OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychiatry Investigation is 5. 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
Traumatic Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Middle School Students and Caregivers	42
Social Connectedness and Cognitive Function Before and During COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study of Korean Older Adults With an Instrumental Variable Regression	35
Differential Gene Expression in the Hippocampi of Nonhuman Primates Chronically Exposed to Methamphetamine, Cocaine, or Heroin	34
The Relationship Between Social Capital, the Happiness of Others, and the Happiness of Korean Adults: A National Sample Study	32
Effect of Childhood Trauma on the Association Between Stress-Related Psychological Factors and Hair Cortisol Level in Young Adults	28
Cognitive Impairment in Grandparents: A Systematic Review	27
Prevalence of Addictive Behaviors in Medical Students and Their Association With Stress	27
Differences in Functional Level and Central Symptom of Network Structures in the Patients Seeking Treatment for Panic Disorder Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	26
Psilocybin for End-of-Life Anxiety Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	25
The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Intervention for COVID-19-Related Psychological Distress: A Systematic Review	24
Development of Mental Healthcare Model in Seoul	24
Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Effective for Any Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Dimensions?	23
Characteristics of Korean Employees Without Depression but Having Suicidal Ideation	20
Validity of the Korean Version of the Brief Irritability Test in Psychiatric Patients	20
The Effect of Psychological Factors on COVID-19 Vaccination Side Effects: A Cross-Sectional Survey in South Korea	20
An Intervention Program Targeting Daily Adaptive Skills Through Executive Function Training for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study	20
The Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction: The Mediating Effect of Rumination and The Mediated Moderating Effect of Mindfulness	19
Effectiveness of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Preadolescents and Adolescents Affected by Psychiatric Disorders	19
Association Between Executive Dysfunction-Related Activities of Daily Living Disability and Clinical Dementia Rating Domain Patterns in Patients With Vascular Dementia and Age-Matched Patients With Al	18
A Dimensional Understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder Using MMPI-2 PSY-5 Scales in Clinical Samples	18
Promising Effect of the Children in Disaster: Evaluation and Recovery Intervention on Trauma Symptoms and Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents: A Controlled Study	18
Old Age, Female Sex, and Psychotropic Medications Predict Hyposalivation But Not Heart Rate Variability	18
Predictors of Developmental Outcome in 4- to 6-Year-Olds With Developmental Disability	17
Social Isolation, Loneliness and Their Relationships with Mental Health Status in South Korea	17
Alterations in Social Brain Network Topology at Rest in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder	16

Effect of Screen Time on Physical and Mental Health and Eating Habits During COVID-19 Lockdown in Lebanon	16
Financial Hardship, Depression, and Self-Esteem: Temporal Analysis Using a Korean Panel Study	16
Borderline Personality Pathology in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I and II Disorder, and Its Relationship With Childhood Trauma	14
Effects of Online Mindful Somatic Psychoeducation Program on Mental Health During the COVID-19	14
Effects of Serious Games in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment	14
Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of the Perceived Competence Scale for Disaster Mental Health Workforce: A Cross-Sectional Study	14
Problematic Smartphone Use and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation Among South Korean Adolescents	13
A Case of Suicide Attempt Treated With Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program	13
Effectiveness of a Community-Based Intensive Case Management Model on Reducing Hospitalization for People With Severe Mental Illness in Seoul	13
Efficacy of Mobile-Based Cognitive Training Program DoBrain in Preschool Children With or Without Developmental Disabilities: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Active-Controlled Trial	13
Association Between Metabolic Risk Factors and Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia Based on Sex	13
Association of Geriatric Depressive Symptoms and Government-Initiated Senior Employment Program: A Population-Based Study	13
Mental Health Problems During COVID-19 and Attitudes Toward Digital Therapeutics	13
One-year Cohort Follow-up on the Diagnosis and Posttraumatic Symptoms in Child Sexual Assault Victims in Korea	12
A Pilot Study on the Validity and Reliability of Korean School Readiness Inventory on Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder	12
Elevated Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels During Depressive Mixed States	12
Remimazolam Supplemented to General Anesthesia Alleviates Stress and Cognitive Impairment in Elder Patients After Hip Surgery	12
Characteristics of Cognitive Function Changes and Related Factors in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment During the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Retrospective Chart Review Study	12
