OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 39. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	205
Editorial Board	174
The burden of climate action: How environmental responsibility is impacted by socioeconomic status	120
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	119
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	106
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	103
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	96
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	83
Editorial Board	82
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	80
Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	78
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	76
Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	75
Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	71
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	59
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	59
Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis	57
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	56
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	55
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	54
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	52
Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	50
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	49
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	49
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	48

The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	48
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	47
Re-examining feelings of responsibility as a predictor of climate belief and worry: A replication across 31 countries	47
Sniffing the distance: Scents can make objects appear closer	46
Can an observational training improve the ability of children to navigate in familiar and unfamiliar environments?	46
Household crowding during the COVID-19 lockdown fosters anti-democracy even after 17 months: A 5-wave latent growth curve study	45
Frame by frame, attitude by attitude – The effect of information framing in videos on consumers’ acceptance of sustainable food production innovations	45
Policy attributes, perceived impacts, and climate change policy preferences	43
Time perception in naturalistic and urban immersive virtual reality environments	43
Differentiating mental health promotion effects of various bluespaces: An electroencephalography study	43
School greenspace is associated with enhanced benefits of academic interventions on annual reading improvement for children of color in California	42
Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation performance	41
Worry's Clout: Concern, not positive affectivity, drives climate activism	41
Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research	40
The influence of the residential environment on well-being and personal projects: Perspectives of young people living in public housing	39
Toward conceptualizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: A multidisciplinary meta-review and -synthesis	39
Can organizations shape eco-friendly employees? Organizational support improves pro-environmental behaviors at work	39
General deterrent effects of environmental law enforcement: Evidence from a survey experiment on recycling	39
Insights into eco-anxiety in Italy: Preliminary psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale, age and gender distribution	39