OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 45. 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
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	236
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	119
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	104
Impact of depersonalization on the course of depression: longitudinal observations from the gutenberg health study	103
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	96
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	93
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	93
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	91
“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	90
Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region	86
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	85
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	82
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	79
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	75
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	73
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	72
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	70
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	67
Previous exposure to antipsychotic drug treatment is an effective predictor of metabolic disturbances experienced with current antipsychotic drug treatments	65
Sex-differential cognitive performance on MCCB of youth with BD-II depression	65
Time trends in mental health indicators during the initial 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark	64
A randomized controlled trial of a therapist-guided online intervention for depressed adults and its utility as an adjunctive to antidepressants and psychotherapy	62
Association between negative life events through mental health and non-suicidal self-injury with young adults: evidence for sex moderate correlation	58
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	58
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	57

The relational institution: an ethnographic study of recovery orientation and relational engagement on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London	57
Impulsivity across severe mental disorders: a cross-sectional study of immune markers and psychopharmacotherapy	54
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	53
Association between watching eating broadcasts like mukbang and cookbang and generalized anxiety disorder among Korean adolescents	52
Mental health of LGBTQ+ workers: a systematic review	52
A rare case of isovaleric acidemia and schizophrenia: a case report	50
Network analysis of the relationships among psychotic-like experiences, suicidal ideation and school connectedness among children and adolescents	49
Validation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 in patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study	48
The combined effects of depression or anxiety with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in predicting the prognosis of coronary heart disease patients	48
Internalised stigma among people with mental illness in Africa, pooled effect estimates and subgroup analysis on each domain: systematic review and meta-analysis	48
A review of the scope of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents with depressive disorders: an analysis of related influencing factors	48
Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	47
Prenatal, perinatal and parental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder in China: a case- control study	47
Validation of sleep-wake estimation from thigh-worn accelerometers against polysomnography in adolescents with and without mental disorders	47
Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study	46
Case series of aripiprazole monotherapy in bipolar disorder with delayed sleep-wake phase syndrome	46
Atypical brain structural connectivity and social cognition in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation	45
College students’ learning stress, psychological resilience and learning burnout: status quo and coping strategies	45
A randomized sham-controlled trial of high-dosage accelerated intermittent theta burst rTMS in major depression: study protocol	45
Decrease in cognitive performance and increase of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios with higher doses of antipsychotics in women with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional stud	45
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	45
A scoping review of trauma informed approaches in acute, crisis, emergency, and residential mental health care	45
A cross-section study of the comparison of plasma inflammatory cytokines and short-chain fatty acid in patients with depression and schizophrenia	45