OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Affective Disorders is 68. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The emergence of eating disorders is considerably more complex than commonly perceived	404
Editorial Board	310
Distinct homotopic functional connectivity patterns of the amygdalar sub-regions as biomarkers in major depressive disorder	243
Changes over time in anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms among healthcare workers in French emergency departments during the first COVID-19 outbreak	200
Association of severe maternal morbidity with bonding impairment and self-harm ideation: A multicenter prospective cohort study	182
Effectiveness of probiotic/prebiotic/synbiotic treatments on anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	181
Prevalence and incidence of depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depression as associated with elevated amyloid among Medicare beneficiaries with cognitive impairment	177
The vascular – Bipolar link	151
Editorial Board	149
The temporal dynamics of mood and their association with depressive symptoms in Huntington's disease	149
Spillover effect of psychological distress from distressed to non-distressed spouse: A cohort study for midlife married couples in Japan	143
Associations of resilience and respiratory sinus arrhythmia with alienation among college students	141
Causal effects of childhood obesity on neuroticism and subjective well-being: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study	136
Detection of bipolar disorder in the prodromal phase: A systematic review of assessment instruments	135
A review of resting-state fMRI correlations with executive functions and social cognition in bipolar disorder	134
The prevalence of psychological distress and its associated sociodemographic factors in the Australian adults aged 18–64 years during COVID-19: Data from the Australian National Health Survey	130
Poor mental health is associated with loneliness and boredom during Covid-19-related restriction periods in patients with pre-existing depression	129
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between the intersectionality of multiple social identities with depression among US adults: A population-based study on the mediating roles of lifestyle behavio	127
The association between soft drinks consumption and risk of mental disorders among Iranian adults: The LIPOKAP study	124
Assessing the differential item functioning of PHQ-9 items for diverse racial and ethnic adults with mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnoses: A retrospective cohort study	123
Efficacy and safety of a vitamin-mineral intervention for symptoms of anxiety and depression in adults: A randomised placebo-controlled trial “NoMAD”	121
Effect of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation on improving depression and modulating functional activity in emotion-related cortical-subcortical regions in bipolar depression	117
Distinct personality profiles associated with disease risk and diagnostic status in eating disorders	114
Effects of gonadal steroids on reward circuitry function and anhedonia in women with a history of postpartum depression	113
Borderline personality features influence treatment response to suicide prevention	113

Serum signature of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, rubella virus, and cytomegalovirus in females with bipolar disorder: A cross-sectional study	109
Sex differences in associations of serum calcium with risk of depression: a prospective cohort study	108
A study on the plasma proteomics of different types of depressive disorders based on label-free data-independent acquisition proteomic technology	107
Clinical characteristics and functioning of adults with bipolar I disorder: Evidence from the mental and substance use disorders prevalence study	104
Exploring the longitudinal relationships between poor sleep, sleep apnoea, and depression during pregnancy	103
Family function and emotional behavior problems in Chinese children and adolescents: A moderated mediation model	101
The cardiometabolic depression subtype and its association with clinical characteristics: The Maastricht Study	101
Phenotyping extracellular vesicles and their serotonin transporter cargo in major depressive disorder	100
Adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors: The independent effects of interpersonal violence	98
Intelligent classification of major depressive disorder using rs-fMRI of the posterior cingulate cortex	95
A longitudinal investigation of the cross-dimensional mediating role of negative life events between neuroticism and depressive symptoms in adolescents	92
Potential associations between altered brain function, cognitive deficits and gene expressing profiles in bipolar disorder across three clinical stages	91
Does awareness of diabetic status increase risk of depressive or anxious symptoms? Findings from the China Multi-Ethnic cohort (CMEC) study	90
Corrigendum to “Characterising depression trajectories in young people at high familial risk of depression” [J. Affect. Disord. 337 (2023) 66–74 (15 September)]	89
Cerebral cortex changes in FD, IBS, and GERD: A Mendelian randomization study	88
Telomerase enzyme activity in patients with major depressive disorder: A pre and post-treatment study	88
Meta-analytic review of longitudinal depression severity in stroke survivors	86
Change in cardiovascular health among adults with current or past major depressive disorder enrolled in intensive smoking cessation treatment	85
Psychiatric disorders among adults treated for deliberate self-harm in general hospital: A national register study	84
Measuring distress in older population: Rasch analysis of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale	83
Letter to the editor: Examining depression, antidepressants use, and class and their potential associations with osteoporosis and fractures in adult women: Results from ten NHANES cohorts	81
Exploring the co-occurrence of internalizing problems and aggression among Chinese adolescents: A cross-lagged panel network analysis	81
The mood brightening effect of leisure activities and social company in young people with depression and anhedonia symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study	79
Are NLR, PLR and MLR good predictors of suicidality when their values are still placed within the normal range?	79
Association of trajectories and cumulative exposure of antenatal depression with high birth weight	79
Age-friendliness of community and sleep quality: The role of mental health	79
The neurostructural consequences of glaucoma and their overlap with disorders exhibiting emotional dysregulations: A voxel-based meta-analysis and tripartite system model	77
Latent profile analysis of adolescent antisocial behavior: The role of situational factors with physical activity as a moderator	77
Association between sports-related concussions and the risk of self-injury thoughts and behaviors: Who, and under what circumstances?	74
Association between ketone metabolism and the risk of depression: An observational and Mendelian randomization study	73
Depression vulnerability and gray matter integrity of interoceptive networks in remitted depressed outpatients	73
Mothers' and their children's emotional and behavioral symptom trajectories and subsequent maternal adjustment: Twenty-seven years of motherhood	73
Large-scale brain network alterations in young individuals with comorbid social anxiety and depression: Evidence from resting-state EEG spectral and microstate analyses	73
Integrating acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) into adolescent health interventions: addressing the links between sleep, obesity, and mental health	72
Editorial Board	72
Temporal characteristics of moral disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from a lexical perspective: An ERPs and sLORETA study	71
Polysocial risk score and depressive symptoms of college students in a northwest Chinese city: The mediating role of resilience	71
Suicidal ideation among young US essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study	71
Why is rumination unhelpful in adolescents? Two studies examining the causal role of abstract processing	71
Divergent spatiotemporal signatures characterize impaired facial emotional recognition in major depressive disorder: An event-related microstate study	70
Exploring the Association of dietary index for gut microbiota with Parkinson's disease and depression: Insights from NHANES	69
Depressive symptoms are linked to age-specific neuroanatomical and cognitive variations	69
Reactive astrocyte-related pathogenic genes in depression: A multi-omics Mendelian randomization study	69
A preliminary examination of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 factor structure in older adults	68
The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and common mental disorders among pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi	68