OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of World Journal of Biological Psychiatry is 4. 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
The similar eye movement dysfunction between major depressive disorder, bipolar depression and bipolar mania	141
The relationship between cognitive impairment and superoxide dismutase activity in untreated first-episode patients with schizophrenia	93
Differentiating melancholic and non-melancholic depression via biological markers: A review	91
Schizophrenia may be a risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI): A Mendelian randomisation study	71
Association of Unc-51-like Kinase 4 ( ULK4 ) with the reactivity of the extended reward system in response to conditioned stimuli	54
Basal glutamate in the hippocampus and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: Relationships to cognitive proficiency investigated with structural equation modelling	43
Psychiatric onset of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies: Current insights into neuroimaging tools	42
Comment on ‘Impact of clozapine on the expression of miR-675-3p in plasma exosomes derived from patients with schizophrenia’	39
Novel mutations found in genes involved in global developmental delay and intellectual disability by whole-exome sequencing, homology modeling, and systems biology	27
The potential of biomarkers for diagnosing insomnia: Consensus statement of the WFSBP Task Force on Sleep Disorders	27
Evaluation of retinal layer thickness in patients with bipolar disorder, their relatives, and healthy controls using optical coherence tomography	23
Depressive-like phenotype enhances relapse of nicotine seeking after forced abstinence in rats	22
Differentiating brain function of punishment versus reward processing in conduct disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	22
The cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex as a function of depression severity in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury	21
Impulsivity and eating disorders: The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and different impulsivity facets in a transdiagnostic sample	19
DNA methylation in people with anorexia nervosa: Epigenome-wide patterns in actively ill, long-term remitted, and healthy-eater women	17
Serum proteomics analysis of drug-naïve patients with generalised anxiety disorder: Tandem mass tags and multiple reaction monitoring	17
Right ventrolateral and left dorsolateral 10 Hz transcranial magnetic stimulation as an add-on treatment for bipolar I and II depression: a double-blind, randomised, three‐arm, sham-controlled study	17
Peripheral and central innate immune alterations in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a systematic review of NK cells, monocytes and macrophages	16
Neural stem/progenitor cells from olfactory neuroepithelium collected by nasal brushing as a cell model reflecting molecular and cellular dysfunctions in schizophrenia	16
Metformin attenuates depressive-like behaviour of methamphetamine withdrawal in mice: A mechanistic approach	16
Subclinical hypomanic experiences in young adults after sleep deprivation are independent of depressive disorders, chronotype or 5-HTTLPR polymorphism	16
Lithium-associated hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Resting-state functional connectivity within the reward system mediates subcortical integration during erotic stimulus processing	15
BDNF blood levels after electroconvulsive therapy in patients with mood disorders: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	14

Neurocognitive profile of adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia and their unaffected siblings	14
Correction	13
The administration of rhBmal1 reduces sleep deprivation-induced anxiety and cognitive impairment in mice	13
Cardiac effects of electroconvulsive therapy – a systematic review	12
Late maternal separation provides resilience to chronic variable stress-induced anxiety- and depressive-like behaviours in male but not female mice	12
Investigation of the role of the LC3 conjugation system in autophagy for human reward system reactivity	12
Volatile organic compounds from exhaled breath in schizophrenia	12
Stress and depression risk in pregnancy associates with altered immune function	12
Leukocyte telomere length is not shortened in methamphetamine dependence or methamphetamine-induced psychosis but is increased following traumatic events	12
Inefficient integration during multiple facial processing in pre-morbid and early phases of psychosis	12
Altered cerebral functional activity and its associated genetic profiles underlying chronic insomnia disorder before and after treatment	11
Frequencies of CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 gene variants in a German inpatient sample with mood and anxiety disorders	11
Could serum endocannabinoid and N-acylethanolamine levels be important in bipolar disorder?	11
The potential association between psychiatric symptoms and the use of levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs): A systematic review	11
SEP-363856 attenuates CUMS-induced depression-like behaviours and reverses hippocampal neuronal injuries	11
Downregulation of lncRNAs Gomafu, NONMMUT033604.2, and NONMMUT064397.2 in the hippocampus of mice with model of post-traumatic stress disorder	10
Effects of testosterone suppression on desire, hypersexuality, and sexual interest in children in men with pedophilic disorder	10
Associations of common genetic risk variants of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 with cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia	10
Environmental enrichment by targeting hippocampal claudins attenuates depressive-like behaviours in maternally separated male mice	10
Exploring the anti-depressant effects and nitric oxide modulation of quercetin: A preclinical study in Socially Isolated mice	10
Involvement of the brain orexin system in a familial form of anorexia nervosa	10
The role of the immune system in depersonalisation disorder	9
Exosomal miR-24-3p participates in the progression of depression by regulating neuronal damage and blood-brain barrier dysfunction	9
Impact of ZNF804A rs1344706 or CACNA1C rs1006737 polymorphisms on cognition in patients with severe mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Targeted sequencing approach: Comprehensive analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression across blood and brain regions in suicide victims	9
From local activity to effective connectivity: neuroimaging evidence of functional abnormalities in the inferior occipital gyrus in obsessive-compulsive disorder	9
Elevated regional cerebral blood flow in adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome	8
