OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Comprehensive Psychiatry is 25. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	157
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	122
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	96
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	89
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	88
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	67
Schizophrenia genetic risk and labour market outcomes in the Finnish general population: Are schizophrenia-related traits penalised or rewarded?	66
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	48
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	45
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	43
Therapeutic drug monitoring of sertraline in children and adolescents: A naturalistic study with insights into the clinical response and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	40
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	35
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	34
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	32
Item-level analysis of mental health symptom trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: Associations with age, sex and pre-existing psychiatric conditions	31
Aberrant anterior insula underlies interoceptive deficits in alexithymia among schizophrenia patients	31
Nonsuicidal self-injury behaviour in a city of China and its association with family environment, media use and psychopathology	31
Pathways to suicidal ideation for young people engaged in mental health care	31
Commentary on the article: “Maintenance of wellness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who discontinue medication after exposure/response prevention augmentation A randomized clinical tria	28
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	28
Depressive symptoms, social support, and health-related quality of life: A community-based study in Shanghai, China	28
Validation of the aberrant salience inventory in a general and clinical Spanish population	27
Personalized virtual reality exposure for panic disorder and agoraphobia: A preliminary neurophysiological study	26
A prospective investigation of impacts of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on clinical features and long-term treatment response in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive dis	26
The relationship between cognitive phenotypes of compulsivity and impulsivity and clinical variables in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and Meta-analysis	26