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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Depression and anxiety levels in a population of Greek male prisoners with a history of dependence	16
Decreasing trends in alcohol use among African American youth: 2006–2019, USA	13
The occurrence and severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the opium and amphetamine users	13
Dietary supplement use and its associated factors among gym users in Southern Brazil	11
A qualitative evaluation of a hospital-based peer recovery support program	10
Latent subtypes of substance use among students in higher education and group differences in mental health outcomes	10
Typology of Canadian adult cannabis users following legalization	9
Determining the effect of the addiction awareness program on substance addiction awareness and tendency to use substances levels	8
Nicotine addiction in pre-hospital emergency care workers in Turkey: a cross-sectional study	8
ACEs and social risk factors in patients with opioid use disorder	7
Evaluation of an infographic: prescription drug misuse among older adults in Saskatchewan	7
Employment and primary source of treatment payment: physical recovery capital as a predictor of cocaine use treatment completion	7
Self-reported reasons for opioid and analgesic misuse among participants without cancer in the United States	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
Measuring alcohol consumption while watching sport events: a feasibility and validity study comparing ecological momentary assessments and transdermal alcohol monitors	6
The challenge of co-dependency among family members of substance users: an enquiry from eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India	6
Oral contraceptive use, coffee consumption, and other risk factors of type 2 diabetes in women: a case–control study	6
The effect of smoking on back pain and depression in young adults	6
Methamphetamine addiction in Sudan: examining the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of 24 Al-qurashi residents – a novel cross-sectional approach	6
Experiences of patient-initiated discharge from an inpatient withdrawal management service: a qualitative descriptive study	6
Quality of life and its associated factors among patients with substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
From chemsex to dependence: a case report	5
Relationship between driving while impaired and riding with an impaired driver among adolescents in the United States	5
Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), impulsivity and aggression levels in patients with opiate use disorder and alcohol use disorder	5

The efficacy of venlafaxine in the treatment of depression, withdrawal symptoms, and craving in individuals with methamphetamine dependence	5
Exploration of the initiation of substance use among Pakistani adolescents: a qualitative approach	5
Are my peers impulsive? Normative perceptions of impulsivity and associations with personal impulsivity and alcohol use outcomes	5
The experiences of nurse managers working with substance-using nurses	5
Coping with COVID: COVID-19 experiences and drinking to cope	5
Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among Iranian male gym-goers	5
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on emotional dysregulation and aggressiveness in individuals with substance use disorders	5
From relapse prevention to recovery protection: a positive perspective on recovery from substance use disorder	5
Pairwise associations of domestic violence with male alcohol use, tobacco use, and child stunting in Indian households: evidence from NFHS-5	5
Examination of hookah usage and gambling status of university students*	5
The effect of COVID-19 anxiety and awareness on smoking urges: the moderator effect of demographic factors	5
Personality trait and associate factors among smokers: systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Internal and external locus of control in college students indulging in substance use in a northern state of India	4
Exploring opportunities for hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs in Australia: a qualitative study	4
Association between forced displacement and cigarette smoking among Colombian adolescents	4
Factors associated with smoking refusal self-efficacy among Finnish and Portuguese early adolescents	4
Explaining factors contributing to alcohol consumption among elderly men: a qualitative study	4
Correlates of substance use disorder among persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Inpatient treatment for substance use disorders: reductions in substance cravings, anxiety, and depressive symptoms	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
Importance of media literacy in combating disinformation on substance misuse: a psychiatrist’s perspective	4
Education and employment status among young adults three years after entering residential substance use treatment. A longitudinal data-linkage study	4
Concurrent use of alcohol and sedatives in Finnish general population	4
The effect of self-compassion on the level of stigma in individuals with substance use disorder	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
