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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Bimodal effects of sunlight on major depressive disorder	114
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	96
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	79
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	68
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	59
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	43
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	37
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	34
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	34
Therapeutic drug monitoring of sertraline in children and adolescents: A naturalistic study with insights into the clinical response and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	33
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	33
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	31
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	29
Depressive symptoms, social support, and health-related quality of life: A community-based study in Shanghai, China	27
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	26
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	26
Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample	25
Item-level analysis of mental health symptom trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: Associations with age, sex and pre-existing psychiatric conditions	25
The impact of events scale-revised (IES-R): Validation of the Ukrainian version	25
Nonsuicidal self-injury behaviour in a city of China and its association with family environment, media use and psychopathology	25
Exercise moderates longitudinal group psychopathology networks in individuals with eating disorders	24
Validation of the aberrant salience inventory in a general and clinical Spanish population	23
Characteristics and stability of hallucinations and delusions in patients with borderline personality disorder	23
Commentary on the article: “Maintenance of wellness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who discontinue medication after exposure/response prevention augmentation A randomized clinical tria	23