OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology is 9. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Reduced stereotypicality and spared use of facial expression predictions for social evaluation in autism	93
Concurrent TMS-EEG and EEG reveal neuroplastic and oscillatory changes associated with self-compassion and negative emotions	78
Superhero in a skirt: Psychological resilience of Ukrainian refugee women in Poland. A thematic analysis	63
Benchmarks for dialectical behavioural therapy intervention in adults and adolescents with borderline personality symptoms	62
Neuroticism, rumination, depression and suicidal ideation: A moderated serial mediation model across four countries	58
Glucose metabolism, hippocampal subfields and cognition in first-episode and never-treated schizophrenia	55
Early multimodal behavioral cues in autism: a micro-analytical exploration of actions, gestures and speech during naturalistic parent-child interactions	47
Loneliness among single and coupled individuals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-country analysis	46
Transcranial direct current stimulation versus intermittent theta-burst stimulation for the improvement of working memory performance	46
Nonlinear associations between punishment sensitivity and problematic Internet use among adolescents: Results from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses	45
Applicability of the cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder to adolescents’ sleep quality: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis	43
Neurobiological correlates of CBT response in OCD through the analysis of resting state networks	40
Measuring everyday adaptation after imprisonment: The post-release living inventory for ex-prisoners (PORLI-ex)	40
Mind matters: A narrative review on affective state-dependency in non-invasive brain stimulation	36
Relations between childhood psychological maltreatment and mental health dimensions within a higher-order model	33
A short screen for lifetime sexual victimization experiences: Expanding research on the Sexual Abuse History Questionnaire (SAHQ) across cultures, genders, and sexual identities	32
Table tennis experience enhances motor control in older adults: Insights into sensorimotor-related cortical connectivity	32
Executive functions modulate conditioned fear extinction and reinstatement: The differential roles of shifting, updating, and inhibition	31
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and slow breathing interventions alleviate premature ejaculation (PE) symptoms	30
Nodes of the default mode network implicated in the quality of empathic responses: A clinical perspective of the empathic response	29
The (In)flexible self: Psychopathology, mindfulness, and neuroscience	29
Cognitive interventions for healthy older adults: A systematic meta-review	28
Mindfulness-based psychotherapy in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analytical Study	27
COVID-19 pandemic impact on family life and exacerbated emotional and behavioral health among preschool children: A longitudinal study	24
The role of sexual communication in the relationship between emotion regulation and sexual functioning in women: The impact of age and relationship status	23

Risky decision-making in major depressive disorder: A three-level meta-analysis	23
Reduction mammoplasty, self-esteem, and sexual desire: A pre-post intervention study	23
Shame and loneliness in social anxiety disorder: A comparison with panic disorder	23
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhanced emotional inhibitory control via increasing intrinsic prefrontal couplings	22
Extended childhood disorder (ECD): Proposal and preliminary empirical support for a new ecologically-based diagnostic category of teen dysfunction	22
The effects of stimulating the cerebellum on social sequences: A tDCS-fMRI pilot study	22
Digital empowerment in mental health: A meta-analysis of internet-based interventions for enhancing mental health literacy	21
Effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive function in adults with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	21
The association of eating disorder specific and unspecific symptoms with suicidal ideation in patients with anorexia nervosa	21
ABCDE-Psy: Primary assessment scale of acute stress response to critical and potentially traumatic events	21
Alteration of hypnotic experience following transcranial electrical stimulation of the left prefrontal cortex	21
Associations of psychological resilience with macro- and microstructures in NREM and REM sleep in adolescents	21
Sleeping in multicultural societies: The longitudinal interplay between adolescents’ sleep health and intercultural interactions	20
Demoralization in acute coronary syndrome: Treatment and predictive factors associated with its persistence	20
Increasing self- and desired psychiatric diagnoses among emerging adults: Mixed-methods insights from clinical psychologists	20
Volume of the Dentate Gyrus/CA4 Hippocampal subfield mediates the interplay between sleep quality and depressive symptoms	20
Placebo mechanisms in aging: A randomized controlled trial comparing deceptive and open-label placebos on psychological, cognitive, and physical functioning in older adults	19
The mental health-related barriers and benefits to exercise in adults with and without chronic pain	19
Optimizing pediatric “Mild” traumatic brain injury assessments: A multi-domain random forest analysis of diagnosis and outcomes	19
Trait self-compassion enhances activation in the medial prefrontal cortex during fear extinction: An fNIRS study	19
The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation techniques to modulate resting-state EEG and reduce SOL: A randomized controlled trial	19
Exploring the acceptability and feasibility of implementing VR relaxation in naturalistic settings	19
Differential associations of leisure music engagement with resilience: A network analysis	18
The paradox of social avoidance and the yearning for understanding: Elevated interbrain synchrony among socially avoidant individuals during expression of negative emotions	18
Adult attachment style, perceived social support, and post-traumatic stress among female victims of sexual assault	18
Spanish adaptation and validation of sexual distress scale in Colombian population	17
