OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychology is 27. 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
Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of US college students	129
Predictors of academic performance during the covid-19 outbreak: impact of distance education on mental health, social cognition and memory abilities in an Italian university student sample	77
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: a comparison between Germany and the UK	64
How have people been coping during the COVID-19 pandemic? Patterns and predictors of coping strategies amongst 26,016 UK adults	53
Caregiver burden and coping strategies in caregivers of older patients with stroke	52
Prevalence and associated factors of internet addiction among undergraduate university students in Ethiopia: a community university-based cross-sectional study	51
Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic review	49
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of parents with young children: a qualitative interview study	49
Health anxiety, perceived stress, and coping styles in the shadow of the COVID-19	47
The predicting role of EFL teachers’ immediacy behaviors in students’ willingness to communicate and academic engagement	46
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study among Palestinian students (10–18 years)	45
Efficacy of affirmative cognitive behavioural group therapy for sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults in community settings in Ontario, Canada	38
Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial	37
How do you feel during the COVID-19 pandemic? A survey using psychological and linguistic self-report measures, and machine learning to investigate mental health, subjective experience, personality, a	37
A nationwide cross-sectional study of workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact of changes in working conditions, financial hardships, psychological detachment from work and work-fam	36
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, anxiety, and depression	35
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health in a UK student sample	35
Mental health, learning behaviour and perceived fatigue among university students during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional multicentric study in the UAE	34
The relationship between resilience and loneliness elucidated by a Danish version of the resilience scale for adults	33
Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	33
How do Norwegian adolescents experience the role of social media in relation to mental health and well-being: a qualitative study	33
Psychometric evaluation of the depression, anxiety, and stress scale-21 (DASS-21) among Chinese primary and middle school teachers	32
Association of self-perceived income status with psychological distress and subjective well-being: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India	32
Evaluation of students' attitude and emotions towards the sudden closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	30
Big five model personality traits and job burnout: a systematic literature review	29

Self-reported psychological distress during the COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal: findings from an online survey	28
Mental health and wellbeing implications of the COVID-19 quarantine for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people: evidence from a cross-cultural study in Zambia and Sierra Leone	28
Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety in children and young people on the autism spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Systematic review on the association of COVID-19-related conspiracy belief with infection-preventive behavior and vaccination willingness	27
The association between problematic social networking site use, dark triad traits, and emotion dysregulation	27
Prevalence of mental health problems and associated factors among front-line public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: an effort–reward imbalance model-informed study	27