OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Black Psychology is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness WilsonD. J. (2023). Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness. Ubuntu Publishing. 257 pp. $30.99 (paperback)	33
Book Review: Solution to Double Consciousness and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man	27
Thriving Against the Odds: An Examination of Protective Factors to Support African Americans in Counselor Education	27
Beyond Code of the Street and Psychopathic Features: Black Masculinity and Self-Compassion	23
Fifty Years (1974–2024) of the Journal of Black Psychology: A Brief History and Reflection of Its Significance	18
A Brief Black Masculinity Scale and Associations With Stress Coping	18
W. Curtis Banks: The Second Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	17
Correlates of Psychological Distress Among African American Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Processes Underlying Black American Emerging Adults’ Mental Health: Examining the Roles of Mental Health Literacy, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Self-Care	15
It’s More Than Skin-Deep: Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Skin Tone Satisfaction, and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women	15
Racialized Traumatic Media and Black Young Adults’ Health: The Moderating Relationship of Race-Based Traumatic Stress and Black Lives Matter Support	15
Zulu Ethnic Identity, Social Connectedness (Ubuntu), and Resilience as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being Among “Born Free” Black South Africans	14
Trauma, Help-Seeking, and the Strong Black Woman	14
Black Identity in Action: Examining Ethnic and Racial Identity, Racial Discrimination, and Collective Action Among Black Individuals	13
Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women	11
Seeing One Another: The Creation of the Sawubona Healing Circles	11
Sankofa: Using Topic Models to Review the History of the Journal of Black Psychology	10
Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males	10
“The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother”: Black Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Intergenerational and Bidirectional Racial Socialization	10
A Legacy of Sacred Spaces: Translating Contributions of Black Women in Psychology to Culturally Informed Clinical Practices at Predominantly White Institutions	9
African-Centered Spirituality as a Buffer of Psychological Symptoms Related to Specific Forms of Racism for African Americans	9
Threat Appraisal and Coping: A Moderated Mediation of Racism-Related Trauma in Black Americans	8
‘It Just Feels Like an Invasion’: Black First-Episode Psychosis Patients’ Experiences With Coercive Intervention and Its Influence on Help-Seeking Behaviours	7
Re-Examining the Relationship Between Black Racial Identity and Self-Esteem Using Person- and Variable-Centered Approaches	7
Associations Between Family Factors, Social Integration, and Suicidal Ideation Across the Life Course of an Urban African American Cohort	7

Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Motivation: Examining the Antecedent Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Stereotype Threat Among African American STEM Majors	7
Stay out of the Sun: Exploring African American College Women’s Thoughts on the Dynamics Between Colorism and Sun-related Behavior	6
Book Review: Healing as Liberation: A Review of Prentis Hemphill’s What It Takes to Heal, Through a Black Psychological Lens Healing as Liberation: A Review of Prentis Hemphill’s What It Takes to Heal	6
Attentional Control Moderates the Relationship Between Race-Related Stress and Emotion Dysregulation in a Highly Trauma-Exposed Population of Black Women	6
A Qualitative Analysis of Former Black US Military Personnel’s Cancer Accessibility for Prostate Cancer Treatment	6
“Hard to Remember, then Hard to Forget”: A Qualitative Exploration into the Attitudes and Lived Experiences of Black People With Black Names	6
My Journey as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	5
The Relationship Between Africentrism, Mental Health Outcomes, and Academic Self-Concept Among Black College Students	5
“I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening	5
“They Do Us Wrong”: Bringing Together Black Adolescent Girls’ Voices on School Staff’s Differential Treatment	5
Black Students’ Mental Help-Seeking Processes During College Matriculation	5
Experiences of Black Women Understanding Racial Microaggressions and Identifying Replenishing Healing Practices	5
Black Love, Activism, and Community (BLAC): The BLAC Model of Healing and Resilience	5
Seeing Black Girls in Their Glory: Cultivating Spaces that Facilitate Black Girls’ Psychological Safety	5