OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Drug Policy 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
Bridging the gap: An environmental scan of post-overdose program features and evaluation measures	200
Editorial Board	126
Editorial Board	115
Editorial Board	91
Publisher's Note	72
Visitors of the Dutch drug checking services: Profile and drug use experience	72
Identifying how the principles of self-determination could be applied to create effective alcohol policy for First Nations Australians: Synthesising the lessons from the development of general public	65
Rethinking enhancement substance use: A critical discourse studies approach	64
A matter of craving–An archeology of relapse prevention in Swedish addiction treatment	64
Social-spatial network structures among young urban and suburban persons who inject drugs in a large metropolitan area	63
Doing more with less: A proposal to advance cigarette packaging regulations in the United States	61
Leveraging pooled medical examiner records to surveil complex and emerging patterns of polysubstance use in the United States	59
Older age at smoking initiation predicts successful cessation in adults who smoke: A prospective study	58
Shifting awareness among electronic dance music party attendees that drugs may contain fentanyl or other adulterants	54
Diversion of medications to treat opioid use disorder: Qualitative findings from formerly incarcerated adults in Massachusetts	52
Increased solitary drug use during COVID-19: An unintended consequence of social distancing	51
Identifying barriers and enablers to opt-out hepatitis C virus screening in provincial prisons in Quebec, Canada: A multilevel, multi-theory informed qualitative study with correctional and healthcare	51
‘Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs	50
Opioid agonist therapy engagement and crystal methamphetamine use: The impact of unregulated opioid use in Vancouver, Canada	49
Opioid prescribing restrictions and opioid use among the Louisiana Medicaid population	49
The introduction of fentanyl on the US–Mexico border: An ethnographic account triangulated with drug checking data from Tijuana	49
Incarceration history, antiretroviral therapy, and stigma: A cross-sectional study of people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia	47
The social-structural contexts of cannabis consumption and harm reduction among young Nigerian women	45
Co-designing the INHSU Prisons Hepatitis C Advocacy Toolkit using the Advocacy Strategy Framework	45
Quasi-experimental study on the impact of local smoke-free policies on smoking among Indonesian adults: Evidence from repeated national health surveys	45

Enhancing equity-oriented care in psychedelic medicine: Utilizing the EQUIP framework	43
High HCV cure rates among people who inject drugs and have suboptimal adherence: A patient-centered approach to HCV models of care	43
International property rights for Cannabis landraces and terroir products. The case of Moroccan Cannabis and hashish	43
Trends in the use of cannabis products in Canada and the USA, 2018 – 2020: Findings from the International Cannabis Policy Study	41
A content analysis of cannabis edibles package marketing in the United States	41
Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers	41
Inconsistencies between national drug policy and professional beliefs about psychoactive drugs among psychiatrists in the United States	41
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time-series analysis	41
I don't even want to go to the doctor when I get sick now: Healthcare experiences and discrimination reported by people who use drugs, Arizona 2019	39
The impact of an easy access drug supply management policy law on the consumption and abuse of opioids in Catalonia: A population-based study	39
Cannabis industry lobbying in the Colorado state legislature in fiscal years 2010–2021	38
Cannabis reduction among adolescents as spillover from successful tobacco control	37
The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids	37
Psychosocial stress and methamphetamine use: A mixed-methods study of intersectional stigma and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methamphetamine use	37