OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Fertility 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The future of sperm: a biovariability framework for understanding global sperm count trends	23
COVID-19 and hypogonadism: secondary immune responses rule-over endocrine mechanisms	21
Probiotic effects on sperm parameters, oxidative stress index, inflammatory factors and sex hormones in infertile men	20
Effectiveness of the flexible progestin primed ovarian stimulation protocol compared to the flexible GnRH antagonist protocol in women with decreased ovarian reserve	18
Management of recurrent implantation failure: British Fertility Society policy and practice guideline	17
Women’s vitamin D levels and IVF results: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis, considering three categories of vitamin status (replete, insufficient and deficient)	16
Socioeconomic status and fertility treatment outcomes in high-income countries: a review of the current literature	13
Relationships between infertility-related stress, family sense of coherence and quality of life of couples with infertility	13
Seminal inflammasome activity in the adult varicocele	13
Construction and cryopreservation of an artificial ovary in cancer patients as an element of cancer therapy and a promising approach to fertility restoration	12
In vitro rescue immature oocytes – a literature review	12
Meeting multiple same-donor offspring: psychosocial challenges	11
Endometrial miRNome profile according to the receptivity status and implantation failure	11
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility care: a qualitative systematic review	10
Changes in the T-helper 1 and 2 cell populations during pregnancy in tacrolimus-treated women with repeated implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss	9
Risk of embryo aneuploidy is affected by the increase in sperm DNA damage in recurrent implantation failure patients under ICSI-CGH array cycles	9
Hysteroscopy and female infertility: a fresh look to a busy corner	9
The microbiome and male infertility: looking into the past to move forward	9
The intrauterine perfusion of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) before frozen-thawed embryo transfer in patients with two or more implantation failures	8
The link between infertility-related distress and psychological distress in couples awaiting fertility treatment: a dyadic approach	7
Two-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography compared to three/four-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography for the assessment of tubal occlusion in women with infertility/subfertility:	7
What do Sunni Muslims think about religiously forbidden reproductive options?	7
‘Battery hens’ or ‘nuggets of gold’: a qualitative study on the barriers and enablers for altruistic egg donation	7
Role of endometriosis in defining cardiovascular risk: a gender medicine approach for women’s health	7
The effect of COVID-19 vaccinations on menstrual cycle and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels in reproductive age women	6

Taking fertility for granted – a qualitative exploration of fertility awareness among young, childless men in Denmark and Sweden	6
The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective	6
Prevalence of subtle distal Fallopian tube abnormalities and their association with endometriosis in infertility patients: a prospective cohort study	6
Occupational health issues experienced by UK embryologists: informing improvements in clinical reproductive science practice	6
Fertility awareness and parenting intentions among Mexican undergraduate and graduate university students	6
Endometrial compaction is associated with the increased live birth rate in artificial frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles	6
Pronuclear and blastocyst morphology are associated age-dependently with embryo ploidy in in vitro fertilization cycles	6
A review of varicocele treatment and fertility outcomes	6
‘Womb for work' experiences of Thai women and gestational surrogacy practice in Thailand	6
Quality of life and related constructs in a group of infertile Hungarian women: a validation study of the FertiQoL	6
The effect of obesity on human reproductive health and foetal life	6
The first 25 years of Human Fertility	5
Fertility preservation decisions in young women with breast cancer: a qualitative study of health care professionals’ views and experiences	5
The novel use of fertility quality of life (FertiQoL) treatment subscale to assess treatment acceptability in social egg freezing	5
Maternal spindle transfer for mitochondrial disease: lessons to be learnt before extending the method to other conditions?	5
‘Doing it in the right order’: childless men’s intentions regarding family formation	5
Maternal and child-health outcomes in different endometrial preparation methods for frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective study	5
Strictly selected Mono- and non-pronuclear blastocysts could result in appreciable clinical outcomes in IVF cycles	5
Is low anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level a risk factor of miscarriage in women <37 years old undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)?	5
Motivations for egg donation to previously unknown recipients: donation as a personal, relational act of giving	5
SARS-CoV-2 effects on male reproduction: should men be worried??	5
Sperm DNA fragmentation on the day of fertilisation is not associated with assisted reproductive technique outcome independently of gamete quality	5
Endometrial scratching in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK): a follow-up survey	5
Research funding for male reproductive health and infertility in the UK and USA [2016 – 2019]	4
Gene pathway analysis of the endometrium at the start of the window of implantation in women with unexplained infertility and unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss: is unexplained recurrent pregnancy l	4
CFTR gene variants as a reason for impaired spermatogenesis: a pilot study and a Meta-analysis of published data	4
The relationship between endometriosis and diet	4
Retrospective analysis of the endometrial preparation protocols for frozen-thawed embryo transfers in women with endometrial polyps	4
Step-by-step decision-making process in third party assisted reproduction: a qualitative study	4
Elective single versus double blastocyst-stage embryo transfer in women aged 36 years or older: a retrospective cohort study	4
Identification of long non-coding RNA biomarkers and signature scoring, with competing endogenous RNA networks- targeted drug candidates for recurrent implantation failure	4
Effectiveness of a video-based education on fertility awareness: a randomized controlled trial with partnered women	4
Survey of fertility counselling provision in UK licensed treatment centres during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Fertility knowledge and its related factors among married men and women in Zanjan, Iran	4
Anogenital distance and anti-Müllerian hormone combined improves the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome	4
Pregnancy and birth outcomes of single versus multiple embryo transfer in gestational surrogacy arrangements: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Reproductive health education in the schools of the four UK nations: is it falling through the gap?	3
A thank you to Jane Denton!	3
Sexual function and quality of life in Chinese couples undergoing assisted reproductive treatment: a prospective cohort study	3
Multiple pregnancy rate in patients undergoing treatment with clomifene citrate for WHO group II ovulatory disorders: a systematic review	3
Management of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in females	3
Identification of potential key genes related to idiopathic male infertility using RNA-sequencing data: an in-silico approach	3
The impact of emotional health on assisted reproductive technology outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Fertility preservation discussions, referral and follow-up in male-to-female and female-to-male adolescent transgender patients	3
Sperm donors versus long-term mates: a comparison of preferences of heterosexual and lesbian women	3
Performance of ovarian response prediction index (ORPI) in predicting ovarian response and livebirth in the in-vitro fertilisation cycle using a standard stimulation with corifollitropin alpha in a Gn	3
Zooming in on the endometrial factor of recurrent implantation failure	3
‘How did you cope with such concerns?’: insights from a monitored online infertility peer support forum	3
A UK-wide cross-sectional survey of practice exploring current trends in endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo replacement	3
Make our wellbeing a priority: donor-conceived adults call for ongoing support and conversation about their donor conception	3

Genetic variants in varicocele-related male infertility: a systematic review and future directions	3
Motherhood and motivations for bariatric surgery – a qualitative study	3
MicroRNA-16 represses granulosa cell proliferation in polycystic ovarian syndrome through inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway by downregulation of Apelin13	3
The effects of tobacco and cannabis use on semen and endocrine parameters in infertile males	3