OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychoneuroendocrinology is 31. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Psychological stress reactivity and future health and disease outcomes: A systematic review of prospective evidence	209
How to study the menstrual cycle: Practical tools and recommendations	116
Adversity exposure during sensitive periods predicts accelerated epigenetic aging in children	98
Interleukin-6 as potential mediator of long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms of COVID-19	81
Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the Trier Social Stress Test in eliciting physiological stress responses in children and adolescents	57
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and psychological distress symptoms in patients with affective disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic	52
Volatility as a Concept to Understand the Impact of Stress on the Microbiome	51
Oxytocin and postpartum depression: A systematic review	49
Polyphenols selectively reverse early-life stress-induced behavioural, neurochemical and microbiota changes in the rat	48
Evaluation of stress, burnout and hair cortisol levels in health workers at a University Hospital during COVID-19 pandemic	48
Differential regulation of Nrf2 is linked to elevated inflammation and nitrative stress in monocytes of children with autism	47
Gut microbiome-derived lactate promotes to anxiety-like behaviors through GPR81 receptor-mediated lipid metabolism pathway	47
Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in Depression	46
Immune-inflammatory markers and psychosis risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker of parental burnout	41
Perceived stress, psychological resilience, hair cortisol concentration, and metabolic syndrome severity: A moderated mediation model	40
The effects of physical activity on cortisol and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Interaction between TNF-α and oxidative stress status in first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia	37
The gut microbiota-brain axis, psychobiotics and its influence on brain and behaviour: A systematic review	37
Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood – a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age	36
The effects of exercise intensity on the cortisol response to a subsequent acute psychosocial stressor	36
The gut microbiota metabolite indole increases emotional responses and adrenal medulla activity in chronically stressed male mice	36
Adverse childhood experiences and low socioeconomic status with respect to allostatic load in adulthood: A systematic review	34
Measuring salivary markers of inflammation in health research: A review of methodological considerations and best practices	34

Salivary oxytocin in pigs, cattle, and goats during positive human-animal interactions	33
Associations between brain activity and endogenous and exogenous cortisol – A systematic review	33
Systemic inflammation as a driver of health disparities among sexually-diverse and gender-diverse individuals	32
Childhood trauma and dysregulation of multiple biological stress systems in adulthood: Results from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)	32
Adult neurogenesis augmentation attenuates anhedonia and HPA axis dysregulation in a mouse model of chronic stress and depression	31
Oxytocin during breastfeeding and maternal mood symptoms	31