OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cannabis cravings predict cigarette use in schizophrenia: a secondary analysis from two cannabis abstinence studies	41
Assessment of liability to substance use disorder induced by two emerging stimulants, 4,4′-dimethylaminorex and escaline, in mice	38
Willingness to provide a hair sample for drug testing: results from an anonymous multi-city intercept survey	37
A case series examining the efficacy of gabapentin as a substitution therapy for the treatment of pregabalin use disorder	34
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of gabapentin during outpatient buprenorphine-assisted taper and transition to injectable naltrexone	29
Assessing factors associated with knowledge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) penalties	29
Dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability and working memory in stimulant use disorder	28
Differential effects of moderate chronic ethanol consumption on neurobehavior, white matter glial protein expression, and mTOR pathway signaling with adolescent brain maturation	26
Initial evidence of reliability and validity of an implicit association test assessing attitudes toward individuals who use substances	26
Temporal mortality trends of alcohol-induced hypertension among adults in the US from 1999–2020, and forecasts up to 2030	24
Opioid overdose after extended-release buprenorphine injection: a case report	23
Feasibility of a telehealth-based contingency management intervention for alcohol use disorders using the phosphatidylethanol (PEth) 16:0/18:1 alcohol biomarker: a pilot randomized trial	22
Rapid microinduction of buprenorphine/naloxone for opioid use disorder in a large safety net hospital: a retrospective case series	21
Many leveled ordinal models for frequency of alcohol and drug use	20
Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024–2025	20
The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT): factor structure, test-retest reliability and longitudinal measurement invariance across a one-year interval in an Australian sample	20
Exploring survey methods for measuring consumption quantities of cannabis flower and concentrate products	18
Internet-based, continuously available Narcotics Anonymous meetings: a new resource for access to Twelve Step support for abstinence	17
In utero chronic cannabis exposure is associated with lower total brain volume in the first month of postnatal life	15
Responding to changes in the unregulated drug supply: the need for a dynamic approach to drug checking technologies	15
Co-occurring substance use disorders and the compounding effect of kratom on serious mental illness, US, 2021–2023	15
Alcohol-related non-fatal motor vehicle crash injury in the US from 2019 to 2022	15
Geographic trends in overall and long-acting opioid prescriptions under Medicaid and Medicare Part D in the United States, 2013–2021	14
A novel rural hospital/clinic-system practice-based research network: the Rural Addiction Implementation Network (RAIN) initiative and its goals, implementation, and early results	14
Social influence on drug use and sexual behaviors among rural LGBTQ+ individuals	14

Development and initial findings from the Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) checklist: a new tool to assess the nature of peer recovery coaching service delivery	14
Psychometric evaluation of a person-centered opioid and opioid problems perception questionnaire (PC-OOPPQ)	13
Plasma concentrations of the inflammatory adipokine lipocalin-2 are not affected by chronic alcohol exposure in rats or acute alcohol administration in people with alcohol use disorder	13
Disentangling the effects of racism-related stress on opioid use disorder and chronic pain outcomes	13
Functional neuroanatomy of craving in heroin use disorder: voxel-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) drug cue reactivity studies	13
Cocaine self-administration behavior is associated with subcortical and cortical morphometry measures in individuals with cocaine use disorder	12
Withdrawal interference scale: a novel measure of withdrawal-related life disruption in opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder	12
Plasma leptin levels are lower in females, but not males, with ketamine use disorder	11
Severe Mental Health Conditions, Fentanyl Injection, and Severe Substance Use Disorders Are Associated with Violent Victimization Among Rural Appalachian Adults Who Inject Drugs	11
Alterations in surface-based brain morphometry in men with opioid use disorder	11
X-ray absorption spectroscopy combined with deep learning for auto and rapid illicit drug detection	11
Anger is more strongly associated with alcohol and tobacco use and use disorders compared to other substances in American adults	11
Changes in attitudes toward alcohol control policies in Lithuania: findings from two representative surveys in 2015 and 2020	11
Changes in frequency of cannabis use among people with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-methods study to explore the underlying reasons for change	11
Alcohol protective behavioral strategies for young adults: a content analysis across drinking contexts and gender	11
