OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice is 1. 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
Gender differences in empathy and clinical symptoms in chronic schizophrenia patients: a large sample study based on a Chinese Han population	98
Investigating the effect of exercise on clinical symptoms, cognitive performance, and quality of life in schizophrenia patients treated with clozapine	44
Efficacy and safety of intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for patients with schizophrenia: a systematic review and	40
mRNA levels of HPA axis mediators in drug-naïve, first episode psychosis patients before and after antipsychotic treatment	22
Further evidence of depressive symptomatology profile predicting treatment outcome	19
Borderline personality disorder is an innate empathy anomaly: a scoping and narrative review	16
Prevalence of suicide attempt, suicide ideation and self-harm at diagnosis in adolescents with eating disorders	12
The relevance of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis for psychiatrists	11
Evolution and trends of hikikomori: a bibliometrics analysis	11
Association between heart rate variability and emotion dysregulation in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury	11
Real-world demographic and clinical profiles of patients with treatment-resistant depression initiated on esketamine nasal spray	10
Prevalence of children’s emotional and behavioural problems and parents’ psychological distress in child and adolescent psychiatric clinic Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah	10
Dopamine partial agonists: a discrete class of antipsychotics	10
Depression and atrial fibrillation in a reciprocal liaison: a neuro-cardiac link	9
Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with first-episode depression at different ages	9
Exploring real-world prescribing patterns for maintenance treatment in bipolar disorders: a focus on antidepressants and benzodiazepines	9
Prevalence, demographics, and clinical characteristics of suicide attempts in first episode drug-naïve schizophrenia patients with comorbid severe depression	8
Elevated C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in patients with methamphetamine use disorder	8
Agomelatine bears promising potential in treating bipolar depression– a systematic review	7
Evaluation of serum arginine metabolic pathway markers in patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia	7
Management of patients starting treatment with second-generation antipsychotics: insights from a European retrospective real-world analysis	7
Unexpected improvement in nicotine consumption after low-frequency repetitive magnetic stimulation	7
Association of reduced cortical thickness and psychopathological symptoms in patients with first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia	6
Editorial 3	6
Relationship between creativity and schizophrenia: a study of patients with psychiatric disorders	5

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics related with hyperprolactinaemia in psychiatric clinical population	5
The impact of the number of electroconvulsive therapy sessions on relapse in major depressive disorder	5
Editorial 1	5
The efficacy of metformin in counteracting olanzapine-induced hyperprolactinemia: an open-label prospective study	5
Preparing for the next pandemic by understanding the impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on patients with eating Disorders: observations from an inpatient setting	5
Treatment effectiveness for comorbid anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review	5
Effects of seasonality in emergency admissions for mental disorders: two years of clinical experience	5
Effect of quetiapine on inflammation and immunity: a systematic review	5
Mirtazapine blood levels and antidepressant response	4
Electroconvulsive therapy in depression with twin pregnancy	4
Clinical validation of a Chinese translation of the parent tic questionnaire	4
Exploring the role of subthreshold autistic traits on body image uneasiness: a study among Italian female with eating disorders	4
The D-stress scale: a measure of stress based on a new approach	4
Episodic obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar spectrum disorder: new evidence from a large Italian OCD sample	4
Delirium in COVID-19 and post-liver transplant patients: an observational study	4
Aripiprazole for the treatment of schizophrenia: Recommendations of a panel of Spanish experts on its use in clinical practice	4
Neurobiological and psychological factors to depression	3
Health care utilisation in treatment-resistant depression: a Swedish population-based cohort study	3
Which clinical factors and biochemical parameters are associated with late-life major depression?	3
Engendering misunderstanding: autism and borderline personality disorder	3
Factors associated with sick leave duration in patients suffering from major depressive disorder initiating antidepressant treatment: a real-world evidence study in Germany and Spain	3
Oxytocin receptor gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with bipolar disorder	3
Trazodone in neurology, a new life for an old molecule - an updated, comprehensive, systematic review of clinical trials	3
Assessment of compliance and relapse in patients with schizophrenia before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic	3
Adolescents with first-episode psychosis and clinical high risk in the Province of Ferrara: an audit on the implementation of a specialised early intervention program	2
Adult ADHD: associated medical conditions and related factors	2
The impact of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in perfectionism	2
Quality of life in Patients with Schizophrenia-spectrum Disorder: A longitudinal study with 10 years of follow-up	2
Assessment tools for complex post traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review	2
Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on nitrosative stress and oxidative DNA damage parameters in patients with a depressive episode	2
Depressive symptoms in the entire spectrum of cognitive ageing in Greece: evidence from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD)	2
Perimenopausal depression: etiology, clinical characteristics, and the role of traditional Chinese medicine	2
Exploring the interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction, early life adversity and bipolar disorder	2
Recollecting Hanns Hippius: a stimulating pioneer of psychopharmacology and neuroscience	2
Editorial 4	2
Editorial 4	2
Unmet needs in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease psychosis and dementia-related psychosis	2
Psychiatric manifestations of post-COVID-19 syndrome: the potential benefit of Silexan	2
Features of binge eating disorder in obese or overweight individuals with stable bipolar disorder participating in a weight loss trial – a post hoc analysis	2
Effect of risperidone on serum IL-6 levels in individuals with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Hoarding behaviour: special features and complications in real-world clinical practice	2
Validation of the Turkish version of the self-evaluation of negative symptoms scale (SNS)	1
Chronotype is associated with affective temperaments, clinical severity and worse treatment outcomes in bipolar disorders: results from a two-center, cross-sectional study	1
Brain-Derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plasma level increases in patients with resistant schizophrenia treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	1
Hospitalisation outcomes for patients with severe mental illness treated by female vs. male psychiatry residents	1
Association between Tumor Necrosis factor-Alpha(TNF-a) polymorphisms and Schizophrenia: an updated meta-analysis	1
Suicidality in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and its association with receipt of specific secondary mental healthcare treatments	1
Esketamine nasal spray in patients with treatment-resistant depression: the real-world experience in the French cohort early-access programme	1
Impact of legislative amendment on the use of seclusion and restraint in psychiatry: a French mirror-image study	1
Development and validation of a predictive model for readmission of major depressive disorder patients with suicide attempts	1

Adult separation anxiety and feelings of guilt as predictors of prolonged grief disorder	1
Emotion regulation difficulties are associated with psychosocial functioning via trait anxiety levels in remitted bipolar disorder patients	1
Thank you to reviewers	1
Comparative analysis of regressive and non-regressive autism: a study of clinical patterns and environmental risk factors in Turkey	1
Is it possible to predict hospitalisation during intensive home treatment? A retrospective cohort study	1
Long-term association of Ramadan fasting and depression score: results from MASHAD Cohort Study	1
Suicide ideation and male-female differences in major depressive disorder	1