Examining the Psychometric Properties and Clinical Correlates of the Korean Version of the Family Accommodation Scale-Self-Rated Version for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	12
Music and Sound-Based Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review	12
Temperament Clusters in Patients With Panic Disorder in Relation to Character Maturity	12
Does the Use of Rocuronium-Sugammadex Instead of Succinylcholine in Electroconvulsive Therapy Affect Seizure Duration?	12
Association Between the C4 Binding Protein Level and White Matter Integrity in Major Depressive Disorder	12
Clinical Characteristics, Support System, and Personality Differences of Cannabis and Stimulant Users in South Korea	11
Mental Health and Quality of Life for Healthcare Workers in a University Hospital Under COVID-19	11
Sleep Quality and Self-Stigma Mediate the Association Between Problematic Use of Social Media and Quality of Life Among People With Schizophrenia in Taiwan: A Longitudinal Study	11
Radiomics; A Potential Next “Omics” in Psychiatric Disorders; An Introduction	11
Patient’s Perspective on Psychiatric Drugs: A Multicenter Survey-Based Study	10
Comment on “Smartphone Addiction Proneness is Associated With Subjective-Objective Sleep Discrepancy in Patients With Insomnia Disorder”	10
Psychopathologic Profiles and Clusters in Tertiary Clinic Referred Patients with Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Person-Centered Analysis	10
Time-Series Trends of Depressive Levels of Korean Adults During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea	10
The Relationship Between Fast Food Consumption and Daily Lifestyle Changes During School Closures Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescents in Korea	10
Externalizing Behavior Problems Among Hui Ethnicity Left-Behind Children in Rural China: A Cross-Sectional Study	10
Attachment Insecurity and Stigma as Predictors of Depression and Anxiety in People Living With HIV	10
Psychometric Assessment of the Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire Among Iranian Gamers	10
Incidence and Cognitive Decline of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia by Apolipoprotein ε4 Allele Presence: A Community-Based Cohort Study in Korean Elderly	10
Superior Vena Cava Flow in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	9
Changes in Functional Connectivity Between Default Mode Network and Attention Network in Response to Changes in Aerobic Exercise Intensity	9
Association of a History of Sleep Disorder With Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia	9
Do Anxiety and Depression Levels Affect the Inflammation Response in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	9
Influence of Sensory Impairments on Incidence of Dementia in the Korean Population	9
Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Its Relationship With Executive Functions in Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Patients	9
A Case-Control Clinical Trial on a Deep Learning-Based Classification System for Diagnosis of Amyloid-Positive Alzheimer’s Disease	9
The Relationship Between Types of Smartphone Use, Digital Literacy, and Smartphone Addiction in the Elderly	9
Mental Health and Related Factors of Adolescent Students During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	9
Psychometric Analysis of the Obsessive–Compulsive Spectrum Self-Report and Social Anxiety Spectrum Self-Report in the Korean Population	8
Computerized Version of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (KSADS-COMP): Development and Validation of the Korean Clinician-Administered Version	8
Associations of Clozapine Use With Psychosocial Functioning and Quality of Life in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study	8
Validating a Korean Version of the Single-Item Burnout Measure for Evaluating Burnout Among Doctors	8
Risk and Protective Factors for Childhood Physical Abuse and Suicidal Ideation: The Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Polymorphism and Social Support	8

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Mediation Effect on the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Suicidal Behavior in Firefighters	8
Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of the Social Network Site Use Motives Scale	8
The Effects of Inhumane Treatment in North Korean Detention Facilities on the Posttraumatic-Stress Disorder Symptoms of North Korean Refugees	7
Age-Limited Effects of Low-Frequency Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation on Insomnia: A 4-Week Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Study	7
Why Biological Psychiatry Hasn’t Delivered Yet – and Why Neurology Knows	7
The Effect of Stress on Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Active Coping Strategy and Self-Control as Mediators	7
The Effect of Temperament on the Association Between Pre-treatment Anxiety and Chemotherapy-Related Symptoms in Patients With Breast Cancer	7
Regional Homogeneity Brain Alterations in Schizophrenia: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis	7
Personal Social Networks and Relapses in Women With Substance Dependence: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior	7
Sleep Reactivity and Sleep Efforts in Shift Workers	7
The Change of Suicidal Ideation Over a 12-Week Naturalistic Treatment of Depression: Comparison Between Young People and Older Adults	7
Factors Associated With a Negative Emotional Response to News Media and Nationwide Emergency Text Alerts During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea	7
