OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice is 4. 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
Association between heart rate variability and emotion dysregulation in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury	11
The relevance of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis for psychiatrists	11
Evolution and trends of hikikomori: a bibliometrics analysis	11
Dopamine partial agonists: a discrete class of antipsychotics	10
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
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
Unexpected improvement in nicotine consumption after low-frequency repetitive magnetic stimulation	7
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
Association of reduced cortical thickness and psychopathological symptoms in patients with first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia	6
Editorial 3	6
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
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
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
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