OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Patient Education and Counseling is 37. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams	197
Nurse-patient communication in complex situations: development of dynamic, generalizable scenarios	145
Communication work among young breast cancer survivors	129
From 0 to 100: self-management in individuals with spinal cord injury after initial rehabilitation	89
Co-designing communication research within family practice: experiences from Basque Country, Spain	82
Integrating natural language processing (NLP) into health communication research and practice	81
Patient-centred communication to improve patient safety	77
Development of a rubric assessment form for evaluating communication skills of pharmacy students	70
The biographical approach: a narrative practice to improve patients' support and care	67
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing	66
Constructing an intervention to foster posttraumatic growth in people living with a life limiting illness and receiving palliative care: Participatory action research	63
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice	61
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy	60
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches	59
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review	59
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students	57
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic	54
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.	53
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals	52
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network	51
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review	50
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)	48
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology	46
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design	44
Risk communication – the science of making “meaningful numbers” or the art of making “meaningful pictures”?	43

The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Sharpening the lens: Resources to enhance methodological rigor in healthcare communication coding	42
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives	41
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper	41
The role of congruency in patient-doctor interactions: Insights from rare cancer consultations	40
Adapting TikTok and behavioral economics for youth-centered HIV prevention and PrEP education in the Philippines	39
Developing “The Health After Cancer Podcast” to amplify cancer survivors’ voices through digital storytelling	38
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature	38
Perspectives of international experts and the Danish citizens on the ‘relevant knowledge’ that citizens need for making informed choices about participation in cancer screening: Qualitative study	37
Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology – Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers	37
Influence of patient-oriented organizational climate on physicians’ patient-centered behavior: The mediating role of patient-centeredness self-efficacy	37
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]	37
What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis	37