OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Midwifery is 25. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The experiences of pregnancy and NHS maternity care for women who have been trafficked: A qualitative study	102
Editorial Board	60
Adaptation and psychometric assessment of the postpartum childcare stress checklist among Arab women in the United Arab Emirates	60
Midwives experiences of interventions to improve breast expression following preterm birth: A qualitative study	57
Why do French women refuse to have Down's syndrome screening by maternal serum testing? A mixed methods study	56
Exploring the pressure to “bounce back” to pre-pregnancy weight after birth	51
Midwifery students’ experiences of their clinical internship placement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: A qualitative descriptive study	42
Posttraumatic growth after perinatal loss: A systematic review	39
International news January 2026	39
A longitudinal case-control analysis of pain symptoms, fear of childbirth, and psychological well-being during pregnancy and postpartum among individuals with vulvodynia	39
Prediction of the ideal gestational weight gain for reducing the risk of macrosomia/large for gestational age in women with gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Taiwan	39
The impact of midwives’ satisfaction on intention to leave the profession and emigration -a nationwide cross-sectional study	36
The experience of fathers during the covid-19 UK maternity care restrictions	36
Lesbian couples’ childbearing experiences using assisted reproductive technology: A netnography study	35
How experiences of weight stigma impact higher-weight women during their maternity care: A meta-ethnography	34
International News May 2025	31
Assessment of the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the midwifery student evaluation of practice (MIDSTEP-IT): A validity and reliability study. [Letter]	30
Screening and diagnosis of women for chorioamnionitis: An integrative literature review	29
‘Plan Z and then off the edge of a cliff’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of mothers’ experience of living with a slow-to-heal Caesarean wound	29
‘It's just one step too far’: Negotiating physical activity for perinatal mental health	28
Music as a health resource in pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey study of women and partners in Ireland	27
Self-assessment of nursing preparedness and knowledge in the care of patients with obstetric anal sphincter injuries and utilization of a computer-based learning module for continued nursing education	26
Do women's perceptions of their childbirth experiences change over time? A six-week follow-up study in a Danish population	26
Gestational diabetes mellitus according to different diagnostic criteria: Prevalence and related factors	26
Childbirth-choice facilitation experiences among women in selected public healthcare facilities in Namibia	25

Evolution of the epidemiological surveillance indicators of the main sexually transmitted infections in Spain: A retrospective observational study (2011-2019)