OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Addictive Behaviors is 36. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?	179
Editorial Board	117
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes	88
Does the time to nicotine dependence vary by internalizing symptoms for young people who use e-cigarettes? An analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, (Waves 1–5; 2013	74
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later	70
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic	70
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms	67
Metacognitions as a predictor of problematic social media use and internet gaming disorder: Development and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Social Media Use Scale (MSMUS)	63
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial	63
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach	63
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems	59
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups	59
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students	57
Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption	56
Factors associated with changes in flavored tobacco products used: Findings from wave 2 and wave 3 (2014–2016) of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study	54
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?	53
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness	53
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals	53
A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of combinations of ‘why to reduce’ and ‘how to reduce’ alcohol harm-reduction communications	50
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries	50
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder	46
The influence of perceived parental phubbing on adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A two-wave multiple mediation model	44
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value	43
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use	43
Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives	42

Associations of housing stress with later substance use outcomes: A systematic review	41
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses	41
Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity	41
The business of Recovery: A novel pilot study psychosocial intervention to build Self-Efficacy and reduce relapse risk in adolescent substance use treatment	41
The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link	40
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial	39
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder	39
Intranasal as needed naloxone in the treatment of gambling disorder: A randomised controlled trial	38
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes	38
Posttraumatic stress and substance use among military veterans: Associations with distress intolerance and anxiety sensitivity	37
Theoretical components of smoking cessation interventions for persons with physical disabilities: A scoping review	36
Goal-directed and habitual decision making under stress in gambling disorder: An fMRI study	36
Associations between insomnia symptoms and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse in a nationally representative sample	36