Publications ๐
Full list of Leon's publications: https://www.leonxiao.com/publications/academic-publications
Publications ๐
Full list of Leon's publications: https://www.leonxiao.com/publications/academic-publications
Gambling advertising in the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Xiao, L.Y., Czakรณ, A., Deery, C., Heath, C., Kirรกly, O., King, D., & Demetrovics, Z. (2026). Global Review of Assessments of Online Video Gaming Policies Affecting Youths: Loot Boxes, Age Ratings, Gameplay Time Restrictions, and Beyond. Comprehensive Psychiatry, _(_), Article 152713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2026.152713
JCR (JIF) Q1: Psychiatry (#44/288; 84th %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#34/313; 89th %ile) (2024)
Gambling advertising in the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Xiao, L.Y., Demetrovics, Z., Deery, C., Heath, C., Kirรกly, O., King, D., & Czakรณ, A. (2026). Global Review of Assessments of Online Gambling Policies Affecting Youths: Bans, Legalisation, Advertising Restrictions, and โResponsible Gamblingโ. Current Addiction Reports, 13(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-026-00748-w
JCR (JIF) Q1+: Substance Abuse (#5/58; 92nd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#44/313; 86th %ile) (2024)
Gambling advertising in the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Xiao, L.Y., & Deery, C. (2026). A significant minority of Dutch gambling adverts on social media illegally targeted and likely reached under-24s: Assessing compliance using Meta's advertising repository mandated by the EU Digital Services Act. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, _(_), _โ_. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2026.00037
JCR (JIF) Q1+: Psychiatry (#21/288; 92nd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1+: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#8/313; 97th %ile) (2024)
Gambling advertising in Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Petrovskaya, E., Xiao, L.Y., Khoo, N., Leahy, D., & Roberts, A. (2026). Gambling adverts on social media reach 2.3 times more men than women: Using the Meta Ad Library to assess gambling advertising in Ireland. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, _(_), _โ_. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00484
JCR (JIF) Q1+: Psychiatry (#21/288; 92nd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1+: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#8/313; 97th %ile) (2024)
Loot box probability disclosure in South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท
Xiao, L.Y., & Solip, P. (2025). Better than industry self-regulation: Compliance of mobile games with newly adopted and actively enforced loot box probability disclosure law in South Korea. Acta Psychologica, 260, Article 105490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105490
Scopus Q1: Arts and Humanities - Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (#123/630; 80th %ile) (2024)
Card packs, loot boxes, and problem gambling ๐๐๐ฐ
Xiao, L.Y., Zendle, D., Petrovskaya, E., Nielsen, R.K.L., & Newall, P. (2025). Physical Card Pack and Especially Video Game Loot Box Spending Are Both Positively Correlated With Problem Gambling but Not Linked to Negative Mental Health: An International Survey. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 40(1), 66โ85. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001082
Scopus Q1: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#58/313; 81st %ile) (2024)
Video game consumer protection in the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Xiao, L.Y. (2025). Failing to protect the online consumer: poor compliance with Dutch loot box and video game consumer protection guidelines. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 33(1), Article eaaf011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaaf011
JCR (JCI) Q1+: Law (#31/444; 93rd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1: Social Sciences - Law (#146/1105; 86th %ile) (2024)
Loot box advertising in the UK ๐ฌ๐ง and South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท
Xiao, L.Y., Deery, C., Petrovskaya, E., Park, S., & Newall, P. (2025). Widespread illegal video game advertising in the UK and South Korea: Many adverts not disclosing loot box presence found using Meta's ad repository. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14(2), 714โ723.ย https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00057
JCR (JIF) Q1+: Psychiatry (#21/288; 92nd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1+: Psychology - Clinical Psychology (#8/313; 97th %ile) (2024)
Loot box industry self-regulation in the UK ๐ฌ๐ง
Xiao, L.Y., & Lund, M.L. (2025). Non-compliance with and non-enforcement of UK loot box industry self-regulation on the Apple App Store: a longitudinal study on poor implementation. Royal Society Open Science, 12(5), Article 250704. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250704
JCR (JCI) Q1: Multidisciplinary Sciences (#33/136; 76rd %ile) (2024)
Scopus Q1: Multidisciplinary - Multidisciplinary (#30/200; 85th %ile) (2024)