OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Substance Use is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Depression and anxiety levels in a population of Greek male prisoners with a history of dependence	14
Decreasing trends in alcohol use among African American youth: 2006–2019, USA	11
The occurrence and severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the opium and amphetamine users	11
Typology of Canadian adult cannabis users following legalization	10
Latent subtypes of substance use among students in higher education and group differences in mental health outcomes	9
Dietary supplement use and its associated factors among gym users in Southern Brazil	9
A qualitative evaluation of a hospital-based peer recovery support program	8
Nicotine addiction in pre-hospital emergency care workers in Turkey: a cross-sectional study	8
Employment and primary source of treatment payment: physical recovery capital as a predictor of cocaine use treatment completion	7
Evaluation of an infographic: prescription drug misuse among older adults in Saskatchewan	7
Betel nut: the prevalence of a carcinogenic substance as a social food—a study based on Xiangtan, Hunan province, China	7
Environmental factors contributing to the growing trend of drug use among college students in Karachi	7
Quality of life and substance use in Lebanese medical students	7
ACEs and social risk factors in patients with opioid use disorder	7
Self-reported reasons for opioid and analgesic misuse among participants without cancer in the United States	7
Determining the effect of the addiction awareness program on substance addiction awareness and tendency to use substances levels	7
Quality of life and its associated factors among patients with substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Alcohol and tobacco: use and co-use in the North-Eastern Region of India, 2015-16	6
The effect of smoking on back pain and depression in young adults	6
From chemsex to dependence: a case report	5
Methamphetamine addiction in Sudan: examining the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of 24 Al-qurashi residents – a novel cross-sectional approach	5
Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), impulsivity and aggression levels in patients with opiate use disorder and alcohol use disorder	5
The experiences of nurse managers working with substance-using nurses	5
Assessment of sociodemographic indicators of Tobacco expenditure: an application of the censored regression model	5
Experiences of patient-initiated discharge from an inpatient withdrawal management service: a qualitative descriptive study	5

The challenge of co-dependency among family members of substance users: an enquiry from eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India	5
Measuring alcohol consumption while watching sport events: a feasibility and validity study comparing ecological momentary assessments and transdermal alcohol monitors	5
From relapse prevention to recovery protection: a positive perspective on recovery from substance use disorder	5
Are my peers impulsive? Normative perceptions of impulsivity and associations with personal impulsivity and alcohol use outcomes	5
Oral contraceptive use, coffee consumption, and other risk factors of type 2 diabetes in women: a case–control study	5
Pairwise associations of domestic violence with male alcohol use, tobacco use, and child stunting in Indian households: evidence from NFHS-5	5
Relationship between driving while impaired and riding with an impaired driver among adolescents in the United States	5
Examination of hookah usage and gambling status of university students*	5
Exploration of the initiation of substance use among Pakistani adolescents: a qualitative approach	4
Planning for injecting drug use as a means to prevent risky injection behavior	4
Determinants of quality of life in Pakistani substance user men vary among married and unmarried men	4
Association between forced displacement and cigarette smoking among Colombian adolescents	4
The efficacy of venlafaxine in the treatment of depression, withdrawal symptoms, and craving in individuals with methamphetamine dependence	4
The effect of healthy lifestyle behaviours on smoking among university students	4
Developing and implementing a community-based substance use prevention program in Iranian adolescents (SUPPIA): A study protocol	4
The effect of COVID-19 anxiety and awareness on smoking urges: the moderator effect of demographic factors	4
Prevalence of waterpipe smoking in Zakho City, Kurdistan region, Iraq	4
Sociodemographic characteristics and related factors of substance use in Pakistan; a retrospective study	4
Education and employment status among young adults three years after entering residential substance use treatment. A longitudinal data-linkage study	4
The correlation between the addiction profile and general self-efficacy of patients receiving treatment for substance use disorder	4
Factors associated with smoking refusal self-efficacy among Finnish and Portuguese early adolescents	4
Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among Iranian male gym-goers	4
