OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is 6. 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
Profiles of bullying, cyberbullying, and disinterest in reading among primary school learners in Spain	36
Depressive symptomatology is associated with problematic smartphone use severity in adolescents: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies	35
Phubbing and relational evaluation among college students: A longitudinal study	28
No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults	27
Romantic myths and cyber dating violence victimization in Spanish adolescents: A moderated mediation model	25
Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use	21
Reducing transphobia with the narratives of transgender YouTubers	15
Identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups on mourning	15
The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts	15
The role of nonverbal communication cues in reducing videoconference fatigue: A comparison of 2D and virtual reality videoconference platforms	14
Reducing HIV public stigma through news information engagement on social media: A multi-method study of the role of state empathy	14
To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours	14
Adolescents’ ethnic hate speech exposure and ethnic bullying perpetration: The moderating role of tolerance towards diversity and gender	14
The use of online social network sites during the COVID-19 pandemic as a protective or risk factor for well-being of university students	13
An initial investigation of the role of depressive and anxious syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in adolescence and young adults	13
Childhood risks and problematic smartphone use: Dual processes of life history strategy and psychological distress	12
Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use	12
Unveiling the depths of Tinder: Decoding the dark tetrad and sociosexuality in motives behind online dating	12
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions	12
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use	11
User experience of mixed reality applications for healthy ageing: A systematic review	11
When feeling positive is being “in the zone”: How challenge optimality causes changes in positive affect and flow	9
(Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults	9
Prevalence and impact of Internet Gaming Disorder: A population-based study	9
Profiles of problematic social networking site use: A cross-cultural validation of a scale with Spanish and Mexican adolescents	9

Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis	8
“You want to know that you’re safe”: Experiences of risk, restriction and resilience online among people with an intellectual disability	8
The effect of neuroticism on problematic smartphone use: A mediation model of self-control for males and females	8
How to shop online: The construct and measurement of consumer competency in online shopping	8
Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality	8
Online stress and offline stress: Uniqueness, differences, and cumulative effect on multiple well-being outcomes	8
What is the post-game depression? A narrative inquiry	8
Understanding the relations between exposure to the positive self-portrayals of others on social media and emerging adults’ mental health during a COVID-19 imposed lockdown	8
Can time flow differently if you are a virtual reality newcomer?	8
Double blue ticks: Reframing ghosting as ostracism through an abductive study on affordances	8
Unraveling the positive and negative roles of positive body-focused social media interactions in adolescents’ body image	7
Instagram Passive Active Use Measure (iPAUM): Development, validation and relation to self-esteem	7
Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning	7
How it feels to be “left on read”: Social surveillance on Snapchat and young individuals’ mental health	7
Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying	7
You teach me and I’ll teach you: The role of social interactions on positivity elicited from playing Pokémon GO	6
They shouldn’t be richer than me: How visual wealth exposure on social media increases relative deprivation	6
Problematic use of social media in adolescents or excessive social gratification? The mediating role of nomophobia	6
The association of motives with problematic smartphone use: A systematic review	6
Is undergraduates’ adoption of the Internet of Things rational? The role of risk perception	6
Internalizing personality traits and coping motivations for gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-lagged panel mediation analysis	6
Are you always ignoring attitude-challenging messages? Eye-tracking selective exposure on Chinese’ lowly involved news consumption	6
An exploratory study of selfie motivations and their relation to sociability and shyness among youth	6
Acceptance and self-protection in government, commercial, and interpersonal surveillance contexts: An exploratory study	6
Social media as sources of sexual health knowledge: A compensatory or complementary form of education?	6
The effect of emotion background on pathological internet users’ comments on online news: Evidence from online text analysis	6