OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJPsych Open is 29. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fear of COVID-19 and its association with mental health-related factors: systematic review and meta-analysis	117
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of UK healthcare workers	92
COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety, distress and burnout: prevalence and associated factors in healthcare workers of North-West Italy	81
Mental health and well-being of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: contrasting guidelines with experiences in practice	79
Ethno-cultural disparities in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study on the impact of exposure to the virus and COVID-19-related discrimination and stigma on mental health	75
Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination and willingness to pay: comparison of people with and without mental disorders in China	74
Public behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding the role of group processes	65
Mental health symptoms in a cohort of hospital healthcare workers following the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	61
Post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in carers of children in Portugal and the UK: cross-sectional online survey	58
Experiences of mental health professionals supporting front-line health and social care workers during COVID-19: qualitative study	57
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in COVID-19 survivors: online population survey	54
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in individuals with pre-existing mental illness	48
Referral patterns for specialist child and adolescent mental health services in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 2019 and 2018	46
Ketamine for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders: comprehensive systematic review	46
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in Germany: systematic review and meta-analysis	45
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: narrative review	44
Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study	43
Risk factors for prospective increase in psychological stress during COVID-19 lockdown in a representative sample of adolescents and their parents	40
Access to care and frequency of detransition among a cohort discharged by a UK national adult gender identity clinic: retrospective case-note review	40
Factors shaping the mental health and well-being of people experiencing persistent COVID-19 symptoms or ‘long COVID’: qualitative study	40
The prevalence and characteristics of misophonia in Ankara, Turkey: population-based study	40
Risk factors for suicide in Bangladesh: case–control psychological autopsy study	39
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health services	38
Multiple measures of depression to enhance validity of major depressive disorder in the UK Biobank	34
Factors associated with mental health and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	34

Using a simulation centre to evaluate preliminary acceptability and impact of an artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support system for depression treatment on the physician–patient inte	33
Analysis of the impact of antidepressants and other medications on COVID-19 infection risk in a chronic psychiatric in-patient cohort	32
Risk factors for depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in middle-aged and older adults	30
Mental health of healthcare professionals during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia	29
Therapeutic use of serious games in mental health: scoping review	29
COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic	29