OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Body Image is 33. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Yoga and nonsuicidal self-injury: Mediational effects of self-compassion and body appreciation	145
Prospective relationships between skin color satisfaction, body satisfaction, and binge eating in Black girls	100
State versus trait weight, shape, and eating concerns: Disentangling influence on eating behaviors among sexual minority women	99
An exploratory examination of internalized weight stigma in a sample living with food insecurity	79
Compliance with COVID-19 safety measures: A test of an objectification theory model	66
The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless?	54
Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women	54
Buffering anti-fat attitudes using contact: The roles of contact quantity, duration, favorability, and intergroup anxiety	54
Do media portrayals and social consensus information impact anti-fat attitudes and support for anti-weight discrimination laws and policies?	51
Editorial Board	48
Psychometric properties of a Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) translation of the Body and Appearance Self-Conscious Emotions Scale (BASES): An assessment using exploratory structural equation modelling	47
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults	46
The female athletic ideal — Friend or foe? Fit, thin, and athletic body ideals and their associations with women’s body image	46
Is it safe? Exploring positive and negative outcome changes following a web-based intervention for adolescents distressed by a visible difference (YP Face IT)	45
"You Can't Be Too Skinny. You Can't Be Too Fat. I Don't Know What You Are Supposed To Be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK	43
An examination of the factor structure of the Goldfarb Fear of Fat Scale in clinical and non-clinical samples of Polish women	43
Daily instability in body dissatisfaction in individuals with and without eating disorders	42
A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-rel	42
Self-compassion and relationship status moderate the relationship between sexual minority status and body image concerns	42
Inhabiting the body: Exploring the link between embodiment and identity in community adolescents	40
Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls	40
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model	39
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries	38
“I’m coming out!”: An autoethnographic situation of sel/f/ves within queer fat chronically Ill identity	38
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization	37

Evidence-based policy solutions to prevent eating disorders: Do disclaimer labels on fashion advertisements mitigate negative impact on adult women?	37
Evaluating a school-based body image lesson in Indonesia: A randomised controlled trial	36
Portuguese version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children (BAS-2C): Psychometric evaluation and measurement of invariance across sex	36
Identifying as fat: Examining weight discrimination and the rejection-identification model	36
Flex Friday: A content analysis of men’s fitspiration on Instagram	35
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size®-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression	35
The roles of negative affect and emotion differentiation in the experience of ‘feeling fat’ among undergraduate students: An ecological momentary assessment study	34
Adaptation and validation of the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) for use in english among adolescents in urban India	33
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	33
Objectifying the body positive movement: The effects of sexualizing and digitally modifying body-positive images on Instagram	33
An examination of the unique contributions of body image and internalized weight bias to psychological well-being outcomes	33
Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of moderate and high engagement in muscle-building exercise among adolescents	33
The influence of pornography on heterosexual black men and women’s genital self-image & grooming	33