OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychology is 47. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A mobile phone intervention to reduce heavy drinking: a preliminary analysis of anchoring heuristics	268
Interpersonal Behaviors Questionnaire (IBQ) applied to parenting of emerging adults: dimensional structure and criterion validity	216
The Japanese version of the Material Values Scale: construct assessment and relationship with age, personality, and subjective well-being	164
Through the lens of patients: a photovoice study exploring inpatients’ sense of safety and well-being in a new Norwegian mental health facility	128
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale	118
Maximizing tendency and meaning in life: a cross-cultural network analysis of Chinese and American samples	112
Experimental paradigm to test the effects of providing social support: study protocol of the PROSPECT trial (Study 2)	103
Meat-eating justifications in Türkiye: cultural adaptation, validation, and correlates of the MEJ and 4Ns scales	102
Development and validation of a mental hyperactivity questionnaire for the evaluation of chronic stress in higher education	100
Examining the relationship between preferred music types and temperament-character in individuals diagnosed with alcohol and substance use disorders	94
Music, families and interaction (MUFASA): a protocol article for an RCT study	87
Otherness measuring scale: design and validation for social sciences	83
Empirical validation study and psychometric evaluation of the properties of the populist attitudes scale for the portuguese population	82
Construction process and development stages of pandemic emotions questionnaire in cancer patients (PEQ-CP)	81
Could the use of web-based applications assist in neuropsychiatric treatment? An umbrella review	76
Differential associations between distinct facets of empathy, engaged gaming, and problematic gaming behaviours	73
Neuroticism and adolescent depression in China: a chain mediation model of interpersonal sensitivity and loneliness	72
Meta-analytic structural equation modeling with mediation role of problematic mobile phone use between solitude and anxiety and depression	72
The dynamic association between depression, psychological flexibility, and meaning in life among medical students: a cross-lagged analysis	70
How parental educational anxiety fuels adolescent depression: the mediating chain of moral disengagement and negative coping, and the buffering role of psychological resilience	70
Development and validation of the Student Social Resilience Scale for Disasters (SSRD) among adolescents in disaster-prone areas	68
The relationship between heart rate variability and baseline state anxiety during stress and recovery	68
The influence of resource-gaining capacity on mate preferences: an eye tracking study	68
Hikikomori among young adults: examining the protective function of psychological resilience	63
Internet use, cultural consumption, and subjective well-being: exploring the mediating role in rural China	63

Personality traits and family functioning: insights from middle-aged adults in Iran	63
Comparative risk perceptions of switching to JUUL vs. continued smoking and subsequent switching away from cigarettes: a longitudinal observational study	62
What role do self-liking and self-competence play in the relationships between exercise identity and mental well-being in individuals who exercise regularly?	62
Dynamic stages of personality adjustment: language switching and acculturation in first-generation Chinese immigrants	61
The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 criterion in patients with major depressive disorder without psychotic features: a systematic revi	61
Gender differences in causal attributions, self-regulation, achievement motivation, and academic performance following an intervention	61
Childhood maltreatment and psychopathy in Chinese juvenile offenders: person-centered perspective	59
Blurred boundaries in the digital era: a theory-driven development of the digital boundary ambiguity scale (DBAS)	58
Profiling harsh parenting and the longitudinal association with non-suicidal self-injury in young adults: a mediation analysis	57
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the body image life disengagement questionnaire in a sample of adolescents	56
Enhanced work engagement in Japanese employees following a 12-day online gratitude journal intervention	54
Correction: The relationship between specific problematic internet use and hope: academic exhaustion as mediator and mattering as moderator among Chinese university students	54
Comparison of women’s and men’s sexual desires based on the emotional atmosphere of the family and the initial incompatible schemas with the mediating role of self-compassion	54
Relational aggression in romantic relationship: empirical evidence among young female adults in Malaysia	54
Advancing family wellbeing through a Massive Online Open Intervention: the LightBEAM program protocol for randomized waitlist control trial {1a}	53
How digital stress affects academic procrastination and subjective well-being: mediating effect of ego depletion	50
Cognitive biases in military intelligence analysis: amplification mechanisms and intervention strategies in the digital-intelligent era	49
Classification of unintentional injury prevention practices for infants and young children at home: developmental process and associations with other variables in Japanese families	49
Semantic memory and creative evaluation	48
The mediating role of medical coping modes between anxiety and fear of progression in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3: a cross-sectional survey	47
Building destination brands through trust: unpacking the role of digital integrated marketing communication in driving travel intentions	47
Academic Motivation, Fear of Negative Evaluation, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulated Learning: Role of Affective Mechanisms in the Learning Process	47