OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Psychology is 46. 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
Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An umbrella review of the evidence	204
Social comparison on social networking sites	196
AI in mental health	147
Prosocial behavior and altruism: A review of concepts and definitions	147
A meta-analysis based modified unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (meta-UTAUT): a review of emerging literature	135
Social media and body image: Recent trends and future directions	131
Behaviour change to address climate change	119
Minority stress theory: Application, critique, and continued relevance	117
Social media use and well-being: What we know and what we need to know	106
Gamification to prevent climate change: a review of games and apps for sustainability	91
Stress and adolescence: vulnerability and opportunity during a sensitive window of development	90
Smartphone apps for the treatment of mental health conditions: status and considerations	89
Customer engagement in the digital age: a review and research agenda	88
Social isolation: An underappreciated determinant of physical health	86
Trends over time in adult cannabis use: A review of recent findings	86
Cyberbullying via social media and well-being	82
Can positive and self-transcendent emotions promote pro-environmental behavior?	81
The psychology of luxury consumption	76
Employee green behaviour: How organizations can help the environment	74
Digital privacy in mental healthcare: current issues and recommendations for technology use	73
Adolescence as a pivotal period for emotion regulation development	73
Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs	72
Self-harm in the context of borderline personality disorder	72
Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships	71
Advances in immersive virtual reality interventions for mental disorders: A new reality?	69

Social identity makes group-based social connection possible: Implications for loneliness and mental health	67
Social media use, stress, and coping	66
The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis	63
Clarifying terminologies in research on gaming disorder and other addictive behaviors: distinctions between core symptoms and underlying psychological processes	63
Digital phenotyping in psychological and medical sciences: a reflection about necessary prerequisites to reduce harm and increase benefits	57
A short review on susceptibility to falling for fake political news	57
Prosocial vaccination	54
Psychological distance: How to make climate change less abstract and closer to the self	54
A review of recent research in problematic internet use: gender and cultural differences	53
A review of recent research in social robotics	52
Psychological ownership: implicit and explicit	51
The effects of smartphones on well-being: theoretical integration and research agenda	51
Implications of social isolation, separation, and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic for couples' relationships	50
Person-specific networks in psychopathology: Past, present, and future	50
Prosocial behavior and reputation: When does doing good lead to looking good?	48
Social comparison and envy on social media: A critical review	48
Parasocial relationships, social media, & well-being	47
Collective climate action: When do people turn into collective environmental agents?	47
Social media use and well-being among older adults	47
The Gateway Belief Model (GBM): A review and research agenda for communicating the scientific consensus on climate change	47
Recent developments in the social identity approach to the psychology of climate change	46