Strategies to address co-occurring behavioral health needs among justice-involved youth	10
Large-scale longitudinal analysis of the progression of alcohol use among members of a social media platform: an observational study	10
Psychometric properties of the Spanish Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Motives Measure (S-SMM) and its short form (S-SMM-SF) among young adults	10
At least four groups of kratom consumers in the United States: latent-class analysis of motivations for kratom use	10
Age patterns and predictors of cannabis initiation among biracial and monoracial U.S. youth	10
Treatment retention and reductions in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) during the first 90 days of a telehealth program for alcohol use disorder	10
The cost-effectiveness of long-term post-treatment peer recovery support services in the United States	10
Baseline C-reactive protein levels are predictive of treatment response to a neuroimmune modulator in individuals with an alcohol use disorder: a preliminary study	10
Differential prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by gender and substance used in individuals with cannabis, cocaine, opioid, and tobacco use disorders	9
Effect of saikosaponin A, one of the main bioactive triterpenoids of Bupleurum falcatum , on alcohol binge-like drinking in rodents	9
Processing abnormalities in monetary outcome evaluations among male individuals with opioid use disorder: evidence from feedback-related negativity	9
Overdoses and deaths related to the use of ketamine and its analogues: a systematic review	9
Cannabis retail store density and county-level mortality from injury in the state of Washington from 2009–2020	9
Withdrawal catastrophizing scale: initial psychometric properties and implications for the study of opioid use disorder and hyperkatifeia	9
A study of long-term supraphysiologic-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid use on cognitive function in middle-aged men	8
Six-month length of stay associated with better recovery outcomes among residents of sober living houses	8
Depressive symptoms, sleep quality, and mortality risk in heavy drinkers: a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cohort study	8
Effects of fisetin on ethanol-induced rewarding properties in mice	8
Substance use disorder among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a narrative review	8
Exploring prescription opioid misuse among college students: a secondary analysis of ACHA National College Health Assessment data (2019–2022)	8
Childhood trauma, intraindividual reaction time variability, baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and perceived relapse tendency among males with substance use disorders	8
Meta-analysis of primary care delivered buprenorphine treatment retention outcomes	8
Assessment of the Short Grit Scale in patients with substance use disorder: Psychometric properties and patient characteristics	8
Modeling microbiota-mediated risk for alcohol use disorder: a preclinical study of fecal transplantation from ethanol-exposed mice	8
Alterations in self-reported sensory gating and interoception in individuals frequently using cannabis	7
Alcohol withdrawal and amphetamine co-use in an animal model for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	7
Temporal trends and future projections of amphetamine use disorder in China and the United States: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023	7
Fiduciary assignment as a potential intervention for substance use disorder: a retrospective chart review	7
Opioid use and COVID-19: a secondary analysis of the impact of relaxation of methadone take-home dosing guidelines on use of illicit opioids	7
Understanding the relationship between stress and trauma coping in relation to binge drinking among young adults experiencing homelessness: a path analysis	7
Alcohol use and drinking motives across five countries: a post-COVID-19 pandemic update	7
A review on the reciprocal interactions between neuroinflammatory processes and substance use and misuse, with a focus on alcohol misuse	7
Opium, phencyclidine, and crack cocaine smoking associations with lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers: exploratory findings from a case-control study in Los Angeles County	6
Telehealth for opioid use disorder: retention as a function of demographics and rurality	6
Ethanol causes non-communicable disease through activation of NLRP3 inflammasome: a review on mechanism of action and potential interventions	6

Cannabis use among pregnant women under different legalization frameworks in the United States	6
The global distribution and epidemiology of alcohol and drug use among street-involved children and youth: a meta-analysis	6
Benefits of Alcoholics Anonymous affiliation among meeting attendees in Romania: a mixed methods approach	6
Hospital adoption of harm reduction and risk education strategies to address substance use disorders	6
Alcohol use disorder and long-term kidney outcomes after acute kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study	6
Protective effects of naringenin against methamphetamine-induced cell death in dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells	6