OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Addictive Behaviors is 36. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Does the time to nicotine dependence vary by internalizing symptoms for young people who use e-cigarettes? An analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, (Waves 1–5; 2013	205
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach	126
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder	84
Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption	77
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses	76
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms	76
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?	72
Metacognitions as a predictor of problematic social media use and internet gaming disorder: Development and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Social Media Use Scale (MSMUS)	69
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries	68
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later	66
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value	65
Factors associated with changes in flavored tobacco products used: Findings from wave 2 and wave 3 (2014–2016) of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study	61
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups	60
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals	59
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes	58
Editorial Board	55
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students	54
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic	53
Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives	53
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial	52
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?	47
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness	46
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems	46
Associations of housing stress with later substance use outcomes: A systematic review	45
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use	45

Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity	45
Mediating effect of craving on the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone treatment on opioid use: Results from a randomized controlled trial	44
Corrigendum to “Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5” [Addict. Behav. 13	44
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes	43
Differentiating action from inaction: Longitudinal relations among impulsive personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking behavior	41
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial	41
Profiling gamers: The role of mental health, attachment and social factors in gaming behaviors	40
Examining the individual and combined influence of negative affect and nicotine cue provocation on craving to vape nicotine among e-cigarette users	39
Illicit drug use and associated health risk behaviors among sexual minority youth	38
Sleep disruption, stress, and craving during inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder	38
Subtyping treatment-seeking gaming disorder patients	36
Correlates of youth Poly-E-Cigarette device use	36
Warning label messages about the cancer risk associated with alcohol: Effects of causal language	36