OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is 6. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Profiles of bullying, cyberbullying, and disinterest in reading among primary school learners in Spain	30
Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model	29
Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use	25
No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults	22
Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies	21
Reducing HIV public stigma through news information engagement on social media: A multi-method study of the role of state empathy	21
Identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups on mourning	19
Reducing transphobia with the narratives of transgender YouTubers	18
The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts	18
To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours	17
An initial investigation of the role of depressive and anxious syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in adolescence and young adults	15
Adolescents’ ethnic hate speech exposure and ethnic bullying perpetration: The moderating role of tolerance towards diversity and gender	14
User experience of mixed reality applications for healthy ageing: A systematic review	14
Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use	14
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions	14
The use of online social network sites during the COVID-19 pandemic as a protective or risk factor for well-being of university students	14
Attachment style and social media fatigue: The role of usage-related stressors, self-esteem, and self-concept clarity	13
Childhood risks and problematic smartphone use: Dual processes of life history strategy and psychological distress	13
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use	12
Unveiling the depths of Tinder: Decoding the dark tetrad and sociosexuality in motives behind online dating	12
Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study	11
(Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults	11
When feeling positive is being “in the zone”: How challenge optimality causes changes in positive affect and flow	11
Online stress and offline stress: Uniqueness, differences, and cumulative effect on multiple well-being outcomes	10
How to shop online: The construct and measurement of consumer competency in online shopping	10

Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality	10
“You want to know that you’re safe”: Experiences of risk, restriction and resilience online among people with an intellectual disability	10
Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis	10
Profiles of problematic social networking site use: A cross-cultural validation of a scale with Spanish and Mexican adolescents	10
The effect of neuroticism on problematic smartphone use: A mediation model of self-control for males and females	9
Double blue ticks: Reframing ghosting as ostracism through an abductive study on affordances	9
Understanding the relations between exposure to the positive self-portrayals of others on social media and emerging adults’ mental health during a COVID-19 imposed lockdown	9
What is the post-game depression? A narrative inquiry	9
Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying	8
The effect of emotion background on pathological internet users’ comments on online news: Evidence from online text analysis	8
Can time flow differently if you are a virtual reality newcomer?	8
Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning	8
The association of motives with problematic smartphone use: A systematic review	8
How it feels to be “left on read”: Social surveillance on Snapchat and young individuals’ mental health	8
Unraveling the positive and negative roles of positive body-focused social media interactions in adolescents’ body image	7
Is undergraduates’ adoption of the Internet of Things rational? The role of risk perception	7
The effects of age-morphing technology on older adult issue campaigns: The interplay of construal level, perceived probability, and message appeal	7
Autonomy vs. control: Associations among parental mediation, perceived parenting styles, and U. S. adolescents’ risky online experiences	7
You teach me and I’ll teach you: The role of social interactions on positivity elicited from playing Pokémon GO	6
They shouldn’t be richer than me: How visual wealth exposure on social media increases relative deprivation	6
Is that Insta worthy? Predicting content sharing behavior on social media through interpersonal goals	6
Problematic use of social media in adolescents or excessive social gratification? The mediating role of nomophobia	6
Are you always ignoring attitude-challenging messages? Eye-tracking selective exposure on Chinese’ lowly involved news consumption	6
Acceptance and self-protection in government, commercial, and interpersonal surveillance contexts: An exploratory study	6
An exploratory study of selfie motivations and their relation to sociability and shyness among youth	6
Internalizing personality traits and coping motivations for gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel mediation analysis	6