Still Bicultural? Six Preregistered Replications of the Cultural Priming Effect in Hong Kong	12
Does a Cultural Psychology Course Foster Identity‐Conscious Ideologies?	12
Replicating Camera Perspective Bias in the Japanese Justice System	10
Does Mental Simulation Decrease the Empathy Gap in Help‐Seeking?	10
Harmony and Aversion in the Face of a Pandemic¹	7
Influence of Implicit Attitudes Toward Infants on the Perception of Infant Cuteness	7
Editorial: Culture and Health	7
Cognitive Complexity Training Reduced Gender Harassment in a Small Japanese Company^{1, 2}	6
Development of the Japanese Version of the Short Scale of Creative Self^{1, 2}	6
Generalized Trust Rather than Perception of Relational Mobility Correlates with Nominating Close Friends in a Social Network¹	6
Issue Information	6
Does Video Game Play Elevate Suicide Risk? A Cross‐sectional Study of Japanese Young Adults¹,²	5
Conformity‐Based Out‐Group Aggression: Does an In‐Group Audience Intensify Out‐Group Aggression as a Result of Conformity?	5
Moderating Effects of Attachment Orientations on Emotional Interdependence in Romantic Relationships: Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling	5
The Relation between Motivation and Goal Attainment: A Correlational Meta‐Analysis	5
Perceptual Discrepancies of Body Sizes in Japanese Female College Students: Using a 3‐D Silhouette Scale	4
Perceived Odor Intensity Ratings Based on Absolute Scales of Evaluators: Application of a 6‐Point Odor Intensity Scale Approximating the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	4
Psychometric Examination of the Japanese Version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire¹²³⁴	4
Good Children Do Not Always Do Good Behavior: Moral Licensing Effects in Preschoolers^{1, 2, 3}	4
Does Male Gender Role Conflict Inhibit Help‐Seeking?¹	4
Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Delay Discounting of Gains and Losses: The Role of Regulatory Focus	4
Awareness and Acceptance in Anxiety‐Provoking Social Situations and Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Validation of the Social Anxiety‐Awareness and Acceptance Scale^{1, 2}	3
What Kind of Paintings Inspire Children when Viewing Art?	3
Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight From Japan¹	3

Assessing Alexithymia in Japanese Adults: Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire	3
Issue Information	3
What is the Most Helpful Body‐Scan Posture for People with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Tendency?	3
Further Evidence for the Role of Felt Understanding in Intergroup Relations: Japanese and Chinese Relations in Japan¹	3
Development of the Japanese Version of the Mindful Eating Scale (MES)	3
Procrastination and Precrastination from the Perspective of Self‐Control	3
Culture and Stress Coping: Cultural Variations in the Endorsement of Primary and Secondary Control Coping for Daily Stress Across European Canadians, East Asian Canadians, and the Japanese	3
Development of the Japanese Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale¹	3
The Interdependence of Extraversion: Personality Differences in Utilizing Social Capital and Interdependent Happiness	3
Stability of Assessment Using Creativity‐Related Indices	2
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
Development and Initial Validation of the Death Attitudes in Relationships Scale	2
The Moderating Role of Inhibition on Irrelevant Emotional Information in the Relation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Affect Balance: Evidence from a Negative Affective Priming Task	2
What Makes a Movement Human‐Like?	2
Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale	2
Development of a Japanese Version of the Creative Mindset Scale (CMS) Using Item Response Theory	2
Longitudinal Study on the Relationships between Organizational Factors and Autonomous and Controlled Motivation among Older Japanese Bridge Employees¹	2
Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Perceived Stress Among the Japanese Overseas Workers	2
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Relationship Between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior and Students' Motivation to Form and Maintain Relationships with Their Teachers	2
Is School Absenteeism a Spectrum? Development and Validation of Japanese Futoko Spectrum Quotient (FSQ)¹	2
Editorial: Studies of Face and Body	2
Pluralistic Ignorance did not Prevent Paternity Leave in Japan in December 2021: A Replication Study	2
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Human Capital Sustainability Leadership Scale (HCSLS‐J)	2
Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening and Olfaction: How Blood Pressure Affects Emotional Responses to Odors	2
