OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Behavioral Addictions is 30. 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
Corrigendum to: A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents	88
Corrigendum to: Deep learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A longitudinal study using machine learning	84
LGBQ-affirming clinical recommendations for compulsive sexual behavior disorder	70
Spatio-temporal EEG dynamics during decision-making in online poker players with problem gambling	69
The high cost of direct marketing from wagering operators, tipsters and affiliates: An ecological momentary assessment of how wagering promotions drive betting, expenditure, and harm	62
Profiles and transitions of non-suicidal self-injury with addictive features in adolescents: Predictive role of maladaptive cognitive schemas	49
The longitudinal associations between internet addiction and ADHD symptoms among adolescents	48
What makes children aged 10 to 13 engage in problematic smartphone use? A longitudinal study of changing patterns considering individual, parental, and school factors	48
Potentially addictive behaviours increase during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic	47
Restless minds, restless nights: A 2-wave preliminary study on the associations between sleep quality, negative metacognitions and Problematic Smartphone Use	46
Longitudinal relation between childhood maltreatment and problematic internet game use among Chinese early adolescents: The roles of internalizing symptoms and FKBP5 gene variation	45
Profiles of problematic pornography use and religiosity-based moral incongruence using latent profile analysis: A two-sample study	45
Bridging the links between Big Five personality traits and problematic smartphone use: A network analysis	44
The neural correlates of delay discounting in obesity and binge eating disorder	43
Reduced loss aversion in value-based decision-making and edge-centric functional connectivity in patients with internet gaming disorder	42
Fear of missing out (FoMO) and internet use: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Corrigendum to: Clinical characteristics associated with problematic pornography use among individuals seeking treatment for opioid use disorder	39
Differential transcriptome profile underlying risky choice in a rat gambling task	38
Computerized cognitive training for problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (TRAIN-online)	36
Longitudinal associations between psychiatric comorbidity and the severity of gambling disorder: Results from a 36-month follow-up study of clients in Bavarian outpatient addiction care	36
Applying ICD-11 criteria of Gaming Disorder to identify problematic video streaming in adolescents: Conceptualization of a new clinical phenomenon	35
Attentional bias to social media stimuli is moderated by fear of missing out among problematic social media users	33
Functional impairment, insight, and comparison between criteria for gaming disorder in the International Classification of Diseases, 11 Edition and internet gaming disorder in Diagnostic and Statistic	33
Temperament, brain structure and problematic video gaming in adolescence – A six-year longitudinal study	32
Attention, response inhibition, and hoarding: A neuropsychological examination	32

Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors	31
Mental and sexual health perspectives of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder •	31
Toward resolving normality-disorder boundary issues in gaming disorder research	31
Differences in cross-sectional and daily diary problematic pornography use correlates	31
Imbalanced goal-directed and habitual control in individuals with internet gaming disorder	30