OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Longer time spent at home during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with binge drinking among US adults	85
The impact of relaxation of methadone take-home protocols on treatment outcomes in the COVID-19 era	60
Trends in characteristics of fentanyl-related poisonings in the United States, 2015-2021	33
Kratom use as more than a “self-treatment”	30
Common themes in early state policy responses to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19	28
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with at-risk drinking, cannabis and illicit drug use in females but not males: an Emergency Department study	27
When an obscurity becomes trend: social-media descriptions of tianeptine use and associated atypical drug use	24
Exploring the self-reported motivations of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) use: a cross-sectional investigation	22
A comparative analysis of kratom exposure cases in Thailand and the United States from 2010-2017	21
Understanding low treatment seeking rates for alcohol use disorder: A narrative review of the literature and opportunities for improvement	21
Fentanyl and other opioid involvement in methamphetamine-related deaths	20
Primary prevention of prescription opioid diversion: a systematic review of medication disposal interventions	19
Implementing hospital-based peer recovery support services for substance use disorder	19
Impact of opioid agonist treatment on mental health in patients with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	18
Predicting changes in substance use following psychedelic experiences: natural language processing of psychedelic session narratives	17
The relationship between duration of abstinence and gray-matter brain structure in chronic methamphetamine users	17
Ketamine-facilitated behavioral treatment for cannabis use disorder: A proof of concept study	16
COVID-19 related employment change is associated with increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic	15
A systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in cannabis use disorder amongst people with comorbid mental illness	14
Aims, development, and early results of an interdisciplinary primary care initiative to address patient vulnerabilities	13
Drug and alcohol positivity of traumatically injured patients related to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders	13
Evaluating effects of episodic future thinking on valuation of delayed reward in cocaine use disorder: a pilot study	13
Add-on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with opioid use disorder undergoing methadone maintenance therapy	12
The role of resilience in alcohol use, drinking motives, and alcohol-related consequences among Hispanic college students	12
Changes in medical and non-medical cannabis use among United States adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	12

Perceived access to cannabis and ease of purchasing cannabis in retail stores in Canada immediately before and one year after legalization	11
The functional and molecular effects of problematic alcohol consumption on skeletal muscle: a focus on athletic performance	11
A systematic review of gender-responsive and integrated substance use disorder treatment programs for women with co-occurring disorders	10
Divergent changes: abstinence and higher-frequency substance use increase among racial/ethnic minority young adults during the COVID-19 global pandemic	10
Biopsychosocial factors and health outcomes associated with cannabis, opioids and benzodiazepines use among older veterans	10
Concordance between substance use self-report and hair analysis in community-based adolescents	10
BDNF levels and liver stiffness in subjects with alcohol use disorder: Evaluation after alcohol withdrawal	10
A cross-sectional analysis of fentanyl analog exposures among living patients	10
Linalool attenuates acquisition and reinstatement and accelerates the extinction of nicotine-induced conditioned place preference in male mice	10
Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of ICD-10 substance use codes in a cohort of substance use-related endocarditis patients	10
Suicide and the opioid overdose crisis among American Indian and Alaska Natives: a storm on two fronts demanding swift action	9
Practical problems and positive experiences with ecological momentary assessment: reflections from people who use drugs	9
Comparing older nonmedical and medical cannabis users: health-related characteristics, cannabis use patterns, and cannabis sources	9
Laws for expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder: a legal analysis of 16 states & Washington D.C	9
Healthcare professionals’ and budtenders’ perceptions of perinatal cannabis use	9
Four-week Tai Chi intervention decreases attention bias to drug cues in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder	9
Lifetime heavy drinking years predict alcohol use disorder severity over and above current alcohol use	8
Racial/ethnic group comparisons of quit ratios and prevalences of cessation-related factors among adults who smoke with a quit attempt	8
Kava (Piper methysticum) in the United States: the quiet rise of a substance with often subtle effects	8
Kratom as an opioid alternative: harm, or harm reduction? A systematic review of literature	8
Opioid days’ supply limits: an interrupted time-series analysis of opioid prescribing before and following a Massachusetts law	8
