OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Informatics Journal is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhancing maternal nutrition: The development of Doojan, a gamified mHealth app for pregnant women	60
11th Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technology & 2nd Panhellenic Conference of Physical Sciences in Health: Innovations and Perspectives	58
The development of an IT-based intervention to support a healthy postpartum lifestyle through behavioral change	39
Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy	28
Epid data explorer: A visualization tool for exploring and comparing spatio-temporal epidemiological data	26
Use of daily posture and activity tracking to assess sedentary behavior, toss-and-turns, and sleep duration of independently living Thai seniors	26
Improving audit and feedback: A user-centred approach to designing feedback techniques for an online experiment	23
Demonstrating the data integrity of routinely collected healthcare systems data for clinical trials (DEDICaTe): A proof-of-concept study	23
Workshop on evaluating medical apps using the mobile app Rubric for learning	21
Multimodal representation learning for medical analytics - a systematic literature review	21
Pathways to usage intention of mobile health apps among hypertensive patients: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	21
Using virtual reality technology to prevent substance misuse and violence among university students: A pilot and feasibility study	21
Co-designing of a prototype mobile application for fetal radiation dose monitoring among pregnant radiographers using a design thinking approach	18
Identifying and prioritizing the key performance indicators for hospital management dashboard at a national level: Viewpoint of hospital managers	17
Systematic review of machine learning applications in the early prediction and management of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	17
Developing and validating a predictive model for future emergency hospital admissions	16
The usability and effect of an mHealth disease management platform on the quality of life of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – The emPOWERD-AF study	16
Development and validation of a progressive web application to educate partial denture wearers	16
An indoor location-based hospital porter management system and trace analysis	16
Critical risk and success factors for sustainability of an electronic health data capture, processing and dissemination platform for Uganda	15
Paediatric orthopaedic expert system	15
Knowledge, attitudes and associated factors to use district health information system among healthcare providers in Illu Aba Bora zone, South West of Ethiopia	15
Building the foundation for immunization information system interoperability: Lessons from the Canadian context	15
Presentation suitability and readability of ChatGPT’s medical responses to patient questions about on knee osteoarthritis	15
Real-world data analysis for the association of glucose control and mortality in critically ill patients	14

Prediction of diabetes prescription volumes of various geographies using regression techniques	14
Analysis of total RNA as a potential biomarker of developmental neurotoxicity in silico	14
Identifying adverse drug reactions from patient reviews on social media using natural language processing	13
Smart variant filtering - A blueprint solution for massively parallel sequencing-based variant analysis	13
A web-based platform for studying the impact of artificial intelligence in video capsule endoscopy	12
Using machine learning models to predict coronary artery calcium scores in firefighters	12
Safe at home: Acceptance of surveillance technology among caregivers for persons with dementia	12
Automatically identifying opioid use disorder in non-cancer patients on chronic opioid therapy	12
Using a natural language processing toolkit to classify electronic health records by psychiatric diagnosis	11
Why developers matter: The case of patient portals	11
Validation of the transformed clinical practice research datalink (CPRD) GOLD and aurum data into the OMOP common data model	11
Prescribers’ reported acceptance and use of drug-drug interaction alerts: An Australian survey	11
The effect of an integrated electronic medical record system on malaria out-patient case management in a Ugandan health facility	10
Comparison of machine learning models to predict complications of bariatric surgery: A systematic review	10
Brief cognitive-behavioral training for tinnitus relief using a mobile application: A pilot open trial	10
Validation of a Korean version of mobile app rating scale (MARS) for apps targeting disease management	10
Physicians differ in their perceptions of sensitive medical records: Survey and interview study	9
Optimizing appreciation and persuasion of embodied conversational agents for health behavior change: A design experiment and focus group study	9
Using cognitive behavioral therapy-based chatbots to alleviate symptoms of insomnia, depression, and anxiety: A randomized controlled trial	9
Identification of mycoplasma pneumonia in children based on fusion of multi-modal clinical free-text description and structured test data	9
Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for predicting diarrhea among under-five children in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2016 EDHS	9
Six years of Project ECHO: Implementation and evaluation of a hospice-led multiprofessional education programme	9
Integrating clinical guidelines with large language models for improved sepsis mortality prediction	9
