OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders is 1. 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
Intolerance of uncertainty as a factor linking obsessive-compulsive symptoms, health anxiety and concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States	66
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on specific symptom dimensions and severity in OCD: A comparison before and during COVID-19 in the context of stress responses	56
The Persian COVID stress scales (Persian-CSS) and COVID-19-related stress reactions in patients with obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders	50
Obsessive compulsive symptoms severity among children and adolescents during COVID-19 first wave in Israel‏	31
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exposure and response prevention therapy in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	29
A systematic review of obsessive-compulsive disorder and self: Self-esteem, feared self, self-ambivalence, egodystonicity, early maladaptive schemas, and self concealment	22
Metacognitive Training for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A randomized controlled trial	13
Efficacy of intensive CBT telehealth for obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Metacognitive therapy versus exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder – A pilot randomized trial	12
Misophonia: A psychological model and proposed treatment	12
Evaluating anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of misophonia and dimensions of aggression	11
Feared self and dimensions of obsessive compulsive symptoms: Sexual orientation-obsessions, relationship obsessions, and general OCD symptoms	11
Obsessive-compulsive disorder misdiagnosis among mental healthcare providers in Latin America	10
Identity and shame in body dysmorphic disorder as compared to obsessive-compulsive disorder	10
Acceptance and commitment therapy in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A systematic review	10
Dysfunctional reasoning processes and their relationship with feared self-perceptions and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: An investigation with a new task-based measure of inferential confusion	10
Trauma type and obsessive-compulsive symptom domains: The unique relationship between indirectly experienced trauma and just right symptoms	9
Prevalence, sociodemographic and academic correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the students of college of applied medical sciences, Umm Al-Qura university	9
Prevalence and correlates of suicidality in obsessive-compulsive disorder	9
Trichophagia and trichobezoar in trichotillomania: A narrative mini-review with clinical recommendations	8
Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (R-OCD): The role of relationship duration, fear of guilt, and personality traits	8
The efficacy and feasibility of a fully automated, web-based acceptance-enhanced behavioral treatment for trichotillomania in adults: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial	8
Self-help for body-focused repetitive behaviors: A randomized controlled trial	7
Existential concerns in OCD with aggressive and sexual obsessions	7
Are self-reported difficulties in emotional regulation associated with hoarding? A systematic review	7

Effectiveness of an online interpretation training as a pre-treatment for cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth: A randomized controlled trial	7
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and daily experiences of posttraumatic stress and mental contamination following sexual trauma	6
Patterns of cannabis use among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from an internet survey	6
Delay to diagnosis in OCD	6
Hoarding disorder and co-occurring medical conditions: A systematic review	6
A standardized approach to calculating clinically significant change in hoarding disorder using the Saving Inventory-Revised	6
The role of feared self and inferential confusion in obsessive compulsive symptoms	6
Past adversity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: The mediating roles of posttraumatic cognitions and posttraumatic stress symptoms	6
Do exposure therapy processes impact the efficacy of deep TMS for obsessive-compulsive disorder?	5
Examination of outcomes among sexual minorities in treatment for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders	5
Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale Modified for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD-YBOCS)	5
Brief intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with OCD: Two international pilot studies	5
Is mindfulness-based intervention an effective treatment for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder? A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Obsessive compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of course, psychological assessment and treatment considerations	5
Self-reported helpfulness of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure/Sorting Therapy (CREST) for hoarding disorder	4
A needs analysis for the development of an internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural treatment (iCBT) program for trichotillomania	4
Credibility and expectancy of smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy among adults with body dysmorphic disorder	4
Misophonic symptoms in non-psychotic psychiatric outpatients and its association with trait psychological variables	4
What does differentiate unwanted mental intrusions in OCD? A phenomenological study of the mental intrusions in OCD, anxiety disorders, and non-clinical groups using the interview technique	4
What are the predictors of family accommodation of obsessive-compulsive behaviours in adults and youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their relatives? A systematic review	4
Efficacy of an internet-based self-help program treating skin picking disorder with a multiple baseline design: A pilot study	4
An in vivo study of compulsions	4
Predictors and moderators of treatment response in cognitive behavioural therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: A systematic review	4
An experimental study of hand washing in people with high and normative contamination fear	4
Development and evaluation of an acceptance-facilitating intervention for an internet-based cognitive behavioral self-esteem training for adults with body dysmorphic symptoms	3
Changes in contamination-related obsessions and compulsions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Norwegian longitudinal study	3
Peripartum complications associated with obsessive compulsive disorder exacerbation during pregnancy	3
A pilot study of adapted social cognition and intervention training (SCIT) for hoarding disorder	3
Toward a biopsychosocial model of hoarding disorder	3
Effectiveness of brief daily training using a mobile app in reducing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms: Examining real world data of “OCD.app - Anxiety, mood & sleep”	3
Neurocognitive functioning in hoarding disorder	3
Peritraumatic assault characteristics predict worsened obsessive-compulsive contamination symptoms in survivors of sexual trauma	3
Investigating the diagnostic specificity of attachment and relational needs in hoarding disorder	3
Comparison of patient-reported distress during harm avoidance and incompleteness exposure tasks for youth with OCD	3
Digital mental health interventions for obsessive compulsive and related disorders: A brief review of evidence-based interventions and future directions	3
Could written imaginal exposure be helpful for hoarding disorder? A case series	3
Online reassurance-seeking and relationships with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, shame, and fear of self	3
Longitudinal outcomes from a pilot randomized controlled trial of telehealth acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy for adolescents with trichotillomania	3
