OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is 3. 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
Digital health developments and drawbacks: a review and analysis of top-returned apps for bipolar disorder	37
Has Bipolar Disorder become a predominantly female gender related condition? Analysis of recently published large sample studies	36
Digital phenotyping: towards replicable findings with comprehensive assessments and integrative models in bipolar disorders	31
Overview of lithium's use: a nationwide survey	30
Differences between bipolar disorder types 1 and 2 support the DSM two-syndrome concept	29
Deficits in explicit emotion regulation in bipolar disorder: a systematic review	23
Evaluating endophenotypes for bipolar disorder	22
Chronic kidney disease in lithium-treated patients, incidence and rate of decline	22
Anticipating manic and depressive transitions in patients with bipolar disorder using early warning signals	18
Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of outcome to long-term treatment with lithium in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the contemporary literature and recommendations from the ISBD/IGSL	17
Smartphone-based activity measurements in patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder, unaffected relatives and control individuals	17
Late chronotype predicts more depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder over a 5 year follow-up period	17
Recommendations for the use of long-term experience sampling in bipolar disorder care: a qualitative study of patient and clinician experiences	17
An evidence map of actigraphy studies exploring longitudinal associations between rest-activity rhythms and course and outcome of bipolar disorders	16
Affective lability as a prospective predictor of subsequent bipolar disorder diagnosis: a systematic review	12
New vision on the mental problems of Vincent van Gogh; results from a bottom-up approach using (semi-)structured diagnostic interviews	12
Respiratory infections during lithium and valproate medication: a within-individual prospective study of 50,000 patients with bipolar disorder	12
‘Pediatric Bipolar Disorder’ rates are still lower than claimed: a re-examination of eight epidemiological surveys used by an updated meta-analysis	11
Countering the declining use of lithium therapy: a call to arms	11
Patients’ adherence to smartphone apps in the management of bipolar disorder: a systematic review	11
Voice analyses using smartphone-based data in patients with bipolar disorder, unaffected relatives and healthy control individuals, and during different affective states	11
Regional lithium prescription rates and recurrence in bipolar disorder	10
Psychedelics in the treatment of unipolar and bipolar depression	10
A pilot investigation of emotional regulation difficulties and mindfulness-based strategies in manic and remitted bipolar I disorder and major depressive disorder	10
Long-term outcome of postpartum psychosis: a prospective clinical cohort study in 106 women	10

Misperception of sleep in bipolar disorder: an exploratory study using questionnaire versus actigraphy	10
A systematic review of interventions in the early course of bipolar disorder I or II: a report of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Taskforce on early intervention	10
Psychological therapy for mood instability within bipolar spectrum disorder: a randomised, controlled feasibility trial of a dialectical behaviour therapy-informed approach (the ThrIVe-B programme)	10
Defining phenotypes of long-term lithium and valproate response, including combination therapy: a modified application of the Alda scale in patients with bipolar disorders	9
Clinicians’ preferences and attitudes towards the use of lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorders around the world: a survey from the ISBD Lithium task force	9
Melanopsin-mediated pupillary responses in bipolar disorder—a cross-sectional pupillometric investigation	9
Psychological symptoms during and after Austrian first lockdown in individuals with bipolar disorder? A follow-up control-group investigation	9
Associations between circadian misalignment and telomere length in BD: an actigraphy study	9
Characteristics of rapid cycling in 1261 bipolar disorder patients	9
Controversies regarding lithium-associated weight gain: case–control study of real-world drug safety data	8
A call for improving lithium literacy among clinicians and patients	8
Efficacy and safety of adjunctive therapy to lamotrigine, lithium, or valproate monotherapy in bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	8
25 Years of the International Bipolar Collaborative Network (BCN)	8
Valproic acid autoinduction: a case-based review	8
Internet of things issues related to psychiatry	8
Role of endogenous ouabain in the etiology of bipolar disorder	8
Variations in seasonal solar insolation are associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder	8
The relations between executive functions and occupational functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder: a scoping review	8
Prefrontal dopamine D1 receptor manipulation influences anxiety behavior and induces neuroinflammation within the hippocampus	7
Associations between the cortisol awakening response and patient-evaluated stress and mood instability in patients with bipolar disorder: an exploratory study	7
