OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Comprehensive Psychiatry is 24. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	141
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	114
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	86
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	85
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	83
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	61
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	60
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	45
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	40
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
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	36
Schizophrenia genetic risk and labour market outcomes in the Finnish general population: Are schizophrenia-related traits penalised or rewarded?	33
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	33
Aberrant anterior insula underlies interoceptive deficits in alexithymia among schizophrenia patients	30
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	30
Nonsuicidal self-injury behaviour in a city of China and its association with family environment, media use and psychopathology	29
Pathways to suicidal ideation for young people engaged in mental health care	29
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	28
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	28
Depressive symptoms, social support, and health-related quality of life: A community-based study in Shanghai, China	28
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	27
Validation of the aberrant salience inventory in a general and clinical Spanish population	26
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	26
Associations between metabolic disorders and sleep disturbance in patients with schizophrenia	25
Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample	24