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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
An effectiveness study of intensive outpatient treatment for OCD	51
The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom subtypes and social adjustment	29
Four questions for clarity: A first investigation of the German version of the OCI-4 as an ultra-brief screening tool for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	19
Psychometric properties of a daily obsessive-compulsive symptom scale for ecological momentary assessment	18
High levels of loneliness in people with hoarding disorder	14
Efficacy of an internet-based self-help program treating skin picking disorder with a multiple baseline design: A pilot study	13
Trichophagia and trichobezoar in trichotillomania: A narrative mini-review with clinical recommendations	12
Extended follow-up of a comprehensive behavioral (ComB) treatment sample during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Measuring incompleteness and not just right experiences: A psychometric evaluation of two commonly used questionnaires in OCD and anxiety disorders samples	11
Assessing factors of adherence and efficacy: A randomized controlled trial of a fully automated self-help A-EBT website	11
Predicting negative emotions in response to in vivo triggers of thought-action fusion	11
Editorial Board	11
Corrigendum to “High levels of loneliness in people with hoarding disorder” [Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders (2023), Volume 37,Article Number 100806]	11
Development and pilot testing of internet-delivered, family-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders in autistic youth	10
Compulsions in trauma-exposed patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Differences in prevalence and impact on treatment response	10
Behavioral avoidance as a factor in concentrated exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder	10
Incompleteness as a clinical characteristic and predictor of treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder	10
The scrupulosity obsessions and compulsions scale: A measurement of scrupulosity within an OCD framework	10
Identity – OCD	10
Challenges of insight assessment in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Initial results and clinical considerations from a measure development study	9
Online reassurance-seeking and relationships with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, shame, and fear of self	9
Validation of the Chinese version of the dimensional obsessive-compulsive scale (DOCS) in Chinese clinical samples	8
Psychedelics, OCD and related disorders: A systematic review	7
Effect of concentrated exposure and response prevention on symptoms of insomnia	7
Patterns of hair pulling in trichotillomania: An ecological momentary assessment study	7

Special issue on digital interventions in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: Editorial and research agenda	7
Editorial Board	7
An examination of the sentence task through in-person and online administrations	7
A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the use and effectiveness of extended reality technology in the assessment, treatment and study of obsessive compulsive disorder	7
Hoarding disorder: Questions and controversies	7
School and parent perspectives on symptomatology in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	7
Response inhibition in youth undergoing intensive treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder	7
Family accommodation as a predictor of treatment outcome in outpatient intensive cognitive behavioral therapy of adult obsessive compulsive disorder	7
A novel experimental investigation of online imagery rescripting for obsessive-compulsive prospective imagery	7
Understanding stigma in hoarding disorder: A systematic review	6
Sensory processing in skin picking disorder	6
Risk-aversion with both high and low ambiguity: Elevated OCD symptom severity and intolerance of uncertainty are associated with less risk-taking in an OCD patient sub-sample	6
Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (R-OCD): The role of relationship duration, fear of guilt, and personality traits	6
Extending the cognitive-behavioral model of Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The role of attachment anxiety and self-ambivalence	6
Pilot trial of a technology assisted treatment for trichotillomania	5
Geospatial distribution of obsessive-compulsive disorder specialists: Understanding access as a function of distance, insurance status, and neighborhood socioeconomic status	5
The link between hoarding symptoms and interpersonal difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Obsessive-compulsive symptom profiles vary by index trauma type in a trauma-exposed community sample	5
Associations between suicidality and interoception in obsessive-compulsive disorder	5
The efficacy and feasibility of a fully automated, web-based acceptance-enhanced behavioral treatment for trichotillomania in adults: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial	5
COVID-19 and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a large multi-site college sample	5
Editorial Board	5
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exposure and response prevention therapy in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	5
Perceived need of psychological support for taboo obsessions in new parents: A cross-sectional survey	5
Editorial Board	4
Celebrating the work of Randy O. Frost and Michael Kyrios	4
Symptom dimensions of pediatric obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Exploratory examination of associations with clinical features and response to cognitive-behavioral therapy	4
Assessment of sense of agency in obsessive-compulsive disorder using a virtual reality stove-checking paradigm	4
Effects of a brief education on psychologists’ attitudes and diagnostic impressions of paedophilic obsessive-compulsive intrusive thoughts	4
Linking betrayal and mental contamination in OCD: A mixed-methods systematic narrative review	4
Delay to diagnosis in OCD	4
“Should I keep washing my groceries?“: Predictors of differential patterns of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic	4
Public stigma and recognition of perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder	4
Clinician-reported challenges associated with delivery of exposure with response prevention for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	4
The contribution of inferential confusion and fear of self to psychological models of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A dimensional approach	4
Prevalence and correlates of suicidality in obsessive-compulsive disorder	3
