OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking is 27. 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
Crying Out in the Dark? Exploring the Mental Health Vulnerabilities of Dark Web Users	133
Building and Investigating Digital Health Technologies to Promote Health Equity	133
Social Signal Processing in Affective Virtual Reality: Human-Shaped Agents Increase Electrodermal Activity in an Elicited Negative Environment	115
Enhancing Physical Activity with Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review	91
Individual Responsibility Around Deepfakes: It's No Laughing Matter	75
Instagram Stories Unveiled: Exploring Links with Psychological Distress, Personality, and Gender	72
Does Self-View Mode Generate More Videoconferencing Fatigue in Women than Men? An Experiment Using EEG Signals	67
Can Stress Put Digital Privacy at Risk? Evidence from a Controlled Experiment Examining the Impact of Acute Stress on Privacy Decisions on a Simulated Social Network Site	58
The Association between Problematic Instagram Use, Psychological Distress, and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	58
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking	57
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2024	51
Dark Triad Personality Traits and Cyberbullying: The Mediating Role of Emotional Empathy	48
Ultra-Processed Futures: How Digital Life and Food Systems Shape Metabolic Health	44
Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Fundraisers: Evidence That Narrative Perspective and Fundraiser Identity Influence Donation Intentions	43
Adolescents’ Risky Online Behaviors and Social Desirability Bias in Vietnam: Privacy Disclosure and Pornography Use	42
Fear of Missing Out and Irrational Procrastination in the Mobile Social Media Environment: A Moderated Mediation Analysis	41
An Analysis of the Social Context of Video Games, Pathological Gaming, and Depressive Symptoms	39
Book Review: Recent Advances in Technologies for Inclusive Well-Being: Virtual Patients, Gamification, and Simulation	37
Eye Movement Patterns Reflecting Cybersickness: Evidence from Different Experience Modes of a Virtual Reality Game	36
Cyberchondria and Chinese Adolescent Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic	33
Esports Players Are Less Extroverted and Conscientious than Athletes	33
Can Media Literacy Intervention Improve Fake News Credibility Assessment? A Meta-Analysis	32
Digital Hate Speech Experiences Across Age Groups and Their Impact on Well-Being: A Nationally Representative Survey in Switzerland	32
OVER-LON: Overview Virtual Effect for Relieving LONeliness	31
Unmet Needs Discussed on Reddit by Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder	29

THOMAS: Robotic Workers with Embedded Cognition for Hybrid Manufacturing Systems	28
How Health-Related Misinformation Spreads Across the Internet: Evidence for the “Typhoon Eye” Effect	28
Women Are Perceived to Have More Power Than Men in Domains That Are Viewed As Important in U.S. Tweets	27