OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medical Education Online is 27. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	264
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	163
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	101
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	92
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	65
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	59
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	58
Near-peer mentorship for newly qualified doctors; what are the benefits, and what methods can be used to overcome the pitfalls?	57
Early exposure to a primary care course: a co-created transformative approach in health systems science	48
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	41
Development of clinical teaching competency framework and scale for physician teachers in China: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study	36
Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men’s world?	36
A critical narrative review of the experiences of Latinas, Hispanic, or Spanish origin (LHS+) women in medical field using Latina/Chicana feminist perspective	35
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	34
The impact of exposure to scientific research and inclusive mentoring style on medical undergraduates’ perceptions of critical thinking, communication, and passion	34
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	34
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	32
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	32
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	31
Strengthening novice diagnostic problem solving through explicit metacognitive scaffolding in emergency medicine education	31
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	30
Analyzing diversity, equity, and inclusion content on dermatology fellowship program websites	30
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	30
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	30
Digital health competences and AI beliefs as conditions for the practice of evidence-based medicine: a study of prospective physicians in Canada	29

Strategies to foster stakeholder engagement in residency coaching: a CFIR-Informed qualitative study across diverse stakeholder groups	28
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	27