Personality trait and associate factors among smokers: systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Exploring opportunities for hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs in Australia: a qualitative study	4
Links between alcohol use with and/or without parental permission and other substance use	4
Importance of media literacy in combating disinformation on substance misuse: a psychiatrist’s perspective	4
Predictors of enacted stigma following disclosure among people in recovery from opioid use disorder: a machine learning approach	4
Inpatient treatment for substance use disorders: reductions in substance cravings, anxiety, and depressive symptoms	4
Explaining factors contributing to alcohol consumption among elderly men: a qualitative study	4
Coping with COVID: COVID-19 experiences and drinking to cope	4
Intersecting paths: Substance use disorder recovery and post-traumatic growth	3
The association between chronic medical health conditions and Delta-8 THC use among U.S. Adults	3
Suicidal behaviors among intravenous drug users: a meta-analysis	3
Concurrent use of alcohol and sedatives in Finnish general population	3
Suicide ideation and behavior and ATOD use among bisexual high school students	3
Alternative Peer Groups (APGs) in adolescent substance use disorder recovery: an insight into services and the need for robust infrastructure	3
Relationship between attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and substance use among college students in southeastern Iran	3
Substance use and substance use disorders in relation to COVID-19: qualitative experiences of people who use drugs in Jordan	3
Exploring treatment barriers on the use of crystal methamphetamine among young people in Harare, Zimbabwe	3
Associations between cannabis risk perceptions and Delta-8 THC use among young adults	3
The effect of self-compassion on the level of stigma in individuals with substance use disorder	3
Evaluation of metacognition, difficulties in emotion regulation and addiction severity levels of individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder	3
Mephentermine use and adverse effects among athletes: a systematic review	3
Trends in prescription drug misuse sources: demographic differences among adolescents and young adults	3
Explaining the reasons for the tendency of youth to hookah smoking: a qualitative study	3
Correlates of substance use disorder among persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Determination the effects of black pepper and angelica oil on nicotine craving of students: a randomized controlled pilot trial	3
Internal and external locus of control in college students indulging in substance use in a northern state of India	3
Comorbid substance use disorder and major depressive episodes: gender and race differences among adolescent youth in the post-pandemic era	3
Clinical factors associated with craving in patients with opioid use disorder receiving buprenorphine-naloxone maintenance therapy	3

Energy drinks consumption among Serbian medical students	3
NEXT: description, rationale, and evaluation of a novel internet-based mail-delivered syringe service program	3
Radiating impacts: understanding secondary traumatic stress among frontline healthcare workers in the opioid crisis	3
Review of competency-based models and quality standards in training and education in the addiction field	3
Am I fit to practice? The need for drug-free pharmacists	3
Factors affecting nicotine dependence in smokers	2
Potential participation of glycation and anabolic androgenic steroids in young man’s aneurysm development: case report	2
Leisure constraints experienced by people in early recovery from substance use disorders	2
Drinking with awareness: mindfulness moderates the relationship between drinking and alcohol-related problems	2
Sex differences in state level prevalence of alcohol use among Black women and men in the United States	2
A latent class analysis of alcohol-related problems among adults who drank in the past year	2
Global addiction university education: a survey of members of International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR)	2
Factors influencing relapse among opioid use disorder patients on buprenorphine treatment in Kashmir- a qualitative exploration	2
Importance of perceived social support for HIV/AIDS patients in Pakistan: a collectivist society	2
Relationship between anxiety and depression with smoking cessation treatments: a follow-up study	2
Predictors of problematic marijuana use among Chilean adolescents: interactions between parental involvement, peer marijuana use, and perceived severity	2
The COVID-19 pandemic and parental substance use: a cross-sectional survey of substance use among pregnant and post-partum individuals and their partners	2
The impact of perceived risk of COVID-19 from smoking on the change in number of cigarettes smoked	2
Correction	2
The impact of childhood maltreatment on telomere length in cocaine use disorder	2
Prenatal opioid exposure and the early life epigenome: results from ECHO	2
The effect of personal traits of nursing students on smoking and nicotine dependence	2
