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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Solution to Double Consciousness and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man	48
Beyond Code of the Street and Psychopathic Features: Black Masculinity and Self-Compassion	25
Correlates of Psychological Distress Among African American Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	19
W. Curtis Banks: The Second Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	18
Fifty Years (1974–2024) of the Journal of Black Psychology: A Brief History and Reflection of Its Significance	15
Trauma, Help-Seeking, and the Strong Black Woman	15
It’s More Than Skin-Deep: Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Skin Tone Satisfaction, and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women	15
“AmeriKenyan”: Lived Acculturation and Ethnic Identification of Kenyan Natives During Their Youth	14
Black Identity in Action: Examining Ethnic and Racial Identity, Racial Discrimination, and Collective Action Among Black Individuals	14
In This Together? Exploring Moderating and Mediating Effects of Shared Racial Fate on the Predictive Role of Racial Socialization and Discrimination on Black Activism	13
Seeking Just Us: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Racism-Specific Support Among Black College Students	12
Seeing One Another: The Creation of the Sawubona Healing Circles	12
Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women	11
Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males	11
Sankofa: Using Topic Models to Review the History of the Journal of Black Psychology	10
African-Centered Spirituality as a Buffer of Psychological Symptoms Related to Specific Forms of Racism for African Americans	10
‘It Just Feels Like an Invasion’: Black First-Episode Psychosis Patients’ Experiences With Coercive Intervention and Its Influence on Help-Seeking Behaviours	10
Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Motivation: Examining the Antecedent Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Stereotype Threat Among African American STEM Majors	9
Stay out of the Sun: Exploring African American College Women’s Thoughts on the Dynamics Between Colorism and Sun-related Behavior	8
Associations Between Family Factors, Social Integration, and Suicidal Ideation Across the Life Course of an Urban African American Cohort	8
Seeing Black Girls in Their Glory: Cultivating Spaces that Facilitate Black Girls’ Psychological Safety	8
Black Psychology and Whiteness: Toward a Conceptual Model of Black Trauma through the Prism of Whiteness	7
Black Students’ Mental Help-Seeking Processes During College Matriculation	7
Race-Based Stress Reactions and Recovery: Pilot Testing a Racial Trauma Meditation	7
My Journey as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology	6

Black Love, Activism, and Community (BLAC): The BLAC Model of Healing and Resilience	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
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
Special Issue on Black Youth Suicide and Beyond	5
“They Do Us Wrong”: Bringing Together Black Adolescent Girls’ Voices on School Staff’s Differential Treatment	5
Lawyering While Black: Perceived Stress as a Mediator of Impostor Feelings, Race-Related Stress and Mental Health Among Black Attorneys	5
Bibliometric Analysis of Suicide Research Among Black Youth	5