OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Intercultural Relations is 6. 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
Types of relations between national identity and global identity and their associated factors: A scoping review	46
Examining Erasmus student social integration at two Croatian universities	43
Generalized trust and attitudes toward immigrants in East Asia: A cross-national comparative study	41
Editorial Board	38
Different patterns of national innovation under COVID-19: The moderating role of culture	36
Intersections of identity and status in international students’ perceptions of culturally engaging campus environments	35
Attitudes towards homosexuality among ethnic majority and minority adolescents in Western Europe: The role of ethnic classroom composition	31
The Israeli preschool from the perspective of Eritrean asylum seekers: The issue of power relations in a context informed study	28
Editorial Board	27
Intercultural relations among Filipino immigrants living in Macau	27
Ideological orientations and generalized prejudice in Turkey: Adapting the dual process motivational model	25
Measuring national resilience: Israel in the first week of the Gaza war	23
Love of place: Conceptual framework and template for measuring the contributory and unitive affection towards a place	23
Negative side effects of music listening during cross-cultural transitions: Exploring how music hinders cross-cultural (re)adaptation among student sojourners	22
A blind spot in intergroup contact: A systematic review on predictors and outcomes of inter-minority contact experiences	20
Examining acculturation at the daily level: Adding nuance to acculturation scholarship	19
Social dominance orientation and differential affect toward immigrant origin groups: Evidence from three immigration-receiving countries	19
A new look at parenting through the cultural context: Development and initial psychometric evidence of the Interculturally Sensitive Parenting Scale (ISPAS)	18
What if we focus on developing commonalities? Results of an international and interdisciplinary Delphi study on transcultural competence	18
Editorial Board	18
Integration in Canada: A systematic review of the youth experience	18
The influence of host receptivity and conformity pressure on the intercultural transformation of Filipino migrants in New Zealand	17
The shifting context of immigration for recent Latino/a immigrants over the past decade: Findings from an established immigrant receiving community in the U.S.	17
Chinese students’ decisions to study in Australia after the COVID pandemic-based on the PESTLE factor analysis	17
Examining the work–life balance of immigrants in Australia: An anomie theory perspective	17

Editorial Board	17
The integration hypothesis and positive mental health outcomes for children and young asylum-seekers in Iceland	17
Isaac Levi’s belief change methodology as a way to settle conflicting views: Case study of Palestinian teachers in Jewish schools	16
Autochthony and investment beliefs as bases for territorial ownership and compensation in settler societies: The case of Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups in Chile	16
Development of cultural intelligence during international student mobility: The role of prior intercultural exposure and personality	16
Framing the inclusiveness of the national ingroup: Do identity-related frames affect national identity representations salience?	16
Mediating and moderating effects of WeChat use on cross-cultural adaptation among international students in China	16
Marriage economics, bargaining and strategic agency: Egyptian-Syrian intermarriage practices in the context of displacement	16
Editorial Board	15
Increase in the preference for civic over ethnic nationalism among Poles: The impact of representations of a multiethnic past on the perceived inclusiveness of the nation	15
Using spatial big data to analyse neighbourhood effects on immigrant inclusion and well-being	15
Changes in national identity across adulthood: A longitudinal analysis of cohort differences in Nationalism and Patriotism	15
A call for research on immigrant and refugee youth amidst the global rise in xenophobia and nationalism	15
Development and validation of the sojourn readiness assessment (SRA): Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and translation to Chinese	15
Assessing attitudes towards mutual acculturation in multicultural schools: Conceptualisation and validation of a four-dimensional mutual acculturation attitudes scale	14
Utilizing AI questionnaire translations in cross-cultural and intercultural research: Insights and recommendations	14
Role of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support in the acculturation of international students in China	14
Pilgrimization of the return and re-acculturation of the returnee: A study of homecoming among Kashmiri Pandits	14
Social positioning and cultural capital: An ethnographic analysis of Estonian and Russian language social media discussion groups in Finland	14
Sometimes it is the little things: A meta-analysis of individual and contextual determinants of attitudes toward immigration (2009–2019)	14
Acculturation in a postcolonial context: Language, identity, cultural adaptation, and academic achievement of Macao students in Mainland China	14
Crossing digital borders: Exploring the role of non-Chinese social media use in the cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese international students	14
Beyond Mere Surviving: The role of host country support and gratitude in thriving during the pandemic	14
Ethnic-cultural bullying among adolescents in multicultural environments: A study in Latin America	14
Intergroup contact in Japan: An exploration of direct, E-contact, and mass-mediated modalities among Japanese and international students	14
Editorial Board	13
