OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychotherapy Research is 21. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences: Measurement invariance across international datasets and languages	145
Self-efficacy, motivation, social support, and alliance as predictors of youth psychotherapy outcomes in usual care	69
A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder	58
“Picking up the pieces”: Patients’ retrospective reflections of rupture resolution episodes during treatment	56
Target validation in dialectical behavior therapy skills group: Emotion regulation, mindfulness, and distress tolerance as mediators of outcome	47
Agreement in patient-therapist alliance ratings and its relation to dropout and outcome in a large sample of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder	36
Profiles of mentalizing in individuals with antisocial behavior: comparing state- and trait-mentalizing	35
Therapists’ and patients’ experiences of using patients’ self-reported data in ongoing psychotherapy processes—A systematic review and meta-analysis of qualitative studies	33
Client perspectives on psychotherapy failure	33
Hope predicts long-term well-being following cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders	28
Smaller effects matter in the psychological therapies: 25 years on from Wampold et al. (1997)	26
Maladaptive defense mechanisms moderate treatment outcome in 6 months versus 12 months dialectical-behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder	26
The association between therapist internal relational models, professional self-doubt, and coping strategies and the process and outcome of psychotherapy	25
Development and validation of countertransference feeling and behavior awareness measures in an Italian and American clinician sample	25
Exploring the attitudes toward receiving information on potential negative effects of psychological treatments: A mixed-methods study	25
Quasi-randomized trial of solution-focused brief therapy intervention for readiness to change and alcohol and other drug use in a Brazilian community-based treatment center	25
Breakthroughs in emotional awareness: Exploring sudden gains in internet-based psychodynamic therapy for depressed adolescents	25
Targeting mechanisms of change as a path to precision psychotherapy for community settings	24
Vindicating pollyanna? An experimental test of cognitive restructuring and positive thinking interventions	23
Group schema therapy for personality disorders: Systematic review, research agenda and treatment implications	21
Effectiveness of an online dialectical behavior therapy skills training in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized controlled trial	21