OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking is 8. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhancing Physical Activity with Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review	154
Does Self-View Mode Generate More Videoconferencing Fatigue in Women than Men? An Experiment Using EEG Signals	140
Individual Responsibility Around Deepfakes: It's No Laughing Matter	127
Building and Investigating Digital Health Technologies to Promote Health Equity	87
Social Signal Processing in Affective Virtual Reality: Human-Shaped Agents Increase Electrodermal Activity in an Elicited Negative Environment	80
Instagram Stories Unveiled: Exploring Links with Psychological Distress, Personality, and Gender	66
Can Media Literacy Intervention Improve Fake News Credibility Assessment? A Meta-Analysis	65
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	64
The Association between Problematic Instagram Use, Psychological Distress, and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	56
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking	53
Mind the Game: Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Training to Enhance Decision-Making in Football Athletes	52
Adolescents’ Risky Online Behaviors and Social Desirability Bias in Vietnam: Privacy Disclosure and Pornography Use	51
Dark Triad Personality Traits and Cyberbullying: The Mediating Role of Emotional Empathy	51
Esports Players Are Less Extroverted and Conscientious than Athletes	50
Ultra-Processed Futures: How Digital Life and Food Systems Shape Metabolic Health	50
Digital Hate Speech Experiences Across Age Groups and Their Impact on Well-Being: A Nationally Representative Survey in Switzerland	45
Cyberchondria and Chinese Adolescent Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic	40
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2024	39
Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Fundraisers: Evidence That Narrative Perspective and Fundraiser Identity Influence Donation Intentions	35
An Analysis of the Social Context of Video Games, Pathological Gaming, and Depressive Symptoms	35
Crying Out in the Dark? Exploring the Mental Health Vulnerabilities of Dark Web Users	35
OVER-LON: Overview Virtual Effect for Relieving LONeliness	34
Why Sadistic Women Cyberbully: The Mediating Role of Moral Disengagement and the Moderating Role of Gender	33
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Misinformation Acceptance: An Experimental Test of the Effect of Forewarning About Artificial Intelligence Hallucination	32
COVID-19 and Sinophobia: Detecting Warning Signs of Radicalization on Twitter and Reddit	31

Waiting for the Boss's Blue Checkmark to Appear: Supervisor's Attentiveness, Negative Emotions, and Work Engagement During Instant Messaging at Work	31
Virtual Reality in Medical Education	28
Predicting Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goal Contents Pursuit on Social Media	27
Compassionate Goals, Facebook Use, and Subjective Well-Being: Examining the Roles of Relationship Maintenance and Connectedness	27
Content Moderator Mental Health, Secondary Trauma, and Well-being: A Cross-Sectional Study	26
Nonconsensual Sexting: Are the Moral Processes the Same If Boys or Girls Appear in the Forwarded Content?	26
A Serial Mediation of Deceptive Discount Advertising Effects in Online Retailing	25
Women Are Perceived to Have More Power Than Men in Domains That Are Viewed As Important in U.S. Tweets	25
Searching for the Metaverse: Neuroscience of Physical and Digital Communities	25
Transportation as a Health Concern: How Technology Can Help	24
A Technology-Supported Psychoeducational Intervention for Older Adults and Their Families to Improve Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Intergenerational Connectedness—A Randomized Controlled Study	24
How Health-Related Misinformation Spreads Across the Internet: Evidence for the “Typhoon Eye” Effect	23
Unmet Needs Discussed on Reddit by Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder	23
Adolescent Screen Time Associated with Risk Factor of Fear of Missing Out During Pandemic COVID-19	22
Reinforcing Relationships Between Gaming Disorder and Aggression and Intrusive Parenting Across 4 Years	22
Feeling Virtually Present Makes Me Happier: The Influence of Immersion, Sense of Presence, and Video Contents on Positive Emotion Induction	21
The Effect of Augmented Reality and Privacy Priming in a Fashion-Related App: An Application of Technology Acceptance Model	21
Autistic Traits and Cyberbullying Involvement Mediated by Psychopathologies and School Functions in a Nationally Representative Child Sample	21
Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior of Male Video Game Players: An Online Survey	19
“Can I Have More Than This?” The Role of Romantic Relationship Quality, Maximization Style, and Social Media Addiction in Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Symptoms	19
Patient Perspectives on a Digital Assistant for Medication Reconciliation: An Interview Study Comparing Socioeconomic Groups	19
Click, Buy, Repeat: Understanding the Psychological and Behavioral Mechanisms of Online Shopping Behavior	19
A Dynamic Analysis of Conspiratorial Narratives on Twitter During the Pandemic	18
Humane Artificial Intelligence: Psychological, Social, and Ethical Dimensions	18
Bridging Tradition and Technology: Soft Skills Training for the Modern Day “House Call”	18
