OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Psychosomatic Research is 26. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)-therapy on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and quality of life in patients with cancer	113
“Trolls climbing up my spine with ice axes”: Assessing intrusive mental imagery associated with chronic pain - a prospective observational diary study	83
Unravelling the impact of psychosomatic symptoms on adolescent well-being and life satisfaction: Insights from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC) in Romania	69
Anxiety and depression among healthcare providers involved in adverse events and underlying risk factors	62
Montelukast and risk for antidepressant treatment failure	57
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment in the medical setting: A systematic review	54
Weight suppression and body mass index at admission interactively predict weight trajectories during inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa	52
The depersonalization/derealization subtype of depression – Longitudinal results from the Gutenberg Health Study	51
Associations between fatigue and endocrine functioning in chronically stressed individuals	50
The urge to climb mountains: Exploration of salutogenic and pathogenic aspects in regular and extreme mountaineering	47
Clinical interview to identify individuals with persistent physical symptoms associated with indoor air or chronic fatigue	47
Lifestyle factors, metabolic syndrome and apolipoprotein E in monozygotic twins with, at risk of and without affective disorders, as predictors of onset or recurrence of affective episodes, a seven-ye	44
The German version of the body image scale: Validation and item response analysis in cancer patients	38
Coping styles as predictors for quality of life and prognosis in patients at risk for or with a diagnosis of heart failure: Results from the observational DIAST-CHF study	33
Identifying the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with post COVID	33
The relationship between death anxiety and fear of recurrence and progression in chronic illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Association between weekend catch-up sleep and the risk of prediabetes and diabetes: A cross-sectional study using KNHANES	31
Demoralization in suicide: A systematic review	30
The relationship between fear of disease progression and social isolation in stroke patients: The mediating role of self-perceived burden and self-disclosure	30
Associations between maladaptive personality traits and physical health: Results of a cohort study with a large representative sample	29
A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial comparing behavioral sleep interventions in women veterans: An examination of pain outcomes	29
Pharmacologically treated depression, anxiety, and insomnia in individuals with type 2 diabetes: The role of diabetes duration, age, and age at diabetes onset. A Norwegian population-based registry st	28
Exploring maladaptive cognitions and behaviors as perpetuating factors in patients with persistent somatic symptoms: a longitudinal study	28
Optimizing exercise interventions for depression in stroke patients: A network and dose-response meta-analysis	28
Factors associated with having previously received a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome: A cross sectional DanFunD study	27

Association between polarity of first episode and solar insolation in bipolar I disorder	27
Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) to screen for depression and anxiety in the Greek general population	26