| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Smartphone addiction, daily interruptions and self-reported productivity | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 271 |
| 2 | Online-specific fear of missing out and Internet-use expectancies contribute to symptoms of Internet-communication disorder | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 223 |
| 3 | Online activities, prevalence of Internet addiction and risk factors related to family and school among adolescents in China | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2018 | 169 |
| 4 | Fear of missing out (FoMO) and rumination mediate relations between social anxiety and problematic Facebook use | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 158 |
| 5 | The impact of Internet-based specific activities on the perceptions of Internet addiction, quality of life, and excessive usage: A cross-sectional study | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 155 |
| 6 | Linking Internet Communication and Smartphone Use Disorder by taking a closer look at the Facebook and WhatsApp applications | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 135 |
| 7 | Foods and dietary profiles associated with ‘food addiction’ in young adults | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 121 |
| 8 | Problematic internet use among young and adult population in Bangladesh: Correlates with lifestyle and online activities during the COVID-19 pandemic | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 89 |
| 9 | Depression, anxiety, and stress mediate the associations between internet gaming disorder, insomnia, and quality of life during the COVID-19 outbreak | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 85 |
| 10 | Ordinary people associate addiction with loss of free will | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 84 |
| 11 | Exercise addiction in CrossFit: Prevalence and psychometric properties of the Exercise Addiction Inventory | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 79 |
| 12 | Internet use and problematic Internet use among adolescents in Japan: A nationwide representative survey | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 70 |
| 13 | Satisfying needs through Social Networking Sites: A pathway towards problematic Internet use for socially anxious people? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 67 |
| 14 | Drug, nicotine, and alcohol use among exercisers: Does substance addiction co-occur with exercise addiction? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2018 | 65 |
| 15 | A test of the Social Identity Model of Cessation Maintenance: The content and role of social control | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 64 |
| 16 | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 64 |
| 17 | Psychometric assessment of the Internet Gaming Disorder diagnostic criteria: An Item Response Theory study | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2018 | 62 |
| 18 | “I cannot stand the boredom.” Binge drinking expectancies in adolescence | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 61 |
| 19 | Social norms and e-motions in problematic social media use among adolescents | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 61 |
| 20 | Development and validation of a short Italian UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 60 |
| 21 | Video game addiction and psychological distress among expatriate adolescents in Saudi Arabia | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 60 |
| 22 | Associations between attention deficit hyperactivity and internet gaming disorder symptoms: Is there consistency across types of symptoms, gender and countries? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 60 |
| 23 | Passive objective measures in the assessment of problematic smartphone use: A systematic review | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 60 |
| 24 | What matters is when you play: Investigating the relationship between online video games addiction and time spent playing over specific day phases | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2018 | 59 |
| 25 | Metacognitions or distress intolerance: The mediating role in the relationship between emotional dysregulation and problematic internet use | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 56 |
| 26 | The impact of a comprehensive tobacco product flavor ban in San Francisco among young adults | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 56 |
| 27 | Trends of poly-substance use among Canadian youth | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 55 |
| 28 | Discussing digital technology overuse in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: On the importance of considering Affective Neuroscience Theory | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 55 |
| 29 | Narcissism and problematic social media use: A systematic literature review | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 55 |
| 30 | Need fulfilment and internet gaming disorder: A preliminary integrative model | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 54 |
| 31 | Exploring cannabis concentrates on the legal market: User profiles, product strength, and health-related outcomes | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2018 | 52 |
| 32 | Vietnamese validation of the short version of Internet Addiction Test | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 49 |
| 33 | Pilot outcome results of culturally adapted evidence-based substance use disorder treatment with a Southwest Tribe | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 48 |
| 34 | Is the concept of compulsion useful in the explanation or description of addictive behaviour and experience? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 48 |
| 35 | Prevalence and characteristics of addictive behaviors in a community sample: A latent class analysis | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 47 |
| 36 | Which facets of impulsivity predict binge drinking? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2016 | 45 |
| 37 | A preliminary cross-cultural study of Hikikomori and Internet Gaming Disorder: The moderating effects of game-playing time and living with parents | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 43 |
| 38 | Adolescent problematic internet use and parental mediation: A Bangladeshi structured interview study | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 42 |
| 39 | Mood changes after watching pornography on the Internet are linked to tendencies towards Internet-pornography-viewing disorder | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 41 |
| 40 | The relative contribution of motives and maladaptive cognitions to levels of Internet Gaming Disorder | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 41 |
| 41 | An inverse relationship between perceived social support and substance use frequency in socially stigmatized populations | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2019 | 41 |
| 42 | The importance of analogue zeitgebers to reduce digital addictive tendencies in the 21st century | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 40 |
| 43 | The relative contribution of metacognitions and attentional control to the severity of gambling in problem gamblers | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 38 |
| 44 | A qualitative exploration of social support during treatment for severe alcohol use disorder and recovery | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2017 | 35 |
| 45 | Selfie-engagement on social media: Pathological narcissism, positive expectation, and body objectification – Which is more influential? | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 35 |
| 46 | Personality associations with Facebook use and tendencies towards Facebook Use Disorder | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 35 |
| 47 | Gaming addiction and perceived stress among Saudi adolescents | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 34 |
| 48 | Gaming addiction, problematic gaming and engaged gaming – Prevalence and associated characteristics | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 34 |
| 49 | An exploration of online behaviors and social media use among hookah and electronic-cigarette users | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2015 | 32 |
| 50 | Adverse childhood experiences, dissociation, and anxious attachment style as risk factors of gaming disorder | Addictive Behaviors Reports | 2020 | 32 |
