OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nursing Science Quarterly is 1. 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
Paradoxes and Patterns in Nursing Practice	34
Moral Distress as Moral Heuristic Missing the Mark	28
Nursing Science Quarterly Best Paper Award: 2023	27
Book Review: Dossey & Keegan’s Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice (8th ed.). Edited by Blaszko Helming, Shields, Avino, & Rosa (2022). Jones and Bartlett.	21
Nursing Cultural Competence in Israel: Does Practice Make It Better?	19
The Role of Metaphor in Hermeneutic Research	18
Innovative Communities: A Global Nursing Perspective	18
Ethical Implications for Mentoring and the Discipline of Nursing	16
A Coffee Conversation	14
Valuing Originality in Nursing Practice	13
The Necessity of Diversity for Expanding Knowledge	12
Nurse Faculty: Moving Away from the Script	12
Power, Policy, and Community Change: Humanbecoming Reflections	10
Hermeneutics: An Ethical Journey	9
Living on the Edge: Paradoxical Experiences with Ethics (Reprinted with permission)	9
Normative Ethical Theorizing	8
Connecting to Theory and Science: Avoiding Rule of Thumb Shortcuts	7
The Relational Virtual Nursing Practice Model: A Web-Based Nursing Intervention	7
Homelessness and Vulnerably-Housed Defined: A Synthesis of the Literature	7
Thoughts About Environment	6
Book Review: A Handbook for Caring Science: Expanding the Paradigm, by Rosa, W., Horton-Deutsch, S., & Watson, J. (Eds.). Springer.	6
ChatGPT and Forms of Deception	6
Concept Inventing: Feeling Trusted	6
Living on the Edge: Paradoxical Experiences With Ethics	6
Hope and Expanding Consciousness: Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer	6

The Creative Emergents of Wandering and Wondering	5
Facilitating Health-Promoting Self-Care in Older Adults: A Theory Synthesis	5
Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory with Persons with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Mixed Method Study	4
Leading-Following and Mentoring: Making Connections	4
The Scholar’s Prelude	4
Watson’s View of Nursing Science Quarterly’s 35th Anniversary	4
An Analysis and Evaluation of Basic Needs Theory and Transition Theory	4
Ethos in Time: Nurse Theorist Katie Eriksson as Remembered by Dr. Jessica Hemberg	4
Conceptual Foreknowings: Integrative Review on Having Courage	4
The Art and Science of Nursing Are Not Mutually Exclusive	4
Application of Virginia Henderson’s Theory Within an Intimate Partner Violence Scenario	4
Concept Inventing: Feeling Pulled in Different Directions	4
The Paradox of Dignity	4
Poetry: An Avenue of Artsciencing	3
Influences of the Arts and Nurse Ethics	3
Behold—The Gift	3
Leading-Following and Community Change Concepts: A Humanbecoming Perspective	3
Transcultural Nursing in Italy: An Explorative Study	3
Aesthetic Knowing: Cut-Ups and Haiku Poems	3
The VA Storybook Program: Humanizing Care With Nurse Stories	3
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: A Different View: Book Review of Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research by Nola A. Schmidt and Janet M. Brown (2022). Jones &	3
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Creator of an Eternal Fire of Nursing	3
Student Plagiarism: Never-Ending Challenges and Possibilities for Faculty	3
Language That Respects Dignity in Nursing Practice	3
Motivational Interviewing With Pender’s Health Promotions Model: Diabetics Self-Management Behavior	3
Improving Global Health and Nursing’s International Influence	2
Community-Based Participatory Research Guided by Critical Caring Theory	2
Recruitment Strategies to Optimize Participation by Diverse Populations	2
Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants: An Adaptation of Neuman’s Systems Theory	2
Leading-Following and Intent	2
Persevering: A Parsesciencing Inquiry	2
Thematic Integrative Literature Reviews	2
Feeling Listened To: A Parsesciencing Inquiry	2
A Book Review of Nursing Theory, Postmodernism, Post-Structuralism, and Foucault, Olga Petrovskaya (2023), Routledge	2
Caring Leadership in a Nonlinear World	2
Is Death the Enemy? Reconsidering the Significance of Metaphor in End of Life	2
Ushering in a New Era for King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment	2
Remembering Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett, RN; PhD; FAAN, Her Life and Legacy	2
Intention and Meaning in Leading-Following	2
The Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Model: Feeling Comfortable	2
Sacred Cows in Nurse Education: Are Faculty Scared to Dream?	2
