OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Intercultural Relations is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of national culture on the increase of COVID-19: A cross-country analysis of European countries	67
RETRACTED: An examination of the effectiveness of virtual reality technology for intercultural competence development	59
Psychological and socio-cultural adaptation of Syrian refugees in Turkey	50
Allport meets internet: A meta-analytical investigation of online intergroup contact and prejudice reduction	48
Seeing the human in everyone: Multicultural experiences predict more positive intergroup attitudes and humanitarian helping through identification with all humanity	41
Social support for international students who faced emotional challenges midst Wuhan's 76-day lockdown during early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic	35
Are we facing a “causality crisis” in acculturation research? The need for a methodological (r)evolution	35
Social support and cultural distance: Sojourners’ experience in China	30
Socio-cultural correlates of self-reported experiences of discrimination related to COVID-19 in a culturally diverse sample of Canadian adults	29
Foreign-born Chinese students learning in China: (Re)shaping intercultural identity in higher education institution	29
Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation	27
A systematic review of third culture kids empirical research	27
Intercultural competence in tourism and hospitality: Self-efficacy beliefs and the Dunning Kruger effect	27
The psychological impacts of COVID-19 related stressors on Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of resource loss, discrimination, and social support	25
A new route towards more harmonious intergroup relationships in England? Majority members’ proximal-acculturation	25
Teachers’ self-efficacy and intercultural classroom practices in diverse classroom contexts: A cross-national comparison	23
“Maybe we did not learn that much academically, but we learn more from experience” – Erasmus mobility and its potential for transformative learning	23
In search of cross-cultural competence: A comprehensive review of five measurement instruments	23
Re-examining public opinion preferences for migrant categorizations: “Refugees” are evaluated more negatively than “migrants” and “foreigners” related to participants’ direct, extended, and mass-media	22
How intergroup contact and communication about group differences predict collective action intentions among advantaged groups	22
Re-examining intercultural research and relations in the COVID pandemic	21
Canada’s Sub-Saharan African migrants: A scoping review	21
Social capital and the well-being of migrants to Australia: Exploring the role of generalised trust and social network resources	21
Is active social media involvement associated with cross-culture adaption and academic integration among boundary-crossing students?	21
The impacts of academic adaptation on psychological and sociocultural adaptation among international students in China: The moderating role of friendship	20

Sometimes it is the little things: A meta-analysis of individual and contextual determinants of attitudes toward immigration (2009–2019)	20
A systematic review of short-term study abroad research methodology and intercultural competence outcomes	20
Refugees unwelcome: Narcissistic and secure national commitment differentially predict collective action against immigrants and refugees	20
Acculturation orientations and mental health when facing post-migration stress: Differences between unaccompanied and accompanied male Middle Eastern refugee adolescents, first- and second-generation	19
Comparing students’ study abroad experiences and outcomes across global contexts	18
Acculturative stress and cultural identity styles as predictors of psychosocial functioning in Hispanic Americans	18
Asian international students’ help-seeking intentions and behavior in American Postsecondary Institutions	18
Towards a dynamic approach to acculturation	17
Adolescent outgroup helping, collective action, and political activism in a setting of protracted conflict	17
Acculturation in a postcolonial context: Language, identity, cultural adaptation, and academic achievement of Macao students in Mainland China	17
Intercultural communication and US higher education: How US students and faculty can improve	16
Developing intercultural communicative competence in foreign language classrooms – A study of EFL learners in Taiwan	16
Experiences of ethnic discrimination among US Hispanics: Intersections of language, heritage, and discrimination setting	15
Perceived threat or perceived benefit? Immigrants’ perception of how Finns tend to perceive them	15
Diversity ideologies and flourishing: An Australian study comparing polyculturalism, multiculturalism, and colorblindness	15
The effects of positive affectivity on expatriate creativity and perceived performance: What is the role of perceived cultural novelty?	15
A social virus: Intergroup dehumanization and unwillingness to aid amidst COVID-19 − Who are the main targets?	14
Acculturative challenges among Pakistani secondary school students in Hong Kong	14
Intercultural communication between Chinese college students and foreign teachers through the English corner at an elite language university in Shanghai	14
Social-ecological correlates of acculturative stress among Latina/o and Black Caribbean immigrants in the United States: A scoping review	14
Where I’m from? Third Culture Kids about their cultural identity shifts and belonging	13
Life satisfaction in relation to attitudes towards immigrants among Europeans by generational cohorts	13
Traumatic experiences, acculturation, and psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey: The mediating role of coping strategies	13
Cultural sensitivity and attitudes towards refugees of Turkish nursing students: A cross sectional descriptive study	13
Length of stay, acculturation and transnational medical travel among Polish migrants in the Netherlands	12
Intersections of identity and status in international students’ perceptions of culturally engaging campus environments	12
Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation	12
Moderation impact of national culture on international firm’s environmental, social, governance and financial performance	12
The impact of emotional intelligence on depression among international students studying in China: The mediating effect of acculturative stress	12
Immigrant entrepreneurs: A review of the literature and an agenda for future investigations	11
The importance of weak friendships for international student satisfaction: Empirical evidence from Canada	11
What if we focus on developing commonalities? Results of an international and interdisciplinary Delphi study on transcultural competence	11
Integration in Canada: A systematic review of the youth experience	11
Third Culture Kids, their diversity beliefs and their intercultural competences	11
Teachers’ and preservice teachers’ implicit attitudes toward ethnic minority students and implicit expectations of their academic performance	11
International student graduates’ workforce integration: A systematic review	11
Which intercultural competences for teachers, educators, and social workers? A literature review	11
Cultural stress in the age of mass xenophobia: Perspectives from Latin/o adolescents	11
The role of cultural pressures and group favouritism in shaping Syrian refugees’ identity in the Jordanian work environment	11
Longitudinal effects of U.S. students’ reentry shock on psychological health after returning home during the COVID-19 global pandemic	11
SIEs motivational CQ on job satisfaction: A two-study examination of power distance and role clarity	11
Multidimensional Individual Difference Acculturation (MIDA) model: Syrian refugees’ adaptation into Germany	11
The double-edged sword of identification. The divergent effects of identification on acculturation stress among Ukrainian immigrants in Poland	10
Parenting and social identity contributors to character development in Muslim American adolescents	10
Culture as an influence on sexting attitudes and behaviors: A differential analysis comparing adolescents from Spain and Colombia	10
Individual experiences that affect students’ development of intercultural competence in study abroad	10
Migrant perceptions of psychological home: A scoping review	10
“Causality crisis” in acculturation research a false alarm?: A commentary on Kunst (2021)	10
Dating relationships of the Turkish second generation in Europe: Patterns, partner origin and the role of parents	10
The interplay of positive and negative intergroup contact: Experiences of Latino/a Youth in the U.S.	10

Racial moral panic and African youth in Australia	10
Acculturation strategies of multi-cultural family adolescents in South Korea: Marginalization, separation, assimilation, and integration	9
Acculturation trajectories differ by youth age at arrival and time in residency among Latino immigrant families in a US emerging immigrant context	9
Mindsets about language learning and support for immigrants’ integration	9
Complex but integrated: Exploring social and cultural identities of women Third Culture Kids (TCK) and factors predicting life satisfaction	9
When in Rome… A longitudinal investigation of the predictors and the development of student sojourners’ host cultural behavioral engagement	9
“You are too ethnic, you are too national”: Dual identity denial and dual identification	9
Teachers’ multicultural personality traits as predictors of intercultural conflict management styles: Evidence from five European countries	9
Does service learning affect the development of intercultural sensitivity? A study comparing students’ progress in two different methodologies	9
The role of positive and negative contact of migrants with native people in affecting their future interactions. Evidence from Italy and Turkey	9
Promoting the attitudes of nursing students towards refugees via interventions based on the contact hypothesis: A randomized controlled trial	9
Dancing to two tunes: The role of bicultural identity and strong ties in skilled migrants’ value-driven protean careers	9
Interethnic parenting experiences in raising mixed-ethnicity children: A systematic qualitative review	9
Thrilling travel or lonesome long haul? Loneliness and acculturation behavior of adolescents studying abroad	9
The benefits of career adaptability on African international students’ perception of social support and quality of life in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Multicultural attitudes of prospective teachers: The influence of multicultural ideology and national pride	9
“You don’t sound black” African immigrant youth experiences of discrimination in the labor market in Calgary	9
Sojourner expectations: Are they met and does it matter if they’re not?	9
Coping with cultural differences in healthcare: Chinese immigrant mothers’ health information sharing via WeChat	9
“I disagreed with a lot of values”: Exploring Black immigrant agency in ethnic-racial socialization	8
Is emigration worth the trouble? Satisfaction with life, group identifications, perceived discrimination, and socio-economic status of immigrants and stayers	8
The role of perceived discrimination, intergroup contact and adoption in acculturation among four Dutch immigrant groups	8
Cultural adaptation and societal context: The role of historical heterogeneity in cultural adaptation of newcomers	8
Are we in this together? Changes in anti-immigrant sentiments during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Mental health, stressors and resources in migrant domestic workers in Singapore: A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews	8
Humility and Bridging Differences: A Systematic Literature Review of Humility in Relation to Diversity	8
Anxiety and depression symptoms and their association with discrimination and a lack of social support among first- and second-generation immigrant adolescents	8
The role of intercultural competence, in the relationship between intercultural experiences and creativity among students	8
The role of ingroup assortative sociality in the COVID-19 pandemic: A multilevel analysis of google trends data in the United States	8
