OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Behavioral Sciences is 39. 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
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Its Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study with Thematic Analysis of Patients and Caregivers Who Participated in Self-Help Groups	135
Influence of Positive Thinking Ideology on Physician Representations of Cancer	128
The Effect of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Stereotype Threat on Inhibitory Control in Individuals with Different Household Incomes	88
Professional Athletes’ Well-Being: New Challenges in Post-COVID-19 Times	87
Development and Validation of the Interpersonal Motivational Systems Questionnaire (IMS-Q)	83
Application of the Semantic Fluency Test in the Screening of Mandarin-Chinese-Speaking Older Adults with Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer Type	76
Spatial Configuration Effects on the Dissociation between Active and Latent States in Visual Working Memory	67
Reliability and Validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality—Self-Report—German Version (CAPP-SR-GV) in a German Non-Criminal Sample	66
Why Are Young People Willing to Pay for Health? Chained Mediation Effect of Negative Emotions and Information Seeking on Health Risk Perception and Health Consumption Behavior	65
Breaking the Cycle: How Coping and Flexibility Disrupt the Link Between Kinesiophobia and Rumination in Athletes	64
Child Social and Emotional Adjustment to First Grade: The Role of Emotion-Focused Parenting	63
Perceiving Speaker’s Certainty: The Interaction Among Subjectivity of Statement, Evidential Markers, and Evidence Strength	63
Designing for Engagement in Primary Health Education Through Digital Game-Based Learning: Cross-National Behavioral Evidence from the iLearn4Health Platform	61
Factors Associated with Treatment Duration in a Trauma-Focused Community Mental Health Setting	61
Concurrent Validity of Digital Measures of Psychological Dimensions Associated with Suicidality Using AuxiliApp	59
You Understand, So I Understand: How a “Community of Knowledge” Shapes Trust and Credibility in Expert Testimony Evidence	58
The System of Corrective Interventions in the Sex Offender Population and the Proposed “Trident Statal Program” (TSP) in the Field of Italian Sex Crimes	56
Aesthetic Judgment in Calligraphic Tracing: The Dominant Role of Dynamic Features	52
Gender Differences in Cyberstalking: The Roles of Risk, Control, and Opportunity Factors in Social Media	50
The Impact of Resource Inequality on Cooperative Behavior in Social Dilemmas	50
Mothers’ Self-Worth and Children’s Achievements: A Q Methodological Analysis of Perception Types	50
Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Influence of Facial Information Processing on Estimation Performance	48
The Effect of Verbal Working Memory Intervention on the Reading Performance of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities	48
Meaning in Music Framed: The Four ‘Eff’ Processes (Fit, Affiliation, Facilitation, and Fluency)	46
How to Select the Leader in a One-Shot Public Goods Game: Evidence from the Laboratory	45

Mental Health and Suicide Research with Migrants in Australia: Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Engagement Strategies	45
Development and Validation of the Safety Behavior Assessment Form-PTSD Scale	44
Predicting Adverse Childhood Experiences from Family Environment Factors: A Machine Learning Approach	44
The Effects of Connectedness to Nature on Psychological Well-Being in Chinese Older Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model	44
The Transfer of In-Game Behaviors and Emotions to Real-World Experiences in Game World	44
Music as Fluidum: A Rheological Approach to the Materiality of Sound as Movement Through Time	44
Time, Ideologies, and Care: Gendered Patterns of Parental Involvement in the UK and Portugal	43
COVID-19 Personal Protective Behaviors during Large Social Events: The Value of Behavioral Observations	43
Attachment Orientation and Preferences for Partners’ Emotional Responses in Stressful and Positive Situations	43
Predicting Adolescents’ Leisure-Time Physical Activity Levels: A Three-Wave Prospective Test of the Integrated Model of Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior	43
The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Team Job Insecurity on Team Resilience	42
Study of Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life after SARS-CoV-2 Infection among the Elderly	41
Trait Anxiety Leads to “Better” Performance? A Study on Acute Stress and Uncertain Decision-Making	40
Maternal Psychopathological Profile during Childbirth and Neonatal Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Posttest Study	40
Humanizing the Transgressor and Lightening the Immoral Behavior: The Role of Likeability Bias and Moral Rationalization	39