OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Lithium’s antiviral effects: a potential drug for CoViD-19 disease?	50
Pre-pubertal bipolar disorder: origins and current status of the controversy	37
Digital health developments and drawbacks: a review and analysis of top-returned apps for bipolar disorder	36
Has Bipolar Disorder become a predominantly female gender related condition? Analysis of recently published large sample studies	30
Overview of lithium's use: a nationwide survey	28
Digital phenotyping: towards replicable findings with comprehensive assessments and integrative models in bipolar disorders	27
Differences between bipolar disorder types 1 and 2 support the DSM two-syndrome concept	26
The effects of vagus nerve stimulation on the course and outcomes of patients with bipolar disorder in a treatment-resistant depressive episode: a 5-year prospective registry	21
Chronic kidney disease in lithium-treated patients, incidence and rate of decline	20
Deficits in explicit emotion regulation in bipolar disorder: a systematic review	19
Evaluating endophenotypes for bipolar disorder	18
Smartphone-based activity measurements in patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder, unaffected relatives and control individuals	17
Improving early recognition and intervention in people at increased risk for the development of bipolar disorder: study protocol of a prospective-longitudinal, naturalistic cohort study (Early-BipoLif	17
Recommendations for the use of long-term experience sampling in bipolar disorder care: a qualitative study of patient and clinician experiences	16
Late chronotype predicts more depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder over a 5 year follow-up period	16
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	15
Anticipating manic and depressive transitions in patients with bipolar disorder using early warning signals	13
An evidence map of actigraphy studies exploring longitudinal associations between rest-activity rhythms and course and outcome of bipolar disorders	13
Respiratory infections during lithium and valproate medication: a within-individual prospective study of 50,000 patients with bipolar disorder	11
‘Pediatric Bipolar Disorder’ rates are still lower than claimed: a re-examination of eight epidemiological surveys used by an updated meta-analysis	10
Sleep and physical activity in patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder in remission, their first-degree unaffected relatives and healthy controls	10
Reliability and validity of the functioning assessment short test for older adults with bipolar disorder (FAST-O)	10
Misperception of sleep in bipolar disorder: an exploratory study using questionnaire versus actigraphy	10
Survey of psychiatrist use of digital technology in clinical practice	10
Affective lability as a prospective predictor of subsequent bipolar disorder diagnosis: a systematic review	9

Patients’ adherence to smartphone apps in the management of bipolar disorder: a systematic review	9
New vision on the mental problems of Vincent van Gogh; results from a bottom-up approach using (semi-)structured diagnostic interviews	9
Psychological symptoms during and after Austrian first lockdown in individuals with bipolar disorder? A follow-up control-group investigation	9
Countering the declining use of lithium therapy: a call to arms	9
A pilot investigation of emotional regulation difficulties and mindfulness-based strategies in manic and remitted bipolar I disorder and major depressive disorder	9
Associations between circadian misalignment and telomere length in BD: an actigraphy study	8
Low-dose lithium against dementia	8
Long-term outcome of postpartum psychosis: a prospective clinical cohort study in 106 women	8
25 Years of the International Bipolar Collaborative Network (BCN)	8
Psychedelics in the treatment of unipolar and bipolar depression	8
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	8
Regional lithium prescription rates and recurrence in bipolar disorder	8
Potential pharmacogenomic targets in bipolar disorder: considerations for current testing and the development of decision support tools to individualize treatment selection	8