Is there a perceptual basis to Olfactory reference disorder?	3
The effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in comparison to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial	3
A novel experimental investigation of online imagery rescripting for obsessive-compulsive prospective imagery	3
An examination of the fear of self and religiosity as either related or independent vulnerability factors for mental contamination	3
A cognitive dissonance perspective on threats to self-concept in obsessive-compulsive disorder	3
Reassurance and its alternatives: Overview and cognitive behavioural conceptualisation	3
The forbidden thoughts dimension and psychiatric comorbidities in a large sample of OCD patients: A possible link to bipolar I comorbid disorder	3
Pilot trial of a technology assisted treatment for trichotillomania	3
Transcrani̇al magneti̇c sti̇mulati̇on over orbi̇tofrontal cortex in obsessi̇ve compulsi̇ve di̇sorder: A double-blind placebo-controlled tri̇al	2
Elevated rate of OCD-spectrum and tic disorders in patients with bipolar depression and comorbid OCD	2
Gamma oscillations predict paroxetine response of patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	2
The perceived long-term impact of COVID-19 on OCD symptomology	2

Extended follow-up of a comprehensive behavioral (ComB) treatment sample during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Unhealthy alcohol use associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms: The moderating effects of anxiety and depression	2
Moderators and processes of change in a pilot randomized controlled trial of acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy for trichotillomania in adolescents	2
Not just right experiences and incompleteness as a predictor of Obsessive Compulsive symptoms in clinical and community samples: A meta-analysis	2
Examining the role of emotion dysregulation in the association between obsessive compulsive symptom severity and suicide risk	2
To achieve a sense of rightness: The joint role of Not Just Right Experiences and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	2
School and parent perspectives on symptomatology in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	2
Development and pilot testing of internet-delivered, family-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders in autistic youth	2
Skin Picking Scale-Revised: Diagnostic accuracy and optimal cut-off scores in university and psychiatric settings	2
Early life stress in adults with hoarding disorder: A mixed methods study	2
Defining reliable change, treatment response and remission on the Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory	2
Preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of concurrent exposure and response prevention for OCD and prolonged exposure for PTSD	2
Changing OCD-related feelings of disgust and contamination by cognitive restructuring and imagery modification (CRIM): Test and discussion of an online-application	2
Clinician perspectives on levels of evidence and oversight for deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant childhood OCD	2
Fear of intimacy and hoarding symptoms: The mediating role of object attachment	2
The reliability and validity of the Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory in a Chinese clinical sample	2
The association of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder with impairment related to eating pathology	2
Predicting negative emotions in response to in vivo triggers of thought-action fusion	2
TGF-β1, neopterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, and nitric oxide levels in pediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder	2
Whom are you mad at? Anger and revenge in obsessive-compulsive symptoms during adolescence	2
High levels of loneliness in people with hoarding disorder	2
Dysmorphic appearance concern among Chinese adolescents and emerging adults	2
The relationships among sleep problems, anxiety, memory complaints and compulsive checking behaviours	2
Comparison of neurocognitive performance in familial versus sporadic obsessive-compulsive disorder	2
Interpersonal transmission of ROCD symptoms and susceptibility to infidelity in romantic relationships	2
Does generic metacognition explain incremental variance in O–C symptoms beyond responsibility and perfectionism?	1
Effects of a brief education on psychologists’ attitudes and diagnostic impressions of paedophilic obsessive-compulsive intrusive thoughts	1
A pilot study of a motivational early intervention for excessive acquiring behaviours	1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth and young adults with depression: Clinical characteristics of comorbid presentations	1
COVID-19 and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a large multi-site college sample	1
Development of a measure of hair pulling modalities	1
The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom subtypes and social adjustment	1
Younger versus older children with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Symptoms, severity and impairment	1
Are student cohorts with psychopathology representative of general clinical populations? The case for OCD	1
Making space: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial of an acceptance and commitment therapy website for hoarding	1
Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretation training for youth with OCD: Who benefits? Examining the role of OCD severity, interpretation bias, and autism symptoms	1
Things that make you go Hmm: Myths and misconceptions within cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	1
Assessing acquisition and discarding behavior using an online simulation task: A validation study	1
Implicit and explicit beliefs about God and scrupulosity symptoms: A prospective study	1
The transdiagnostic nature of disgust propensity: An examination of its associations with anxiety and obsessive compulsive-related disorder symptoms	1
“Should I keep washing my groceries?“: Predictors of differential patterns of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic	1
Facing uncertainty: A comparison of hierarchical and variable exposure interventions for contamination fear	1
Obsessive-compulsive symptom profiles vary by index trauma type in a trauma-exposed community sample	1
Real-time detection of obsessive-compulsive hand washing with wearables: Research procedure, usefulness and discriminative performance	1
Psychedelics, OCD and related disorders: A systematic review	1
The brief obsessive-compulsive scale: Development and validation of a self-report (BOCS-SR)	1
Cognitive reappraisal and types of skin picking – A longitudinal study with pre-pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic data	1
Untroubled pullers: An examination of nonclinical hair-pulling	1
Screening for obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Validation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale - English and German Short Forms	1
The contribution of inferential confusion and fear of self to psychological models of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A dimensional approach	1
Perceived need of psychological support for taboo obsessions in new parents: A cross-sectional survey	1
How can we stop caregiver reassurance? Investigating predictors of family accommodation in obsessive-compulsive scenarios	1
Understanding stigma in hoarding disorder: A systematic review	1
Lower striatal dopamine D2/3receptor availability in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis of [11C]-raclopride and [123I]-IBZM studies	1
Decision-making performance in Trichotillomania and skin picking disorder	1
Treatment of co-occurring obsessive-compulsive and psychotic symptoms: A systematic review	1
Visual attention to threat during stove-checking in people high in checking behaviour	1
Feeling uncertain despite knowing the risk: Patients with OCD (but not controls) experience known and unknown probabilistic decisions as similarly distressing and uncertain	1