Perceptual Narrowing in Face Processing: Reviewing the Factors Influencing its Onset and Offset	2
Issue Information	2
Announcement	2
Qualitative Study of Causal Attribution for Difficulties Perceived by Social Workers in Supporting Single Middle‐Aged and Older Men	2
Affective Priming Effects by Task‐Relevant and Task‐Irrelevant Emotional Pictures: An ERP Study	2
Effects of Perception of the Drawing Process on Visual Realism in Young Children	2
Relationship Between the Words of Prayer, Psychological Well‐being, and Sense of Coherence	2
Comfort Distance for Online and In‐Person Interactions: A Virtual Reality Study	2
Issue Information ‐ PI	2
The Relationship Between Cognition of Lying and the Previous Day's Lies	1
Online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) in Japan	1
Grateful Liars Gain Reliance in Reciprocal Relationships: Exploring the Potential Role of Gratitude in Mitigating the Impact of Lying	1
Male and Female Laboratory Rats Equally Acquire Running‐Based Flavor‐Aversion Learning¹	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is Effective in Reducing Strong Opioid Use in a Patient with Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study	1
Relationship Between School Avoidance Motivation and Absentee Behavior in the Transition to Futoko	1
A Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐42) Study on the Mental Health Conditions of Japanese Employees	1
Japanese Psychological Research	1
The Roles of Okurigana and Lexical Context in Reading Kanji Words with Kun‐Reading and Their Relationship to Reading Amount	1
Gender Differences in Help‐Seeking: A Meta‐analysis of Japanese Studies, Including Unreported Data¹	1
Homework and Teacher: Relationships Between Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs in Homework and Homework Assignments¹	1
The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students	1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Transdiagnostic Treatment of a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Study¹	1
Issue Information	1
Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination in Stepping and Autistic‐Like Traits¹	1
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The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression Intensity on Decoding Accuracy: High Intensity Does Not Yield High Accuracy	1
Do Grateful People Protect Their Benefactors at the Expense of Other People? Implications From Loss‐Framed Welfare Tradeoff Ratios	1
An Experimental Comparison of Two Emotion‐Induction Methods and the Role of Emotion in Applying Decision Rules	1
Effects of Mobile App‐Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well‐being	1
Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Turnover Intention Among Early Career Nurses in Japan¹	1
Behind the Mask: Analyzing the Dual Influence of Social Norms on Pandemic Behavior in Japan¹	1
Possible Futures for the Psychological Network Approach: Agenda for Clinical Scientists	1
Issue Information	1
Measurement Invariance of Working Memory Factors Across Younger and Older Adults¹^,²^,³	1
An Empirical Study of the Actual Conditions, Current Attitudes, and Psychological Outcomes of Tattooing Among Japanese People	1
Do Physical Attractiveness and Personality Traits Predict Romantic Partner Evaluations? A Speed‐Dating Study in Japan¹^,²	1
The Effect of a Defusion Exercise Including a Hierarchical Procedure on Depressive Rumination	1
Issue Information	1
Structure of Disaster Preparedness Motivation and Its Relationship with Disaster Preparedness Behaviors	1
How the Alternative Explanation Affects Satisfaction with the Target Explanation	1
Mental State Attribution Mediates Exogenous Orienting of Attention Triggered by Gaze Cues, but not Other Social Cues	1
Cross‐Cultural Investigation in Differential Perceptions of Externalizing Symptoms	1
The Effect of Coaches' Interpersonal Style Profiles on Young Athletes' Motivation and Sport Commitment	1
Assessment of Construct Validity of Recovery Measures through Theoretical Formulations as Applied to Cardiovascular Parameters	1
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The Ebb and Flow of Morality: The Role of Purity in the Public Perceptions of Fukushima's Processed Water Release	1
Examination of Cross‐National and Gender Differences in Rumination and Its Association with Depression: A Cross‐Sectional Comparison Between Residents of the United Kingdom and Japan	1
Announcement	1
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Are Overconfidence and the Accurate Calibration of Performance Mutually Incompatible?¹	1
Issue Information ‐ PI	1
Editorial: Innovations in Clinical Psychological Science in the Era of Complexity	1
The Attitude and Behavior of Japanese Managers Toward Male Employees Taking Long‐Term Parental Leave¹^,²	1
Issue Information	1