Changes in contamination-related obsessions and compulsions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Norwegian longitudinal study	3
In/stability of moral sense of self and OCD	3
Response inhibition training for compulsive acquisition in hoarding: A multiple baseline single case design	3
Do exposure therapy processes impact the efficacy of deep TMS for obsessive-compulsive disorder?	3
Clinician perspectives on levels of evidence and oversight for deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant childhood OCD	3
Self-help for body-focused repetitive behaviors: A randomized controlled trial	3
Neurocognitive Test Performance in relation to symptom severity and age of onset of trichotillomania	3
Interpersonal transmission of ROCD symptoms and susceptibility to infidelity in romantic relationships	3
A systematic review of obsessive-compulsive disorder and self: Self-esteem, feared self, self-ambivalence, egodystonicity, early maladaptive schemas, and self concealment	3
Editorial Board	2
Neurocognitive indices of response inhibition within Autogenous and Reactive Obsessions: A brief review	2
The role of emotional regulation, executive functioning, and aggression in hoarding behaviours	2
How can we stop caregiver reassurance? Investigating predictors of family accommodation in obsessive-compulsive scenarios	2
Efficacy and feasibility of web-based ACT-Enhanced behavioral treatment for skin picking in adults: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial	2

Contamination fear during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with lifetime obsessive compulsive disorder and healthy controls: A longitudinal cohort study	2
A needs analysis for the development of an internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural treatment (iCBT) program for trichotillomania	2
Fear of intimacy and hoarding symptoms: The mediating role of object attachment	2
Exploring the link between thought-action fusion and symptom-based shame in obsessive-compulsive disorder	2
Psychedelics, OCD and Related Disorders: Setting methodological strategies for future studies	2
Unhealthy alcohol use associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms: The moderating effects of anxiety and depression	2
Development and evaluation of an acceptance-facilitating intervention for an internet-based cognitive behavioral self-esteem training for adults with body dysmorphic symptoms	2
Treating disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Clinician perspectives in a survey study	2
Corrigendum to “Obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth and young adults with depression: Clinical characteristics of comorbid presentations” [Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 38 (	2
Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Modified for Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Factor structure and construct validity of subfactors	2
Visual attention to threat during stove-checking in people high in checking behaviour	2
Using item response theory to investigate potential gender bias in hoarding symptoms	2
Social networks in the context of hoarding disorder: A cross-sectional study	2
Credibility and expectancy of smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy among adults with body dysmorphic disorder	2
Approach and barriers to the assessment and treatment of individuals with co-occurring OCD and PTSD: Treatment providers’ perspectives	2
Group metacognitive therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study	2
Inference-based CBT versus CBT with exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: The role of pre-treatment anxiety and feared consequences on treatment outcome	2
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and distress in daily life: Mediating effects of social cognition about morality	2
Examining the role of emotion dysregulation in the association between obsessive compulsive symptom severity and suicide risk	2
Associations among fear of self, family acceptance, and scrupulosity symptoms in the LGBTQ+ community	1
A cognitive intervention for negative beliefs about losing control: impact on other cognitive domains and OCD symptoms	1
The effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in comparison to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial	1
Is mindfulness-based intervention an effective treatment for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder? A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
A network examination of symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and sleep disturbances	1
Editorial Board	1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth and young adults with depression: Clinical characteristics of comorbid presentations	1
Validation of the Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety (parent- and child-report) and Coercive Disruptive Behavior Scale for Pediatric OCD in Dutch pediatric OCD patients	1
Metacognitive profiles in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder	1
Relationship among indecisiveness, perfectionism, and hoarding symptoms in individuals with and without hoarding disorder	1
Phenomenology of incompleteness and harm avoidance in obsessive-compulsive disorder: An experience sampling study	1
Failures of urge suppression in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Behavioral modeling using a blink suppression task	1
Treatment outcomes across OCD symptom dimensions in internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy: A routine care evaluation	1
Treatment of co-occurring obsessive-compulsive and psychotic symptoms: A systematic review	1
Is there a perceptual basis to Olfactory reference disorder?	1
Identity and shame in body dysmorphic disorder as compared to obsessive-compulsive disorder	1
Editorial Board	1
Factors associated with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a clinical sample of youth with misophonia	1
Skin picking disorder in sexual minority individuals	1
The perceived long-term impact of COVID-19 on OCD symptomology	1
OCD symptoms are related to seeking and relying on external information even in neutral perceptual decisions	1
Cognitive bias modification for thought-action fusion: A placebo-controlled randomized experimental trial	1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder misdiagnosis among mental healthcare providers in Latin America	1
Misophonia: A psychological model and proposed treatment	1
Editorial Board	1
Exposure therapy in patients with harm-related obsessive-compulsive disorder: The theory-practice gap and its relation to experiential avoidance and negative beliefs about exposure	1
Haunted by the ghosts of romance past: Investigating retroactive jealousy through the lens of OCD	1