OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 41. 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
Editorial Board	253
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	210
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	136
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	134
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	132
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	124
Editorial Board	111
Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	97
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	93
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	92
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	91
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	90
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	78
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	69
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	65
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	65
The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	64
Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis	63
Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	61
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	60
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	59
Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	58
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	57
The burden of climate action: How environmental responsibility is impacted by socioeconomic status	57
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	54

Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	54
Environmental framing and left-wing political orientation promote sustainability in a US-based common-pool resource dilemma	53
Political differences in climate change knowledge and their association with climate attitudes, behavior, and policy support	52
Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation performance	51
Sniffing the distance: Scents can make objects appear closer	51
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	51
Time perception in naturalistic and urban immersive virtual reality environments	51
Toward conceptualizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: A multidisciplinary meta-review and -synthesis	45
Re-examining feelings of responsibility as a predictor of climate belief and worry: A replication across 31 countries	45
Can an observational training improve the ability of children to navigate in familiar and unfamiliar environments?	45
Household crowding during the COVID-19 lockdown fosters anti-democracy even after 17 months: A 5-wave latent growth curve study	44
School greenspace is associated with enhanced benefits of academic interventions on annual reading improvement for children of color in California	43
The influence of the residential environment on well-being and personal projects: Perspectives of young people living in public housing	42
Greater perceived access to green spaces near homes: Safer and more satisfied residents	42
GPS use and navigation ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Introducing and testing the personal-collective-governmental efficacy typology: How personal, collective, and governmental efficacy subtypes are associated with differential environmental actions	41
Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research	41
Can organizations shape eco-friendly employees? Organizational support improves pro-environmental behaviors at work	41
Worry's Clout: Concern, not positive affectivity, drives climate activism	41
General deterrent effects of environmental law enforcement: Evidence from a survey experiment on recycling	41