OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Comprehensive Psychiatry is 23. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The clinical phenomenology of skin-picking disorder – Are there any obsessive-compulsive components?	136
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder increases cognitive inflexibility in people with coronary artery disease	94
Psychotherapies and digital interventions for OCD in adults: What do we know, what do we need still to explore?	87
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	78
An investigation into symptoms of depression and anxiety and emotion regulation among older adolescents from low-income settings in South Africa	64
Premorbid characteristics of patients with DSM-IV psychotic disorders	49
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	37
Neurobiology of psychosis and schizophrenia 2022: Nottingham meeting	33
Do attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms influence treatment outcome in gambling disorder?	33
Gender bias in antidepressant direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising	30
Screening and prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with severe mental illness: A multicenter cross-sectional cohort study in the Netherlands	29
Meta-analysis of cognitive behaviour therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for the treatment of hypochondriasis: Implications for trial design	27
Gender and trait rumination moderates the link between trait impulsivity and gambling problems severity in young adults	26
Mental health of young talented football players in an African context: A cross-sectional observational study	25
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of social anxiety scale for social media users and cross-sectional investigation into this disorder among college students	25
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	25
The neural correlates of guilt highlight preclinical manifestations between bipolar and major depressive disorders	24
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	24
Childhood trauma increases vulnerability to attempt suicide in adulthood through avoidant attachment	24
Internet severity and activities addiction questionnaire (ISAAQ): Psychometrics of item response theory and clustering of online activities	24
Childhood adversity patterns differentially cluster with mental disorders and socioeconomic indicators in a large Swiss community sample	23
Bimodal effects of sunlight on major depressive disorder	23
Therapeutic drug monitoring of sertraline in children and adolescents: A naturalistic study with insights into the clinical response and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	23