OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of General Psychiatry is 8. 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
Combined effect of cognitive dysfunction and sleep disturbance on mortality risk: NHANES 2011–2014	73
Sertraline and inflammatory markers in major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis	55
Safety and effectiveness of oral medium to high dose blonanserin in patients with schizophrenia: subgroup analysis from a prospective, multicenter, post-marketing surveillance study in mainland China	48
Prevalence and correlates of depression and anxiety in caregivers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the fifth wave of COVID-19 and school closure in Hong Kong	45
Bilingual side effect: a case of foreign language syndrome following chlorpromazine-induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome	43
Gender differences in psychiatric outpatients: a before and during COVID-19 pandemic study in general hospitals from China	41
Suicide and COVID-19: a rapid scoping review	35
Emotional blunting in patients with depression. Part IV: differences between patient and physician perceptions	35
The capacity to consent to treatment is altered in suicidal patients	34
Patient perspectives on the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities in discussing and managing anhedonia in major depressive disorder (MDD): a focus group study	34
Associations of ANKK1 (rs1800497) polymorphism with glucose and lipid metabolism in patients with schizophrenia treated with olanzapine: a retrospective study	31
Insights on the cognitive enhancement effect of desvenlafaxine in major depressive disorder	30
Can dextromethorphan-bupropion reduce mental pain in depressed individuals? A hypothesis-generating overview perspective	29
Risk of major mental disorders in the offspring of parents with migraine	29
Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts in the transgender population of the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Perinatal depression and anxiety symptoms as mediators between grief and PTSD: the moderated effect of social support	29
Weight change following diagnosis with psychosis: a retrospective cohort study in Greater Manchester, UK	27
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and C-reactive protein (CRP) biomarkers in suicide attempter and non-attempter major depression disorder (MDD) patients	27
Non-invasive brain stimulation for borderline personality disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	26
Targeting heterogeneous depression with trazodone prolonged release: from neuropharmacology to clinical application	26
Effect of age and sex on prescriptions for outpatients with bipolar disorder in the MUSUBI study: a cross‑sectional study	26
Factors predicting admission of psychiatric emergency contacts after presenting to the emergency department: results of a regression analysis	21
Association between Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study and Mendelian randomization analysis	20
The independent role of fine particulate matter and genetic liability on cognition in older adults	20
Association between social isolation, loneliness and the incidence of irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank	20

Efficacy of atypical antipsychotics in schizophrenia patients: effects of 5-HTR SNPs	19
Influencing factors of length of stay among repeatedly hospitalized patients with mood disorders: a longitudinal study in China	19
Stress, depression, anxiety, and quality of life among the healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Syria: a multi-center study	19
Residual symptoms and their associated factors among Thai patients with depression: a multihospital-based survey	19
Alternation in functional connectivity within default mode network after psychodynamic psychotherapy in borderline personality disorder	18
Reflections from individuals with schizophrenia on a life with delusions and hallucinations: a phenomenological study	17
Mitochondrial dysfunction, a new marker warning of neuropsychiatric disorder risk: evidence from genetics and epidemiology	16
Smoking and depressive symptoms: the mediating role of systemic inflammation in a US nationally representative sample	16
Efficacy and safety of Bifidobacterium combined with high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression in adolescents: a preliminary randomised controlled tria	15
Depression secondary to vision loss in old age and an effective rapid screening tool for undiagnosed cases	15
Diagnostic value and role of serum miR-15a-5p in patients with schizophrenia	15
Global, regional, and national time trends in incidence for depressive disorders, from 1990 to 2019: an age-period-cohort analysis for the GBD 2019	15
Prevalence of mental disorders among middle school students in Shaoxing, China	14
Maternal depression and early childhood development among children aged 24–59 months: the mediating effect of responsive caregiving	14
Impact of cariprazine on body weight and blood pressure among adults with bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder in a real-world setting	14
A pooled analysis of the efficacy of sertraline in women, with a focus on those of childbearing age	13
Divergent prefrontal activation between genders in depression during verbal fluency task: evidence from a large-scale fNIRS study	13
Structural equation modeling of associated factors and regional variations in major depressive disorders and generalized anxiety disorders among reproductive-age Bangladeshi women: a nationally repres	13
Gut microbiota and its relation to inflammation in patients with bipolar depression: a cross-sectional study	13
What is the global prevalence of depression among men who have sex with men? A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Use of social network as a coping strategy for depression among young people during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from the COMET collaborative study	12
Relationship between efficacy and common metabolic parameters in first-treatment drug-naïve patients with early non-response schizophrenia: a retrospective study	12
Effects of proinflammatory cytokines and programmed cell death on cognitive domains in older age patients with bipolar disorder	12
A comparative analysis of pediatric mental health-related emergency department utilization in Montréal, Canada, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
The prefrontal–striatal signatures of reduced model-based learning in depressed patients	12
Autism and intention attribution test: a non-verbal evaluation with comic strips	12
Endocannabinergic modulation of central serotonergic activity in healthy human volunteers	12
A novel approach to exploring youth non-suicidal self-injury heterogeneity: individual differential psychopathology network analysis	12
Physical illness in schizophrenia and the role of tolerability in antipsychotic selection: an expert consensus with a focus on cariprazine	11
Understanding individual and structural factors behind extensive care needs in personality disorders: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	11
Prevalence and impact of peer victimisation among youth seeking treatment at a tertiary psychiatric institution in Singapore: a cross-sectional study	11
A multi-level exploration of the genetic basis between lung cancer and schizophrenia	11
A shift in psychiatry through AI? Ethical challenges	11
Prevalence and associated risk factors of psychotic experiences in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Mental health assessment of healthcare workers in the emergency department of a low middle-income country during COVID-19 pandemic	10
Mental health literacy among primary care providers in Hungary: a vignette-based survey	9
Salivary hormones in depression: the future in diagnosis and treatment	9
Treatment-resistant depression with poor response to deep brain stimulation improves with psychotherapy: case series	9
Sleep disorders in the acute phase of coronavirus disease 2019: an overview and risk factor study	9
DNMT1 SNPs (rs2114724 and rs2228611) associated with positive symptoms in Chinese patients with schizophrenia	9
Bibliometric and visual analysis of circadian rhythms in depression from 2004 to 2024	8
A multicenter, randomized controlled study on the efficacy of agomelatine in ameliorating anhedonia, reduced motivation, and circadian rhythm disruptions in patients with major depressive disorder (MD	8
Mood disorders in adults with epilepsy: a review of unrecognized facts and common misconceptions	8
Psychiatry in transition: an assessment in the context of societal change	8
Extrapyramidal adverse events and anticholinergics use after the long-term treatment of patients with schizophrenia with the new long-acting antipsychotic Risperidone ISM®: results from matching-adjus	8
Lurasidone continuation in real-world clinical cases in Japan: retrospective study of factors associated with six-month persistence	8
Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for depressive disorders: a meta-analysis	8
Ego-resiliency moderates the risk of depression and social anxiety symptoms on suicidal ideation in medical students	8
Exploring the predictive role of the first mood episode on the predominant polarity in bipolar disorder: insights from a path analysis	8
Genetic overlap between schizophrenia and constipation: insights from a genome-wide association study in a European population	8