OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Psychology is 42. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	406
Landmark-based guidance and cognitive saliency: Age-related benefits in spatial performance	313
#Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic	227
Political differences in climate change knowledge and their association with climate attitudes, behavior, and policy support	190
The impact of war-induced relocation on sense of place: Examining its moderating role between event severity and psychological symptomatology	113
How exposure to natural scenes can promote weight control behaviors: A replication experiment	106
Electromagnetic and climatic foundations of human aggression	105
Editorial Board	99
Evaluating children's preferences of the orphanages' outdoor spaces: Integrated multi-method ‘Jourchin’ approach	99
Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework	81
Psychometric properties of the climate change anxiety scale	79
Nature and patient waiting: Mediating effects of anxiety and perceived wait time on the association between nature and service perception	78
Characteristics of physical environments that enhance learning: A systematic review of EEG-Based empirical studies	75
Caring about one's legacy relates to constructive coping with climate change	70
Development and psychometric testing of the Healthcare Garden Assessment Tool for Evaluators (GATE)	65
What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? An 18-country study	63
The role of switching frequency, task variety and motivation in activity-based working: When does the switch fit?	62
How perceived campus environments influence college students’ mental health: Mediating roles of campus life experiences	62
Measuring pro-environmental orientation: Testing and building scales	60
How self-efficacy and response efficacy change with risk and adaptation behaviors during tropical cyclones	60
Does exposure to pictures of nature boost attentional control in the Stroop task?	59
Green or greenwashed? Examining consumers' ability to identify greenwashing	58
Environmental framing and left-wing political orientation promote sustainability in a US-based common-pool resource dilemma	58
Can we do more than “bounce back”? Transilience in the face of climate change risks	58
Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale	56

Chaotic or crowded? The role of physical household environment in children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	56
The effect of water sound level in virtual reality: A study of restorative benefits in young adults through immersive natural environments	55
Exposure to nature in immersive virtual reality increases connectedness to nature among people with low nature affinity	55
Moving beyond meat: Perceived unnaturalness and disgust across cultured foods	55
Spillover from general and specific pro-environmental behavior to climate-friendly choices and policy Acceptance: The mediating role of psychological engagement	54
Of sunsets, stars, and rainbows: Embracing the sky in restoration research	54
Exploring psychophysical measurement in landscape aesthetics: Validity, reliability and signal detection via single-versus opposing-construct rating scales, with or without zeros	53
What does sustainability sound like? Crafting soundscapes that reflect environmental and social sustainability dimensions	52
Self-transcendent emotion dispositions: Greater connections with nature and more sustainable behavior	52
The impact of a novel multisensory environment on depression, agitation, stress, and sleep among older adults diagnosed with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia	49
GPS use and navigation ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Understanding slow progress on urban climate adaptation: An empirical analysis of behavioural dynamics in Dutch policymaking	48
Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research	47
Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation performance	47
Time perception in naturalistic and urban immersive virtual reality environments	45
Household crowding during the COVID-19 lockdown fosters anti-democracy even after 17 months: A 5-wave latent growth curve study	45
Recalling Innocence: The cultural significance of childhood memories and moral purity for pro-environmental behavior	44
Worry's Clout: Concern, not positive affectivity, drives climate activism	42