Association between emotional intelligence and decision-making styles in individuals with substance use disorders	2
The roles and experiences of family members who care for a person with substance or opioid use disorder	2
Misuse of psychoactive medicines and its consequences in the European Union – a scoping review	2
Prevalence of smoking among medical students and associated factors in Turkey	2
The role of working memory as a moderator of implicit associations in young adults’ alcohol use	2
Substance use among Iranian older adults: opium, a substance for all seasons	2
College medical students consume methylphenidate for cognitive enhancement with and without a medical prescription	2
Fatal self-poisoning with amitriptyline: a case report and brief review of literature	2
Current and life-time alcohol consumption in Iranian students: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Survive or suffer: sustainability of addiction care curriculum/training in South African Universities	2
Impulsivity and aggression in patients with methamphetamine use disorder and opioid use disorder	2
Association of mass media exposure and alcohol consumption apropos alcohol-advertisement ban in India: multilevel analysis of panel data	2
Green tobacco sickness as a health alarm in Bandar Lengeh city (southwest of Hormozgan province) of Iran	2
Recanting substance use over time	2
Factors related to motivation and barriers influencing treatment and recovery process of methamphetamine use disorder through in-depth, semi-structured, qualitative interviews	2
Injury, alcohol, and drug use in an emergency department in Mexico City	2
Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes and practices of hookah smoking cessation among southern Iranian women during the Covid19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	2
Severe toxic encephalopathy in a housewife mother by volatile solvents abuse	2
Investigating and comparing disabilities caused by substance abuse using Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)	2
Investigation of factors affecting tobacco and e-cigarette use in Turkey	2
Diamorphine assisted treatment in Middlesbrough: a UK drug treatment case study	2
The vital role of trauma, neuro, and shame-aware care in substance use treatment and research	2
The relationship between personality traits and coping strategies with permanence in the treatment process in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment	2
Opioid use disorders attributed to heroin and tramadol: sociodemographic and clinical similarities and differences	2
Prevalence, pattern, and associated factors of alcohol use disorder among male treatment-seeking people with illicit drug use disorder in Tehran, Iran	2
Perinatal outcomes of synthetic cathinone (“bath salts”) use in pregnancy: a case series	2
Behavioral changes observed in substance users in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
What are the attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders (SUD) among medical students in the UK: a systematic review	2
The development and validation of smoking scale	2
Prevalence of cognitive impairment in Moroccan patients with substance use disorder	2
COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts and addiction severity among service users in selected substance use treatment facilities in Nairobi, Kenya	2
CBD use & anxiety among college students	2
Positive and negative elements of short and long-term interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic period	2
Test-retest validity and reliability of the MA related Go/No-Go task in assessing inhibitory control and attentional bias in methamphetamine users	2
Investigating the selfitis behaviors and self-esteem of nursing and medical technology students	2
Differences and interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that drive smokers to quit and to continue smoking: a qualitative analysis	2
The daily progress system - a recovery support tool to improve engagement and retention in outpatient substance use treatment	2
Bayesian spatial mapping of rates of substance use among high-school students in Florida	2
Associations of alcohol consumption and dietary behaviors with severe cognitive impairment among Chinese older men and women	2
Moderated-mediation effects of emotional intelligence and coping strategy on the relationship between generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder among African asylum seekers in Korea	2
Smoking prevalence and attitudes of medical students as potential role models in tobacco control in Istanbul, Türkiye	2
Dining table as a tool to identify early risks of substance use amongst teenagers: a narrative literature review	2
Relationship between substance use-associated stigma and executive dysfunction	2
Can complete blood count parameters be a good marker for substance use disorder?	2
Investigating differences of medications in hospitalized schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder patients: impact of substance use	2
Lizard as a psychedelic fauna: a systematic review of published cases	2