Religiously flexible: Acculturation of second-generation Muslims in Europe	8
Exploring situational empathy and intergroup empathy bias among people with two opposing cultural norms: Collectivism and individualism	8
A critical review of multiculturalism and interculturalism as integration frameworks: The case of Canada	8
How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members	8
Addressing the effect of concern with COVID-19 threat on prejudice towards immigrants: The sequential mediating role of need for cognitive closure and desire for cultural tightness	8
A peer mentoring social learning perspective of cross-cultural adjustment: The rapid-acculturation mateship program	8
Intercultural mentoring among university students: The importance of meaningful communication	7
Academics’ perceptions of intercultural competence and professional development after international mobility	7
A systematic and integrative review of qualitative research exploring experiences of acculturation and education among African-born migrants	7
Perceived discrimination and Asian cultural values are associated with beliefs about psychological services among Chinese international students	7
Adolescents’ global competence: A latent profile analysis and exploration of student-, parent-, and school-related predictors of profile membership	7
Comparing normative influence from multiple groups: Beyond family, religious ingroup norms predict children’s prejudice towards refugees	7
Language and intercultural peer interactions: Vietnamese students in Taiwan’s bilingual academic settings	7
Social representations and images of slum tourism: Effects on stereotyping	7
A stepping stone to the “West”: Academic adaptation of international students from post-Soviet countries in Hungary	7
Staying connected: Effects of social connectedness, cultural intelligence, and socioeconomic status on overseas students’ life satisfaction	7
Social positioning and cultural capital: An ethnographic analysis of Estonian and Russian language social media discussion groups in Finland	7
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale	7
Majority group perceptions of minority acculturation preferences: The role of perceived threat	7
Solo status, religious centrality, and discrimination among American Muslim women	7
Patterns of exclusion of ethno-religious minorities: The ethno-religious hierarchy across European countries and social categories within these countries	7
Critical Reflections on Sociocultural Adaptation	7
How are acculturation orientations associated among majority-group members? The moderating role of ideology and levels of identity	7
The intercultural competence of second-generation individuals: knowledge gaps and steps forward	7
Navigating tensions in inter-ethnic marriages in Indonesia: Cultural, relational, spatial and material considerations	7
“Tenemos que ser la voz”: Exploring resilience among Latina/o immigrant families in the context of restrictive immigration policies and practices	7
Attitudes towards homosexuality among ethnic majority and minority adolescents in Western Europe: The role of ethnic classroom composition	6
Disentangling the confounding effects of students’ ethnicity and socioeconomic background on preservice teachers’ judgments	6
Perceived forcedness and perils of migration: Development and validation of a questionnaire for residents in receiving countries	6
Bridging (Identification) divides: Ethnic minority endorsement of new diversity ideologies	6
Negotiating a contested identity: Religious individualism among Muslim youth in a super-diverse city	6
Can cultural values eliminate ostracism distress?	6
Attitudes towards multiculturalism in Luxembourg: Measurement invariance and factor structure of the Multicultural Ideology Scale	6
Enculturation of immigrants in multicultural contexts: A case of young Pakistani students in Hong Kong	6
Fated for foreigners: Ecological realities shape perspectives of transnational marriage in northern Thailand	6
‘Let us understand each other and work together in the child’s best interest’ – Exploring the narratives of newly arrived refugee parents in Sweden	6
Factor structure of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) in a sample of university students from Chile	6
Intercultural competence developmental processes of university and college students as three types of transition – A systematic review	6
Developing intercultural competence in college business English students: A study of innovative teaching in China	6
Tolerance towards difference: Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Spanish version of a new measure of tolerance and sex-moderated relations with prejudice	6
Entrepreneurship: An attractive career path for immigrant vocational students in the Netherlands? The role of negative and positive stimulating factors	6
Psychosocial adaptation of Turkish return migrants and factors affecting their intention to remigrate to Europe: Personality, perceived discrimination, ethnic identity	6
Ethnic discrimination and psychological stress among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the moderating effects of distress tolerance and optimism	6
At the roots of Allport’s “prejudice-prone personality”: The impact of need for cognitive closure on prejudice towards different outgroups and the mediating role of binding moral foundations	6
Socio-cultural subgroups of Latina/o immigrants: A latent profile analysis	6
The nature of social media use and ethnic minorities’ acculturation	6
Situating colorism in intercultural contexts: The multifaceted process of acculturation in shaping attitudes towards skin color	6
Considering intersectionality in acculturation: Bringing theory to practice	6
Two sides of social integration: Effects of exposure and friendships on second- and third-generation immigrant as well as majority youth’s intergroup attitudes	6
Does teachers’ ethnic bias stress them out? The role of teachers’ implicit attitudes toward and expectations of ethnic minority students in teachers’ burnout	6
Cultural values, shame and guilt, and expressive suppression as predictors of depression	6