A Book Review of Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process by Peggy L. Chinn, Maeona K. Kramer, and Kathleen Sitzman (2022). Elsevier	2
Evaluation of the Psychoeducation Program Given to Behcet’s Patients in the Context of the Roy Adaptation Model	2
Metaphorically Speaking: Living the Art of Nursing and Meaningful Insights	2
Comparing Four Caring Theories for Application in Iran	2
A Journey of Joy: Dr. Barbara M. Dossey’s Evolution in Nursing	2
A Book Review: Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World , by Sarah DiGregorio (2023). HarperCollins	2
Successful Grant Implementation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls	2
Living a Threatening Circumstance from a Nursing Perspective	2
A Rogerian Vision of Gender in a Pandimensional Universe	2

Work Perceptions by Italian Nurses: Implications for Managers at the Point of Care	2
More Thoughts About Health Policies: Focus on Conceptual Models	1
Bliss and Peace of Connecting-Separating	1
Imaging: A Concept Interwoven with Meaning	1
Follow Your Passion and Discover the Beauty of Being a Nurse Scientist	1
Studying Intentionality and Healing: A Dialogue with Dr. Rothlyn P. Zahourek	1
A Book Review of the 4^th Edition of Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice by Janie B. Butts and Karen L. Rich (2022). Jones & Bartlett Learning	1
Midrange Theory Evaluation to Advance Nursing Knowledge	1
Taking Shortcuts and Workarounds: Is it Ethical?	1
Application of Fawcett’s Criteria in Theory Evaluation	1
Originating Research Ideas	1
Insights and Power of Storytelling	1
A Unitary Caring Theory Perspective of Adolescent and Young Adult Experiences of Resilience	1
Value Priorities, Honoring the Dignity of Persons, and Living the Art of Nursing	1
Learning From Cancer Patients Who Push on With Tenacity	1
The Waiting	1
A Labor of Love: From Cranberry Biologist to Nurse Scholar and Educator	1
Another Wrong Turn in Nursing?	1
The Pillars of Intellectual Inquiry: Scholarship and Theory	1
Adolescent Relatedness Through the Lens of Unitary Caring Theory	1
Describing the Right Research Method	1
Connecting-Separating: A Pervasive Paradox of Humanbecoming	1
The Paradoxical Tensions of Speaking–Being Silent: An Ethical Perspective	1
Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations: A Case Study	1
Cultivating Awe: A Means to Inspire Sciencing	1
Alcohol Disorders in Military Veterans: An Evaluation with the Roy Adaptation Model	1
A Nurse Theorist’s Life of Providence: A Dialogue With Sister Callista Roy	1
Paradoxical Rhythms in Teaching-Learning: Glimpsing the Utterable-Unutterable	1
Book Review: Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Education: An Essential Guide by Glasgow, Dreher, Dahnke, & Gyllenhammer (2021). Springer	1
Risking at the Rocks	1
Theory-Based Nursing Policy to Enhance Living Quality: A Book Review of Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care (8th ed.) by Mason and colleagues (2021). Elsevier.	1
Nursing and Humanities as Disciplinary Worlds in Nursing: A Review of Graham McCaffrey’s Nursing and Humanities 2020 Book	1
The Effect of Nursing Approach on the Self-Management and Adjustment to the Illness among Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Patients According to Meleis’s Transition Theory	1
Envy and Originality: Facing the Challenge in Teaching-Learning	1
A Foundation for the Future: Sowing the Seeds of Illimitable Possibilities in the Rock Garden of Nurse Education	1
Reflexivity: Should It Be Mandated for Qualitative Reporting?	1
Middle-Range Theory of the Adapting Foster Family: Mathematical Modeling in Nursing Science	1
Defiance or Self-Neglect?	1
More Thoughts About Models of Nursing Practice Delivery	1
Symptom Burden: A Concept Analysis	1
Power with Presence: Connecting Theory and Knowledge to Nursing Practice	1
Policy Crafting: Humanbecoming and the Rainbow PRISM Model	1
The Art of Leading-Following: Power With Presence	1
Roy Adaptation Model: Theory-Based Knowledge and Nursing Care With a Person Experiencing COVID-19	1
Robotics in Teaching-Learning: But in Nursing?	1
Searching for Significance During a Pandemic: A Muslim Perspective	1
Humanuniverse Emerging	1
Book Review: Reed, P. & Crawford Shearer, N. (Eds.) (2018). Nursing Knowledge and Theory Innovation: Advancing the Science of Practice (2nd Ed.). Springer.	1
Tenure Decisions and Power: The Good and the Evil	1
Illusions Encountered in Teaching-Learning: A New Perspective	1
Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care: Nursing Theory Reflections	1
A Humanbecoming Perspective on Art and Sciencing	1
Feeling Pulled in Different Directions: A Parsesciencing Inquiry	1