OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 50. 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 relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	269
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	146
Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region	141
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	119
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	119
The treatment characteristics of oral antipsychotics in treatment of adolescents with schizophrenia in China	118
The component-to-trait relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive–compulsive personality traits: a network analysis	105
The dynamic trajectory of autistic life and its changing challenges: a scoping review	105
Factors associated with non-adherence to clinic visits among patients with severe mental illness enrolled in the SMILE study in Uganda	97
Evaluating the association of vitamin D3, parathyroid hormone, and C-reactive protein serum levels in patients with an acute psychotic episode: a cross-sectional study in tertiary centre in Iran	95
Strangulation during the night: diagnosis of sleep-associated violence	89
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	87
Changes in brain functional networks in remitted major depressive disorder: a six-month follow-up study	86
A randomized sham-controlled trial of high-dosage accelerated intermittent theta burst rTMS in major depression: study protocol	85
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	85
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	82
Network analysis of the relationships among psychotic-like experiences, suicidal ideation and school connectedness among children and adolescents	81
A review of the scope of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents with depressive disorders: an analysis of related influencing factors	81
A rare case of isovaleric acidemia and schizophrenia: a case report	81
Measuring depression in Wolof-speaking communities using the CESD-10 in rural Senegal	77
Tele-based continuous care and treatment compliance in dialysis patients with and without depression: the serial mediating effect of nurse-patient relationship and health belief	76
Sex-specific associations of episode type in bipolar I disorder with neuro-metabolic lateralization of the cortico-striatal-cerebellar (CSC) circuit	72
Patients’ experience of patient-reported outcomes, continuous feedback, and a solution-focused approach (using DIALOG +) in psychosis care in Sweden	68
ONRAMP-AI-VRAR: an operational protocol for ethics and governance of AI-enabled immersive psychotherapy	65
Does illicit amphetamine seizures quantity associated with amphetamine use disorder related admissions in Saudi Arabia?	64

Guilt and shame and its relation to oxytocin in patients with depression and alcohol addiction	62
Association between the serum alpha-1-acid glycoprotein concentrations and depression in US adult women: a cross-sectional study	62
Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study	61
Course of mental distress among psychotherapists throughout two years of the COVID- 19 pandemic: individual and inter-relational resources make a difference—cross-sectional and longitudinal results of	61
Predictors of nonresponse to treatment and low adherence to internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in depressed/anxious women facing the couple’s fertility problems: a secondary analysis of a ran	60
The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on sexual function in reproductive aged women with hypothyroidism: a randomized controlled clinical trial	60
The mediating role of sleep problems and depressed mood between psychological abuse/neglect and suicidal ideation in adolescent childhood: a multicentred, large sample survey in Western China	59
Effects of vitamin D on brain function in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: a resting-state functional MRI study	57
Comparison of the relative sensitivity of two dimensional personality models to the psychopathological symptoms: the section III DSM-5 maladaptive traits versus affective temperaments	57
Community social capital and the health-related quality of life among empty-nest elderly in western China: moderating effect of living arrangements	57
Adolescence internalizing problems as a mediator between autism diagnosis in childhood and quality of life in emerging adults with and without autism: a 10-year longitudinal study	57
Association between negative life events through mental health and non-suicidal self-injury with young adults: evidence for sex moderate correlation	56
Suicide prevention in the context of ineligibility for voluntary assisted dying: emerging insights	56
Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	56
Diagnosis-specific associations of plasma NGAL in drug-naïve schizophrenia and major depressive disorder: an exploratory cross-sectional study	55
Exploring current approaches towards patient prioritisation for clinical pharmacy services in UK mental health inpatient care	55
Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a cross-sectional study	55
Exploring the impact of mental health conditions on vaccine uptake in high-income countries: a systematic review	54
Correction: Evaluating the effect of action-like video game play and of casual video game play on anxiety in adolescents with elevated anxiety: protocol for a multi-center, parallel group, assessor-bl	54
Case series of aripiprazole monotherapy in bipolar disorder with delayed sleep-wake phase syndrome	54
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	53
Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years	53
The interplay between homocysteine, oxidative stress, and butyrylcholinesterase activity in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia	52
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	51
Suicidal behavior and associated factors among prisoners at Dessie town correctional institution, Dessie, Ethiopia	51
Gender-based differences in interaction effects between childhood maltreatment and problematic mobile phone use on college students’ depression and anxiety symptoms	50