Effective detection of Covid-19 using Xception net architecture: A technical investigation using X-ray images	9
The design, development and usability testing of a smartphone-based mobile system for management of children’s oral health	9
The association between information technology sophistication and patient portal use: A cross sectional study in Eastern North Carolina	9
ReferID ⁺ and AsthmaOptimiser: Digital tools to support structured asthma consultations in primary care	9
Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review	8
My Data Choices: Pilot evaluation of patient-controlled medical record sharing technology	8
The perceived impact of project ECHO networks in Northern Ireland for health and social care providers, patients, and the health system: A qualitative analysis	8
‘Humans think outside the pixels’ – Radiologists’ perceptions of using artificial intelligence for breast cancer detection in mammography screening in a clinical setting	8
Technology-based interprofessional collaboration in primary care for home rehabilitation of the older adults: A dutch exploratory study	8
Game not over: Explaining older adults’ use and intention to continue using a gamified eHealth service	8
Informatics competency, attitudes toward evidence-based practice, and clinical decision-making skills in nurses	8
Evaluating large language models for mild cognitive impairment among older adults: A bilingual comparison of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Kimi	8
A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy	8
Application of machine learning to identify key factors influencing agricultural workers’ mental health: A case study of Thai farmers	8
Programming techniques for improving rule readability for rule-based information extraction natural language processing pipelines of unstructured and semi-structured medical texts	8
Governance intricacies in implementing regional shared care records: A qualitative study in the national health service, England	8
Performance of an EMR screening tool for social determinants of health	8
Public interest and seasonal peaks for wisdom teeth related web inquiries – A google trends analysis	7
Identifying benefits and concerns with using digital health services during COVID-19: Evidence from a hospital-based patient survey	7
Complementary frailty and mortality prediction models on older patients as a tool for assessing palliative care needs	7
Incomplete patient information exchange and unnecessary repeat diagnostics during oncological referrals in the Netherlands: exploring the role of information exchange	7
Anatomically Integrated In-Place Visualization of Patient Data for Cooperative Tasks with a Case Study on a Neurosurgical Ward	7
Emerging trends in multi-modal artificial intelligence for clinical decision support: A narrative review	7
Predicting metabolic syndrome using machine learning – Analysis of commonly used indices	7
BoneScore: A natural language processing algorithm to extract bone mineral density data from DXA scans	7
Determinants of the implementation of an artificial intelligence-supported device for the screening of diabetic retinopathy in primary care – a qualitative study	7
Digital access among a national sample of currently and formerly homeless veterans in 2022	7

The development of an augmented reality application for exercise prescription within paediatric oncology: App design and protocol of a pilot study	7
Enhancing medical information retrieval: Re-engineering the tala-med search engine for improved performance and flexibility	7
Exploring the challenges of and solutions to sharing personal genomic data for use in healthcare	7
Reducing abnormal expenses in national health insurance based on a control chart and decision tree-driven define, measure, analyze, improve and control process	7
Navigating through regulatory frameworks for digital therapeutics and biomarkers	7
Telehealth care system for chronic disease management of middle-aged and older adults in remote areas	7
A hybrid cloud data lake architecture supporting the integration of clinical and genomics data	7
Development and usability of a mobile artificial intelligence platform for the management of childhood developmental disorders based on PHRs	7
Effect of integration of prescription drug monitoring program data in the electronic health record on queries by primary care providers	7
Open-source electronic health record systems: A systematic review of most recent advances	6
Predictors of and reasons for refusal to participate in a digitally supported remote maintenance pulmonary rehabilitation programme	6
“It tracks me!”: An analysis of apple watch nudging and user adoption mechanisms	6
Evaluating the Health Information system implementation and utilization in healthcare delivery	6
Chronic stroke survivors’ perspective on the use of serious games to motivate upper limb rehabilitation – a qualitative study	6
Emergency department nurses’ learning and evolving perspectives in interacting with patients who self-harm. An explorative interview study of the use of a mobile application	6
What are the impetuses Behind E-health applications’ self-management services’ ongoing adoption by health community participants?	6
Application of machine learning to predict periodontal disease in US adults: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2009–2014	6
When and in what circumstances is patient-targeted googling acceptable for health and social care professionals? A narrative review and thematic analysis	6
Conceptual design of the dual X-ray absorptiometry health informatics prediction system for osteoporosis care	6