OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Adolescent Health is 38. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Excess Hospital Burden Among Young People in Contact With Homelessness Services in South Australia: A Prospective Linked Data Study	221
Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Episodes and Subsequent Labor Market Trajectories	169
Associations Between Health Care Transition Preparation Among Youth in the U.S. and Other Components of a Well-Functioning System of Services	164
Vaccine Effectiveness, School Reopening, and Risk of Omicron Infection Among Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years	128
State of Transgender Health Education and Provision of Gender-Affirming Care to Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	115
Acute HIV Diagnosis After Initiation of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report	90
How Parental Feeding Practices Relate to Young People's Intuitive Eating: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations by Gender and Weight Concern	81
Adolescent US Poison Center Exposure Calls During the COVID-19 Pandemic	80
85. Young People's Experience of Virtual Outpatient Medical Appointments	79
53. Assessing the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender Adolescents	78
20. In an Ethnically/Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Adolescents, do Weight Stigma, Family Functioning, and Parenting Practices Predict Disordered Eating Behaviors Eight Years Later?	77
30. The Association Between Extracurricular Activities and Perception of Risk of Harm from Adolescent Binge Drinking	77
182. Perceived Contraceptive Comfort Among Pediatric Subspecialists	72
27. Using machine learning models and cross-national comparison to identify substance use screening items for Greek adolescents	72
157. Changes in Legal Responsibilities for Healthcare Decision-Making at Age 18: AYASHCN and Caregiver Knowledge, Satisfaction with Preparation Received, and Recommendations for Improvement	71
93. Institutional Benchmarking Survey: Registered Dietitian Practices in Outpatient Pediatric Eating Disorder Care	69
81. Trends and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Youth Mental Health, 2019 to 2022: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll	68
58. “You See, these Girls are Animals”: Storytelling as a Tool for Adolescent Wellbeing Among South Sudanese Refugee Adolescents Living in Uganda	67
84. Young People are not Hard to Reach, Services are: Participatory Development of a Comprehensive School- and Community-Based Health Screening Programme in Zimbabwe	65
54. Environmental and Behavioral Patterns in Patients with Problematic Interactive Media Use	59
Modern Dates	58
Risk and Protective Factors for the Evolution of Subthreshold Depression During Early Adolescence	56
202. Survey Development to Evaluate A Sexual Health Program for Middle School Youth	55
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Trends Among Adolescents With and Without a History of Recent Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior: 1991-2023	52
152. Evaluating the Role of Provider Trust and Caregiver Acceptability of Screening for Household Substance Use By Inpatient Pediatric Clinicians	49

126. Sexual Behaviors and STI Rates Among Early Adolescents	47
Global Progress in the Wellbeing of Adolescents and Proposals for the Next Decade: WHO Stocktaking Exercise on Young Adolescents 2010–2023	46
Screen Time and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among Children 9–10 Years Old: A Prospective Cohort Study	45
197. “I feel like we're approaching a cliff": Perspectives on Health Care Transition among Parents of Internationally Adopted Children with HIV	44
Youth-Reported School Connection and Experiences of a Middle School–Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Initiative: Preliminary Results From a Program Evaluation	42
Longitudinal Investigation of Bidirectional Relations Between Childhood Trauma and Emotion-Driven Impulsivity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study	41
Association of Pubertal Blockade at Tanner 2/3 With Psychosocial Benefits in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth at Hormone Readiness Assessment	40
Patterns of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis use Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Accessing Routine Sexual and Reproductive Health services in South Africa	40
First-Generation College Students, Emotional Support, and Systemic Inflammation Following the College Transition	39
An Exploration of Social Norms That Restrict Girls’ Sexuality and Facilitate Child Marriage in Bangladesh to Inform Policies and Programs	39
Quality Improvement Project to Increase Human Papillomavirus Two-Dose Vaccine Series Completion by 13 Years in Pediatric Primary Care Clinics	38
Research Ethics of Involving Adolescents in Health Research Studies: Perspectives From Australia	38
Who Is Couch-Surfing and Who Is on the Streets? Disparities Among Racial and Sexual Minority Youth in Experiences of Homelessness	38