OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Psychology is 11. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
What Gets Shared, and Why? Interpersonal Communication and Word of Mouth	335
The Self-Control of Eating	327
Possible Worlds Theory: How the Imagination Transcends and Recreates Reality	177
Self- and Observer Reports of Personality	157
Psychology Within and Without the State	155
What Does the Human Olfactory System Do, and How Does It Do It?	152
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Beyond the Tricks: The Science and Comparative Cognition of Magic	116
The Relation Between Attention and Memory	105
Neurophysiology of Remembering	100
Synchrony Across Brains	97
The Development of Color Perception and Cognition	90
The Moral Psychology of Artificial Intelligence	85
Attitudes, Habits, and Behavior Change	79
Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention	68
Gender Inclusion and Fit in STEM	67
Quantum Cognition	67
Replicability, Robustness, and Reproducibility in Psychological Science	61
Partisan Bias in Political Judgment	51
Introduction	49
Pride: The Emotional Foundation of Social Rank Attainment	48
The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine	47
Optimizing Research Output: How Can Psychological Research Methods Be Improved?	44
Pursuing Safety in Social Connection: A Flexibly Fluid Perspective on Risk Regulation in Relationships	44
Catching Up on Multilevel Modeling	43

Psychological Determinants of Health Behavior	41
Seeking Communal Emotions in Social Practices That Culturally Evolved to Evoke Emotions: Worship, Kitten Videos, Memorials, Narratives of Love, and More	39
Racial Socialization in the United States	38
Metacognition and Confidence: A Review and Synthesis	37
Unifying Principles of Generalization: Past, Present, and Future	36
The Basis of Navigation Across Species	35
Dealing with Careless Responding in Survey Data: Prevention, Identification, and Recommended Best Practices	34
Introduction	34
What Are Conspiracy Theories? A Definitional Approach to Their Correlates, Consequences, and Communication	34
Attentional Capture and Control	32
Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: Navigating High Hopes, Strong Claims, Weak Evidence, and Big Money	31
Psychology of Planning	29
Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research	29
The Social Psychology of Justice Repair	28
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Human Cooperation and the Crises of Climate Change, COVID-19, and Misinformation	26
Normative Principles for Decision-Making in Natural Environments	25
Moral Improvement of Self, Social Relations, and Society	23
Categories in Social Interaction: Unlocking the Resources of Conversation Analysis and Membership Categorization for Psychological Science	22
Diversity Training Goals, Limitations, and Promise: A Review of the Multidisciplinary Literature	22
Computational Social Psychology	21
Achievement Goals: A Social Influence Cycle	20
Turning Attention Inside Out: How Working Memory Serves Behavior	19
Knowledge Transfer Within Organizations: Mechanisms, Motivation, and Consideration	18
Emotion in Organizations: Theory and Research	18
Stress Management Interventions to Facilitate Psychological and Physiological Adaptation and Optimal Health Outcomes in Cancer Patients and Survivors	16
A Socioecological-Genetic Framework of Culture and Personality: Their Roots, Trends, and Interplay	15
A Systematic Review of Implementation Research on Determinants and Strategies of Effective HIV Interventions for Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States	15
How Do People Feel About Mates?	15
Thought-Feeling Accuracy in Person Perception and Metaperception: An Integrative Perspective	14
The Power and Pitfalls of Social Norms	14
Interoceptive Mechanisms and Emotional Processing	12
Educational Psychology Is Evolving to Accommodate Technology, Multiple Disciplines, and Twenty-First-Century Skills	11