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Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Perceived cognitive loss, symptomology, and psychological well-being with bipolar disorder	33
Lipid oxidation in young patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder and their relatives	31
Dynamics of affect modulation in neurodevelopmental disorders (DynAMoND) – study design of a prospective cohort study	30
The big five model in bipolar disorder: a latent profile analysis and its impact on longterm illness severity	26
Estimated glomerular filtration rate in Korean patients exposed to long-term lithium maintenance therapy	20
Exploratory study of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation and age of onset of bipolar disorder	18
Characteristics of people with bipolar disorder I with and without auditory verbal hallucinations	17
Lithium-discontinuation-induced treatment refractoriness revisited	16
Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder	15
Is cognitive behaviour therapy applicable to individuals diagnosed with bipolar depression or suboptimal mood stabilizer treatment: a secondary analysis of a large pragmatic effectiveness trial	15
The IBER study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of imagery based emotion regulation for the treatment of anxiety in bipolar disorder	15
Stigma in people living with bipolar disorder and their families: a systematic review	15
Emotion regulation in bipolar disorder type-I: multivariate analysis of fMRI data	15
Toxoplasma gondii IgG serointensity and cognitive function in bipolar disorder	14
Bipolar disorders in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study of patients, family caregivers, clinicians, and the community members’ perspectives	14
NRX-101 (D-cycloserine plus lurasidone) vs. lurasidone for the maintenance of initial stabilization after ketamine in patients with severe bipolar depression with acute suicidal ideation and behavior:	13
Correlations between multimodal neuroimaging and peripheral inflammation in different subtypes and mood states of bipolar disorder: a systematic review	12
Generalizability of findings from four clinical cohort studies and a general population study to patients with bipolar I disorder in outpatient treatment in the Netherlands	12
Prodromal symptoms of a first manic episode: a qualitative study to the perspectives of patients with bipolar disorder and their caregivers’	12
Is the 4-factor model of symptomology equivalent across bipolar disorder subtypes?	12
Variations in seasonal solar insolation are associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder	12
The effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on rumination and a task-based measure of intrusive thoughts in patients with bipolar disorder	11
Behavioral lateralization in bipolar disorders: a systematic review	11
How effective are mood stabilizers in treating bipolar patients comorbid with cPTSD? Results from an observational study	11
A physically active lifestyle is associated with lower long-term incidence of bipolar disorder in a population-based, large-scale study	10

The course of bipolar disorder in pregnant versus non-pregnant women	10
Relevance of red blood cell Lithium concentration in the management of Lithium-treated bipolar and unipolar disorders: a systematic narrative review	10
A compelling need to empirically validate bipolar depression	10
Search for surrogate markers to predict end stage kidney disease in long term lithium users	9
The MinDag app for symptom monitoring and feedback to patients and clinicians during the initial treatment of bipolar disorder – a feasibility study	9
Deficits in explicit emotion regulation in bipolar disorder: a systematic review	9
Ethnic differences in efficacy of drug treatment in patients with an acute manic episode: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials	9
Key questions on the long term renal effects of lithium: a review of pertinent data	9
Characteristics of rapid cycling in 1261 bipolar disorder patients	8
Valproic acid autoinduction: a case-based review	8
Lithium and its effects: does dose matter?	8
A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lamotrigine in the maintenance treatment of Chinese adult patients with bipolar I disorder	8
The German research consortium for the study of bipolar disorder (BipoLife): a quality assurance protocol for MR neuroimaging data	8
Prevention of suicidal behavior with lithium treatment in patients with recurrent mood disorders	7
Neonatal admission after lithium use in pregnant women with bipolar disorders: a retrospective cohort study	7
Anticipating manic and depressive transitions in patients with bipolar disorder using early warning signals	7
Environmental factors in offspring of parents with mood disorders and their role in parent–child transmission: findings from a 14-year prospective high-risk study	7
Effect of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive functioning in bipolar depression: an open-label, single-arm acceptability and feasibility study	6
Rates and associations of relapse over 5 years of 2649 people with bipolar disorder: a retrospective UK cohort study	6
Why is lithium [not] the drug of choice for bipolar disorder? a controversy between science and clinical practice	6
Paediatric bipolar disorder: an age-old problem	6
