OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Addictive Behaviors 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
Top-down and bottom-up attentional biases for smoking-related stimuli: Comparing dependent and non-dependent smokers	288
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries	160
Editorial Board	113
The interactive effect of anxiety sensitivity and negative smoking cessation cognitions on reductions in cigarette consumption during acute cessation	111
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes	105
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms	81
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	65
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later	63
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups	62
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach	60
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial	59
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?	58
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses	57
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)	57
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students	57
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value	56
Differential psychopathological profile of male intimate partner violence perpetrators depending on Problematic alcohol use	52
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals	52
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder	51
Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives	51
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic	50
Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption	49
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	48
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?	48
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use	43

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of combinations of ‘why to reduce’ and ‘how to reduce’ alcohol harm-reduction communications	43
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems	43
The influence of perceived parental phubbing on adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A two-wave multiple mediation model	42
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness	41
Associations of housing stress with later substance use outcomes: A systematic review	41
A review of mathematical modeling of addiction regarding both (neuro-) psychological processes and the social contagion perspectives	41
Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity	39
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?	38
The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link	38
Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the desire thinking questionnaire in adolescent mobile phone users	38
Mediating effect of craving on the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone treatment on opioid use: Results from a randomized controlled trial	38
Differentiating action from inaction: Longitudinal relations among impulsive personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking behavior	37
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder	37
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial	37