A national survey of law enforcement post-overdose response efforts	8
Effects of chronic and binge ethanol administration on mouse cerebellar and hippocampal neuroinflammation	8
Injecting substance use in prisons in the United States: a case for needle exchange programs	7
Responding to changes in the unregulated drug supply: the need for a dynamic approach to drug checking technologies	7
Selenium, a dietary-antioxidant with cardioprotective effects, prevents the impairments in heart rate and systolic blood pressure in adolescent rats exposed to binge drinking treatment	7
Practical foundations of machine learning for addiction research. Part I. Methods and techniques	7
Telehealth for opioid use disorder: retention as a function of demographics and rurality	7
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) stigma reduces symptoms of morphine-induced dependence and spontaneous withdrawal in rats	7
Baseline C-reactive protein levels are predictive of treatment response to a neuroimmune modulator in individuals with an alcohol use disorder: a preliminary study	7
Overdoses and deaths related to the use of ketamine and its analogues: a systematic review	6
Cannabidiol attenuates methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference in male rats and viability in PC12 cells through the Sigma1R/AKT/GSK3β/CREB signaling pathway	6
Transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuroimaging for cocaine use disorder: Review and future directions	6
Association of drinking behaviors with TXNIP DNA methylation levels in leukocytes among the general Japanese population	6
Sexual excitation and sex-linked substance use predict overall cannabis use in mostly heterosexual and bisexual women	6
Lack of longitudinal changes in cognition in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder during the first 6 weeks after commencing treatment	6
Extended-release buprenorphine outcomes among treatment resistant veterans	6
Synergistic effect of combined transcranial direct current stimulation and Matrix ‎Model on the reduction of methamphetamine craving and improvement of cognitive ‎functioning: a randomized sham-contro	6
Prenatal alcohol exposure causes persistent microglial activation and age- and sex- specific effects on cognition and metabolic outcomes in an Alzheimer’s Disease mouse model	6
Differential prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by gender and substance used in individuals with cannabis, cocaine, opioid, and tobacco use disorders	6
Positive but not negative affect is associated with increased daily drinking likelihood in non-clinical populations: systematic review and meta-analyses	6
Alcohol use disorder, neuroinflammation, and intake of dietary fibers: a new approach for treatment	6
Long-term patient outcomes following buprenorphine/naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective analysis in a commercially insured population	6
Screening and brief intervention for substance use disorders in times of COVID-19: potential opportunities, adaptations, and challenges	6
Nonmedical use of tramadol among secondary school students in Benin, Africa	5
TLR3 activation with poly I:C exacerbates escalated alcohol consumption in dependent male C57BL/6J mice	5
Prospective interactive influence of financial strain and emotional nonacceptance on problematic alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Low rates of thiamine prescribing in adult patients with alcohol-related diagnoses in the emergency department	5
Possible substance use disorders among first responders during the COVID-19 era: a quasi-experimental study of personal and residential vulnerability	5
Use and interest of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS): Assessing the validity of Google Trends	5

Coroner county systems are associated with a higher likelihood of unclassified drug overdoses compared to medical examiner county systems	5
Treatment retention and reductions in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) during the first 90 days of a telehealth program for alcohol use disorder	5
Investigating uses of peer-operated Virtual Overdose Monitoring Services (VOMS) beyond overdose response: a qualitative study	5
Open‐label pilot study of lisdexamfetamine for cocaine use disorder	5
Transition from methadone to subcutaneous buprenorphine depot in patients with opioid use disorder in custodial setting – a case series	5
Quetiapine attenuates the acquisition of morphine-induced conditioned place preference and reduces ERK phosphorylation in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex	5
Toxicosurveillance of novel opioids: just screening tests may not be enough	5
Associations between baseline opioid use disorder severity, mental health and biopsychosocial functioning, with clinical responses to computer-assisted therapy treatment	5
Linguistic predictors from Facebook postings of substance use disorder treatment retention versus discontinuation	5
Gender differences in the supply of alcohol to adolescent daughters and sons	5
Functional neuroanatomy of craving in heroin use disorder: voxel-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) drug cue reactivity studies	5
Preventing substance use among Latino youth: Initial results from a multistate family-based program focused on youth academic success	5
Thiamine administration toallpatients with alcohol use disorder: why not?	5