Inclusive J/psi yields and average transverse momenta in p-Pb collisions
at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pairs root s(NN) = 8.16 TeV are
measured as a function of the charged-particle pseudorapidity density
with ALICE. The J/psi mesons are reconstructed at forward (2.03< y(cms)
<3.53) and backward (-4.46< y(cms) < -2.96) center-of-mass rapidity in
their dimuon decay channel while the charged-particle pseudorapidity
density is measured around midrapidity. The J/psi yields at forward and
backward rapidity normalized to their respective average values increase
with the normalized charged-particle pseudorapidity density, the former
showing a weaker increase than the latter. The normalized average
transverse momenta at forward and backward rapidity manifest a steady
increase from low to high charged-particle pseudorapidity density with a
saturation beyond the average value