OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 43. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	420
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	321
Political differences in climate change knowledge and their association with climate attitudes, behavior, and policy support	233
The impact of war-induced relocation on sense of place: Examining its moderating role between event severity and psychological symptomatology	197
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	120
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	109
Editorial Board	108
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	104
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	103
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	83
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	82
The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	81
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	77
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	76
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	68
How self-efficacy and response efficacy change with risk and adaptation behaviors during tropical cyclones	66
Of sunsets, stars, and rainbows: Embracing the sky in restoration research	64
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	64
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	61
Environmental framing and left-wing political orientation promote sustainability in a US-based common-pool resource dilemma	61
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	61
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	60
Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	59
Spillover from general and specific pro-environmental behavior to climate-friendly choices and policy Acceptance: The mediating role of psychological engagement	59
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	59

Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	57
Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	57
Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	57
Development and psychometric testing of the Healthcare Garden Assessment Tool for Evaluators (GATE)	57
How perceived campus environments influence college students’ mental health: Mediating roles of campus life experiences	56
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	55
Does Decarbonisation lead to Psychological De-territorialisation? An Emerging Challenge for a Just Transition in Coal and Carbon-Intensive Regions across EU Countries	54
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	54
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	53
What does sustainability sound like? Crafting soundscapes that reflect environmental and social sustainability dimensions	52
Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research	50
School greenspace is associated with enhanced benefits of academic interventions on annual reading improvement for children of color in California	48
The climate activist’s dilemma: Extreme protests reduce movement support but raise climate concern and intentions	48
Understanding slow progress on urban climate adaptation: An empirical analysis of behavioural dynamics in Dutch policymaking	48
When trust is good and worrying is even better. Trust in science and climate change specific worries are linked to policy support and pro-environmental behaviours	45
The influence of the residential environment on well-being and personal projects: Perspectives of young people living in public housing	45
General deterrent effects of environmental law enforcement: Evidence from a survey experiment on recycling	45
Insights into eco-anxiety in Italy: Preliminary psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale, age and gender distribution	44
Beyond the human eye: Review of quantitative methods for evaluating facade visual perception	43
GPS use and navigation ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis	43