Measuring Online Ethical Values and Behaviors: Relationships with Cyberhate, Empathy, and Sociodemographic Variables	17
Nostalgia as Self-Care: Embracing the Kidult Culture	17
#OCD: A Content Analysis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Stereotype Amplification and Misinformation on TikTok	17
System 0: Transforming Artificial Intelligence into a Cognitive Extension	17
Are Social Media Bans the Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Some Governments Think So	17
Does Facebook Use Provide Social Benefits to Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury?	17
The Wear and Tear of Being “Always On”: An Allostatic Load Model of Communication Overload in Social Media Use	16
Beyond Chronic Pain Exploring Body-Brain Interaction to Understand and Treat Chronic Pain Conditions	16
Virtual Reality Distraction for Needle-Related Pain and Distress in Children: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial	16
Follow the Flow: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Achieving Optimal Performance	15
From Cyberspace to Outer Space: How Technology Will Preserve Mental Health in the Final Frontier	15
Exploring the Relationship Between Attribute Discrepancy and Avatar Embodiment in Immersive Social Virtual Reality	15
Shadows of Conflict: Addressing Moral Injury in Peacekeeping Missions	15
The e-SaVoR Project: Savoring and Virtual Reality to Enhance Emerging Adults' Well-Being	15
Feasibility of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Danish Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Mixed Method Pilot Study	15
Whom Does Remote Work Make Happy? The Digital Divide in Remote Workers’ Well-Being	15
Tech Addiction? Take a Break Addressing a Truly Global Phenomenon	14
Characterization of Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain	14
Taking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial	14
How Service Robot Anthropomorphism and Employee Self-Efficacy Shape Collaborative Performance	14
Soft Nudges Versus Hard Governance: How Chinese Social Media Shape Bystander Behavior Against Cyberbullying	14
Why and How Empathy Matters in Aesthetic Experiences	14
Natural Language Content Mediates the Association Between Active Interactions on Social Network Services and Subjective Well-Being	14
The MetaPharmacy: What Happens When Big Pharma Goes Virtual?	14
Feasibility of an App-Supported Monitoring System for Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Fibromyalgia Patients in Public Settings	13

Children's Mental Health in a Pandemic-Altered World: Technology's Evolving Role	13
The Auxiliary Role of Virtual Reality in Enhancing the Effects of Disaster News on Empathy and Fear: The Mediating Role of Presence	13
Parental Phubbing and Internet Gaming Addiction in Children: Mediating Roles of Parent–Child Relationships and Depressive Symptoms	13
Supporting Brainstorming with a Collaborative Platform or a Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool: An Exploratory Study	13
Fear of Missing Out, Reflective Smartphone Disengagement, and Loneliness in Late Adolescents	13
Loneliness and Social Media Use Among Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders	13
Online Gambling, Young Men, and a Growing Public Health Concern	12
A National Study of Zoom Fatigue and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Future Remote Work	12
Association of Phubbing Behavior and Fear of Missing Out: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	12
SyncWork: Comparison of Brain Synchrony between Agile and Face-to-Face Work Using an EEG Hyperscanning Paradigm	12
Field Dependence-Independence Modulates Attention Capture by Digital Smartphone Stimuli	12
Use and Interest in Virtual Reality for Mental and Physical Health in a U.S. Population-Based Sample of Low-Income Veterans	12
Anonymous and Insecure Bullies are Less Depressed than Confident and Identifiable Ones, but Only if Remorseful: Cyberbullying Goals, Identifiability, and Depression	12
Who Am I Inside the Screen? Construction of Virtual Identity in Multiplayer Online Videogames and Its Psychological Functions	12
Testing the Proteus Effect in Autistic and Neurotypical Participants	12
Problematic Social Media Use and Its Relationship with Depression or Anxiety: A Systematic Review	12
Supporting Teachers and Students: The Role of AI in Shaping the Future of Education	12
Internet Addiction and the Treatment of Depression? A Prospective Naturalistic Outcome Study	11
Putting the Toothpaste Back in the Tube: Against Online Hate Speech	11
The End of Visual Certainty: How AI-Generated Video Reshapes Trust and Perception	11
Multiple Facets of Rejections in Online Dating: Exploring Types, Reasons, and Impact	11
“Standing Up for Earth Rights”: Awe-Inspiring Virtual Nature for Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviors	11
Digital Technology Use and Adolescent Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Internet Addiction and Digital Competence	11
Online Prosocial Behaviors: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Actions, and Motivators	11
The BODY-FRIEND Project: Using New Technology to Learn about How People with Anorexia Feel about Their Bodies	11
Tweets and Reactions: Revealing the Geographies of Cybercrime Perpetrators and the North-South Divide	11