Acculturation and alcohol: Exploring experiences of alcohol for Asian international students in Australia	12
Mental health, stressors and resources in migrant domestic workers in Singapore: A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews	12
The transmission of intergenerational trauma and protective factors in survivors of the lebanese civil war and their adult offspring	12
Testing the theory of cultural inertia: How majority members’ perceptions of culture change relate to prejudice	12
Relations between positive and negative extended contact experiences and prejudice in host society and refugees: Effects of positive and negative direct contact	12
Validating negative context of reception scale for Ukrainians in the US	12
“We support unity in diversity, but politic is a privilege for my group”: The paradoxical influence of national identification × religious identification in predicting unity in diversity and political	12
Editorial Board	12
Critical Inclusiveness: Prejudice, principles, and the social acceptance of Muslim minorities	12
Entrepreneurship: An attractive career path for immigrant vocational students in the Netherlands? The role of negative and positive stimulating factors	12
University students’ attitudes toward the stalled peace process and normalization with the Israeli occupation	12
A systematic and integrative review of qualitative research exploring experiences of acculturation and education among African-born migrants	12
Constructions of Japanese national identity: Host views using a social markers of acceptance framework	11
Is everywhere I go home? Reflections on the acculturation journey of African international students in China	11
Perceived forcedness and perils of migration: Development and validation of a questionnaire for residents in receiving countries	11
Delineating the boundaries between genuine cultural change and cultural appropriation in majority-group acculturation	11
A headscarf’s impact on intergroup relations: A field experiment	11
“Bridging cultures through food”: A qualitative analysis of food dynamic between Italian host families and Ukrainian refugees	11
National pride, social trust, and cultural nativism: Findings from East and Southeast Asia	11
Are we facing a “causality crisis” in acculturation research? The need for a methodological (r)evolution	11
Situating colorism in intercultural contexts: The multifaceted process of acculturation in shaping attitudes towards skin color	11
Mindreading across cultural boundaries	11
Understanding intra-group response biases in culturally diverse teams	11
Intercultural experience facilitates majority-group acculturation through ethnocultural empathy: Evidence from a mixed-methods investigation in Japan	11

Forty-five years of International Journal of Intercultural Relations: A bibliometric analysis	11
Editorial Board	11
Immigrant entrepreneurs: A review of the literature and an agenda for future investigations	11
Relationship between compassionate love and satisfaction with life in Angolan college students: The mediating roles of satisfaction with love life and commitment	10
The role of intercultural transitional competence in students’ transitions on an internationalized campus – A mixed methods study	10
Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview? The case of nine European countries	10
Complex but integrated: Exploring social and cultural identities of women Third Culture Kids (TCK) and factors predicting life satisfaction	10
Intercultural competence developmental processes of university and college students as three types of transition – A systematic review	10
Examining acculturation in three generations of Turkish-Dutch citizens: The role of national identification, cultural values, language, and media use	10
Israeli scientists in an American looking glass: Habitus, self-awareness and identity formation	10
Understanding perceived COVID-19 changes, collectivism, and social exclusion: A cross-cultural study in 32 countries	10
A multilevel review of the psychological and emotional challenges faced by skilled migrants: Extending the psychological toll model	10
IJIR Academy Description	10
Investigating the forgotten side of acculturation: Introduction to the special issue	9
COVID-19 fear and ethnocentrism in the global south: A cross-cultural analysis	9
Public diplomacy and exchange programs at a secondary school level: Alumni experiences	9
International student-parents in UK higher education: A temporal analysis of their intersectional experiences and challenges	9
Threats to resources and cultural values: Functional pathways to positive and negative intergroup emotions	9
Measurement invariance testing for the United States identity scale (USIS) across non-hispanic black and white college students	9
Perceived forcedness and perils of migration: Development and validation of a questionnaire for migrants in receiving countries	9
Attachment style and romantic involvement with host nationals influence migrants’ acculturation and adjustment	8
Perceptions of Bosnians in St. Louis	8
A socio-ecological perspective on psychological well-being in a culturally diverse context: The role of perceived national multicultural norms	8
Cross-cultural analysis of a new indicator which measures the degree of Islamophobia social awareness	8
Acculturative stress and depressive symptoms among international university students: A meta-analytic investigation	8
Blaming “illegal aliens” for crisis?: Cultural worldview defenses in effects of death and economic threats on anti-undocumented immigrant attitudes	8
The “Japa-Japada” construct: A theoretical framework for exploring the recent medical brain drain scourge in Sub-saharan Africa and the potential medical reverse brain drain	8
Intercultural mentoring among university students: The importance of meaningful communication	8
Cultural involvement and preference in ethnic accommodation	8
Editorial Board	8