Long-term lithium therapy and risk of chronic kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia: a cohort study	6
Clinical research diagnostic criteria for bipolar illness (CRDC-BP): rationale and validity	6
Controversies regarding lithium-associated weight gain: case–control study of real-world drug safety data	6
Longitudinal studies of bipolar patients and their families: translating findings to advance individualized risk prediction, treatment and research	6
Exploring the genetics of lithium response in bipolar disorders	6
The association between variability, intensity, and persistence of suicidal ideation and prospective suicidal behavior in the systematic treatment enhancement program for bipolar disorder (STEP-BD) st	5
Correction: Overview of lithium’s use: a nationwide survey	5
Efficacy and safety of adjunctive therapy to lamotrigine, lithium, or valproate monotherapy in bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	5
Mitochondrial genetic variants associated with bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia in a Japanese population	5
Two bipolar disorders or one? In reply to commentary by Malhi and Bell	5
Psychological therapy for mood instability within bipolar spectrum disorder: a randomised, controlled feasibility trial of a dialectical behaviour therapy-informed approach (the ThrIVe-B programme)	5
Lithium use in childhood and adolescence, peripartum, and old age: an umbrella review	5
How to make online mood-monitoring in bipolar patients a success? A qualitative exploration of requirements	4
Using decision-analysis modelling to estimate the economic impact of the identification of unrecognised bipolar disorder in primary care: the untapped potential of screening	4
The influence of PER3 VNTR genotypes on the age of onset in a group of bipolar I disorder patients: an exploratory study	4
Lurasidone in the long-term treatment of Japanese patients with bipolar I disorder: a 52 week open label study	4
“Bad timing for illness relapse!” Mood symptoms, challenges and strategies for wellbeing in the first year postpartum among infant mothers with bipolar disorder: a mixed-methods study	4
Structured physical exercise for bipolar depression: an open-label, proof-of concept study	4
Lunar cycling in sleep and mood in individuals with bipolar disorder	4
Hypomania-Checklist-33: risk stratification and factor structure in a mixed psychiatric adolescent sample	4
Omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar patients with a low omega-3 index and reduced heart rate variability: the “BIPO-3” trial	4
Patients’ adherence to smartphone apps in the management of bipolar disorder: a systematic review	4
The bipolar two-syndrome concept: questioning the shaping of a circular argument for subtyping a dimensional disorder	4
Phenotype fingerprinting of bipolar disorder prodrome	4
Strategies for occupational recovery processes in individuals with bipolar disorder type I: a qualitative study	4
Quality of life in persons at risk for bipolar disorder: a two year prospective-longitudinal observational cohort study (BipoLife)	4
Voice analyses using smartphone-based data in patients with bipolar disorder, unaffected relatives and healthy control individuals, and during different affective states	3
Euthymic patients with predominantly manic polarity avoid happy faces in a dot probe task	3
A pilot trial of quetiapine, lithium, or placebo added to divalproex sodium for hypomanic or manic episodes in ambulatory adults with bipolar I disorder	3

Biomarkers for neurodegeneration impact cognitive function: a longitudinal 1-year case–control study of patients with bipolar disorder and healthy control individuals	3
Differential characteristics of bipolar I and II disorders: a retrospective, cross-sectional evaluation of clinical features, illness course, and response to treatment	3
Sociodemographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of current rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: a multicenter Chinese study	3
Racial differences in the major clinical symptom domains of bipolar disorder	3
Long-term work disability due to type I and II bipolar disorder: findings of a six-year prospective study	3
Evaluating the quality, safety, and functionality of commonly used smartphone apps for bipolar disorder mood and sleep self-management	3
Perceived loneliness and social support in bipolar disorder: relation to suicidal ideation and attempts	3
A comparison of the 33-item Hypomania Checklist with the 33-item Hypomania Checklist-external assessment for the detection of bipolar disorder in adolescents	3
The futility of long-term predictions in bipolar disorder: mood fluctuations are the result of deterministic chaotic processes	3
Correction: Type of cycle, temperament and childhood trauma are associated with lithium response in patients with bipolar disorders	3
Supra-second interval timing in bipolar disorder: examining the role of disorder sub-type, mood, and medication status	3
Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in bipolar depression: an open-label treatment study of clinical outcomes, acceptability and adverse events	3
Psychological symptoms during and after Austrian first lockdown in individuals with bipolar disorder? A follow-up control-group investigation	3
Differential diagnosis of unipolar versus bipolar depression by GSK3 levels in peripheral blood: a pilot experimental study	3