OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 48. 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
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	253
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	127
Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region	117
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	108
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	106
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	105
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	101
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	97
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	96
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	95
Suicidal behavior and associated factors among prisoners at Dessie town correctional institution, Dessie, Ethiopia	92
Exploring the impact of mental health conditions on vaccine uptake in high-income countries: a systematic review	83
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	81
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	79
Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	76
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	76
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	74
A rare case of isovaleric acidemia and schizophrenia: a case report	74
A review of the scope of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents with depressive disorders: an analysis of related influencing factors	73
Prenatal, perinatal and parental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder in China: a case- control study	71
Network analysis of the relationships among psychotic-like experiences, suicidal ideation and school connectedness among children and adolescents	71
Validation of sleep-wake estimation from thigh-worn accelerometers against polysomnography in adolescents with and without mental disorders	69
The treatment characteristics of oral antipsychotics in treatment of adolescents with schizophrenia in China	66
Effect of pilates on the physical and mental health of drug-dependent individuals — a randomized controlled trial	66
The component-to-trait relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive–compulsive personality traits: a network analysis	62

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	61
Exploring current approaches towards patient prioritisation for clinical pharmacy services in UK mental health inpatient care	61
The dynamic trajectory of autistic life and its changing challenges: a scoping review	59
Factors associated with non-adherence to clinic visits among patients with severe mental illness enrolled in the SMILE study in Uganda	57
The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on sexual function in reproductive aged women with hypothyroidism: a randomized controlled clinical trial	55
Beliefs about sleep: links with ruminations, nightmare, and anxiety	54
Evaluating the association of vitamin D3, parathyroid hormone, and C-reactive protein serum levels in patients with an acute psychotic episode: a cross-sectional study in tertiary centre in Iran	53
Systemic inflammation as a mediator in the link between obesity and depression: Evidence from a nationwide cohort study	52
Strangulation during the night: diagnosis of sleep-associated violence	52
Sex-differential cognitive performance on MCCB of youth with BD-II depression	52
Associations of impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention with nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: longitudinal cohort study following children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in	51
College students’ learning stress, psychological resilience and learning burnout: status quo and coping strategies	51
The prevalence and comorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders in Scandinavian prisons 2010–2019: a multi-national register study	50
The mediating role of psychological flexibility in the association of autistic-like traits with burnout and depression in medical students during clinical clerkships in Japan: a university-based cross	50
Community social capital and the health-related quality of life among empty-nest elderly in western China: moderating effect of living arrangements	50
The mediating role of sleep problems and depressed mood between psychological abuse/neglect and suicidal ideation in adolescent childhood: a multicentred, large sample survey in Western China	50
Effects of vitamin D on brain function in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: a resting-state functional MRI study	50
Guilt and shame and its relation to oxytocin in patients with depression and alcohol addiction	49
Association between the serum alpha-1-acid glycoprotein concentrations and depression in US adult women: a cross-sectional study	49
Predictors of nonresponse to treatment and low adherence to internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in depressed/anxious women facing the couple’s fertility problems: a secondary analysis of a ran	48
Exploring social emotion processing in autism: evaluating the reading the mind in the eyes test using network analysis	48
Course of mental distress among psychotherapists throughout two years of the COVID- 19 pandemic: individual and inter-relational resources make a difference—cross-sectional and longitudinal results of	48
Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study	48