OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Political Psychology is 21. 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
The Paranoid Style in American Politics Revisited: An Ideological Asymmetry in Conspiratorial Thinking	130
Hate Speech Epidemic. The Dynamic Effects of Derogatory Language on Intergroup Relations and Political Radicalization	109
Harnessing Shared Identities to Mobilize Resilient Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	63
How Emotional Are Populists Really? Factors Explaining Emotional Appeals in the Communication of Political Parties	49
When and How Different Motives Can Drive Motivated Political Reasoning	49
Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use	49
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity	45
The Volatility of Collective Action: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Data	44
Examining the Left‐Right Divide Through the Lens of a Global Crisis: Ideological Differences and Their Implications for Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	40
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes	37
The Language of Pandemic Leaderships: Mapping Political Rhetoric During the COVID‐19 Outbreak	35
Consequences of Economic Inequality for the Social and Political Vitality of Society: A Social Identity Analysis	33
Reducing Affective Polarization: Warm Group Relations or Policy Compromise?	33
Attitudinal and Emotional Consequences of Islamist Terrorism. Evidence from the Berlin Attack	29
Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief	28
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union	26
“Everybody Needs to Do Their Part, So We Can Get This Under Control.” Reactions to the Norwegian Government Meta‐Narratives on COVID‐19 Measures	24
The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Partisan Preferences in Modern Democracies: Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Voting for Socially Conservative Parties	23
The Influence of Identity Salience on Framing Effectiveness: An Experiment	22
Targeting Ontological Security: Information Warfare in the Modern Age	22
Predictors of Political Violence Outcomes among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	22
Personal and Political: Post‐Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics	21
The Political Psychology of COVID‐19	21
The Return of Ethnocentrism	21
Power to the People: The Hidden Link Between Support for Direct Democracy and Belief in Conspiracy Theories	21