OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Information and Libraries Journal 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding clinical library services as knowledge mobilisation activities: Mixed method evaluation of an Evidence Access service in a mental health trust	44
In this issue…	33
Global trends health science libraries: Part 1	28
Criteria for the selection, evaluation and application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health practice, education, research and policy: A systematic review	21
Development and validation of search filters to retrieve medication discontinuation articles in Medline and Embase	18
Using infographics in disseminating healthy lifestyle information on social media is likely to increase uptake and sharing	14
Collaborative updating of an organizational health literacy tool confirms medical librarians’ leadership roles	12
UK survey demonstrates a wide range of impacts attributable to clinical librarian services	11
Embedded librarians: An innovative experience in health and wellness communication	10
Information‐seeking behaviour of primary care clinicians in Singapore at the point‐of‐care: A qualitative study	10
Health information seeking behaviour and decision making by patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative study	9
An analysis of ALA‐accredited MLS curricula indicates deficiencies in the initial training provided for public librarians	9
Mental health‐related internet use by people with a diagnosis of chronic psychiatric disorder, attending community mental health centres	9
Search Club: Using peer support to develop search skills and share knowledge in a specialist NHS team	9
Key topics in social science research on COVID‐19: An automated literature analysis	8
‘Connecting’ with the Health Libraries Group conference	7
Forthcoming Papers	7
Role of Pakistani e‐libraries in promoting health awareness for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal‐3	7
Visual abstracts do not increase some impact scores more than conventional abstracts of clinical research: A retrospective cohort study	7
Training needs of medical librarians in Nigeria: A survey	7
Issue Information Covers	6
Delivering eye health education to deprived communities in India through a social media‐based innovation	6
Omani citizens relied more on international sources of information to inform themselves during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Information specialists and researchers working together for health promotion: Benefits from school‐work educational programmes at the National Institute of Health in Italy	6
Health literacy and consumer health information	6

Erratum	6
Interest in dentistry in early months of the COVID‐19 global pandemic: A Google Trends approach	6
Landscape of health sciences librarian‐mediated search services	5
ChatGPT in medical libraries, possibilities and future directions: An integrative review	5
Caregivers of children feel confident about using the Internet for health information	5
Few changes shown in cancer information‐seeking behaviour among young adults in China between 2012 and 2017	5
Finding and evaluating randomised controlled trials in nursing conducted by Spanish research teams: A scoping review	5
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Using an artificial intelligence tool can be as accurate as human assessors in level one screening for a systematic review	4
Facilitating knowledge transfer to policy makers and front‐line workers during a pandemic: Implementation, impact and lessons learned	4
Google is goodish: An information literacy course designed to teach users why Google may not always be the best place to search for evidence	4
Issue Information	4
Evaluation of the usefulness and understandability of information leaflets on fall prevention from the perspective of hospital patients and their relatives	4
Misinformation and perception of COVID‐19 and risk assessment among people in Pakistan: A pilot study	4
Forthcoming Papers	4
The popularisation of self‐care: Tracing the dissemination of Orem's Self‐Care Deficiency Nursing Theory into the scientific disciplines	4
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Algorithmic literacy in medical students – results of a knowledge test conducted in Germany	4
Transforming and extending library services by embracing technology and collaborations: A case study	4
Library research support services in China’s universities of traditional medicine: Understanding user requirements	4
Celebrating 75 years of the Health Libraries Group	4
Making research and evaluation more useful and more interesting for information services and their users: A guide for students and practitioners	3
Academic integrity among medical students and postgraduate trainees in the teaching hospitals of South Punjab Pakistan	3
Forthcoming papers	3
ChatGPT: Game‐changer or wildcard for systematic searching?	3
A systematic review case study of urgent and emergency care configuration found citation searching of Web of Science and Google Scholar of similar value	3
10,000 steps a day? Activity trackers, health information literacy and the potential role of Information Science & Health Libraries	3
Health literacy predicts Covid‐19 awareness and protective behaviours of university students	3
Developing a governance process for apps can help enhance and change the skills base and visibility of health librarians	3
New nurses apply only basic source evaluation criteria but realize their skills are lacking: More sophisticated approaches to teaching evaluation skills are required	3