OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Social Psychological and Personality Science is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Impact of Regulatory Fit on Experienced Autonomy	84
Corrigendum to the Social Cure Properties of Groups across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies	70
Opposing Misperceptions of Wealth: Liberals Overestimate Their Neighborhoods’ Wealth in Wealthier Neighborhoods While Conservatives Overestimate Their Neighborhoods’ Wealth in Poor Neighborhoods	63
Exposure to Immigrants Does Not Moderate the Relationship Between Disgust Sensitivity and Opposition to Immigration	49
How do Adults Think, Feel, and Behave Toward Teenagers? Measuring and Understanding Adults’ Attitudes Toward Teenagers	45
The Andrew Carnegie Effect: Legacy Motives Increase the Intergenerational Allocation of Wealth to Collective Causes	39
The Associations Between Neoliberal Policies and Attributions for Poverty in 13 Countries	37
“Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”: Differentiating the Correlates of Judgments of Plausible Versus Implausible Conspiracy Theories	36
Explicit Signals Enhance Social Engagement Between Strangers	36
Poor Toddlers Feel Less Pain? Application of Class-Based Pain Stereotypes in Judgments of Children	32
Trustworthiness of Crowds Is Gleaned in Half a Second	30
Moral Judgments Are Value-Based Decisions Driven by Culturally Stable Valuations and Culturally Variable Decision Biases	28
Tweeting Others With Respect: Historicist Thinking Can Reduce Blame and Hostile Retaliation to Nasty Communications From Partisan Opponents	26
Are There Consequences of Expressing Intellectual Humility Toward Claims Perceived as Established or Moral Truths? Implications for Judgments of Expresser’s Competence and Warmth	25
Choosing What You Like or Liking What You Chose? Sampling’s Impact on Evaluation and the Role of Idiosyncratic Reactions to Valent Stimuli	23
Psychological Distance Increases Conceptual Generalization	23
Ability, Assertiveness, Morality, and Friendliness? A Retrospective Validation of the Facet Model of Social Evaluation	21
Lower Perceived Economic Mobility Inhibits Pro-Environmental Engagement by Increasing Cynicism	20
Don’t Drag Me Down: Valence Asymmetry in Well-Being Co-Development in Couples	20
Authentic First Impressions Relate to Interpersonal, Social, and Entrepreneurial Success	20
What Happens in Initial Interactions Forecasts Relationship Development: Showcasing the Role of Social Behavior	20
What’s Accessible Is Expressible: When Advice Seekers Are More Likely to Anchor Their Advisors	20
Self-Other Agreement in Experience Sampling Measures	19
In What Domains Does Entering a Romantic Relationship Boost Well-Being? A Longitudinal Investigation	18
Just Be Yourself? Effects of an Authenticity Manipulation on Expressive Accuracy in First Impressions	18

Spot-On or Stereotypical? A Social Relations Model of Life Satisfaction and Relationship Status Satisfaction Ratings Among Friends	18
No Evidence for Transactional Effects Between Religiosity and Self-Esteem in a Secular Country	17
Gender Differences in Personality Traits and Average Personality States: Using Experience Sampling to Circumvent Bias in Self-Reports	17
Sexual Afterglow: How Long Does It Last and Does It Vary by the Relative Importance of Sex, Who Initiates It, or Who Rejects It?	16
The Game Within the Game: The Potential Influence of Demand Characteristics and Participant Beliefs in Violent Video Game Studies	15
Masculinity Perceptions and Hostile Sexism Shape Evaluations of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives	14
Echoes of Culture: Relationships of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes With Contemporary English, Historical English, and 53 Non-English Languages	14
Do Victims and Perpetrators Justify Intimate Partner Violence Even While They See It Happening in Front of Their Eyes?	13
Needs and Well-Being Across Europe: Basic Psychological Needs Are Closely Connected With Well-Being, Meaning, and Symptoms of Depression in 27 European Countries	13
Fluctuations in Prejudice Do Not Track Fluctuations in Ordinary Contact in Three 5-Wave “Shortitudinal” Studies Examining Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Intervals	13
Sustainability Across the Status Spectrum: The S-Shaped Relationship Between Social Status and Green Consumption	12
How Feeling Understood Predicts Trust and Willingness to Forgive in the Midst of Violent Intergroup Conflict: Longitudinal Evidence From Ukraine	12
Hedging First Offers Permits Assertiveness While Lowering Risk a Partner Walks	12
Experience Matters: Civic Discussion Increases Self-Efficacy and Reduces Forecasted Discomfort in Future Conversations	12
Expressed and Perceived Honesty Benefits Relationships Even When Couples Are Not Accurate	12
