OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Behavioral Medicine 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Social and behavioral health responses to COVID-19: lessons learned from four decades of an HIV pandemic	97
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health in the two largest economies in the world: a comparison between the United States and China	71
Addressing racial/ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy and uptake: lessons learned from the California alliance against COVID-19	33
The bidirectional relationship between sense of purpose in life and physical activity: a longitudinal study	33
Hesitant but vaccinated: assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the recently vaccinated	31
Recent trends in the rural–urban suicide disparity among veterans using VA health care	27
Temporal changes in psychobehavioural responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia	25
Cognitive and Affective Risk Beliefs and their Association with Protective Health Behavior in Response to the Novel Health Threat of COVID-19	25
Predictors and mediators of outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain: the contributions of psychological flexibility	24
Bleak present, bright future: II. Combined effects of episodic future thinking and scarcity on delay discounting in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes	23
Adaptive, behavioral intervention impact on weight gain, physical activity, energy intake, and motivational determinants: results of a feasibility trial in pregnant women with overweight/obesity	22
Misinformation and other elements in HPV vaccine tweets: an experimental comparison	21
COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes towards mandates in a nationally representative U.S. sample	20
Worry and rumination in breast cancer patients: perseveration worsens self-rated health	18
Effects of 6-month episodic future thinking training on delay discounting, weight loss and HbA1c changes in individuals with prediabetes	18
Understanding medical mistrust and HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic parents in Los Angeles	17
Narratives from African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic/Latinx community members in Arizona to enhance COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination uptake	17
Associations between naturalistically assessed physical activity patterns, affect, and eating in youth with overweight and obesity	17
Psychological Impact of Ambiguous Health Messages about COVID-19	16
Firearm purchasing during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in households with teens: a national study	16
Incremental criterion validity of message perceptions and effects perceptions in the context of anti-smoking messages	16
Non-fatal gun violence and community health behaviors: A neighborhood analysis in Philadelphia	16
Why some parents made firearms more accessible during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a national study	14
Beyond political affiliation: an examination of the relationships between social factors and perceptions of and responses to COVID-19	13
Connecting the dots: a comparison of network analysis and exploratory factor analysis to examine psychosocial syndemic indicators among HIV-negative sexual minority men	13

Connect through PLAY: a randomized-controlled trial in afterschool programs to increase adolescents’ physical activity	12
Sexual minorities are at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease from a younger age than heterosexuals	12
Anticipatory racism stress, smoking and disease activity: the Black women’s experiences living with lupus (BeWELL) study	12
Past-year discrimination and cigarette smoking among sexual minority women: investigating racial/ethnic and sexual identity differences	12
Relations between social comparisons and physical activity among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease: an ecological momentary assessment study	12
Examining the effectiveness of pain rehabilitation on chronic pain and post-traumatic symptoms	11
Anxiety, depression, and opioid misuse among adults with chronic pain: the role of emotion dysregulation	11
Psychosocial interventions to reduce eating pathology in bariatric surgery patients: a systematic review	11
Mindfulness-based stress reduction for breast cancer survivors (MBSR(BC)): evaluating mediators of psychological and physical outcomes in a large randomized controlled trial	11
Medical avoidance among marginalized groups: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African Americans: the effects of narratives, character’s self-persuasion, and trust in science	11
Trauma exposure, PTSD, and suboptimal HIV medication adherence among marginalized individuals connected to public HIV care in Miami	11
The relationship between sleep and opioids in chronic pain patients	11
Associations of leisure screen time with cardiometabolic biomarkers in college-aged adults	10
HPV and COVID-19 vaccines: Social media use, confidence, and intentions among parents living in different community types in the United States	10
Perceptions and tolerance of uncertainty: relationship to trust in COVID-19 health information and vaccine hesitancy	10
Treating postpartum depression in rural veterans using internet delivered CBT: program evaluation of MomMoodBooster	9
Day-to-day associations between sleep and physical activity: a set of person-specific analyses in adults with overweight and obesity	9
Exploring content of misinformation about HPV vaccine on twitter	9
(No) escape from reality? Cigarette craving in virtual smoking environments	9
The roots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: evidence from Hungary	9
A feasibility trial of a digital mindfulness-based intervention to improve asthma-related quality of life for primary care patients with asthma	9