Blood pressure in bipolar disorder: evidence of elevated pulse pressure and associations between mean pressure and mood instability	7
Sleep disturbances in the context of neurohormonal dysregulation in patients with bipolar disorder	7
Antidepressant efficacy of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in antidepressant-nonresponding bipolar depression: a single-blind randomized sham-controlled trial	6
The feasibility of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with bipolar disorder: a qualitative study	6
Transdiagnostic comparison of visual working memory capacity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia	6
The futility of long-term predictions in bipolar disorder: mood fluctuations are the result of deterministic chaotic processes	6
Lithium induced hypercalcemia: an expert opinion and management algorithm	6
The German research consortium for the study of bipolar disorder (BipoLife): a magnetic resonance imaging study protocol	6
Characterization of affective lability across subgroups of psychosis spectrum disorders	6
Lurasidone in the long-term treatment of Japanese patients with bipolar I disorder: a 52 week open label study	6
Long-term work disability due to type I and II bipolar disorder: findings of a six-year prospective study	6
Bipolar disorder and sexuality: a preliminary qualitative pilot study	5
NRX-101 (D-cycloserine plus lurasidone) vs. lurasidone for the maintenance of initial stabilization after ketamine in patients with severe bipolar depression with acute suicidal ideation and behavior:	5
Methylomic biomarkers of lithium response in bipolar disorder: a clinical utility study	5
A systematic review on the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy for improving mood symptoms in bipolar disorders	5
Risk of childhood trauma exposure and severity of bipolar disorder in Colombia	5
Estimated glomerular filtration rate in Korean patients exposed to long-term lithium maintenance therapy	5
The association of genetic variation in CACNA1C with resting-state functional connectivity in youth bipolar disorder	5
Predicting the risk and timing of major mood disorder in offspring of bipolar parents: exploring the utility of a neural network approach	5
Evaluating the quality, safety, and functionality of commonly used smartphone apps for bipolar disorder mood and sleep self-management	5
The course of psychiatric symptoms in older age bipolar disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Clinical research diagnostic criteria for bipolar illness (CRDC-BP): rationale and validity	4
Environmental factors in offspring of parents with mood disorders and their role in parent–child transmission: findings from a 14-year prospective high-risk study	4
Dissecting the genetic architecture of suicide attempt and repeated attempts in Korean patients with bipolar disorder using polygenic risk scores	4
Using density of antecedent events and trajectory path analysis to investigate family-correlated patterns of onset of bipolar I disorder: a comparison of cohorts from Europe and USA	4
Stigma in people living with bipolar disorder and their families: a systematic review	4
Psychotic features, particularly mood incongruence, as a hallmark of severity of bipolar I disorder	4
Long-term lithium therapy and risk of chronic kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia: a cohort study	4
Impact of modification to DSM-5 criterion A for hypomania/mania in newly diagnosed bipolar patients: findings from the prospective BIO study	4
The big five model in bipolar disorder: a latent profile analysis and its impact on longterm illness severity	4

Bipolar disorders in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study of patients, family caregivers, clinicians, and the community members’ perspectives	3
Differential diagnosis of unipolar versus bipolar depression by GSK3 levels in peripheral blood: a pilot experimental study	3
Is cognitive behaviour therapy applicable to individuals diagnosed with bipolar depression or suboptimal mood stabilizer treatment: a secondary analysis of a large pragmatic effectiveness trial	3
Experiences that matter in bipolar disorder: a qualitative study using the capability, comfort and calm framework	3
Lunar cycling in sleep and mood in individuals with bipolar disorder	3
Neonatal admission after lithium use in pregnant women with bipolar disorders: a retrospective cohort study	3
Early detection of bipolar disorders and treatment recommendations for help-seeking adolescents and young adults: Findings of the Early Detection and Intervention Center Dresden	3
Differential characteristics of bipolar I and II disorders: a retrospective, cross-sectional evaluation of clinical features, illness course, and response to treatment	3
Reduced parenting stress following a prevention program decreases internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder	3
Factors associated with suicide attempts in the antecedent illness trajectory of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia	3
Lithium use in childhood and adolescence, peripartum, and old age: an umbrella review	3
A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lamotrigine in the maintenance treatment of Chinese adult patients with bipolar I disorder	3
Racial differences in the major clinical symptom domains of bipolar disorder	3