Online Hate Speech Victimization and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: The Protective Role of Resilience	11
The Effects of Explainability and User Control on Algorithmic Transparency: The Moderating Role of Algorithmic Literacy	11
VR-MEM: Harnessing Virtual Reality for Autobiographical Memory Enhancement in High School Settings	10
The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel: Being in Virtual Places	10
Body Dissatisfaction Directs Avatar Perception: Embodiment and Selective Visual Attention in Body Mass-Modified Self-Avatars	10
(Mental) Healthcare Consumerism in the Metaverse: Is There a Benefit?	10
Correction to: College Students' Motives for In-Person Meetings with Dating Application Matches, by Harrison, et al. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2022;25(2):130–134; doi: 10.	10
Negative Affect Following Dating Application Use is Predicted by Social Anxiety Symptoms and Match Rate	10
What Is the Draw of the Metaverse? Personality Correlates of Zepeto Use Motives and Their Associations With Psychological Well-Being	10
Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Response Using Heart Rate Variability to Virtual Reality Environment and Modified Stroop Task: An Exploratory Study	10
Further Understanding the Correlations Between Sexting and Mental Health: Considerations for Sex and Sexual Identity	9
Restorative Parental Discipline and Types of Defending Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying: The Mediate Role of Justice Sensitivity	9
Using Virtual Reality in E-Cigarette and Secondhand Aerosol Prevention Messages: Implications for Emotional Campaign Design	9
Cognitive Rehabilitation in the Metaverse: Insights from the Tele-Neurorehab Project	9
Correction to: ‘‘Standing Up for Earth Rights’’: Awe-Inspiring Virtual Nature for Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviors, by Chirico, et al. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2023;	9
Harmonizing Emotions: Assessing Implicit and Explicit Emotional Responses in Elderly through Music Therapy Sessions	9
INSIDE-OUT: An Innovative Sound Technology for Altering Interoceptive Signals	9
Primary Schoolers' Response to a Multisensory Serious Game on Cartesian Plane Coordinates in Immersive Virtual Reality	9
A Message from the Editor-in-Chief	9
The Role of Personality, Self-Disclosure, and Envy in Maladaptive Social Media Engagement	9
Motives of Online Hate Speech: Results from a Quota Sample Online Survey	9
Correction to: How Different Gaming Genres Can Be Described by Required Skills and Motives for Playing by Brandtner, et al. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2022;25(9):613–619; d	9
Cyberbullying and Suicidal Behavior, Self-Harm, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies	8
The Effects of Playing Video Games on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, and Gaming Disorder During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: PRISMA Systematic Review	8
Gender Switching in Social VR: The Impact of Socioeconomic Stability and Gender Role Stress on Female Avatar Selection Among Japanese Male Users	8
The Dual Systems Model—Impulsivity and Narcissism as the Reflexive System and Self-Regulation as the Reflective System—of Smartphone Addiction	8
Underlying Mechanisms of Brand Feedback's Mixed Effects in E-Commerce: Roles of Perceived Controllability, Stability, and Brand Trust	8
Detection of Negative Emotions in Short Texts Using Deep Neural Networks	8
Stronger Algorithmic Beliefs Were Associated with More Benign Interpretations in Unideal Online Dating Scenarios	8
Treading Carefully in the Metaverse: The Evolution of AI Avatars	8
Exploring Alternative Health Facebook Groups in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Automated Content Analysis Through Structural Topic Modeling	8
Something's Fishy About It: How Opinion Congeniality and Explainability Affect Motivated Attribution to Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Comment Moderators	8
MAPS: A Multidimensional Alignment of Presence in Systems	8
Applying Engagement Marketing and Human-Centered Design to Cocreate a Digital Decision Support Tool for Research Participation with LGBTQIA+ Community Members	8
The Interplay Between Health Disparities and Acceptability of Virtual Reality: A Survey Study	8
Social and Organizational Dynamics in Multiplayer Gaming: A Comparative Communication Analysis of Casual and Esports Players’ Interactions in “ Call of Duty: Warzone	8
Intimate Partner Cyberstalking: Exploring Vulnerable Narcissism, Secondary Psychopathy, Borderline Traits, and Rejection Sensitivity	8
Romance Behind the Screens: Exploring the Role of Technoference on Intimacy	8
Network Analysis of Problematic Internet Use and Adolescent Psychological Issues: The Role of Socioeconomic Status	8
Online Group Counseling for Young People Through a Customized Social Networking Platform: Phase 2 of Kids Helpline Circles	8
Female Users' TikTok Use and Body Image: Active Versus Passive Use and Social Comparison Processes	8
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Narrative Review	8
A Looking Glass into a Research Wonderland: Decades of Virtual Reality Scholarship Explicated Via Natural Language Processing	8
BookTok as Cultural Infrastructure: Emotion, Influence, and the Future of Reading	8
In the Mood for Music: Listening to Music and Other Smartphone Uses Improve Adolescent Mood	8