Polymorphism of Estrogen Receptor Genes and Its Interactions With Neurodevelopmental Genes in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Chinese Han Descent	6
Childhood Emotional Abuse Is Associated With the Desire to Get Married and Have Children in Korean Young Adults	6
Understanding a Mutually Destructive Relationship Between Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Favorite Person	6
Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale, DSM-5 Version-Parent Form	6
Validation of the Korean Version of the Delirium Diagnostic Tool-Provisional (K-DDT-Pro)	6
Clinical Implication of Maumgyeol Basic Biotypes–Electroencephalography- and Photoplethysmogram-Based Bwave State Inventory	6
Cortical Thickness and White Matter Hyperintensity Changes Are Associated With Sarcopenia in the Cognitively Normal Older Adults	6
Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Parental Stress Scale for Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	6
Validation of the Korean Version of the Psychosis Screener to Identify Patients With Psychosis	6
Smartphone Addiction Proneness Is Associated With Subjective-Objective Sleep Discrepancy in Patients With Insomnia Disorder	6
Functional Connectivity Change Associated With Apolipoprotein E Allotypes Precedes Structural Connectivity and Neurodegeneration in Cognitive Normal Older Adults Without Cerebral Aβ Deposition	6
The Relationship of Smartphone Addiction and Alexithymia	6
Association Between Hypnotics and Dementia: A Mini Narrative Review	6
Effect of Parental Perception on the Prevalence of Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Investigating Medical Cost and Mortality Among Psychiatric Patients Involuntary Admissions: A Nationwide Propensity Score-Matched Study	6
Relationships of Antidepressant Medication With Its Various Factors Including Nitrogen Dioxides Seasonality: Machine Learning Analysis Using National Health Insurance Data	6
A New Acute-At-Home Child and Adolescent Clinical Service: Evaluation of Impact	6
The Factors Affecting Longitudinal Course of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Sexual Assault Victims	6
Acute Efficacy and Safety of Escitalopram Versus Desvenlafaxine and Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Depression With Cognitive Complaint: A Rater-Blinded Randomized Comparative Study	6
Compromised Cerebello-Thalamic White Matter Integrity in Medication-Free Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	6
Exploratory Clinical Trial of a Depression Diagnostic Software That Integrates Stress Biomarkers and Composite Psychometrics	6
Polysomnography and Neuropsychological Analysis of Patients With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan	5
Optimization of Analysis of Circadian Rest-Activity Rhythm Using Cosinor Analysis in Mice	5
The Relationship Between the Oxytocin Level and Rejection Sensitivity, Childhood Traumas, and Attachment Styles in Borderline Personality Disorder	5
A 24-Month Effects of Methylphenidate Use on Growth in Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	5
Association of Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors With COVID-19–Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Risk Group Among Medical Students	5
Psychosocial Factors Associated With Thoughts Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment for Oneself and Family Members	5
Effect of Attitude Toward Suicide on Suicidal Behavior: Based on the Korea National Suicide Survey	5
The Effectiveness of Game Coding Education on Problematic Internet Gaming	5
Empathy With Patients and Post-Traumatic Stress Response in Verbally Abused Healthcare Workers	5
Factors Associated With Depression and Anxiety in Korean Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Machine Learning on Early Diagnosis of Depression	5
Design and Methods of a Prospective Smartphone App-Based Study for Digital Phenotyping of Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Mixed With Centralized and Decentralized Research Form: The Search Your Mind (S.Y.M.	5
Early Trauma Subtypes are Differentially Related to Anxiety Symptomatology and Suicidal Ideation in Panic Disorder	5
Diagnostic Stability in Psychiatric Patients From Hospital Admission to Discharge: A 10-Year Retrospective Study	5
Psychological Characteristics and Quality of Life of Patients With Functional Dyspepsia	5
Development of Efficient Brain Age Estimation Method Based on Regional Brain Volume From Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging	5
Constructing the KOR152 Korean Young Adult Brain Atlas Utilizing the State-of-the-Art Method for the Age-Specific Population	5
Association Among Self-Injury, Suicidal Tendency, and Personality and Psychological Characteristics in Korean Adolescents	5
8-Hydroxy-2’-Deoxyguanosine and Reactive Oxygen Species as Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Mental Illnesses: A Meta-Analysis	5
The Clinical Characteristics and Manifestation of Anxious Depression Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorders-Results From a Taiwan Multicenter Study	5
Depression and Related Factors in Korean Adults During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak	5
Diabetic Ketoacidosis Associated With Second Generation Antipsychotics: A Case Study and Review of Literature	5
Lifestyle Changes that Impact Personal Quality of Life in the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea	5
Grief Response of Nursing Professionals Is Associated With Their Depression, Loneliness, Insomnia, and Work-Related Stress While Working in COVID-19 Inpatients Wards	5