OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry is 37. 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
Causal relationship between genetically determined plasma metabolites and stroke: A two sample Mendelian randomization study	497
Editorial Board	274
Problematic eating as an issue of habitual control	144
Synergistic effect of folate and MTHFR C677T on hippocampal subfields and perfusion in Alzheimer's disease	116
Association evaluations of oral anticoagulants with dementia risk based on genomic and real-world data	98
Evidence on sociodemographic and clinical correlates of antidepressant combination or augmentation with second-generation antipsychotics in major depressive disorder	84
Anomalous neurovascular coupling in patients with generalized anxiety disorder evaluated by combining cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity strength	81
Effect of depression and suicidal behavior on neuropeptide Y (NPY) and its receptors in the adult human brain: A postmortem study	77
Ketogenic diet for depression: A potential dietary regimen to maintain euthymia?	77
DNA methylation of serotonin genes as predictive biomarkers of antidepressant treatment response	74
Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis	74
Assessment of cognitive domains in major depressive disorders using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitu	72
Common neural correlates of chronic pain – A systematic review and meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI studies	71
Exploring the causal relationship between delirium and sarcopenia using bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study	69
Neochlorogenic acid ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like pathology via scavenging oxidative stress and restoring blood-brain barrier function in zebrafish	66
Long-term benzodiazepine prescription in treatment-resistant depression: A national FACE-TRD prospective study	61
Dopamine D3 receptor in the nucleus accumbens modulates opioid taking and seeking in mice	60
Identifying novel protein biomarkers with cross-psychiatric disorders effects and potential intervention targets: Evidence from proteomic-Mendelian randomization	59
Melatonin ameliorates methamphetamine-induced cognitive impairments by inhibiting neuroinflammation via suppression of the TLR4/MyD88/NFκB signaling pathway in the mouse hippocampus	58
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) augmentation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A phase III, 20-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial	57
The mechanistic basis for the rapid antidepressant-like effects of ketamine: From neural circuits to molecular pathways	55
Small molecule NOP agonists reverse locomotor sensitization induced by cocaine in male C57BL/6 mice	52
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis CB1 receptors and the FAAH enzyme modulate anxiety behavior depending on previous stress exposure	51
Sex-specific association between schizophrenia polygenic risk and subclinical schizophrenia-related traits	48
Cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-based studies	46

Sex differences in behavioral and neural responses induced by witnessing social defeat stress during adolescence or adulthood in mice	44
Novel role of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α in valproic acid rat model of autism: Mechanistic study of risperidone and metformin monotherapy versus combination	43
Functional lateralization in the medial prefrontal cortex control of contextual conditioned emotional responses in rats	42
Gut microbiota in psychiatric disorders: Better understanding or more complexity to be resolved?	42
Behavioral flexibility impacts on coping and emotional responses in male mice submitted to social defeat stress	41
Putative epicenters identified by transcriptome-neuromorphic interactions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder biotypes	40
Impairment of olfactory identification ability in ultra-high risk for psychosis and drug-naïve first episode psychosis	39
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD: Growing evidence for memory effects mediating treatment efficacy	39
Corrigendum to “New mechanism of neuroinflflammation in Alzheimer's disease: The activation of NLRP3 inflflammasome mediated by gut microbiota” [Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Ps	38
Sex differences in macular thickness of the retina in patients with psychosis spectrum disorders	38
Editorial Board	38
Sequential physical and cognitive training disrupts cocaine-context associations via multi-level stimulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis	37
A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of circulating nucleic acids as biomarkers in psychiatry	37
Investigating the “two-hit hypothesis”: Effects of prenatal maternal immune activation and adolescent cannabis use on neurodevelopment in mice	37
Age-dependent memory impairment induced by co-exposure to nicotine and a synthetic cannabinoid in mice	37
D-Pinitol mitigates post-traumatic stress disorder-like behaviors induced by single prolonged stress in mice through mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism	37