OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Addiction is 36. 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
Mitigating and learning from the impact of COVID‐19 infection on addictive disorders	191
The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta‐analyses (version 7)	180
Association of the COVID‐19 lockdown with smoking, drinking and attempts to quit in England: an analysis of 2019–20 data	164
Changes in delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) concentrations in cannabis over time: systematic review and meta‐analysis	105
Gateway or common liability? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of studies of adolescent e‐cigarette use and future smoking initiation	105
Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study	100
Alcohol consumption during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe: a large‐scale cross‐sectional study in 21 countries	96
African Americans now outpace whites in opioid‐involved overdose deaths: a comparison of temporal trends from 1999 to 2018	90
Mechanical Turk data collection in addiction research: utility, concerns and best practices	89
Shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID‐19 pandemic: early indications from Australia	88
Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review	80
Prevalence and description of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) use in the United States: a cross‐sectional study	79
Associations between solitary drinking and increased alcohol consumption, alcohol problems, and drinking to cope motives in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	69
Heroin use cannot be measured adequately with a general population survey	66
Treatment rates for alcohol use disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	64
A meta‐analysis of problem gambling risk factors in the general adult population	62
Polysubstance use and association with opioid use disorder treatment in the US Veterans Health Administration	56
Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review	51
Systematic review of the emerging literature on the effectiveness of naloxone access laws in the United States	50
Alcohol use in pregnancy and its impact on the mother and child	49
COVID‐19, smoking, vaping and quitting: a representative population survey in England	48
Global opioid agonist treatment: a review of clinical practices by country	48
Changes in alcohol consumption associated with social distancing and self‐isolation policies triggered by COVID‐19 in South Australia: a wastewater analysis study	48
Behaviour change techniques associated with smoking cessation in intervention and comparator groups of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review and meta‐regression	47
Electronic cigarettes, nicotine use trends and use initiation ages among US adolescents from 1999 to 2018	46

The associations between prenatal cannabis use disorder and neonatal outcomes	46
Lessons from the public health responses to the US outbreak of vaping‐related lung injury	45
Alcohol use disorders and the brain	45
Moderators of changes in smoking, drinking and quitting behaviour associated with the first COVID‐19 lockdown in England	45
Similar countries, similar factors? Studying the decline of heavy episodic drinking in adolescents in Finland, Norway and Sweden	42
Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for treating cocaine use disorder—what do we have to offer?	42
World Health Organization risk drinking level reductions are associated with improved functioning and are sustained among patients with mild, moderate and severe alcohol dependence in clinical trials	40
Availability of buprenorphine/naloxone films and naloxone nasal spray in community pharmacies in Texas, USA	40
Text messaging interventions for reducing alcohol consumption among risky drinkers: systematic review and meta‐analysis	40
The unique nature of public stigma toward non‐medical prescription opioid use and dependence: a national study	38
Bidirectional effects between loneliness, smoking and alcohol use: evidence from a Mendelian randomization study	37
Unknown population‐level harms of cannabis and tobacco co‐use: if you don't measure it, you can't manage it	36
Alcohol control policy measures and all‐cause mortality in Lithuania: an interrupted time–series analysis	36
Social norms as a predictor of smoking uptake among youth: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and meta‐regression of prospective cohort studies	36
Emotion regulation in substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	36
The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit): a multidisciplinary expert consensus on minimum standards for measuring cannabis use	36
Technology‐mediated just‐in‐time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to reduce harmful substance use: a systematic review	36