OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking is 37. 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
How Adolescents Use Social Media to Cope with Feelings of Loneliness and Anxiety During COVID-19 Lockdown	298
Connecting Through Technology During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Avoiding “Zoom Fatigue”	281
How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety	211
COVID-19 Information Seeking on Digital Media and Preventive Behaviors: The Mediation Role of Worry	192
Twenty-Five Years of Social Media: A Review of Social Media Applications and Definitions from 1994 to 2019	143
Mental Health Care Goes Online: Practitioners' Experiences of Providing Mental Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic	134
Using Social Media to Our Advantage: Alleviating Anxiety During a Pandemic	94
Social Media Use During Social Distancing	93
Ready or Not for Contact Tracing? Investigating the Adoption Intention of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Technology Using an Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model	89
What the Metaverse Is (Really) and Why We Need to Know About It	72
Virtual Reality as a Medium to Elicit Empathy: A Meta-Analysis	70
Relationship Development with Humanoid Social Robots: Applying Interpersonal Theories to Human–Robot Interaction	67
Positive Technology and COVID-19	65
Internet-Related Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Schoolchildren During the COVID-19 School Hiatus	64
Discrimination and Well-Being Among Asians/Asian Americans During COVID-19: The Role of Social Media	60
Gender Differences in Social Support on Social Network Sites: A Meta-Analysis	59
Cyber Stalking, Cyber Harassment, and Adult Mental Health: A Systematic Review	59
Online Social Connection as a Buffer of Health Anxiety and Isolation During COVID-19	57
Positive Mental Health Mediates the Relationship Between Facebook Addiction Disorder and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Longitudinal Approach	51
Why Are People Loyal to Live Stream Channels? The Perspectives of Uses and Gratifications and Media Richness Theories	51
Comparing Smartphone, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat: Which Platform Elicits the Greatest Use Disorder Symptoms?	49
Facial Appearance Dissatisfaction Explains Differences in Zoom Fatigue	48
Digital Disinformation About COVID-19 and the Third-Person Effect: Examining the Channel Differences and Negative Emotional Outcomes	47
Social Media Exposure and College Students' Mental Health During the Outbreak of COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Rumination and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness	46
Global Storm of Stress-Related Psychopathological Symptoms: A Brief Overview on the Usefulness of Virtual Reality in Facing the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19	45

Ready (or Not) Player One: Initial Musings on the Metaverse	45
Effects of Disinformation Using Deepfake: The Protective Effect of Media Literacy Education	44
Surviving COVID-19: The Neuroscience of Smart Working and Distance Learning	43
How Cyberpsychology and Virtual Reality Can Help Us to Overcome the Psychological Burden of Coronavirus	43
The Social Impact of Deepfakes	43
Loot Boxes, Gambling, and Problem Gambling Among Young People: Results from a Cross-Sectional Online Survey	40
Metaverse Games: Game Changer for Healthcare?	39
Whose Tweets on COVID-19 Gain the Most Attention: Celebrities, Political, or Scientific Authorities?	38
Impact of Problematic Smartphone Use on Mental Health of Adolescent Students: Association with Mood, Symptoms of Depression, and Physical Activity	38
Are Parents Less Responsive to Young Children When They Are on Their Phones? A Systematic Naturalistic Observation Study	38
Effects of Social Grooming on Incivility in COVID-19	37
Longitudinal Associations Between Early Childhood Externalizing Behavior, Parenting Stress, and Child Media Use	37