OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Body Image is 35. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrigendum to “Does TikTok contribute to eating disorders? A comparison of the TikTok algorithms belonging to individuals with eating disorders versus healthy controls” [Body Image 51 (2024) 101807]	119
“My body is amazing from the bottom to the top” - An RCT study testing two positive body image media micro-interventions for young children aged 4–6 years	103
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework	74
Self-concept clarity and appearance comparisons in everyday life	69
Beauty ideals modulate recognition of filtered images	65
To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing	61
Prospective relationships between skin color satisfaction, body satisfaction, and binge eating in Black girls	61
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review	60
Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women	56
Body dissatisfaction in midlife women: The applicability of the tripartite influence model	56
The relation between body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and photo-based behaviors: is body appreciation a protective factor?	55
Compliance with COVID-19 safety measures: A test of an objectification theory model	54
An examination of the factor structure of the Goldfarb Fear of Fat Scale in clinical and non-clinical samples of Polish women	53
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults	53
"You Can't Be Too Skinny. You Can't Be Too Fat. I Don't Know What You Are Supposed To Be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK	53
Editorial Board	53
Self-compassion and relationship status moderate the relationship between sexual minority status and body image concerns	49
A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-rel	48
Inhabiting the body: Exploring the link between embodiment and identity in community adolescents	47
Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls	45
“I’m coming out!”: An autoethnographic situation of sel/f/ves within queer fat chronically Ill identity	45
Portuguese version of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children (BAS-2C): Psychometric evaluation and measurement of invariance across sex	45
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis	44
An examination of the unique contributions of body image and internalized weight bias to psychological well-being outcomes	43
Women’s response to, awareness of, and interest in body functionality content on Instagram	43

Status, sexual capital, and intraminority body stigma in a size-diverse sample of gay men	42
Identifying as fat: Examining weight discrimination and the rejection-identification model	41
Family members and peers’ negative and positive body talk: How they relate to adolescent girls’ body talk and eating disorder attitudes	41
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women	41
Corrigendum to “Body talk and body dissatisfaction in Japanese university students: Longitudinal study using the Japanese Body Talk Scale” [Body Image 51 (2024) 101740]	41
State affect and body image effects of body positive social media content within a female chronic illness sample	41
An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study	38
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men	38
Appearance-related safety behaviors predict symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder following internet-based treatment	37
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences	35
Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health	35