Predictors of enacted stigma following disclosure among people in recovery from opioid use disorder: a machine learning approach	4
Links between alcohol use with and/or without parental permission and other substance use	4
Comorbid substance use disorder and major depressive episodes: gender and race differences among adolescent youth in the post-pandemic era	4
Energy drinks consumption among Serbian medical students	3
Lizard as a psychedelic fauna: a systematic review of published cases	3
The mediating role of alexithymia in substance use disorder: a link between disordered eating and addiction severity	3
Misuse of psychoactive medicines and its consequences in the European Union – a scoping review	3
The vital role of trauma, neuro, and shame-aware care in substance use treatment and research	3
Investigating and comparing disabilities caused by substance abuse using Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)	3
Relationship between attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and substance use among college students in southeastern Iran	3
Associations between cannabis risk perceptions and Delta-8 THC use among young adults	3
Clinical factors associated with craving in patients with opioid use disorder receiving buprenorphine-naloxone maintenance therapy	3
Trends in prescription drug misuse sources: demographic differences among adolescents and young adults	3
Evaluation of metacognition, difficulties in emotion regulation and addiction severity levels of individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder	3
Alternative Peer Groups (APGs) in adolescent substance use disorder recovery: an insight into services and the need for robust infrastructure	3
Suicide ideation and behavior and ATOD use among bisexual high school students	3
Smoking prevalence and attitudes of medical students as potential role models in tobacco control in Istanbul, Türkiye	3
Can complete blood count parameters be a good marker for substance use disorder?	3
The association between chronic medical health conditions and Delta-8 THC use among U.S. Adults	3
Mephentermine use and adverse effects among athletes: a systematic review	3
Determination the effects of black pepper and angelica oil on nicotine craving of students: a randomized controlled pilot trial	3
Suicidal behaviors among intravenous drug users: a meta-analysis	3
Exploring treatment barriers on the use of crystal methamphetamine among young people in Harare, Zimbabwe	3

Opioid use disorders attributed to heroin and tramadol: sociodemographic and clinical similarities and differences	3
NEXT: description, rationale, and evaluation of a novel internet-based mail-delivered syringe service program	3
The effect of personal traits of nursing students on smoking and nicotine dependence	3
Substance use and substance use disorders in relation to COVID-19: qualitative experiences of people who use drugs in Jordan	3
Factors related to motivation and barriers influencing treatment and recovery process of methamphetamine use disorder through in-depth, semi-structured, qualitative interviews	3
Radiating impacts: understanding secondary traumatic stress among frontline healthcare workers in the opioid crisis	3
Intersecting paths: Substance use disorder recovery and post-traumatic growth	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
Bayesian spatial mapping of rates of substance use among high-school students in Florida	2
Relationship between substance use-associated stigma and executive dysfunction	2
Impulsivity and aggression in patients with methamphetamine use disorder and opioid use disorder	2
Perceptions of food and alcohol disturbance: a vignette experiment examining the role of gender and calorie restriction motive	2
Investigation of factors affecting tobacco and e-cigarette use in Turkey	2
The effect of transtheoretical model-based motivational interviewing on self-efficacy and belief perceptions in individuals with substance use disorder	2
The role of working memory as a moderator of implicit associations in young adults’ alcohol use	2
Knowledge levels and attitudes of individuals regarding substance use disorder in Turkey	2
Positive and negative elements of short and long-term interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic period	2
Polysubstance use patterns among individuals applying for opioid-use disorder treatment in the U.S.	2
Survive or suffer: sustainability of addiction care curriculum/training in South African Universities	2
The relationship between personality traits and coping strategies with permanence in the treatment process in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment	2
The impact of marijuana use on blood pressure in non-hypertensive USA adults: NHANES 2005 – 2012	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
Relationship between anxiety and depression with smoking cessation treatments: a follow-up study	2
College medical students consume methylphenidate for cognitive enhancement with and without a medical prescription	2
Factors influencing relapse among opioid use disorder patients on buprenorphine treatment in Kashmir- a qualitative exploration	2
