OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medical Education Online 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	237
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	119
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	81
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	57
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	53
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	48
‘Early identification of struggling pre-clerkship learners using formative clinical skills OSCEs: an assessment for learning program.’	48
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	44
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	43
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education in different income countries: a scoping review of the literature	40
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	39
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	35
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	33
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	33
Implementing a graduate medical education anti-racism workshop at an academic university in the Southern USA	32
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	31
The impact of exposure to scientific research and inclusive mentoring style on medical undergraduates’ perceptions of critical thinking, communication, and passion	26
A critical narrative review of the experiences of Latinas, Hispanic, or Spanish origin (LHS+) women in medical field using Latina/Chicana feminist perspective	26
Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men’s world?	26
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	25
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	25
The impact of teacher’s presence on learning basic surgical tasks with virtual reality headset among medical students	25
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools: a national cohort study	24
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	23
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	23

Preparing fourth year medical students to care for patients with opioid use disorder: how this training affects their intention to seek addiction care opportunities during residency