Transdiagnostic study of dynamic brain activity and connectivity among people with gambling and internet gaming disorders	17
Attentional bias to infant faces might be associated with previous care experiences and involvement in childcare in same-sex mothers	17
Transitioning from perceived stress to mental health: The mediating role of self-control in a longitudinal investigation with MRI scans	17
Interoception primes negative emotion processing during cognitive reappraisal: Electroencephalographical evidence	16
Effects of Smoking Social Cues on Inhibitory Control in Smokers: An Event-Related Potential Study	16
Virtual reality eye movement training for neglect rehabilitation	16
An application of the stress-diathesis model: A review about the association between smoking tobacco, smoking cessation, and mental health	16
Dreaming during a pandemic: Low incorporation of COVID-19-specific themes and lucidity in dreams of psychiatric patients and healthy controls	16
Relationship (in)congruency may differently impact mental health	16
Clinical value and mechanistic analysis of HIIT on modulating risk and symptoms of depression: A systematic review	15
Dose-response effects of exercise on mental health in community-dwelling older adults: Exploration of genetic moderators	15
The impact of COVID-19 and socioeconomic status on psychological distress in cancer patients	14
The relationship between personality and bullying among primary school children: the mediation role of trait emotion intelligence and empathy	14
Does Cognitive Stimulation Therapy show similar efficacy in individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia from varying etiologies? An examination comparing its effectiveness in Alzheimer's disease and va	14
Social support moderates the impact of neighborhood disadvantage on serum cortisol levels in post-surgical breast cancer patients	14
Structural brain changes in people with dementia receiving Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: Preliminary findings	13
Sine Off On It: Sinusoidal waves as models of shame and stress in social anxiety	12
What comes first: Heart rate variability changes or insomnia? A causal investigation using Mendelian randomization	12
Prevalence and risk factors for nonconsensual distribution of intimate images among Italian young adults: Implications for prevention and intervention	12
Slow-paced breathing enhancing emotional control accompanied with the change of the ∼0.1 Hz heartbeat evoked EEG	12
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting intellectual disability in children with cerebral palsy	11
Multimodal quantitative magnetic resonance imaging alterations of the basal ganglia circuit underlie the severity of bulimia nervosa	11
Social support exchange and relationship satisfaction among couples living with HIV: Actor–partner effects of provided and received emotional support	11
Impact of extreme physical exercise (28 consecutive marathons) on sleep time and structure	11

Dancing Queen… Only seventy! the short- and long-term effects of older-women group dancing on self-esteem, depression, and self-judgment	11
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on neural activity and functional connectivity during fear extinction	11
Conscious knowledge of CS-UCS contingency information affects extinction retrieval of conditioned disgust responses: Findings from an online de novo disgust conditioning task	11
Fear, anxiety and depression in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients in the Netherlands: Data from a cross-sectional multicenter study	11
Dysfunction of visual novelty detection in physical but not social anhedonia in a non-clinical sample	11
Sleeping under attack: Sleep disruption and next-day emotions during active wartime	11
Seeking the Psilocybiome: Psychedelics meet the microbiota-gut-brain axis	11
It’s better to run towards the fire: The experience of reserve duty for reservists with PTSD prior to re-enlistment	10
Using an interactive web application to identify pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among men who have sex with men	10
Clinical and psychosocial constructs for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening participation: A systematic review	10
Emotional dysregulation in relation to substance use and behavioral addictions: Findings from five separate meta-analyses	10
Neural and gaze pattern responses to happy faces in autism: Predictors of adaptive difficulties and re-evaluation of the social motivation hypothesis	10
The experimental study of consciousness: Is psychology travelling back to the future?	10
Multimodal assessment of acute stress dynamics using an aversive video paradigm (AVP)	10
Understanding the impact of extreme terrorist events on evacuees and non-evacuees: A study on child aggression and social problems	10
Blinding integrity of dorsomedial prefrontal intermittent theta burst stimulation in depression	10
A quantitative study on peripersonal space in anorexia nervosa and healthy subjects: Role of social variables and association with psychopathology	10
Transgender body image: Weight dissatisfaction, objectification & identity - Complex interplay explored via matched group	10
Loneliness, ageism, and mental health: The buffering role of resilience in seniors	10
Roots of responses: A qualitative study on intergenerational transmission of illness approaches	9
The impact of past temporal discounting on mental health: Opposite effects of positive and negative event aftertastes over time	9
Physical performance, health-related quality of life and sleepiness severity of an adult outpatient population with narcolepsy: A cross-sectional analysis	9
Differential diagnosis between maladaptive daydreaming and ADHD: Immersive daydreaming is not simply inattention	9
Effects of victimization and perpetration in observing bullying scenes: an eye-tracker study	9
Interpersonal emotion regulation and mental health among cancer survivors: A systematic review	9
Midlife heart rate variability and cognitive decline: A large longitudinal cohort study	9
Psychological predictors of CPAP therapy adherence in obstructive sleep apnea patients: insights from the predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors model	9
Which came first? Bulimia and emotional symptoms: A cross-lagged panel analysis	9