OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Addictive Behaviors is 38. 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
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries	176
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?	124
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?	112
Editorial Board	85
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes	71
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	69
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later	66
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic	65
Associations of housing stress with later substance use outcomes: A systematic review	63
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms	63
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial	62
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach	62
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses	61
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)	59
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups	57
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems	56
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value	56
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness	52
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	52
A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of combinations of ‘why to reduce’ and ‘how to reduce’ alcohol harm-reduction communications	52
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals	52
The influence of perceived parental phubbing on adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A two-wave multiple mediation model	51
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder	50
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students	48
Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives	45

Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption	44
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use	43
Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity	42
Relations among protective behavioral strategies, biological sex, and ADHD symptoms on alcohol use and related problems: Who benefits most, and from what type of strategy?	41
The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link	40
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial	40
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder	40
Intranasal as needed naloxone in the treatment of gambling disorder: A randomised controlled trial	39
Correlates of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation among clients in residential substance use disorder treatment	39
In what settings and social contexts do young adults vape or smoke cannabis? Findings from a web-based diary pilot study	39
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes	39
Posttraumatic stress and substance use among military veterans: Associations with distress intolerance and anxiety sensitivity	38
Subtyping treatment-seeking gaming disorder patients	38
“I have no control over how much time I play” the metacognitions about online gaming scale: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation among Israeli adolescents	38
Associations between insomnia symptoms and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse in a nationally representative sample	38