OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 44. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	337
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	267
Political differences in climate change knowledge and their association with climate attitudes, behavior, and policy support	181
The impact of war-induced relocation on sense of place: Examining its moderating role between event severity and psychological symptomatology	174
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	167
Environmental framing and left-wing political orientation promote sustainability in a US-based common-pool resource dilemma	154
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	125
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	110
Editorial Board	88
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	87
Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	87
How self-efficacy and response efficacy change with risk and adaptation behaviors during tropical cyclones	77
The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	77
Spillover from general and specific pro-environmental behavior to climate-friendly choices and policy Acceptance: The mediating role of psychological engagement	74
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	71
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	68
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	67
How perceived campus environments influence college students’ mental health: Mediating roles of campus life experiences	66
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	61
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	61
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	55
Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	54
Predictors of hurricane evacuation decisions: A meta-analysis	54
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	53
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	53

Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	53
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	53
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	51
Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	51
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	51
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	50
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	50
Understanding slow progress on urban climate adaptation: An empirical analysis of behavioural dynamics in Dutch policymaking	49
Man or bear? How gender affects experiences of natural environments with varying levels of vegetation density and different danger threats	49
Greater perceived access to green spaces near homes: Safer and more satisfied residents	48
The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions	48
What does sustainability sound like? Crafting soundscapes that reflect environmental and social sustainability dimensions	47
The impact of nature in challenging times: Comparing direct and mediated nature experiences for well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and in palliative care	47
The influence of the residential environment on well-being and personal projects: Perspectives of young people living in public housing	47
Time perception in naturalistic and urban immersive virtual reality environments	46
Differentiating mental health promotion effects of various bluespaces: An electroencephalography study	45
Recalling Innocence: The cultural significance of childhood memories and moral purity for pro-environmental behavior	44
Household crowding during the COVID-19 lockdown fosters anti-democracy even after 17 months: A 5-wave latent growth curve study	44
Toward conceptualizing “place immersion” as a spatial neuropsychosocial phenomenon: A multidisciplinary meta-review and -synthesis	44
Can an observational training improve the ability of children to navigate in familiar and unfamiliar environments?	44