OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Mindfulness is 28. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Reducing Depressive Symptomatology in a Community Sample of Individuals with Adjustment Disorders: Exploring the Role of Pain in Treatment Resp	88
Synchronous Smiles and Hearts: Dyadic Meditations Enhance Closeness and Prosocial Behavior in Virtual and In-Person Settings	70
Examining the Occurrence and Clinical Impact of Difficult Experiences that Emerge During a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Among Individuals at High Risk of Suicide	57
Beyond Hub-and-Spoke Adaptation: Religiously and Culturally Responsive Implementation of Mindfulness for Global Public Health	54
Characterizing Nature Videos for an Attention Placebo Control for MBSR: The Development of Nature-Based Stress Reduction (NBSR)	54
Brief Online Training in Mindfulness Meditation Momentarily Reduces Some Impulsive Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial	53
Confirmation and Validation of a Chinese version of the Equanimity Scale	50
Acute and Enduring Effects of Mindful Eating on Delay and Probability Discounting for Food and Money in Food-Insecure Women	46
The Mindful Reappraisal of Pain Scale (MRPS): Validation of a New Measure of Psychological Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Analgesia	43
Bidirectional Relationships Between Dispositional Mindfulness, Looming Maladaptive Style, and Social Anxiety in Youth	42
A Systematic Review on Mediation Studies of Self-Compassion and Physical Health Outcomes in Non-Clinical Adult Populations	38
Compassion Manifesting in Skillful Means	38
Increased Effect Sizes in a Mindfulness- and Yoga-Based Intervention After Adjusting for Response Shift with Then-Test	36
On Freedom from Remorse (Avipratisāra/Avippaṭisāra): Its Place on the Well-Trodden Path from Moral Discipline to Samādhi Meditation	34
Investigating the Influence of Self-Compassion-Focused Interventions on Posttraumatic Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	33
Efficacy of Compassionate Mind Training for Gay Men (CMT-GM) in Improving Mental Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Mediation Analysis Evaluating a Novel Program	33
Psychometric Properties of the Mindfulness in Teaching Scale in a Sample of Portuguese Teachers	33
The Compassion Balance: Understanding the Interrelation of Self- and Other-Compassion for Optimal Well-being	33
A Randomized Controlled Study of a French Compassionate Mind Training	33
A Biobehavioural Approach to Understand How Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Reduces Dispositional Negative Self-Bias in Recurrent Depression	31
Recalling Tough Times: Exploring the Effect of Acceptance on Autobiographical Memory in Daily Life	30
Self-Compassion and Compassion for Others: A Multiple Mediation Study of Personal Values	29
The Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Training in an Elementary School in Germany	29
Revisiting the Monitoring and Acceptance Theory: Findings from a Daily Diary, Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial	29
A Narrative Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions Using Virtual Reality	29

Effects of Kindness- and Compassion-Based Meditation on Wellbeing, Prosociality, and Cognitive Functioning in Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review	29
Initial Validation of the Brazilian Mindful Eating Scale Among Overweight and Low-Income Women	28
Mindfulness Skills and Experience Are Associated With Enhanced Emotional Body Sensations	28
Psychometric Assessment of the Applied Mindfulness Process Scale (AMPS) Among a Sample of Women in Treatment for Substance Use Disorder	28
The Impact of Teachers’ Contemplative Training on Classroom Discussions of Controversial Issues—a Cluster-Randomized Active-Control Trial	28