OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is 8. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 conspiracy theories	198
Gender inequalities during COVID-19	89
Science skepticism in times of COVID-19	79
Ageism in the time of COVID-19	73
The dangers of distrustful complacency: Low concern and low political trust combine to undermine compliance with governmental restrictions in the emerging Covid-19 pandemic	69
Intergroup and intragroup dimensions of COVID-19: A social identity perspective on social fragmentation and unity	67
Xenophobia and anti-immigrant attitudes in the time of COVID-19	61
The effects of COVID-19 on virtual working within online groups	44
The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees	42
The “Great Replacement” conspiracy: How the perceived ousting of Whites can evoke violent extremism and Islamophobia	41
National narcissism and support for voluntary vaccination policy: The mediating role of vaccination conspiracy beliefs	40
The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19	38
The ideological basis of antiscientific attitudes: Effects of authoritarianism, conservatism, religiosity, social dominance, and system justification	34
Leadership to defeat COVID-19	32
The last acceptable prejudice in Europe? Anti-Gypsyism as the obstacle to Roma inclusion	30
Trust in science increases conservative support for social distancing	30
Mindfulness and intergroup bias: A systematic review	30
The language of conspiracy: A psychological analysis of speech used by conspiracy theorists and their followers on Twitter	30
Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation predict rejection of science and scientists	30
Exploring a pathway to radicalization: The effects of social exclusion and rejection sensitivity	29
Stand out of my sunlight: The mediating role of climate change conspiracy beliefs in the relationship between national collective narcissism and acceptance of climate science	28
Are misinformation, antiscientific claims, and conspiracy theories for political extremists?	27
Identity concerns drive belief: The impact of partisan identity on the belief and dissemination of true and false news	25
Coping with COVID-19-induced threats to self	24
Economic inequality affects perceived normative values	24

Activism in the time of COVID-19	23
Ideology shapes trust in scientists and attitudes towards vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic	23
An ally you say? Endorsing White women as allies to encourage perceptions of allyship and organizational identity-safety among Black women	22
Social attitudes and behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence and prospects from research on group processes and intergroup relations	22
Evidence of a dynamic association between intergroup contact and intercultural competence	22
Conformity and reactions to deviance in the time of COVID-19	21
Stereotypes in the face of reality: Intergroup contact inconsistent with group stereotypes changes attitudes more than stereotype-consistent contact	20
Racial bias confrontation in the United States: What (if anything) has changed in the COVID-19 era, and where do we go from here?	20
(Un)masking threat: Racial minorities experience race-based social identity threat wearing face masks during COVID-19	20
Following the crowd in times of crisis: Descriptive norms predict physical distancing, stockpiling, and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Shared social identity transforms social relations in imaginary crowds	18
“If they believe, then so shall I”: Perceived beliefs of the in-group predict conspiracy theory belief	18
Supporting political violence: The role of ideological passion and social network	18
“Historia est magistra vitae”? The impact of historical victimhood on current conspiracy beliefs	17
Lessons from developmental science to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on social development	17
Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs and distrust of science predict risky public health behaviours through optimistically biased risk perceptions in Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany	17
Hated but still human: Metadehumanization leads to greater hostility than metaprejudice	16
“Return of the repressed”: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for theYellow Vests	16
Persistent beliefs: Political extremism predicts ideological stability over time	16
Dual cues: Women of color anticipate both gender and racial bias in the face of a single identity cue	16
Can past intergroup contact shape support for policies in a pandemic? Processes predicting endorsement of discriminatory Chinese restrictions during the COVID-19 crisis	15
Can ingroup love harm the ingroup? Collective narcissism and objectification of ingroup members	15
An intergroup approach to collective narcissism: Intergroup threats and hostility in four European Union countries	15
Intergroup contact fosters more inclusive social identities	14
Disadvantaged group members’ evaluations and support for allies: Investigating the role of communication style and group membership	14
When White Americans see “non-Whites” as a group: Belief in minority collusion and support for White identity politics	13
The effect of perceived threat on human rights: A meta-analysis	13
Protecting America’s borders: Christian nationalism, threat, and attitudes toward immigrants in the United States	13
Hostile and benevolent sexism: The differential roles of human supremacy beliefs, women’s connection to nature, and the dehumanization of women	13
Love thy (partisan) neighbor: Brief befriending meditation reduces affective polarization	13
Feeling out of (existential) place: Existential isolation and nonnormative group membership	12
Backlash against the #MeToo movement: How women’s voice causes men to feel victimized	12
Losing what is OURS: The intergroup consequences of collective ownership threat	12
No country for old gay men: Age and sexuality category intersection renders older gay men invisible	12
The microdynamics of social regulation: Comparing the navigation of disagreements in text-based online and face-to-face discussions	12
Future research avenues to facilitate social connectedness and safe collective behavior at organized crowd events	12
Aggressive confrontation shapes perceptions and attitudes toward racist content online	12
Does classroom diversity improve intergroup relations? Short- and long-term effects of classroom diversity for cross-ethnic friendships and anti-immigrant attitudes in adolescence	12
How do conflict narratives shape conflict- and peace-related outcomes among majority group members? The role of competitive victimhood in intractable conflicts	11
Conditional secondary transfer effect: The moderating role of moral credentials and prejudice	11
White parents’ racial socialization and young adults’ racial attitudes: Moral reasoning and motivation to respond without prejudice as mediators	11
Navigating COVID-19: Insights from research on social ostracism	11
Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism	11
A way forward? The impact of interculturalism on intergroup relations in culturally diverse nations	10
Personal narratives to improve attitudes towards stigmatized immigrants: A parallel-serial mediation model	10
Affective generalization from intergroup contact: Associations between contact-related and outgroup-related empathy, anxiety, and trust	10
The psychological antecedents of resistance to humanitarian aid	10
“What’s going on” in Ferguson? Online news frames of protest at the police killing of Michael Brown	10
National identity exploration attenuates the identification–prejudice link	10
Power distance orientation as an antecedent of individuals’ intentions to engage in radical political action	10

Lay theory of generalized prejudice moderates cardiovascular stress responses to racism for White women	10
“Sincere White people, work in conjunction with us”: Racial minorities’ perceptions of White ally sincerity and perceptions of ally efforts	10
Where’s your sense of humor? Political identity moderates evaluations of disparagement humor	9
The perceived threat of demographic shifts depends on how you think the economy works	9
Political ideology moderates White Americans’ reactions to racial demographic change	9
Radicalization and violent extremism: Perspectives from research on group processes and intergroup relations	9
Early perceptions of COVID-19 intensity and anti-Asian prejudice among White Americans	9
Ritual, fusion, and conflict: The roots of agro-pastoral violence in rural Cameroon	8
Values and attitudes towards cultural diversity: Exploring alternative moderators of the value–attitude link	8
Ingroup norms shape understanding of outgroup prosocial behaviors	8
Why we can’t talk openly about race: The impact of race and partisanship on respondents’ perceptions of intergroup conversations	8
The subtle spreading of sexist norms	8
Promoting positive intergroup attitudes using persona dolls: A vicarious contact intervention program in Israeli kindergartens	8
Who endorses group-based violence?	8
The good ol’ days: White identity, racial nostalgia, and the perpetuation of racial extremism	8
The role of national identification in explaining political and social civic engagement	8
Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection	8