OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 53. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	276
Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region	168
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	159
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	153
The treatment characteristics of oral antipsychotics in treatment of adolescents with schizophrenia in China	133
The component-to-trait relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive–compulsive personality traits: a network analysis	128
The dynamic trajectory of autistic life and its changing challenges: a scoping review	123
Strangulation during the night: diagnosis of sleep-associated violence	122
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	113
Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study	106
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	100
A rare case of isovaleric acidemia and schizophrenia: a case report	96
Measuring depression in Wolof-speaking communities using the CESD-10 in rural Senegal	96
Tele-based continuous care and treatment compliance in dialysis patients with and without depression: the serial mediating effect of nurse-patient relationship and health belief	95
Sex-specific associations of episode type in bipolar I disorder with neuro-metabolic lateralization of the cortico-striatal-cerebellar (CSC) circuit	92
Patients’ experience of patient-reported outcomes, continuous feedback, and a solution-focused approach (using DIALOG +) in psychosis care in Sweden	91
Does illicit amphetamine seizures quantity associated with amphetamine use disorder related admissions in Saudi Arabia?	89
Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study	89
Guilt and shame and its relation to oxytocin in patients with depression and alcohol addiction	89
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	86
The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on sexual function in reproductive aged women with hypothyroidism: a randomized controlled clinical trial	82
Community social capital and the health-related quality of life among empty-nest elderly in western China: moderating effect of living arrangements	80
Association between negative life events through mental health and non-suicidal self-injury with young adults: evidence for sex moderate correlation	75
Suicide prevention in the context of ineligibility for voluntary assisted dying: emerging insights	69
Case series of aripiprazole monotherapy in bipolar disorder with delayed sleep-wake phase syndrome	69

Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	69
Diagnosis-specific associations of plasma NGAL in drug-naïve schizophrenia and major depressive disorder: an exploratory cross-sectional study	69
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	67
Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years	66
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	65
The interplay between homocysteine, oxidative stress, and butyrylcholinesterase activity in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia	65
Gender-based differences in interaction effects between childhood maltreatment and problematic mobile phone use on college students’ depression and anxiety symptoms	65
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	65
Validation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 in patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study	64
Association of gastrointestinal symptoms and skipping breakfast with anxiety and depressive symptoms in quarantined Chinese college students during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a cross sectional survey	62
Validation of sleep-wake estimation from thigh-worn accelerometers against polysomnography in adolescents with and without mental disorders	62
Association of comorbid depressive and anxiety symptoms with cognitive impairment and dementia in Chinese elderly people	62
Investigating event-related potential (ERP) deviations in clinical high-risk populations for psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	62
Beliefs about sleep: links with ruminations, nightmare, and anxiety	60
Atypical brain structural connectivity and social cognition in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation	59
The association between feelings of loneliness and the number of social relationships in depression: a cross-sectional study of German adults	59
Emotional processing as mechanism of change in brief good psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial	59
Efficacy of an internet-based, therapist-guided cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for adolescents and young adults with body dysmorphic disorder: a randomized controlled trial	58
Association between watching eating broadcasts like mukbang and cookbang and generalized anxiety disorder among Korean adolescents	58
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	57
Prevalence and cognitive correlates of sleep problems in Chinese patients with first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia	57
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	57
Differentiating adolescents with severe internalizing symptoms using a brief computerized cognitive task: a LASSO regression approach	57
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	55
Decreased serum VEGF levels and their negative correlation with cognitive function in patients with major depressive disorder: a case-control study	54
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	54
A retrospective analysis of vortioxetine utilization in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder in clinical practice	54
Sex-differential cognitive performance on MCCB of youth with BD-II depression	53