OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Patient Education and Counseling is 36. 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
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams	189
Nurse-patient communication in complex situations: development of dynamic, generalizable scenarios	141
Communication work among young breast cancer survivors	121
From 0 to 100: self-management in individuals with spinal cord injury after initial rehabilitation	86
Co-designing communication research within family practice: experiences from Basque Country, Spain	79
Patient-centred communication to improve patient safety	77
Integrating natural language processing (NLP) into health communication research and practice	77
Development of a rubric assessment form for evaluating communication skills of pharmacy students	66
The biographical approach: a narrative practice to improve patients' support and care	65
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing	63
Constructing an intervention to foster posttraumatic growth in people living with a life limiting illness and receiving palliative care: Participatory action research	62
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice	59
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy	58
“Letter to my future self” as a device for assessing health education effectiveness	57
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches	56
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review	56
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students	53
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic	52
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals	48
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.	48
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review	46
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network	46
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)	45
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology	45
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design	43

Content and quality of consumer websites providing information about human papillomavirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An environmental scan	42
A nurse-led approach to testing and adapting a telehealth guide for e-empathy in goals of care conversations for Black patients with chronic kidney disease	41
Sharpening the lens: Resources to enhance methodological rigor in healthcare communication coding	39
Risk communication – the science of making “meaningful numbers” or the art of making “meaningful pictures”?	39
The effects of motivational interviewing on hypertension management: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper	38
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives	37
Adapting TikTok and behavioral economics for youth-centered HIV prevention and PrEP education in the Philippines	36
The role of congruency in patient-doctor interactions: Insights from rare cancer consultations	36
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature	36