OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epidemiology is 23. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A Generalization of the Mechanism-based Approach for Age–Period–Cohort Models	118
Newborn Dried Blood Spot Folate in Relation to Maternal Self-reported Folic Acid Intake, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Developmental Delay	65
Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes in Two Cohorts of Pregnant Women With HIV in Zambia	51
Reporting and Description of Research Methodology in Studies Estimating Effects of Firearm Policies	41
Preventable Fraction in the Context of Disease Progression	40
Re. A Multipollutant Approach to Estimating Causal Effects of Air Pollution Mixtures on Overall Mortality in a Large, Prospective Cohort	39
Explaining the Variance in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Comparison of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Genetic Predictors: Erratum	39
Erratum: Generalizing and Transporting Causal Inferences from Randomized Trials in the Presence of Trial Engagement Effects	37
The Authors Respond	35
Mendelian Randomization With Repeated Measures of a Time-varying Exposure	34
Prediction Under Interventions: Evaluation of Counterfactual Performance Using Longitudinal Observational Data	33
Advances in Difference-in-differences Methods for Policy Evaluation Research	33
Re. Pre-diagnostic exposures and cancer survival: Can a meaningful causal estimand be specified?	33
Estimating the Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiovascular Events Using Observational Data?	32
When Does Differential Outcome Misclassification Matter for Estimating Prevalence?	31
Negative Control Exposures: Causal Effect Identifiability and Use in Probabilistic-bias and Bayesian Analyses With Unmeasured Confounders	31
Does Adjusting for Causal Intermediate Confounders Resolve the Perinatal Crossover Paradox?	27
Understanding Etiologic Pathways Through Multiple Sequential Mediators: An Application in Perinatal Epidemiology	27
Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes Among African-born Black Women in California, 2011–2020	26
Mobile Source Benzene Regulations and Risk of Childhood and Young Adult Hematologic Cancers in Alaska: A Quasi-experimental Study	25
Validation of ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for Gestational Age at Birth	24
Visual Acuity and the Risk of Cycling Injuries	24
Evaluating Binary Outcome Classifiers Estimated from Survey Data	23
Are Detailed Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Environmental Variables Necessary to Control for Confounding in Pregnancy Weight Gain Research?	23
Erratum: Marginal Sufficient Component Cause Model: An Emerging Causal Model With Merits?	23

Comparing PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Strategies Following Myocardial Infarction Using Negative Control Outcomes: A Target Trial Emulation Study