Common changes in rat cortical gene expression after valproate or lithium treatment particularly affect pre- and post-synaptic pathways that regulate four neurotransmitters systems	8
Intravenous esketamine leads to an increase in impulsive and suicidal behaviour in a patient with recurrent major depression and borderline personality disorder	8
Lifetime and current depression in the German National Cohort (NAKO)	7
Mortality and acute somatic events following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with pre-existing somatic comorbidity – A register-based nationwide Danish cohort study	7
Brain functional connectivity of hypnosis without target suggestion. An intrinsic hypnosis rs-fMRI study	7
More research needed for multi-nutrient supplement strategies to treat psychiatric conditions	7
Phase-and disorder-specific differences in peripheral metabolites of the kynurenine pathway in major depression, bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia	7
Altered expression levels of miR-144-3p and ATP1B2 are associated with schizophrenia	7
Integrating psychological autopsy and cytokine gene polymorphisms to elucidate suicide risk: an Indian population study	7
Severe mental disorders and vaccinations – a systematic review	6
Systems consolidation and fear memory generalisation as a potential target for trauma-related disorders	6
Optimism moderates the relationship between inflammatory polygenic risk and major depressive disorder in U.S. Military veterans	6
Generalised anxiety and panic symptoms in the German National Cohort (NAKO)	6
Increase in thalamic cerebral blood flow is associated with antidepressant effects of ketamine in major depressive disorder	6
Cytokine level in patients with mood disorder, alcohol use disorder and their comorbidity	6
Inflammatory and oxidative endophenotypes in borderline personality disorder: A biomarker cluster analysis	6
Task fMRI studies investigating inhibitory control in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders: A comparative meta-analysis	6
The relationship between alterations in plasma metabolites and treatment responses in antipsychotic-naïve female patients with schizophrenia	6
Post-COVID-19 depression and serum interleukin 6 levels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of COVID-19 convalescents with and without depression	6
Newborn differential DNA methylation and subcortical brain volumes as early signs of severe neurodevelopmental delay in a South African Birth Cohort Study	5
Copy number variant risk loci for schizophrenia converge on the BDNF pathway	5
Systematic review of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of epilepsy identifies common risk variants and associated genes	5
Correlation between S100B and severity of depression in MDD: A meta-analysis	5

The involvement of the adrenergic system in feeding and eating disorders. A systematic review	5
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in morphine-addicted rodents under different exercise protocols: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Diagnostic potential of P2X7, NACHT, and iL-6 as immune biomarkers in bipolar disorder	5
Endocannabinoids and addiction memory: Relevance to methamphetamine/morphine abuse	5
The relationship between cortisol awakening response and trait resilience in two patient cohorts and one population-based cohort	5
Novel anti-cytoplasmic antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with chronic severe mental disorders	5
Peripheral blood MicroRNAs as biomarkers of schizophrenia: expectations from a meta-analysis that combines deep learning methods	5
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and psychotic disorders: A systematic review	5
Assessing the relationship of gut microbiota with neurological, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders: a narrative review	5
Optimisation of pharmacotherapy in psychiatry through therapeutic drug monitoring, molecular brain imaging and pharmacogenetic tests: Focus on antipsychotics	5
Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in families with multiple individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and intellectual disability	5
Electroacupuncture alleviates depression-like behaviours via a neural mechanism involving activation of Nucleus Accumbens Shell	5
The efficacy of neurofeedback for alcohol use disorders – a systematic review	5
Stress-relieving properties of a polyherbal blend with Syzygium aromaticum L. and Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner: A review and bib	4
Vitamin B12, homocysteine, and folic acid in patients suffering from bipolar disorders: Relationship with suicide	4
Expression profile of the ADHD risk gene ADGRL3 during human neurodevelopment and the effects of genetic variation	4
Assessing the impact of sex on high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation´s clinical response in schizophrenia – results from a secondary analysis	4
Do serum endocannabinoid and N-acylethanolamine concentrations reflect their brain levels in two different rat stress models?	4
The neurobiology of childhood trauma—aldosterone and blood pressure changes in a community sample	4
Abnormal functional connectivity of brain regions associated with fear network model in panic disorder	4
CD 4⁺, CD 8⁺ and CD 19⁺cell surface antigen and abnormal mitochondria ultrastructure of peripheral blood P-type atypical lymphocytes in patients with schizophrenia	4
Impact of clozapine on the expression of miR-675-3p in plasma exosomes derived from patients with schizophrenia	4
The habenular volume and PDE7A allelic polymorphism in major depressive disorder: preliminary findings	4
Insomnia and circadian rhythms dysregulation in people who have attempted suicide: correlations with markers of inflammation and suicidal lethality	4
Brain structural changes and their role in increasing depression risk following spinal cord injury: evidence from the UK biobank	4
Executive functioning in adults with borderline personality disorder and first-degree biological relatives	4
Mechanism of dexmedetomidine in brain injury of infant rats via the IRE1α/NF-κB/CHOP pathway	4
Residual hypersomnia in unipolar and bipolar depression: A systematic review	4
Pre-treatment plasma cytokine levels as potential predictors of short-term remission of depression	4
The European psychiatric association (EPA) – early career psychiatrists committee survey on trainees’ and early-career psychiatrists’ attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) use and utilit	4
Inflammation biomarkers in suicide attempts and their relation to abuse, global functioning and cognition	4
Long-term cortisol stress response in depression and comorbid anxiety is linked with reduced N-acetylaspartate in the anterior cingulate cortex	4
Cytokine gene polymorphisms and suicide risk in an Indian ancestral population: A case-control study	4