OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychological Medicine is 39. 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
PSM volume 51 issue 16 Cover and Front matter	171
Modifiable risk factors for inpatient violence in psychiatric hospital: prospective study and prediction model	119
PSM volume 52 issue 12 Cover and Front matter	103
Antidepressant efficacy of administering repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with psychological and other non-pharmacological methods: a scoping review and meta-analysis	98
The protective effect of vitamin D supplementation as adjunctive therapy to antidepressants on brain structural and functional connectivity of patients with major depressive disorder: a randomized con	97
Accelerated brain aging in patients with major depressive disorder and its neurogenetic basis: evidence from neurotransmitters and gene expression profiles	96
Lifetime suicidal thoughts, attempts, and lethality of attempts as major outcome domains of psychotic disorders: a 21-year prospective cohort study after a first-episode psychosis	85
A retrospective analysis of ultrasound neuromodulation therapy using transcranial pulse stimulation in 58 dementia patients	84
Psychopathology in adults with copy number variants	83
Life expectancy, mortality risks and cause of death in patients with serious mental illness in South East London: a comparison between 2008–2012 and 2013–2017	81
Life engagement in people living with schizophrenia: predictors and correlates of patient life engagement in a large sample of people living in the community	80
PSM volume 51 issue 9 Cover and Front matter	78
Impact of data extraction errors in meta-analyses on the association between depression and peripheral inflammatory biomarkers: an umbrella review	76
Psychotherapy for adult depression in low- and middle-income countries: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	76
Use of multiple polygenic risk scores for distinguishing schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and affective psychosis categories in a first-episode sample; the EU-GEI study	74
The impact of personality on the risk and survival of breast cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis	70
The risk of psychosis for transgender individuals: a Dutch national cohort study	67
Multivariate classification provides a neural signature of Tourette disorder	58
Impact of the pandemic and its containment measures in Europe upon aspects of affective impairments: a Google Trends informetrics study	58
PSM volume 52 issue 16 Cover and Front matter	57
Predictive validity of psychosis risk models when applied to adolescent psychiatric patients	53
The effects of recent stressful life events on outcomes in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: results from the longitudinal EU-GEI high-risk study	51
Cellular and extracellular white matter alterations after childhood trauma experience in individuals with schizophrenia	50
On the importance of understanding and addressing stigmatization experiences in refugees	47
The impact of published guidance on trends in the pharmacological management of depression in children and adolescents- a whole population e-cohort data linkage study in Wales, UK	47

Predicting remission following CBT for childhood anxiety disorders: a machine learning approach	46
Pubertal timing, depressive symptoms, and depression in adolescent males: a prospective cohort study	46
Suicidal behavior in patients with severe mental disorders prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic	46
The cognitive model of negative symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the dysfunctional belief systems associated with negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders	46
Neurodevelopment as an alternative to neuroprogression to explain cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder	46
A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between dimensional psychopathology, gray matter structure, and dementia status in older adulthood	45
Optimal dose and pattern of physical activity to prevent diagnosed depression: prospective cohort study	43
A generalized reward processing deficit pathway to negative symptoms across diagnostic boundaries	43
Psychotic experiences and disorders in adolescents and young adults with borderline intellectual functioning and intellectual disabilities: evidence from a population-based birth cohort in the United	42
Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating repetitive negative thinking, rumination, and worry – a transdiagnostic meta-analysis	42
The positivity offset theory of anhedonia in schizophrenia: evidence for a deficit in daily life using digital phenotyping	41
Decision-making under risk and ambiguity in adults with Tourette syndrome	40
Childhood trauma associated with increased post-awakening cortisol in major depressive disorder	40
Emotion regulation difficulties and interpersonal problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: predicting anxiety and depression	39
Optimizing subjective wellbeing with amisulpride in first episode schizophrenia or related disorders	39
Effectiveness of enhancing contact model on reducing family caregiving burden and improving psychological wellbeing among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia in rural China	39