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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	368
Feasibility study of the e-learning version of the “Journey of the Brave:” a universal anxiety-prevention program based on cognitive behavioral therapy	200
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	104
Impact of depersonalization on the course of depression: longitudinal observations from the gutenberg health study	104
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	92
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	92
“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
The relational institution: an ethnographic study of recovery orientation and relational engagement on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London	88
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	79
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	79
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	78
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	76
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	74
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	74
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	72
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	68
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	68
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	68
Association between watching eating broadcasts like mukbang and cookbang and generalized anxiety disorder among Korean adolescents	67
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	64
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	62
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	61
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	60
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	59
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	58

Mental health of LGBTQ+ workers: a systematic review	57
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	57
Understanding and targeting repetitive behaviors and restricted interests in autism spectrum disorder via high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation: a study-protocol	54
Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial	53
Association between pediatric postoperative delirium and regional cerebral oxygen saturation: a prospective observational study	52
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	51
The combined effects of depression or anxiety with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in predicting the prognosis of coronary heart disease patients	50
Gender-based differences in interaction effects between childhood maltreatment and problematic mobile phone use on college students’ depression and anxiety symptoms	49
Beliefs about sleep: links with ruminations, nightmare, and anxiety	48
Association between negative life events through mental health and non-suicidal self-injury with young adults: evidence for sex moderate correlation	48
Association among obesity, insulin resistance, and depressive symptoms: a mediation analysis	48
Comparison of the relative sensitivity of two dimensional personality models to the psychopathological symptoms: the section III DSM-5 maladaptive traits versus affective temperaments	48
Associations of impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention with nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: longitudinal cohort study following children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in	48
Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study	47
Exploring social emotion processing in autism: evaluating the reading the mind in the eyes test using network analysis	47
Guilt and shame and its relation to oxytocin in patients with depression and alcohol addiction	46
Emotional processing as mechanism of change in brief good psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial	44
Efficacy of an internet-based, therapist-guided cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for adolescents and young adults with body dysmorphic disorder: a randomized controlled trial	43
Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a cross-sectional study	43