OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychoneuroendocrinology is 29. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating Depressive Symptoms, Stress, and Basal Cortisol Risk in Pediatric Chronic Pain Patients	100
Immune-inflammatory markers and psychosis risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis	79
Marital negativity’s festering wounds: The emotional, immunological, and relational toll of couples’ negative communication patterns	64
Positive affect decreases the negative association between social mobility belief and physical health among Chinese rural-to-urban migrant adolescents	63
Hair cortisol as a risk marker for increased depressive symptoms among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	59
The challenge of ascertainment of exposure to childhood maltreatment: Issues and considerations	57
Enhanced endogenous oxytocin signaling in the brain modulates neural responses to social misalignment and promotes conformity in humans: A multi-locus genetic profile approach	56
Association between the timing of family socioeconomic deprivation and adolescence hair cortisol among adolescent twins: A study of the genetic and environmental processes involved	55
Impact of gonadectomy on maturational changes in brain volume in adolescent macaques	53
Pre-pandemic socio-emotional vulnerability, internalizing and externalizing symptoms predict changes in hair cortisol concentrations in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in children	47
l-Cystine is associated with the dysconnectivity of the default-mode network and salience network in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	45
The Role of Maternal Early and Perinatal Stress on Maternal and Infant Outcomes in BABIP birth cohort	44
Sex-specific associations between metabolic hormones, severe mental disorders and antipsychotic treatment	44
Pathways to Healthy Aging: Insights from Psychoneuroendocrinology and Psychoneuroimmunology	42
The Moderating Effects of Regular Caffeine Use on Cortisol Reactivity under Explicit Negative-Evaluative Stress	40
Associations between psychological distress and hair cortisol during pregnancy and the early postpartum: A meta-analysis	38
Discrimination and Cortisol Dynamics among Older African Americans Adults	36
Resting-state functional connectivity in Autoimmune Addison's Disease	36
Activation of Type I Interferon and Complement component 3a receptor signaling mediates chronic stress-induced social behavior deficits	36
The relationship of childhood adversity with diurnal cortisol patterns and C-reactive protein at 60–64 years of age in the 1946 National Survey of Health and Development	35
Psychosocial health modifies associations between HPA-axis function and brain structure in older age	34
Latent profile analysis of diurnal cortisol patterns at the ages of 2, 3.5, and 5 years: Associations with childcare setting, child individual characteristics, and maternal distress	34
Announcement	34
Biological stress responses to multitasking and work interruptions: A randomized controlled trial	34
Effects of the glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) and subjective birth experience on the risk of postpartum depression and maternal bonding	33

Examining a window of vulnerability for affective symptoms in the mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle	31
Longitudinal association of allostatic load with depressive symptoms among urban adults: Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study	31
Editorial Board	30
Physiometrics of the cortisol awakening response	30
Effects of comorbid alcohol use disorder on bipolar disorder: Focusing on neurocognitive function and inflammatory markers	29