OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Psychology is 45. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Global climate change and mental health	155
Social comparison on social networking sites	149
Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence	139
Air pollution: A systematic review of its psychological, economic, and social effects	129
A meta-analysis based modified unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (meta-UTAUT): a review of emerging literature	117
Prosocial behavior and altruism: A review of concepts and definitions	104
AI in mental health	103
Social support, interpersonal, and community dynamics following disasters caused by natural hazards	98
The dark side of social movements: social identity, non-conformity, and the lure of conspiracy theories	92
Behaviour change to address climate change	89
Why increases in adolescent depression may be linked to the technological environment	84
Social media and body image: Recent trends and future directions	82
Chronotype, circadian rhythms and mood	80
Smartphone apps for the treatment of mental health conditions: status and considerations	77
Social media use and well-being: What we know and what we need to know	76
Customer engagement in the digital age: a review and research agenda	69
Voice pitch: a window into the communication of social power	66
Trends over time in adult cannabis use: A review of recent findings	66
Gamification to prevent climate change: a review of games and apps for sustainability	65
ADHD and sleep: recent advances and future directions	64
Self-harm in the context of borderline personality disorder	61
The psychology of luxury consumption	61
Engineering social change using social norms: lessons from the study of collective action	60
The effects of low socioeconomic status on decision-making processes	60
Can positive and self-transcendent emotions promote pro-environmental behavior?	59

Social isolation: An underappreciated determinant of physical health	58
Dominance, prestige, and the role of leveling in human social hierarchy and equality	58
Advances in immersive virtual reality interventions for mental disorders: A new reality?	58
Clarifying terminologies in research on gaming disorder and other addictive behaviors: distinctions between core symptoms and underlying psychological processes	57
Employee green behaviour: How organizations can help the environment	57
Digital privacy in mental healthcare: current issues and recommendations for technology use	56
Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs	55
The psychology of online activism and social movements: relations between online and offline collective action	54
Racial and political resistance: an examination of the sociopolitical action of racially marginalized youth	54
Cyberbullying via social media and well-being	54
The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis	50
A short review on susceptibility to falling for fake political news	49
Stress and adolescence: vulnerability and opportunity during a sensitive window of development	49
Sleep problems, behavior, and psychopathology in autism: inter-relationships across the lifespan	49
Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships	49
Insomnia and depression: clinical associations and possible mechanistic links	49
Digital phenotyping in psychological and medical sciences: a reflection about necessary prerequisites to reduce harm and increase benefits	47
A review of recent research in social robotics	45
Psychological consequences of relational mobility	45
Adolescence as a pivotal period for emotion regulation development	45
Prosocial vaccination	45