OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of JMIR Mental Health is 34. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
The Urgent Need for an Evidence-Based Digital Mental Health Practice Model of Care for Youth	208
A Group-Facilitated, Internet-Based Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being in a Vulnerable Population of University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of the Be Well Plan Program	121
Engagement, Predictors, and Outcomes of a Trauma Recovery Digital Mental Health Intervention: Longitudinal Study	106
Barriers and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions for People With Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Best-Fit Framework Synthesis	89
Exploring the Psychological and Physiological Insights Through Digital Phenotyping by Analyzing the Discrepancies Between Subjective Insomnia Severity and Activity-Based Objective Sleep Measures: Obse	85
Impacts of Telehealth Adoption on the Quality of Care for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Veterans Affairs Administrative Data	80
Detecting and Measuring Depression on Social Media Using a Machine Learning Approach: Systematic Review	75
Validity and Reliability of the Self-administered Psycho-TherApy-SystemS (SELFPASS) Item Pool for the Daily Mood Tracking of Depressive Symptoms: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey	73
Social Media Use, Physical Activity, and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescence: Cross-sectional Analysis	73
The Effectiveness of Internet-Guided Self-help Interventions to Promote Physical Activity Among Individuals With Depression: Systematic Review	71
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Efficacy of a Self-Guided Internet-Delivered Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intervention for Substance Use Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial	70
The Effectiveness of a Brief Telehealth and Smartphone Intervention for College Students Receiving Traditional Therapy: Longitudinal Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment Data	68
Comparing the Ratio of Therapist Support to Internet Sessions in a Blended Therapy Delivered to Trauma-Exposed Veterans: Quasi-experimental Comparison Study	65
Time-Varying Network Models for the Temporal Dynamics of Depressive Symptomatology in Patients With Depressive Disorders: Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Observational Data	60
Usability and Acceptability of Two Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: Mixed Methods Study	55
Adolescent Health on Social Media and the Mentorship of Youth Investigators: Five Content Analysis Studies Conducted by Youth Investigators	55
Using Large Language Models to Understand Suicidality in a Social Media–Based Taxonomy of Mental Health Disorders: Linguistic Analysis of Reddit Posts	50
Impact of Digital Inclusion Initiative to Facilitate Access to Mental Health Services: Service User Interview Study	48
Smartphone-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	48
Problematic Internet Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment: App-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study	47
FOCUS mHealth Intervention for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness in an Outpatient Department of Veterans Affairs Setting: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Usability Study	43
New Evidence in the Booming Field of Online Mindfulness: An Updated Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	42
Momentary Self-regulation: Scale Development and Preliminary Validation	40
Urgency for Digital Technologies to Support Caregivers. Comment on “Telehealth-Based Psychoeducation for Caregivers: The Family Intervention in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia Treatment Study”	40
Effects of Induced Mindfulness at Night on Repetitive Negative Thinking: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study	39

Predictors of Booster Engagement Following a Web-Based Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among National Guard Members: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial	37
Digital Practices by Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From an International Multisite Study	36
Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Self-guided Mobile App Targeting Emotional Well-being in Healthy Adults: 4-Week Randomized Controlled Trial	35
Correction: Digital Phenotyping for Differential Diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode: Narrative Review	35
Validity of the Aktibipo Self-rating Questionnaire for the Digital Self-assessment of Mood and Relapse Detection in Patients With Bipolar Disorder: Instrument Validation Study	35
Use of Automated Thematic Annotations for Small Data Sets in a Psychotherapeutic Context: Systematic Review of Machine Learning Algorithms	35
Characterizing Longitudinal Patterns in Cognition, Mood, And Activity in Depression With 6-Week High-Frequency Wearable Assessment: Observational Study	35
How Our Technology Use Changed in 2020: Perspectives From Three Youths	35
A Novel Peer-to-Peer Coaching Program to Support Digital Mental Health: Design and Implementation	35
Use of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Among Public Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review	34
The Role of Compassionate Technology in Blended and Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Scoping Review	34