Examining stigma, social support, and gender differences in unsuppressed HIV viral load among participants in HPTN 065	8
Relationship between self-care adherence, time perspective, readiness to change and executive function in patients with heart failure	8
Vaccinating across the aisle: using co-partisan source cues to encourage COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the ideological right	8
The association between psychological functioning and social support and social constraint after cancer diagnosis: a 30-day daily diary study	8
Anxiety sensitivity, pain severity and co-use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes among adults with chronic pain	8
The influence of routine and leisure family activities on the ability of young Asian Americans to maintain a healthy lifestyle: findings from a nationwide survey	8
Contextual influences on the within-person association between physical activity and affect in adolescents: an ecological momentary assessment study	8
Relationships between daily stress responses in everyday life and nightly sleep	8
Predicting college students’ COVID-19 vaccination behavior: an application of the extended parallel process model	8
Effects of an internet-delivered insomnia intervention for older adults: A secondary analysis on symptoms of depression and anxiety	8
Factors associated with latino sexual minority men’s likelihood and motivation for obtaining a COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed-methods study	8
A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial adding behavioral counseling to supervised physical activity in prostate cancer survivors: behavior change in prostate cancer survivors trial (BOOST)	8
Gender differences in the relationship between social support and strain and mortality among a national sample of adults	8
Age-varying associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural cancer survivors	7
Charity-based incentives motivate young adult cancer survivors to increase physical activity: a pilot randomized clinical trial	7
Loneliness and multiple health domains: associations among emerging adults	7
Associations of parenting factors and weight related outcomes in African American adolescents with overweight and obesity	7
Latent class growth modelling for the evaluation of intervention outcomes: example from a physical activity intervention	7
Engaging Latino sexual minority men in PrEP and behavioral health care: multilevel barriers, facilitators, and potential implementation strategies	7
Exploring pain experience and anxiety sensitivity among Latinx adults in a federally qualified health center	7
Changes in physical activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with overweight and obesity: an interrupted time series analysis with historical controls	7
Factors associated with mothers’ hesitancy to receive a COVID-19 vaccine	7
Understanding the Factors Influencing Health Care Provider Recommendations about Adolescent Vaccines: A Proposed Framework	7
A novel psychometric approach to assessing intersectional hiv stigma: the geometric intersectional stigma scales	7
Broad perspectives in understanding vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence: an introduction to the special issue	7
Depressive symptoms improve over 2 years of type 2 diabetes treatment via a digital continuous remote care intervention focused on carbohydrate restriction	6
Resilience and recovery from total knee arthroplasty (TKA): a pathway for optimizing patient outcomes	6
Smoking among adult congenital heart disease survivors in the United States: Prevalence and relationship with illness perceptions	6

Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of weight loss 12 to 15 years after bariatric surgery	6
Changes in family involvement occasioned by FAMS mobile health intervention mediate changes in glycemic control over 12 months	6
Forgoing antiretroviral therapy to evade stigma among people living with HIV, Cape Town, South Africa	6
Patient-caregiver dyads in pancreatic cancer: identification of patient and caregiver factors associated with caregiver well-being	6
Perceived discrimination predicts elevated biological markers of inflammation among sexual minority adults	6
The distinct longitudinal impact of pain catastrophizing on pain interference among youth living with sickle cell disease and chronic pain	6
Using Behavioral Science to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Cancer Survivors: Communication Strategies and Research Opportunities	6
Testing the cross-stressor hypothesis under real-world conditions: exercise as a moderator of the association between momentary anxiety and cardiovascular responses	6
The Effect of Science-Related Populism on Vaccination Attitudes and Decisions	6
A systematic review of behavioral interventions for rural breast cancer survivors	6
Sleep and neighborhood socioeconomic status: a micro longitudinal study of chronic low-back pain and pain-free individuals	6
Preparing patients according to their individual coping style improves patient experience of magnetic resonance imaging	6
Use of digital health technologies to examine subjective and objective sleep with next-day cognition and daily indicators of health in persons with and without HIV	6
Pilot randomized controlled trial of eHealth cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia among Spanish-speaking breast cancer survivors	6
Stable and momentary psychosocial correlates of everyday smoking: An application of Temporal Self-Regulation Theory	6
Binge size and loss of control as correlates of eating behavior and psychopathology among individuals with binge eating disorder and higher weight	6
Effects of anxiety sensitivity on cannabis, alcohol, and nicotine use among adolescents: evaluating pathways through anxiety, withdrawal symptoms, and coping motives	6