OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychoneuroendocrinology is 29. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Associations between psychological distress and hair cortisol during pregnancy and the early postpartum: A meta-analysis	143
Activation of Type I Interferon and Complement component 3a receptor signaling mediates chronic stress-induced social behavior deficits	118
Resting-state functional connectivity in Autoimmune Addison's Disease	114
Empathic abilities as risk and protective factors in the context of stress and health	98
Trauma-informed immunopsychiatry: the moderating role of early life adversity on inflammatory responses	83
- Impairment of social behavior is associated with different transcriptomic profiles of the Habenula in vulnerable and resilient rats exposed to prenatal stress	83
Effects of the glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) and subjective birth experience on the risk of postpartum depression and maternal bonding	67
Editorial Board	61
- Maternal reflective functioning and attachment outcomes of an online s inging intervention for postnatal depression: SHAPER-PNDO, a s ingle-arm clinical trial	52
- Internalizing Symptoms Moderate Associations Between Adolescent Hormones and Stress Coping	52
Exploring sampling bias by assessing sex ratios in stress research: a comparative metascience study	51
Association between parent work-family conflict and offspring inflammation	50
Disentangling the effects of depression and perceived stress on cortisol levels in individuals with obesity	46
Impact of Loneliness on Diurnal Cortisol in Youth during COVID-19	46
When asking ‘how are you?’ may not be enough: The relationship between stress and alcohol use	43
Stress impairs response to antidepressants by activating HPA axis and immune system	43
Neural and cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress in work-related burnout: The Regensburg Burnout Project	42
Special issue editorial: Intersectionality and biological embedding	42
Announcement: 55th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)	42
The Moderating Effects of Regular Caffeine Use on Cortisol Reactivity under Explicit Negative-Evaluative Stress	41
Women's domain-specific affiliation across the menstrual cycle	41
Presentation 1: The moderating effects of religious service attendance and exposure to neighborhoods high in violent crime on conditions associated with glucocorticoid resistance amongst Black adolesc	38
Presentation 4: Age, stress, and markers of inflammation among african american adults: Findings from the heart of detroit study	35
Investigation of the impact of the etonogestrel contraceptive implant on anhedonia, reward processing and sustained attention	35
Presentation 1: Maternal behavioral health during pregnancy and newborn telomere length	35

The role of combined modifiable lifestyle behaviors in the association between exposure to stressors and allostatic load: A systematic review of observational studies.	34
Low anti-Müllerian hormone mediates the association between childhood trauma and PTSD in women but not in men	32
Effects of sex hormones on brain GABA and glutamate levels in a cis- and transgender cohort	32
Chronic stress derails brain serotonin and its role in postpartum behavior	31