Predictors of problematic marijuana use among Chilean adolescents: interactions between parental involvement, peer marijuana use, and perceived severity	2
Prevalence of cognitive impairment in Moroccan patients with substance use disorder	2
Importance of perceived social support for HIV/AIDS patients in Pakistan: a collectivist society	2
Current and life-time alcohol consumption in Iranian students: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Global addiction university education: a survey of members of International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR)	2
Severe toxic encephalopathy in a housewife mother by volatile solvents abuse	2
Dining table as a tool to identify early risks of substance use amongst teenagers: a narrative literature review	2
Prevalence of smoking and its related factors among Iranian adolescents	2
Potential participation of glycation and anabolic androgenic steroids in young man’s aneurysm development: case report	2
Looking beyond sexualized drug use: exploring the relationship between substance use and subjective well-being among LGBTQ+ people in the UK	2
Cannabis use, perceived problems and the contemplation of reducing or quitting: a cross-sectional survey for vocational students	2
The roles and experiences of family members who care for a person with substance or opioid use disorder	2
The relationship between smoking cessation success and health literacy in patients given cognitive behavioral therapy and medical treatment	2
Investigating differences of medications in hospitalized schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder patients: impact of substance use	2
Substance use and sexual identity: health disparities in NYC sexual health clinics	2
Investigating the selfitis behaviors and self-esteem of nursing and medical technology students	2
Risk factors of emerging adults reporting concurrent use of e-cigarettes with THC/cannabis	2
Sex differences in state level prevalence of alcohol use among Black women and men in the United States	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
Healthy coping styles in men with cannabis use disorder: comparative study of mild, moderate, and severe level	2
Drinking with awareness: mindfulness moderates the relationship between drinking and alcohol-related problems	2
Prevalence of smoking among medical students and associated factors in Turkey	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
Association between emotional intelligence and decision-making styles in individuals with substance use disorders	2
What are the attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders (SUD) among medical students in the UK: a systematic review	2
The impact of perceived risk of COVID-19 from smoking on the change in number of cigarettes smoked	2
A latent class analysis of alcohol-related problems among adults who drank in the past year	2
CBD use & anxiety among college students	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
Diamorphine assisted treatment in Middlesbrough: a UK drug treatment case study	2
Psychoactive substance uses among people living with HIV/AIDS in Western Ethiopia: a multi-centered facility-based cross-sectional study	2
The impact of childhood maltreatment on telomere length in cocaine use disorder	2
Factors affecting nicotine dependence in smokers	2
Age-related differences in psychological distress and aggression among people who use anabolic-androgenic steroids	2
Differences and interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that drive smokers to quit and to continue smoking: a qualitative analysis	2
Gender differences in sexual risk behaviors among population with substance use disorders, Iran	2
Substance use disorder in the hills of the Garhwal Himalayas: a call for attention	2
Understanding synthetic drug analogues among the homeless population from the perspectives of the public: thematic analysis of Twitter data	2
COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts and addiction severity among service users in selected substance use treatment facilities in Nairobi, Kenya	2
Prenatal opioid exposure and the early life epigenome: results from ECHO	2
The development and validation of smoking scale	2
The daily progress system - a recovery support tool to improve engagement and retention in outpatient substance use treatment	2
Substance use and its co-relates among homeless youths in selected cities of northern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study	2
Correction	2
Moderating effects of stress coping: evaluating the relationships between personality and prescription drug misuse amongst Young adults	2
Substance use among Iranian older adults: opium, a substance for all seasons	2
Injury, alcohol, and drug use in an emergency department in Mexico City	2
Perinatal outcomes of synthetic cathinone (“bath salts”) use in pregnancy: a case series	2
Recanting substance use over time	2
Green tobacco sickness as a health alarm in Bandar Lengeh city (southwest of Hormozgan province) of Iran	2
Ombuds interventions for people in opioid use disorder treatment: a scoping review	2