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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	124
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	105
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	80
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	72
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	72
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	48
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	43
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	40
Schizophrenia genetic risk and labour market outcomes in the Finnish general population: Are schizophrenia-related traits penalised or rewarded?	35
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	35
Therapeutic drug monitoring of sertraline in children and adolescents: A naturalistic study with insights into the clinical response and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	34
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	33
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	31
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	30
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	30
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	29
Nonsuicidal self-injury behaviour in a city of China and its association with family environment, media use and psychopathology	28
Depressive symptoms, social support, and health-related quality of life: A community-based study in Shanghai, China	28
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
Exercise moderates longitudinal group psychopathology networks in individuals with eating disorders	26
Characteristics and stability of hallucinations and delusions in patients with borderline personality disorder	25
Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample	25
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	24
The relationship between cognitive phenotypes of compulsivity and impulsivity and clinical variables in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and Meta-analysis	24
Problematic use of the internet in individuals with psychiatric disorders – A scoping review and meta-analysis	24

Associations between metabolic disorders and sleep disturbance in patients with schizophrenia