OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 40. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	269
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	222
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	142
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	141
Editorial Board	140
Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	131
The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	116
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	104
Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	96
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	94
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	72
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	69
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	67
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	66
Political differences in climate change knowledge and their association with climate attitudes, behavior, and policy support	65
Environmental framing and left-wing political orientation promote sustainability in a US-based common-pool resource dilemma	64
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	62
Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis	62
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	61
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	61
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	58
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	58
Spillover from general and specific pro-environmental behavior to climate-friendly choices and policy Acceptance: The mediating role of psychological engagement	54
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	53
The burden of climate action: How environmental responsibility is impacted by socioeconomic status	52

Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	52
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	47
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	47
Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	46
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	45
General deterrent effects of environmental law enforcement: Evidence from a survey experiment on recycling	44
Toward conceptualizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: A multidisciplinary meta-review and -synthesis	44
Sniffing the distance: Scents can make objects appear closer	44
Insights into eco-anxiety in Italy: Preliminary psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale, age and gender distribution	44
Introducing and testing the personal-collective-governmental efficacy typology: How personal, collective, and governmental efficacy subtypes are associated with differential environmental actions	43
Man or bear? How gender affects experiences of natural environments with varying levels of vegetation density and different danger threats	43
Can an observational training improve the ability of children to navigate in familiar and unfamiliar environments?	42
The influence of the residential environment on well-being and personal projects: Perspectives of young people living in public housing	42
The influence of physical office environments on physiological stress: A PRISMA systematic scoping review	41
Understanding slow progress on urban climate adaptation: An empirical analysis of behavioural dynamics in Dutch policymaking	40
Re-examining feelings of responsibility as a predictor of climate belief and worry: A replication across 31 countries	40
From distress to action? – A three-wave longitudinal study of climate change distress, pro-environmental behavior, and coping strategies among Finnish adolescents	40
The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions	40