OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of World Journal of Biological Psychiatry is 8. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Basal glutamate in the hippocampus and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: Relationships to cognitive proficiency investigated with structural equation modelling	123
The relationship between cognitive impairment and superoxide dismutase activity in untreated first-episode patients with schizophrenia	79
Differentiating melancholic and non-melancholic depression via biological markers: A review	73
C-reactive protein as a potential biomarker in psychiatric practice: Are we there yet?	61
Association of Unc-51-like Kinase 4 ( ULK4 ) with the reactivity of the extended reward system in response to conditioned stimuli	51
The similar eye movement dysfunction between major depressive disorder, bipolar depression and bipolar mania	38
Differentiating brain function of punishment versus reward processing in conduct disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	37
Evaluation of retinal layer thickness in patients with bipolar disorder, their relatives, and healthy controls using optical coherence tomography	34
Psychiatric onset of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies: Current insights into neuroimaging tools	27
Comment on ‘Impact of clozapine on the expression of miR-675-3p in plasma exosomes derived from patients with schizophrenia’	23
Novel mutations found in genes involved in global developmental delay and intellectual disability by whole-exome sequencing, homology modeling, and systems biology	21
Depressive-like phenotype enhances relapse of nicotine seeking after forced abstinence in rats	20
Lithium-associated hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
The potential of biomarkers for diagnosing insomnia: Consensus statement of the WFSBP Task Force on Sleep Disorders	19
Impulsivity and eating disorders: The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and different impulsivity facets in a transdiagnostic sample	18
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
Metformin attenuates depressive-like behaviour of methamphetamine withdrawal in mice: A mechanistic approach	16
The cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex as a function of depression severity in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury	16
DNA methylation in people with anorexia nervosa: Epigenome-wide patterns in actively ill, long-term remitted, and healthy-eater women	15
Neural stem/progenitor cells from olfactory neuroepithelium collected by nasal brushing as a cell model reflecting molecular and cellular dysfunctions in schizophrenia	15
Neurocognitive profile of adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia and their unaffected siblings	14
BDNF blood levels after electroconvulsive therapy in patients with mood disorders: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Resting-state functional connectivity within the reward system mediates subcortical integration during erotic stimulus processing	13
The administration of rhBmal1 reduces sleep deprivation-induced anxiety and cognitive impairment in mice	13

Leukocyte telomere length is not shortened in methamphetamine dependence or methamphetamine-induced psychosis but is increased following traumatic events	12
Subclinical hypomanic experiences in young adults after sleep deprivation are independent of depressive disorders, chronotype or 5-HTTLPR polymorphism	12
Neuroinflammation and psychiatric disorders: Relevance of C1q, translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO), and neurosteroids	12
Stress and depression risk in pregnancy associates with altered immune function	12
Investigation of the role of the LC3 conjugation system in autophagy for human reward system reactivity	12
Correction	12
Inefficient integration during multiple facial processing in pre-morbid and early phases of psychosis	11
Volatile organic compounds from exhaled breath in schizophrenia	11
Frequencies of CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 gene variants in a German inpatient sample with mood and anxiety disorders	10
Late maternal separation provides resilience to chronic variable stress-induced anxiety- and depressive-like behaviours in male but not female mice	10
Altered cerebral functional activity and its associated genetic profiles underlying chronic insomnia disorder before and after treatment	10
SEP-363856 attenuates CUMS-induced depression-like behaviours and reverses hippocampal neuronal injuries	10
Cardiac effects of electroconvulsive therapy – a systematic review	10
The potential association between psychiatric symptoms and the use of levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs): A systematic review	10
Could serum endocannabinoid and N-acylethanolamine levels be important in bipolar disorder?	10
The role of the immune system in depersonalisation disorder	9
Downregulation of lncRNAs Gomafu, NONMMUT033604.2, and NONMMUT064397.2 in the hippocampus of mice with model of post-traumatic stress disorder	9
Exosomal miR-24-3p participates in the progression of depression by regulating neuronal damage and blood-brain barrier dysfunction	9
Effects of testosterone suppression on desire, hypersexuality, and sexual interest in children in men with pedophilic disorder	9
Exploring the anti-depressant effects and nitric oxide modulation of quercetin: A preclinical study in Socially Isolated mice	9
Targeted sequencing approach: Comprehensive analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression across blood and brain regions in suicide victims	9
Associations of common genetic risk variants of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 with cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia	9
Impact of ZNF804A rs1344706 or CACNA1C rs1006737 polymorphisms on cognition in patients with severe mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
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
Gene expression analysis of MAOA and the clock gene ARNTL in individuals with bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls	8
Integrating psychological autopsy and cytokine gene polymorphisms to elucidate suicide risk: an Indian population study	8
Intravenous esketamine leads to an increase in impulsive and suicidal behaviour in a patient with recurrent major depression and borderline personality disorder	8
Phase-and disorder-specific differences in peripheral metabolites of the kynurenine pathway in major depression, bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia	8
Elevated regional cerebral blood flow in adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome	8