OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Psychological Bulletin 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Influences of past moral behavior on future behavior: A review of sequential moral behavior studies using meta-analytic techniques.	296
The unpleasantness of thinking: A meta-analytic review of the association between mental effort and negative affect.	183
Male suicide risk and recovery factors: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis of two decades of research.	164
Supplemental Material for Acoustic Exaggeration of Vowels in Infant-Directed Speech: A Multimethod Meta-Analytic Review	145
Supplemental Material for How Do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy Improve Youth Depression? Applying Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling to Three Decades of Randomiz	138
Supplemental Material for Ignorance by Choice: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Underlying Motives of Willful Ignorance and Its Consequences	123
Supplemental Material for Project Harmony: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Psychotherapy and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use Disord	112
Structural and functional neural correlates of schizotypy: A systematic review.	107
When do students begin to think that one has to be either a “math person” or a “language person”? A meta-analytic review.	105
Evaluating the robustness of parameter estimates in cognitive models: A meta-analytic review of multinomial processing tree models across the multiverse of estimation methods.	101
Early childhood executive function predicts concurrent and later social and behavioral outcomes: A review and meta-analysis.	100
Depression and episodic memory across the adult lifespan: A meta-analytic review.	79
Ignored, dismissed, and minimized: Understanding the harmful consequences of invalidation in health care—A systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative research.	76
A systematic review and meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions: For whom, how, and why might such interventions work?	73
Supplemental Material for The Development of Children’s Gender Stereotypes About STEM and Verbal Abilities: A Preregistered Meta-Analytic Review of 98 Studies	69
The role of domain-specific and domain-general cognitive functions and skills in sports performance: A meta-analysis.	61
Supplemental Material for A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Explicit Memory Bias and Depression: Depression Features an Explicit Memory Bias That Persists Beyond a Depressive Episode	61
Can sociocultural and contextual factors explain gender differences in sex drive? A response to Frankenbach et al. (2022).	60
Cognitive factors underlying mathematical skills: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	59
Religiosity predicts prosociality, especially when measured by self-report: A meta-analysis of almost 60 years of research.	58
Sex drive: Theoretical conceptualization and meta-analytic review of gender differences.	57
Supplemental Material for Parent–Child Boundary Dissolution and Children’s Psychological Difficulties: A Meta-Analytic Review	54
Acknowledgment	53
Pervasive failure to report properties of visual stimuli in experimental research in psychology and neuroscience: Two metascientific studies.	53
Mind-wandering increases in frequency over time during task performance: An individual-participant meta-analytic review.	52

Electronic screen use and children’s socioemotional problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.	50
In which environments is impulsive behavior adaptive? A cross-discipline review and integration of formal models.	50
Committed (dis)honesty: A systematic meta-analytic review of the divergent effects of social commitment to individuals or honesty oaths on dishonest behavior.	48
Cognitive control biases in depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	48
Supplemental Material for Why Meta-Analyses of Growth Mindset and Other Interventions Should Follow Best Practices for Examining Heterogeneity: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette	46
Advancing our understanding of psychological flow: A scoping review of conceptualizations, measurements, and applications.	45
Supplemental Material for Does Confronting Prejudice Reduce Intergroup Bias? A Meta-Analytic Review	43
Secondary benefits of family member participation in treatments for childhood disorders: A multilevel meta-analytic review.	43
Priming behavior: A meta-analysis of the effects of behavioral and nonbehavioral primes on overt behavioral outcomes.	42
Culturally fluent theories, metascience, and scientific progress: A case example: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023).	39
Differentiation hypotheses of intelligence: A systematic review of the empirical evidence and an agenda for future research.	38
The relation between executive functions and math intelligence in preschool children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	38
Supplemental Material for Sleep Loss and Emotion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Over 50 Years of Experimental Research	37
Crossmodal semantics in memory: Scoping review and meta-analyses of multisensory effects in short-term and episodic memory systems.	36
A spotlight on bias in the growth mindset intervention literature: A reply to commentaries that contextualize the discussion (Oyserman, 2023; Yan & Schuetze, 2023) and illustrate the conclusion (T	36
How do cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy improve youth depression? Applying meta-analytic structural equation modeling to three decades of randomized trials.	36
Supplemental Material for Comparing Gesture Frequency Between Autistic and Neurotypical Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	35
Parent–child boundary dissolution and children’s psychological difficulties: A meta-analytic review.	35
Acknowledgment	34
Supplemental Material for Cognitive Control Biases in Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	34
Structuring hierarchy concepts: Evaluating measures of power, status, dominance, and prestige on the basis of an integrative model and systematic literature review.	33
Supplemental Material for Effects of Acute Exercise on Cognitive Function: A Meta-Review of 30 Systematic Reviews With Meta-Analyses	33
