OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Psychiatry is 43. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders	425
Impact of depersonalization on the course of depression: longitudinal observations from the gutenberg health study	225
Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis	121
Neurophysiological explorations across the spectrum of psychosis, autism, and depression, during wakefulness and sleep: protocol of a prospective case–control transdiagnostic multimodal study (DEMETER	111
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	102
“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	99
The relational institution: an ethnographic study of recovery orientation and relational engagement on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London	92
Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study	90
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	86
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	84
The relationship between mental health and violence toward women during the COVID-19 pandemic	83
A longitudinal examination of the measurement properties and invariance of the Sleep Condition Indicator in Chinese healthcare students	82
Association of HTR3B gene polymorphisms with depression and its executive dysfunction: a case–control study	82
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	81
Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care	81
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	78
Assessing the role of mega cisterna magna in criminal responsibility: implications for neurocognitive disorders in forensic evaluations	78
Differences of regional homogeneity and cognitive function between psychotic depression and drug-naïve schizophrenia	77
The prevalence of and perception toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study among Indonesian mental health nurses	73
Investigation of the correlation between urinary aromatic amines and the risk of depression through an examination of the NHANES data from 2013 to 2014	72
Mental health of LGBTQ+ workers: a systematic review	71
Temporal trends of psychiatric disorders incidence by sex, education and immigration status among young and middle-aged adults in Sweden, 2004–2019	64
Off–label long acting injectable antipsychotics in real–world clinical practice: a cross-sectional analysis of prescriptive patterns from the STAR Network DEPOT study	62
Sex-differential cognitive performance on MCCB of youth with BD-II depression	60
Prenatal, perinatal and parental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder in China: a case- control study	59

Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial	58
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses during the omicron outbreak	57
CircRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks in plasma extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for first-onset schizophrenia	56
The combined effects of depression or anxiety with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in predicting the prognosis of coronary heart disease patients	56
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	55
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	55
Atypical brain structural connectivity and social cognition in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation	54
Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region	54
Altered gut microbiota and its metabolites correlate with plasma cytokines in schizophrenia inpatients with aggression	52
Efficacy of an internet-based, therapist-guided cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for adolescents and young adults with body dysmorphic disorder: a randomized controlled trial	49
Comparison of the relative sensitivity of two dimensional personality models to the psychopathological symptoms: the section III DSM-5 maladaptive traits versus affective temperaments	46
Guilt and shame and its relation to oxytocin in patients with depression and alcohol addiction	45
Exploring social emotion processing in autism: evaluating the reading the mind in the eyes test using network analysis	45
An online tiered screening procedure to identify mental health problems among refugees	44
Emotional processing as mechanism of change in brief good psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial	44
The mediating role of psychological flexibility in the association of autistic-like traits with burnout and depression in medical students during clinical clerkships in Japan: a university-based cross	43
Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study	43
Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years	43
Suicidal behavior and associated factors among prisoners at Dessie town correctional institution, Dessie, Ethiopia	43
Beliefs about sleep: links with ruminations, nightmare, and anxiety	43