OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Body Image is 35. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Body functionality: A review of the literature	145
Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison	92
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Social media, body image, and the question of causation: Meta-analyses of experimental and longitudinal evidence	79
Young women’s body image following upwards comparison to Instagram models: The role of physical appearance perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation	65
Body Positivity (#BoPo) in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study showing potential benefits to individuals’ body image and emotional wellbeing	58
#Bopo: Enhancing body image through body positive social media- evidence to date and research directions	54
#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image	54
Weight stigma and media: An examination of the effect of advertising campaigns on weight bias, internalized weight bias, self-esteem, body image, and affect	52
Science mapping research on body image: A bibliometric review of publications in Body Image, 2004–2020	51
Body image and internalization of appearance ideals in Black women: An update and call for culturally-sensitive research	48
Body image disturbance and sexual orientation: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Examining associations among weight stigma, weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms: Does weight status matter?	47
What a body can do: Rethinking body functionality through a feminist materialist disability lens	46
Exploring transgender adolescents’ body image concerns and disordered eating: Semi-structured interviews with nine gender minority youth	45
Differences in weight stigma between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men	44
Strong is the New Skinny, but is it Ideal?: A Test of the Tripartite Influence Model using a new Measure of Fit-Ideal Internalisation	43
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-19	43
Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction	43
The cosmetic surgery paradox: Toward a contemporary understanding of cosmetic surgery popularisation and attitudes	42
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image	42
Translation and validation of body image instruments: An addendum to Swami and Barron (2019) in the form of frequently asked questions	42
Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in Lebanese adults	41
Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	40
Body image flexibility and its correlates: A meta-analysis	40

Body image and depressive symptoms among transgender and cisgender adults: Examining a model integrating the tripartite influence model and objectification theory	39
Muscles and bare chests on Instagram: The effect of Influencers’ fashion and fitspiration images on men’s body image	39
The dangers of the rabbit hole: Reflections on social media as a portal into a distorted world of edited bodies and eating disorder risk and the role of algorithms	39
The effects of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram posts on body image and self-compassion in men and women	37
The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image	37
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics	36
Do the metrics matter? An experimental investigation of Instagram influencer effects on mood and body dissatisfaction	36
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study	35
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I	35
The role of sexual minority stress and community involvement on disordered eating, dysmorphic concerns and appearance- and performance-enhancing drug misuse	35