Supplemental Material for Mapping Domains of Life Success: Insights From Meta-Analytic Criterion Profile Analysis	33
Supplemental Material for Categories of Training to Improve Empathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	30
Supplemental Material for Associations Between Cognitive Appraisals and Emotions: A Meta-Analytic Review	28
Intuitive deontology? A systematic review and multivariate, multilevel meta-analysis of experimental studies on the psychological drivers of moral judgments.	24
The gender convergence effect in older age: A meta-analytic review comparing modern attitudes toward younger, middle-aged, and older women and men.	24
Child maltreatment and alexithymia: A meta-analytic review.	23
On the relationship between unprompted thought and affective well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	23
Is loneliness in emerging adults increasing over time? A preregistered cross-temporal meta-analysis and systematic review.	22
The first 20,000 strange situation procedures: A meta-analytic review.	22
Supplemental Material for The Relation Between Executive Functions and Math Intelligence in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	21
Supplemental Material for A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis of 30 Years of Stress Generation Research: Clinical, Psychological, and Sociodemographic Risk and Protective Factors for Prospe	21
Supplemental Material for A Meta-Analytic Review on the Social–Emotional Intelligence Correlates of the Six Bullying Roles: Bullies, Followers, Victims, Bully-Victims, Defenders, and Outsiders	20
Supplemental Material for Which Student and Instructional Variables Are Most Strongly Related to Academic Motivation in K-12 Education? A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses	19
Supplemental Material for “All We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: Paradigms for Reducing Fear by Preventing Awareness of It	18
Gross motor impairment and its relation to social skills in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and two meta-analyses.	17
Supporting the status quo is weakly associated with subjective well-being: A comparison of the palliative function of ideology across social status groups using a meta-analytic approach.	17
A systematic review and meta-analysis of predictors of response to trauma-focused psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.	16
Supplemental Material for The Gender Convergence Effect in Older Age: A Meta-Analytic Review Comparing Modern Attitudes Toward Younger, Middle-Aged, and Older Women and Men	16
Prenatal stress and externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	16
Effectiveness of psychotherapy: Synthesis of a “meta-analytic research domain” across world regions and 12 mental health problems.	16
The vicious cycle of psychopathology and stressful life events: A meta-analytic review testing the stress generation model.	14
Negativity bias in intergroup contact: Meta-analytical evidence that bad is stronger than good, especially when people have the opportunity and motivation to opt out of contact.	14
Effects of peer observation on risky decision-making in adolescence: A meta-analytic review.	13
Knowing before doing: Review and mega-analysis of action understanding in prereaching infants.	13
Supplemental Material for The Efficacy of Combining Cognitive Training and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: A Transdiagnostic Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	12
Supplemental Material for Negativity Bias in Intergroup Contact: Meta-Analytical Evidence That Bad Is Stronger Than Good, Especially When People Have the Opportunity and Motivation to Opt Out of Conta	12
Supplemental Material for What We Know, and What We Need to Find Out About Universal, School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs for Children and Adolescents: A Review of Meta-Analyses and Di	12
Supplemental Material for Crossmodal Semantics in Memory: Scoping Review and Meta-Analyses of Multisensory Effects in Short-Term and Episodic Memory Systems	11

Supplemental Material for Cultural Diversity Climate in School: A Meta-Analytic Review of Its Relationships With Intergroup, Academic, and Socioemotional Outcomes	11
Supplemental Material for Procedural Skill Retention and Decay: A Meta-Analytic Review	11
Supplemental Material for Reasons to Believe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Synthesis of the Motives Associated With Conspiracy Beliefs	10
Empathy, sympathy, and emotion regulation: A meta-analytic review.	10
Handedness in mental and neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review and second-order meta-analysis.	10
Supplemental Material for Age-Related Changes in Emotion Recognition Across Childhood: A Meta-Analytic Review	10
Getting comfortable with physical discomfort: A scoping review of interoceptive exposure in physical and mental health conditions.	10
Supplemental Material for Defining Social Reward: A Systematic Review of Human and Animal Studies	10
Development of relationship satisfaction across the life span: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	10
Collaborative dishonesty: A meta-analytic review.	9
A meta-analytic review of the relation between spatial anxiety and spatial skills.	9
Expertise in emotion: A scoping review and unifying framework for individual differences in the mental representation of emotional experience.	9
Social class and prosociality: A meta-analytic review.	9
The enactment effect: A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral, neuroimaging, and patient studies.	9
A meta-analytic review on the social–emotional intelligence correlates of the six bullying roles: Bullies, followers, victims, bully-victims, defenders, and outsiders.	8
Supplemental Material for A Systematic Review of the Ambivalent Sexism Literature: Hostile Sexism Protects Men’s Power; Benevolent Sexism Guards Traditional Gender Roles	8
What is meant by “growth mindset”? Current theory, measurement practices, and empirical results leave much open to interpretation: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023	8
Supplemental Material for Effects of Peer Observation on Risky Decision-Making in Adolescence: A Meta-Analytic Review	8
Supplemental Material for The Predictive Power of Autobiographical Memory in Shaping the Mental Health of Young People: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis	7
