OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Social Psychological and Personality Science is 30. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A Bioweapon or a Hoax? The Link Between Distinct Conspiracy Beliefs About the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak and Pandemic Behavior	346
Political Ideology Predicts Perceptions of the Threat of COVID-19 (and Susceptibility to Fake News About It)	324
Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic	136
How USA-Centric Is Psychology? An Archival Study of Implicit Assumptions of Generalizability of Findings to Human Nature Based on Origins of Study Samples	102
Adaptive and Dark Personality in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Predicting Health-Behavior Endorsement and the Appeal of Public-Health Messages	91
Measuring Realistic and Symbolic Threats of COVID-19 and Their Unique Impacts on Well-Being and Adherence to Public Health Behaviors	88
A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect	71
The Role of Personality in COVID-19-Related Perceptions, Evaluations, and Behaviors: Findings Across Five Samples, Nine Traits, and 17 Criteria	61
Who Is Impacted? Personality Predicts Individual Differences in Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany	60
Affirming Basic Psychological Needs Promotes Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak	58
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Big Five Personality on Subjective and Psychological Well-Being	54
The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment	53
Predicting Behavioral Intentions to Prevent or Mitigate COVID-19: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis of Attitudes, Norms, and Perceived Behavioral Control Effects	51
The Restorative Power of Nostalgia: Thwarting Loneliness by Raising Happiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic	48
Evaluations of Self-Focused Versus Other-Focused Arguments for Social Distancing: An Extension of Moral Matching Effects	45
Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes III:Long-Term Change in Gender Stereotypes	43
The Natural Hair Bias in Job Recruitment	42
Love in the Time of COVID: Perceived Partner Responsiveness Buffers People From Lower Relationship Quality Associated With COVID-Related Stressors	42
Partners’ Attachment Insecurity and Stress Predict Poorer Relationship Functioning During COVID-19 Quarantines	41
Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries	41
Changes in Personal Values in Pandemic Times	41
In a Lonely Place: Investigating Regional Differences in Loneliness	38
The Construct of Subjective Economic Inequality	38
Do Links Between Personality and Life Outcomes Generalize? Testing the Robustness of Trait–Outcome Associations Across Gender, Age, Ethnicity, and Analytic Approaches	38
Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure	36

“Just the Way You Are”: Linking Music Listening on Spotify and Personality	35
Loneliness During a Nationwide Lockdown and the Moderating Effect of Extroversion	31
Intellectual Humility Predicts Scrutiny of COVID-19 Misinformation	31
Can Psychological Traits Explain Mobility Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic?	30
Social Class—Not Income Inequality—Predicts Social and Institutional Trust	30