OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Psychology is 51. 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
Psychology Within and Without the State	435
Quantum Cognition	397
Optimizing Research Output: How Can Psychological Research Methods Be Improved?	220
Seeking Communal Emotions in Social Practices That Culturally Evolved to Evoke Emotions: Worship, Kitten Videos, Memorials, Narratives of Love, and More	216
Introduction	200
Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research	194
Human Cooperation and the Crises of Climate Change, COVID-19, and Misinformation	187
Normative Principles for Decision-Making in Natural Environments	143
The Social Psychology of Justice Repair	136
Achievement Goals: A Social Influence Cycle	129
Understanding the Need for Sleep to Improve Cognition	114
Introduction	106
The Circadian Brain and Cognition	102
Cultivating Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socioecological Perspective	88
	81
Synchrony Across Brains	80
What Gets Shared, and Why? Interpersonal Communication and Word of Mouth	79
Gender Inclusion and Fit in STEM	78
The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine	70
Unifying Principles of Generalization: Past, Present, and Future	70
Psychological Determinants of Health Behavior	69
A Systematic Review of Implementation Research on Determinants and Strategies of Effective HIV Interventions for Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States	67
A Socioecological-Genetic Framework of Culture and Personality: Their Roots, Trends, and Interplay	67
	62
The Power and Pitfalls of Social Norms	61

Interoceptive Mechanisms and Emotional Processing	57
How Do People Feel About Mates?	57
Boosting: Empowering Citizens with Behavioral Science	56
The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On	55
Cognitive, Systems, and Computational Neurosciences of the Self in Motion	51