OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Public Health is 35. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting dyslipidemia in Chinese elderly adults using dietary behaviours and machine learning algorithms	906
Support needs of Ukrainian healthcare workers during wartime: A study on trust, legal security, and labor union involvement	255
Prioritizing performance and outcome indicators for quality assessment of cancer screening programs in the EU	134
Health, social, and violence profiles of women in treatment for psychoactive substance use in Madrid	103
Association of sensory impairment with healthcare use and costs among middle-aged and older adults in China	93
Association between diabetes prevalence and weekend warrior activity patterns	83
The epidemiological profile and morbidity-mortality patterns of technological disasters in Europe from 2000 to 2021	77
Lower breast cancer survival among Black women in Brazil: a population-based retrospective study	68
Health impacts of cold exposure among people experiencing homelessness: A narrative systematic review on risks and risk-reduction approaches	68
Mortality by road transport injury in Brazilian municipalities between 2000 and 2018	65
Associations of presidential voting preference and gubernatorial control with county-level COVID-19 case and death rates in the continental United States	61
Living arrangements, activity participation and depression among older Chinese adults	57
Low household income increases the risk of tuberculosis recurrence: a retrospective nationwide cohort study in South Korea	55
Sociopolitical values, sociodemographic factors, and willingness to pay higher taxes to improve public healthcare in Turkey	55
The practice of exclusive breastfeeding by region in Indonesia	53
Generating data to facilitate more equitable distribution of health resources: an illustration of how local health surveys can identify probable need in mixed socio-economic regions	49
The impact of abortion bans on short-term housing needs	47
Valuing preventable deaths from major non-communicable diseases and all causes associated with sedentary behavior in Argentina	47
Use of ChatGPT in health: benefits, hazards, and recommendations	46
Evaluating an ‘incident control’ approach to non-communicable disease	46
Time-varying association between herpes zoster infection and subsequent occurrence of stroke	45
The role of Medical Officers of Health in Civil Defence and how they influenced modern emergency medical practice	44
Global cross-cultural validation of a brief measure for identifying potential suicide risk in 42 countries	44
Analysis of dietary patterns on cardiovascular risks in children: from a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study	43
Occupational stress, respect, and the need for psychological counselling in Chinese nurses: a nationwide cross-sectional study	42

Prevalence and influencing factors of anaemia among pregnant women in rural areas of Northwestern China	42
Accelerating global vaccination coverage of frontline workers and populations at risk of severe COVID-19 complications	41
Non-standard employment and COVID-19 testing in South Korean workers	40
Editorial Board	39
Comparative analysis of risk factors for COVID-19 mortality before, during and after the vaccination programme in Mexico	39
Should lockdown be based on age rather than geography?	37
Editorial Board	37
COVID-19 associated with universities in England, October 2020–February 2022	37
Re: “Environmental vs psychosocial barriers to active commuting to university: which matters more?”	36
Reflections on vaccine-derived polio in London and the bigger picture globally: high public confidence in routine immunisations is vital	35