Living Unequal, Living Unhealthy: The Adverse Impact of Subjective Economic Inequality on Health-Promoting Behaviors	11
Pandemic Nostalgia: Reduced Social Contact Predicts Consumption of Nostalgic Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic	11
Do Minorities’ Friendships with Majority Culture Members and Their Emotional Fit with Majority Culture Influence Each Other Over Time?	11
Does Saying “Thanks a Lot” Make You Look Less Than? The Magnitude of Gratitude Shapes Perceptions of Relational Hierarchy	11
A Registered Conceptual Replication and Extension of Carter and Weber (2010): Generalized Trust, Lie Prevalence, and Deception Detection	10
Highlighting Opportunities (Versus Outcomes) Increases Support for Economic Redistribution	10
An Empirical Investigation of Secondary Transfer Effects of Contact Among Five Ethnic-Cultural Minority Groups in the Netherlands	10
Passing Down the Mic Signals Trustworthy Intersectional Allyship and Promotes Organizational Identity-Safety	10
The Great Divide: Neither Fairness Nor Kindness Eliminates Moral Derogation of People With Opposing Political Beliefs	10
Identity and Institutions as Foundations of Ingroup Favoritism: An Investigation Across 17 Countries	10
The Moderating Role of Neuroticism on Evaluative Conditioning: Evidence From Ambiguous Learning Situations	10
Who Are We If We Do Not Know Who Our Leader Is? Perceptions of Leaders’ Prototypicality Affects Followers’ Self-Prototypicality and Uncertainty	9
Who Should Learn About Race in School? Lay Theories About the Relevance of Lessons About Race to Students of Color and White Students	9
Absolute Certainty and Political Ideology: A Systematic Test of Curvilinearity	9
Conditional but Collaborative: Offering Offenders Voice Improves Their Engagement With the Conditions of Forgiveness	9
Facial Impressions Are Not Set in Stone: Voice-Driven Changes in Facial Representations Obtained via Reverse Correlation	9
Are Religious People Happy or Non-Religious People Unhappy in Religious Contexts?	9
The Effect of Moral Foundations on Intergroup Relations: The Salience of Fairness Promotes the Acceptance of Minority Groups	8
An Eastern Look at a Western Dilemma: Cross-Cultural Differences in Action-Balanced Trolley Dilemmas	8
Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China? A Comprehensive Reexamination	8
A Registered Report on Gender Bias in Interpersonal Dishonesty: Are Females and Males Cheated Differently?	8
Having Less Than Others is Physically Painful: Income Rank and Pain Around the World	8
A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion Is Associated With Performance Overconfidence	8
Alternative Systems: The Interplay Between Criminal Groups’ Influence and Political Trust on Civic Honesty in the Global Context	8
Solidarity Imbalances After Racism and Sexism: Black Americans Are Expected to Express High Solidarity but Anticipate Lower Solidarity From Racial/Ethnic Outgroups	8
Spillover Between Daily Marital Interactions and Parenting Practices: Sensory Processing Sensitivity as Moderators	7
Dynamic, Yet Stable: Separating Within- and Between-Person Components of Collective Action in Support of a Disadvantaged Outgroup and its Antecedents	7
The Impact of Social Media Salience on the Subjective Value of Social Cues	7
Threat Rejection Fuels Political Dehumanization	7
Pro-Life Policy Preferences Partly Reflect Desires to Suppress Casual Sexual Behavior, Not Solely Sanctity of Life Concerns	7
Evidence for the Effectiveness of Large-Scale Disruptive Protests in the Context of Democratic Backsliding	7
Actual and Perceived Partisan Bias in Judgments of Political Misinformation as Lies	7
What if Hard Work Cannot Pay Off? Perceived Low Social Mobility Increases Passive Procrastination Among Students	7
Mind the Gap: Perceived Economic Inequality and the Well-Being Gap around the Globe	7
The Maximizing Penalty: Maximizers are Perceived as Less Warm and Receive Less Social Support	7

Beyond Outrage: Observers Anticipate Different Behaviors From Expressors of Anger Versus Disgust	7
Lonely Today, Lonely Tomorrow: Temporal Dynamics of Loneliness in Everyday Life and its Associations With Psychopathological Symptoms	7
Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence	7
Personality and the “Social Cure”: The Role of Ego-Resilience in the Social Identity Approach to Health	7
Cognitive Ability and Personal Values: A Large Sample Study of Schwartz's Values, HEXACO Personality, Age, and Gender	7
Understanding Person-Situation Dynamics at Work: Effects of Traits, States, and Situation Characteristics on Teaching Performance	7
High Self-Control Individuals Prefer Meaning Over Pleasure	7
Do Conspiracy Theories Shape or Rationalize Vaccination Hesitancy Over Time?	7
Personal Relative Deprivation, Not Subjective Status, Explains Support for Economic Redistribution	7