The benefits of career adaptability on African international students’ perception of social support and quality of life in China during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Measuring Algerian EFL university students national and ethnic identity: The mediating role of multiculturalism	8
Cosmopolitanism, trust, and democratic support shaping immigrant attitudes: A multilevel analysis across 36 European countries	8
Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation	7
Decomposing the role of ingroup evaluation in the contact-deprovincialization path: The role of collective narcissism versus ingroup satisfaction	7
A critical review of multiculturalism and interculturalism as integration frameworks: The case of Canada	7
A phenomenological study on the North Korean refugees' trauma experience and recovery process during the escape and resettlement in South Korea	7
“Causality crisis” in acculturation research a false alarm?: A commentary on Kunst (2021)	7
The effect of perceived similarity and dissimilarity between in- and out-group members on children’s intergroup attitudes and perceptions in a context of conflict	7
Privacy versus intimacy: Social interactions in Norway	7
Longitudinal relationships between coping strategies, cultural orientations, and mental health among young refugees from the Middle East in Germany	7
Overcoming barriers to intercultural communication in romantic love relationships across WIERD and non-WEIRD cultural regions	7
Religiosity and attitudes toward muslim immigrants in the context of a terrorist attack	7
Why do students who have mental health issues decide to study abroad? Qualitative research on mental health issues as a push factor for international students in Japan	7
Organizational role ambiguity as a proxy for uncertainty avoidance	7
Big city, little worries? Little city, big worries? How immigration levels and city size shape safety perceptions in urban Europe	7
Corrigendum to “Examining acculturation at the daily level: Adding nuance to acculturation scholarship” [International Journal of Intercultural Relations 100 (2024) 101989]	7
National resilience rise following the Hamas invasion of southern Israel as an indicator of collective post-traumatic growth	7
Acculturation and breast cancer screening in Latina women: Unraveling reasons for mixed results over 44 years of research	7
Academic adaptation of international students in the chinese higher education environment: A case study with mixed methods	7
Majority group perceptions of minority acculturation preferences: The role of perceived threat	7
Asylum seekers working as mediators in Israel: The impact of legal liminality	7
Interethnic workplace relations in times of heightened social tension: Israeli-Arab teachers in Jewish schools post-10/7	7
Ethnic discrimination and psychological stress among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the moderating effects of distress tolerance and optimism	7
U.S. public perceptions of Mexican immigrants: Effects of immigrant acculturation strategy, documentation status, and gender and participants’ social dominance	7
International students’ social contact patterns and their effects on intercultural sensitivity	7
The social ecology of health promotion within war-effected refugee preschool children	7
Towards inclusion through polyculturalism: A critical review of cultural hybridity	7
The intercultural competence of second-generation individuals: knowledge gaps and steps forward	7
Negotiating entry to the professional labour market among Vietnamese skilled migrants in Australia: The impact of cultural distance	6
Perceiving change on the rival side of the conflict: A pathway to peace-building	6
Socioeconomic status, work-family conflict, and employee well-being in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Narrative threads, exploring identity formation through cultural immersion: A qualitative study into the experiences of U.S. University Students Abroad	6
Examining the effect of perceived group norms on the indirect relationship between intergroup contact and anti-Muslim prejudice among white Americans	6
Psychological health of Afghan refugees: A narrative review of key factors in pre-migration and post-migration	6
Interactions between international doctoral students studying in China and their advisors: The role of intercultural adaptive guidance and psychological safety	6
Foreign language learners’ self-perceived proficiency and intercultural competence: Mediating roles of quantity and quality of intercultural interactions	6
Exploring the influence of need for closure on anti-immigrants collective actions: The mediating role of binding moral foundations and desired cultural tightness	6
Acculturative challenges and intercultural communication competence in the Sino-Anglo cultural duet: The tales of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong	6
“Give and take is the key”: Reciprocity leads to psychological well-being of North Korean refugees in South Korea	6
Immigration status and adolescents’ voting intention in European countries: The importance of immigrant integration policy context	6
Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres	6
Perceived discrimination and Asian cultural values are associated with beliefs about psychological services among Chinese international students	6
A quantitative study on Chinese international students’ support mechanisms to address alienation caused by COVID-19 stigma encounters in the United States	6
Cultural values, shame and guilt, and expressive suppression as predictors of depression	6
‘The Last Arrival Point’: The refugee experience of resettlement in Ireland	6
Dispositional Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity among Iranians, U.S. citizens, and Bicultural-Iranians Living in the U.S.	6
Identity development of Assyrian/Syriac youth: Narratives of becoming a self	6