OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sexual Health is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mycoplasma genitalium: enhanced management using expanded resistance-guided treatment strategies	49
Australian veteran sexual health: ‘…you are the first person I’ve spoken to about it.’	38
Harm reduction and multidisciplinary consultations for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men practising chemsex based in a French infectious disease unit: patients’ characteristics and pe	30
Undetectable=Untransmittable=Universal Access (U=U=U): transforming a foundational, community-led HIV/AIDS health informational advocacy campaign into a global HIV/AIDS health equity strategy and poli	24
Sampling time for self-taking an oropharyngeal swab for gonorrhoea and chlamydia testing	23
Online personal ads and its implication for sexual health risks: an observational analysis of posts	22
Meet the Editors	21
Identifying gaps in dual protection from sexually transmissible infections and unintended pregnancies among Australian women: an observational study	18
Free online chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine test request in Queensland, Australia: convenience of home sample collection versus pathology collection centre attendance for faster results	17
Factors influencing experiences of non-consensual sex: results from a mixed data cross-sectional online survey of Australian university students	16
The gonorrhoea care cascade in general practice: a descriptive study to explore gonorrhoea management utilising electronic medical records	14
Characteristics and determinants of quality non-directive pregnancy options counselling: a scoping review	12
Impact of increased antiretroviral therapy use during the treatment as prevention era in Australia	12
A holistic evaluation of sexual health disease investigation: case study of the 2022 Mpox outbreak in Santa Clara County, California	12
Measuring and evaluating sexual health in the era of digital health: challenges and opportunities	11
Accessible health care is critical to the effective control of sexually transmitted infections	11
Termination of pregnancy in Queensland post-decriminalisation: a content analysis of client records from an all-options pregnancy counselling organisation	10
Engaging older Australians in sexual health research: SHAPE2 survey recruitment and sample	10
How should we deliver sexual health services in the 2020s?	9
Unlearning and relearning sexuality: a qualitative exploration of The Sex Wrap, a sex education podcast	9
Could late-latent syphilis be treated with a single subcutaneous infusion of long-acting penicillin?	9
Substantial underdiagnosis and underreporting: changes in reported HIV and AIDS cases in 31 provinces in China at the beginning of COVID-19	9
STI testing among young people attending music festivals in New South Wales, Australia: exploring the client segmentation concept in the ‘Down to Test’ program	9
Response time to an SMS link for a sexual health survey	9
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Social media’s role in support networks among LGBTQ adolescents: a qualitative study	8

The influence of home versus clinic anal human papillomavirus sampling on high-resolution anoscopy uptake in the Prevent Anal Cancer Self-Swab Study	8
The use of suboptimal antiretroviral therapy when applying for migration to Australia: a case series	8
Understanding the health care needs of transgender and gender diverse people engaging with rural Australian sexual health centres: a qualitative interview study	8
Exploring sexual desire and fantasies: a cross-sectional online study on gender differences on Iranian adults	8
Characterisation of social media conversations on syphilis: an unobtrusive observational study	8
Integrating testing for sexually transmissible infections into annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a cross-sectional analysis	7
Agreement of and discussion with clients about Undetectable equals Untransmissible among general practitioners in Australia: a cross-sectional survey	7
The chlamydia care cascade of young people attending Australian general practices; a descriptive study to assess gaps in care	7
Role of viral suppression in HIV treatment and prevention and its potential in addressing harmful laws and discrimination	7
‘HIV made me fabulous’: a qualitative analysis of embodied storytelling in film to address stigma, further understandings of U=U and advance gender equity	7
Transactional sex and its associated factors among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Nepal	6
Lived experiences with pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and adherence among transgender women in Thailand: a qualitative study	6
Juvenile probation officers delivering an intervention for substance use significantly reduces adolescents’ risky sexual behaviours	6
Chlamydia retesting remains low among young women in Australia: an observational study using sentinel surveillance data, 2018–2022	6
Comparison of IgG serum antibodies, electronic health records and self-report in estimating past infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a cohort of men who have sex with men	6
Barriers to sexual health care for sexually diverse Muslim men: a scoping review	6
Co-creation and community engagement in implementation research with vulnerable populations: a co-creation process in China	6
Sexual mixing in bisexual activity in male–male partnerships in Melbourne, Australia	6
