OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 45. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Does illicit amphetamine seizures quantity associated with amphetamine use disorder related admissions in Saudi Arabia?	347
Clinicians’ perceptions and practices of diagnostic assessment in psychiatric services	194
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	113
Feasibility study of the e-learning version of the “Journey of the Brave:” a universal anxiety-prevention program based on cognitive behavioral therapy	104
Impact of depersonalization on the course of depression: longitudinal observations from the gutenberg health study	102
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	100
A cross-section study of the comparison of plasma inflammatory cytokines and short-chain fatty acid in patients with depression and schizophrenia	97
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	89
Reducing worry and rumination in young adults via a mobile phone app: study protocol of the ECoWeB (Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults) randomised controlled trial focused on repetiti	87
“Are we genuinely going to have our voices heard?” The experience of co-producing a blended intervention to prevent relapse in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a qualitative study on the perspectives of	83
The relational institution: an ethnographic study of recovery orientation and relational engagement on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London	81
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	81
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	78
Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study	76
Comparison between continued inpatient treatment versus day patient treatment after short inpatient care in early onset anorexia nervosa (COTIDEA trial): a study protocol for a non-inferiority randomi	75
Associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and body roundness index with psychological symptoms in adolescents in mainland China: a national multicenter cross-sectional survey	75
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	71
Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years	71
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	70
Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of online interpretation bias intervention on stress reactivity in the children of parents with depression: the CoCo study	70
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	67
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	66
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	66
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	65
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	61

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	60
Association between watching eating broadcasts like mukbang and cookbang and generalized anxiety disorder among Korean adolescents	59
Relationship between parental perfectionism and child’s disordered eating: mediating role of parental distress and validation of the arabic version of the eating disorders examination questionnaire-sh	58
Exploring the experiences of mental health professionals engaged in the adoption of mobile health technology in Irish mental health services	57
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	57
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	56
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	55
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	53
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	53
Mental health of LGBTQ+ workers: a systematic review	53
Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region	53
Exploring the impact of mental health conditions on vaccine uptake in high-income countries: a systematic review	52
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	50
Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial	48
Understanding and targeting repetitive behaviors and restricted interests in autism spectrum disorder via high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation: a study-protocol	48
Association between pediatric postoperative delirium and regional cerebral oxygen saturation: a prospective observational study	47
The combined effects of depression or anxiety with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in predicting the prognosis of coronary heart disease patients	47
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	47
Gender-based differences in interaction effects between childhood maltreatment and problematic mobile phone use on college students’ depression and anxiety symptoms	47
Effect of medication therapy combined with transcranial direct current stimulation on depression and response inhibition of patients with bipolar disorder type I: a clinical trial	45