OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 43. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	406
Feasibility study of the e-learning version of the “Journey of the Brave:” a universal anxiety-prevention program based on cognitive behavioral therapy	214
Impact of depersonalization on the course of depression: longitudinal observations from the gutenberg health study	112
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	109
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	100
Reducing worry and rumination in young adults via a mobile phone app: study protocol of the ECoWeB (Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults) randomised controlled trial focused on repetiti	98
“Are we genuinely going to have our voices heard?” The experience of co-producing a blended intervention to prevent relapse in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a qualitative study on the perspectives of	92
The relational institution: an ethnographic study of recovery orientation and relational engagement on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London	85
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	82
Associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and body roundness index with psychological symptoms in adolescents in mainland China: a national multicenter cross-sectional survey	82
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	81
Comparison between continued inpatient treatment versus day patient treatment after short inpatient care in early onset anorexia nervosa (COTIDEA trial): a study protocol for a non-inferiority randomi	81
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	80
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	78
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	76
Relationship between parental perfectionism and child’s disordered eating: mediating role of parental distress and validation of the arabic version of the eating disorders examination questionnaire-sh	76
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	73
Correction: Evaluating the effect of action-like video game play and of casual video game play on anxiety in adolescents with elevated anxiety: protocol for a multi-center, parallel group, assessor-bl	72
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	68
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	68
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	66
Mental health of LGBTQ+ workers: a systematic review	61
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	59
Association between negative life events through mental health and non-suicidal self-injury with young adults: evidence for sex moderate correlation	57
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	57

Sex-differential cognitive performance on MCCB of youth with BD-II depression	55
Associations of impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention with nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: longitudinal cohort study following children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in	54
Associations between constructs related to social relationships and mental health conditions and symptoms: an umbrella review	54
Prenatal, perinatal and parental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder in China: a case- control study	54
Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial	54
The combined effects of depression or anxiety with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in predicting the prognosis of coronary heart disease patients	52
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	52
Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its effects on subhealth and insomnia: a cross-sectional study among medical students	50
Gender-based differences in interaction effects between childhood maltreatment and problematic mobile phone use on college students’ depression and anxiety symptoms	50
“Anxiety is not cute” analysis of twitter users’ discourses on romanticizing mental illness	49
Effect of medication therapy combined with transcranial direct current stimulation on depression and response inhibition of patients with bipolar disorder type I: a clinical trial	49
CircRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks in plasma extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for first-onset schizophrenia	49
Exploring the experiences of mental health professionals engaged in the adoption of mobile health technology in Irish mental health services	48
Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	45
Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of online interpretation bias intervention on stress reactivity in the children of parents with depression: the CoCo study	45
Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study	45
Atypical brain structural connectivity and social cognition in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation	43
Lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder as a predictor of mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Altered gut microbiota and its metabolites correlate with plasma cytokines in schizophrenia inpatients with aggression	43