Traversing TechSex: benefits and risks in digitally mediated sex and relationships	5
Time, scope and resources: why U=U makes programmatic sense for Nigeria	5
Barriers to HIV testing in hospital settings within a culturally diverse urban district of Sydney, Australia	5
Hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected men in Singapore, 2006–2018: incidence and associated factors	5
Comparing the effectiveness of secondary distribution of HIV/syphilis dual self-testing to testing card referral in promoting HIV testing among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Gu	5
Adapting an artificial intelligence sexually transmitted diseases symptom checker tool for Mpox detection: the HeHealth experience	5
Table of Contents	5
Community-engaged strategies to improve sexual health services for adults aged 45 and above in the United Kingdom: a qualitative data analysis	5
How is cervical cancer screening discussed with clients at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia?	5
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Efficacy and acceptability of ‘nudges’ aimed at promoting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use: a survey of overseas born men who have sex with	5
Meet the Editors	5
‘Every strategy needs to be contributing to erasing the stigma’: Māori and Pacific young people talk about overcoming barriers to testing for sexually transmitted infections	4
Meet the Editors	4
First-line treatment with ceftriaxone for Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection less likely to be prescribed to patients with a penicillin allergy label: a retrospective audit of medical records	4
Isolated middle cerebral artery stenosis caused by syphilitic vasculitis	4
Acceptance and use of condoms among school-aged young people in Australia	4
HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B prevalence, related risk behaviours and correlates of condom use among transgender women in two cities in Sri Lanka: findings from respondent-driven sampling surveys	4
Men of refugee and migrant backgrounds in Australia: a scoping review of sexual and reproductive health research	4
‘Be nice to us, we’re still learning’: an online survey of young people in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, about unmet need for sexual health care and improving access to services	4
Pilot study of pharyngeal	4
Sexual function in reproductive-aged women following radiotherapy: a cross sectional study	4
A collaborative model aligning adult sexual health and endocrine gender health services	3
Burden of tuberculosis and hepatitis co-infection among people living with HIV in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Trichomoniasis among men presenting to a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia	3
What young women (aged 24–29 years) in Australia think about self-collection for cervical screening: a brief report	3
Interim position statement on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmissible infections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand – the Australasia	3
Pornography consumption and sexual health among emerging adults from Malaysia: an observational study	3
Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Fanconi syndrome in a patient receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection: case report	3
Rising incidence of gonorrhea in Taiwan amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide surveillance study	3
Top Abstracts of the Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV & AIDS Conferences	3
Rumination, risk, and response: a qualitative analysis of sexual health anxiety among online sexual health chat service users	3

Participatory approaches to delivering clinical sexually transmitted infections services: a narrative review	3
Time trends in positive gonorrhoea diagnoses at the Christchurch Sexual Health Service (2012–2022): a data audit study	3
Gay, bisexual, and queer men’s confidence in the Undetectable equals Untransmittable HIV prevention message: longitudinal qualitative analysis of the sexual decision-making of pre-exposure prophylaxis	3
A qualitative evaluation of a Nudgeathon event for the co-design of sexual health campaign images targeting overseas-born men who have sex with men	3
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and sexualised drug use among men who have sex with men: a systematic review	3
Changing trends in transgender demographics and morbidity: baseline data from a Spanish cohort	3
Determinants of intention to test for sexually transmitted infections among late adolescent women in the United States	3
Trichomoniasis among men presenting to a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia	3
How accurate is presumptive	3
Optimising the delivery of sexual health services in Australia: a qualitative study	3
Feasibility and economic costs of syphilis self-testing to expand test uptake among gay, bisexual and transgender men: results from a randomised controlled trial in Zimbabwe	3
Sexual risk behaviours among factory workers in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study	3
Syphilis, HIV and other STI positivity in clients presenting as contacts of syphilis at Sydney Sexual Health Centre	3
Sexual behaviour during COVID-19: a repeated cross-sectional survey in Victoria, Australia	3
Online triage tool improves the efficiency of a sexual health service	3
Self-reported intimate partner violence among men who have sex with men at an urban Australian sexual health clinic	3