OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Black Psychology is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Solution to Double Consciousness and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man	21
Fifty Years (1974–2024) of the Journal of Black Psychology: A Brief History and Reflection of Its Significance	19
Beyond Code of the Street and Psychopathic Features: Black Masculinity and Self-Compassion	16
W. Curtis Banks: The Second Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	16
Correlates of Psychological Distress Among African American Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	15
Book Review: Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness WilsonD. J. (2023). Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness. Ubuntu Publishing. 257 pp. $30.99 (paperback)	14
Trauma, Help-Seeking, and the Strong Black Woman	13
It’s More Than Skin-Deep: Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Skin Tone Satisfaction, and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women	13
“AmeriKenyan”: Lived Acculturation and Ethnic Identification of Kenyan Natives During Their Youth	12
Seeking Just Us: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Racism-Specific Support Among Black College Students	12
In This Together? Exploring Moderating and Mediating Effects of Shared Racial Fate on the Predictive Role of Racial Socialization and Discrimination on Black Activism	11
Seeing One Another: The Creation of the Sawubona Healing Circles	11
Black Identity in Action: Examining Ethnic and Racial Identity, Racial Discrimination, and Collective Action Among Black Individuals	10
Processes Underlying Black American Emerging Adults’ Mental Health: Examining the Roles of Mental Health Literacy, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Self-Care	10
Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males	9
Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women	9
African-Centered Spirituality as a Buffer of Psychological Symptoms Related to Specific Forms of Racism for African Americans	8
Sankofa: Using Topic Models to Review the History of the Journal of Black Psychology	8
‘It Just Feels Like an Invasion’: Black First-Episode Psychosis Patients’ Experiences With Coercive Intervention and Its Influence on Help-Seeking Behaviours	7
Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Motivation: Examining the Antecedent Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Stereotype Threat Among African American STEM Majors	7
Associations Between Family Factors, Social Integration, and Suicidal Ideation Across the Life Course of an Urban African American Cohort	7
Seeing Black Girls in Their Glory: Cultivating Spaces that Facilitate Black Girls’ Psychological Safety	6
Black Love, Activism, and Community (BLAC): The BLAC Model of Healing and Resilience	6
Black Psychology and Whiteness: Toward a Conceptual Model of Black Trauma through the Prism of Whiteness	6
Stay out of the Sun: Exploring African American College Women’s Thoughts on the Dynamics Between Colorism and Sun-related Behavior	6

My Journey as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	6
Black Students’ Mental Help-Seeking Processes During College Matriculation	6
“They Do Us Wrong”: Bringing Together Black Adolescent Girls’ Voices on School Staff’s Differential Treatment	6
Race-Based Stress Reactions and Recovery: Pilot Testing a Racial Trauma Meditation	5
Special Issue on Black Youth Suicide and Beyond	5
The Relationship Between Africentrism, Mental Health Outcomes, and Academic Self-Concept Among Black College Students	5
“I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening	5
Black/Africana Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stressors and the Role of Support	5
Experiences of Black Women Understanding Racial Microaggressions and Identifying Replenishing Healing Practices	5
Body Satisfaction and Disordered Eating Among Black Women Student Athletes: An Examination of Resilience, Self-Compassion, and Social Support	5
Peer Ethnicity as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Ethnic Identity and Body Appreciation in Black College-Aged Women	5