OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nursing Ethics is 21. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and nurses’ ethical issues: Comparisons between two European countries	68
Applicants' success in the ethics entrance exam: A cross-sectional study	51
Nursing ethics and the perspectivity of nursing: Response to ‘30 years of nursing ethics’	48
Care-deficits and polarization: Why the time is ripe for a universal care conscription	48
Truth-telling, and ethical considerations in terminal care: an Eastern perspective	42
A typology of nurses' interaction with relatives in emergency situations	40
Relational vulnerability and technological mediation: The ethics of intelligent eldercare	36
The dynamic relationship between ethical leadership and nurses’ innovative behavior	35
Conceptual framework for the ethical climate in health professionals	33
Public health nurses’ professional dignity: An interview study in Finland	33
Moral injury among psychiatric nurses: Experiences and contributing factors	32
Do ethical views of end-of-life patients’ family members impact organ donation decisions?	31
Ethical challenges in residential care facilities during COVID-19: Leaders’ perspective	30
Reflections on the 2025 Nursing Ethics Conference in Turku, Finland	29
Family Systems Care ‒ Expert consensus on ethics behind committed practice	29
Midwifery students’ experiences: Violations of dignity during childbirth	26
Physician-nurse collaboration in the relationship between professional autonomy and practice behaviors	25
Moral injury and mental health outcomes in nurses: A systematic review	25
Relationship between nurses’ ethical ideology, professional values, and clinical accountability	24
Spontaneous ethics in nurses’ willingness to work during a pandemic	23
Moral distress and moral resilience of nurse managers	23
Moral courage of nursing: Bibliometric analysis	21
Racism during clinical placement, the perpetrators, impact, advocating and reporting	21
Children’s informed signified and voluntary consent to heart surgery: Professionals’ practical perspectives	21
Measuring trust in healthcare with instruments developed in different disciplines – A scoping review	21