OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology is 3. 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
Participants’ perceptions support the coexistence of benefits and burdens of cancer clinical trial participation	16
Intervention to reduce age bias in medical students’ decision making for the treatment of older women with breast cancer: A novel approach to bias training	14
The effectiveness of live music intervention on psychological distress among adolescent and young adult patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	13
Solution-focused brief therapy for adolescent and young adult cancer patients in China: a pilot randomized controlled trial	12
Subjective well-being among Iranian breast cancer patients: Exploring the influential role of psychological capital	12
Social determinants of health, psychological distress, and caregiver burden among informal cancer caregivers of cancer survivors during treatment	11
Cancer care for people with significant mental health difficulties (SMHD) - patient perspectives	11
Socioeconomic inequalities in social support: Examining differences in social support network satisfaction and composition among pediatric cancer caregivers	11
Association between positive affect, flourishing, quality of life, and psychological distress in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	10
Patient-reported discrimination among limited-resourced cancer survivors: a brief report	10
Collaborative depression care sensitive to the needs of underserved patients with cancer: Feasibility, acceptability and outcomes	9
The Adolescent and Young Adult Needs Assessment & Service Bridge (NA-SB): A single-arm feasibility pilot study	9
Depression, anxiety, & loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
The role of emotion regulation through mindfulness in oncological patients: A pilot study	8
Social robotics as an adjuvant during the hospitalization process in pediatric oncology patients	8
Scanxiety in survivors of pancreatic cancer	8
Adverse childhood experiences and psychotropic medication prescription among cancer patients	8
Moderators of interdependent psychological distress in cancer survivor-caregiver dyads	7
Survey of families’ psychosocial needs in the context of pediatric cancer: a first step toward the participatory development of a group intervention	7
Experiences of care partners co-surviving in the context of living with metastatic breast cancer	7
Understanding the patient-spouse communication experience during chemotherapy for gastric cancer: A qualitative study	6
“You can be cured, but cancer never leaves you behind”: an interdisciplinary approach into the embodied cancer experiences among adult Colombian childhood/adolescent cancer survivors	6
The impact of education on patients’ psycho-emotional status during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a multicenter prospective study by thes Gruppo Italiano Trapianto di Midollo Oss	6
Perceptions of Japanese and Dutch women with early breast cancer about monitoring their quality of life	6
Culturally-informed adaptation and psychometric properties of the Cataldo Cancer Stigma Scale in Northern Tanzania	5

The relationship between psychosocial support service utilization, coping and post-traumatic growth among breast cancer survivors	5
Dyadic support across contraceptive decision-making among young adult breast cancer survivors and their partners	5
Cancer content and social media platform influence young adult cancer caregivers’ social support on social media	5
Development of the Partner Version of the Self-Efficacy to Communicate about Sex and Intimacy (SECSI-PV) Scale in the Context of Cancer Survivorship	5
Association of depressive symptomatology with problem alcohol use in rural head and neck cancer patients at diagnosis	5
Cancer-related fatigue as a mediator between self-efficacy and quality of life for adolescents and young adults impacted by cancer	5
To be or not to be	5
“I don’t have a choice but to keep getting up and doing the things that protect her”: The informal caregiver’s adaptation to the cancer diagnosis	4
The relationships between loneliness and mental and physical health are moderated by the tendency for interpersonal victimhood: A study of young adult cancer patients	4
Examining the roles of fatalism, stigma, and risk perception on cancer information seeking and avoidance among Chinese adults in Hong Kong	4
Salary and student loan debt for oncology social workers: Findings from the oncology social work competencies, opportunities, roles and expertise (CORE) survey	4
COVID-19 and psychosocial cancer care	4
Psychological processing among caregivers of allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients: Qualitative findings from a longitudinal study	4
Incorporating the Distress Thermometer into preoperative vital signs in patients undergoing ambulatory oncology surgery: a pilot feasibility study	4
Behind and in front of our masks. A new era in communication with our patients	4
Reel reflections: the role of entertainment media narratives in coping among young adult cancer survivors	4
Expressive writing to address distress in hospitalized adults with acute myeloid leukemia: a pilot randomized clinical trial	4
Disparities in fertility preservation discussions among sexual and gender minority cancer patients and their cancer care providers	4
Examining the role of pets in cancer survivors’ physical and mental wellbeing	4
What do Rob Base, DJ EZ Rock and Thich Nhat Hanh have in common? (and how does this apply to our work with cancer patients?!?)	4
Correlates of multicaregiving and singular caregiving among cancer caregivers and associations with caregiver well-being	4
The Body Appreciation Scale-2: Psychometric evaluation of the Puerto Rican Spanish version among women aged ≥ 50 years who are breast cancer survivors	3
Sedentary time transitions and associations with quality of life in cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Prospective assessment of anxiety among pediatric oncology patients and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic a cohort study	3
Quality of life among cancer survivors by model of cancer survivorship care	3
Demoralization syndrome and its impact factors among cancer patients in China	3
“ I wish I knew about these programs before! ” A brief report exploring barriers to financial assistance reported by gynecological oncology patients	3
Online cognitive-behavioral group intervention for young adult survivors of childhood cancer: a pilot study	3
Cancer patients’ experiences of moments of relational depth during psychological therapy: a qualitative study	3
Effectiveness of a self-makeup program for Brazilian women with breast cancer	3
Capturing the financial hardship of cancer in military adolescent and young adult patients: A conceptual framework	3
A randomized pilot of eHealth mindful movement and breathing to improve gynecologic surgery outcomes	3
Experiencing the COVID-19 health crisis: Quality of life of young to mid-life hematology patients	3
Breaking bad news to cancer patients and their families: Attitudes toward death among Turkish physicians and their communication styles	3