OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychology is 31. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mental health and self-determination profiles of the diverse population of medical students in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic	115
Investigation and analysis of magnetic resonance imaging experience and psychological status of patients	104
Want-to, have-to, amotivation, grit, self-control, and tolerance ambiguity among university students: latent profile analysis	96
What if parental love is conditional …? Children’s self-esteem profiles and their relationship with parental conditional regard and self-kindness	79
A study protocol of the photo-supported conversations about the well-being intervention (Be Well™) for people with stress related disorders	72
Interpersonal Behaviors Questionnaire (IBQ) applied to parenting of emerging adults: dimensional structure and criterion validity	71
Comparing emotional working memory in adolescents and young adults with and without depressive symptoms: developmental and psychopathological differences	58
The Japanese version of the Material Values Scale: construct assessment and relationship with age, personality, and subjective well-being	57
Comparative risk perceptions of switching to JUUL vs. continued smoking and subsequent switching away from cigarettes: a longitudinal observational study	56
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	55
Could the use of web-based applications assist in neuropsychiatric treatment? An umbrella review	49
A mobile phone intervention to reduce heavy drinking: a preliminary analysis of anchoring heuristics	49
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the body image life disengagement questionnaire in a sample of adolescents	48
Prevalence and correlates of infertility related psychological stress in women with infertility: a cross-sectional hospital based survey	44
Marital dissolution and associated factors in Hosanna, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study	44
Putting the broken pieces of life together, Baloch family caregivers’ confrontation with schizophrenia: a phenomenological study	43
Current status of nonsuicidal injuries and associated factors among junior high school students in Hainan Province, China: a cross-sectional study	42
COVID-19 and psychosis, depression, obsession and quality of life in Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: Any changes after 5 months of quarantine?	42
How childhood maltreatment links to labor values? The mediating role of moral competence and prosocial normative tendency	40
Adverse childhood experiences and their influence on psychological well-being and emotional intelligence among university students	40
The lived experience of resilience in chronic disease among adults in Asian countries: a scoping review of qualitative studies	39
The predicting factors of chronic pain among nursing students: a national study in Iran	39
Can substance abuse media literacy increase prediction of drug use in students?	38
Developing a model for predicting safety performance of nurses based on psychosocial safety climate and role of job demands and resources, job satisfaction, and emotional exhaustion as mediators	38
Relational aggression in romantic relationship: empirical evidence among young female adults in Malaysia	35

Psychological impacts of the Gaza war on Palestinian young adults: a cross-sectional study of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms	33
The impact of academic anxiety on smartphone addiction among college students: the mediating role of self-regulatory fatigue and the moderating role of mindfulness	33
The impact of maternal parenting stress on early childhood development: the mediating role of maternal depression and the moderating effect of family resilience	33
Correction: The relationship between specific problematic internet use and hope: academic exhaustion as mediator and mattering as moderator among Chinese university students	33
Construction process and development stages of pandemic emotions questionnaire in cancer patients (PEQ-CP)	32
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale	31