How emotional stimuli modulate cognitive control: A meta-analytic review of studies with conflict tasks.	7
Young people’s perceptions of their parents’ expectations and criticism are increasing over time: Implications for perfectionism.	7
A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of 30 years of stress generation research: Clinical, psychological, and sociodemographic risk and protective factors for prospective negative life events	7
The development of subjective well-being across the life span: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.	7
The kernel of truth in text-based personality assessment: A meta-analysis of the relations between the Big Five and the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC).	7
When connecting with LGBTQ+ communities helps and why it does: A meta-analysis of the relationship between connectedness and health-related outcomes.	7
Supplemental Material for A Spotlight on Bias in the Growth Mindset Intervention Literature: A Reply to Commentaries That Contextualize the Discussion (Oyserman, 2023; Yan & Schuetze, 2023) and Il	6
A systematic review of the ambivalent sexism literature: Hostile sexism protects men’s power; benevolent sexism guards traditional gender roles.	6
A meta-analytic review of cognition and reading difficulties: Individual differences, moderation, and language mediation mechanisms.	6
Supplemental Material for Do Growth Mindset Interventions Impact Students’ Academic Achievement? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Recommendations for Best Practices	5
Supplemental Material for The Conspiratorial Mind: A Meta-Analytic Review of Motivational and Personological Correlates	5
Supplemental Material for Religiosity Predicts Prosociality, Especially When Measured by Self-Report: A Meta-Analysis of Almost 60 Years of Research	5
Supplemental Material for The Development of Subjective Well-Being Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analytic Review of Longitudinal Studies	5
The conspiratorial mind: A meta-analytic review of motivational and personological correlates.	4
Supplemental Material for Pervasive Failure to Report Properties of Visual Stimuli in Experimental Research in Psychology and Neuroscience: Two Metascientific Studies	4
Fadeout and persistence of intervention impacts on social–emotional and cognitive skills in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review of randomiz	4
Why meta-analyses of growth mindset and other interventions should follow best practices for examining heterogeneity: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023).	4
Home learning environments and children’s language and literacy skills: A meta-analytic review of studies conducted in low- and middle-income countries.	3
Supplemental Material for Supporting the Status Quo Is Weakly Associated With Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of the Palliative Function of Ideology Across Social Status Groups Using a Meta-Analyt	3
Supplemental Material for Cognitive Factors Underlying Mathematical Skills: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Supplemental Material for Parents Favor Daughters: A Meta-Analysis of Gender and Other Predictors of Parental Differential Treatment	3
Age effects on delay discounting across the lifespan: A meta-analytical approach to theory comparison and model development.	3
Fenneman et al.’s (2022) review of formal impulsivity models: Implications for theory and measures of impulsivity.	3
Suicidality among individuals with gambling problems: A meta-analytic literature review.	3
Cultural diversity climate in school: A meta-analytic review of its relationships with intergroup, academic, and socioemotional outcomes.	3
Supplemental Material for Fadeout and Persistence of Intervention Impacts on Social–Emotional and Cognitive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials	2
The immediate effect of discrimination on mental health: A meta-analytic review of the causal evidence.	2
Supplemental Material for Wipe It Off: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Psychological Consequences and Antecedents of Physical Cleansing	2
A tale of two theories: A meta-analysis of the attention set and load theories of inattentional blindness.	2
Supplemental Material for The First 20,000 Strange Situation Procedures: A Meta-Analytic Review	2
How physical activity context relates to cognition across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis.	2
Supplemental Material for Health-Promotion Interventions Targeting Multiple Behaviors: A Meta-Analytic Review of General and Behavior-Specific Processes of Change	2
Supplemental Material for Did Cooperation Among Strangers Decline in the United States? A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Social Dilemmas (1956–2017)	2
Supplemental Material for Digital Data and Personality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Perception and Computer Prediction	2
Trust and subjective well-being across the lifespan: A multilevel meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal associations.	1
Supplemental Material for Knowing Before Doing: Review and Mega-Analysis of Action Understanding in Prereaching Infants	1
Supplemental Material for Too Risky to Use, or Too Risky Not to? Lessons Learned From Over 30 Years of Research on Forensic Risk Assessment With Indigenous Persons	1
Supplemental Material for A Tale of Two Theories: A Meta-Analysis of the Attention Set and Load Theories of Inattentional Blindness	1
Supplemental Material for Suicidality Among Individuals With Gambling Problems: A Meta-Analytic Literature Review	1
Supplemental Material for Social Class and Prosociality: A Meta-Analytic Review	1
Supplemental Material for The Unpleasantness of Thinking: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Association Between Mental Effort and Negative Affect	1
The efficacy of combining cognitive training and noninvasive brain stimulation: A transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis.	1
Paths to the light and dark sides of human nature: A meta-analytic review of the prosocial benefits of autonomy and the antisocial costs of control.	1
Parental self-regulation and engagement in emotion socialization: A systematic review.	1
Supplemental Material for The Enactment Effect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behavioral, Neuroimaging, and Patient Studies	1