OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is 36. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting the effect of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake by pregnant women on birth weight using a generalized ordered partial proportional odds model	140
Exploring the implementation of an educational film within antenatal care to reduce the risk of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: A qualitative study	92
Marginal cord insertion in the first trimester is associated with furcate cord insertion	90
Short stature and vaginal dinoprostone as independent predictors of composite maternal-newborn adverse outcomes in induction of labor after one previous cesarean: a retrospective cohort study	85
The indicators for early blood transfusion in patients with placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death: a retrospective review	76
Prevalence of neurotoxicity symptoms among postpartum women on isoniazid preventive therapy and efavirenz-based treatment for HIV: an exploratory objective of the IMPAACT P1078 randomized trial	67
Antepartum risk factors and outcomes of massive transfusion for elective cesarean section: a nationwide retrospective cohort study	64
Escherichia coli induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and type IV collagen degradation is regulated by progesterone in human maternal decidual	63
Effect of antenatal use of high energy nutritional supplements on cardio metabolic risk markers in underweight primi gravidas; a randomized controlled trial	62
Rare spontaneous monochorionic dizygotic twins: a case report and a systematic review	52
Revisiting fertility regulation and family ties in Tunisia	51
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) associated with pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report	51
Quality newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: measuring early newborn care practices and identifying opportunities for improvement	47
Measurement of maternal morbidity during postpartum with the WHO-WOICE tools in Morocco	47
Antibiotic susceptibility and risk factors for listeriosis in women with spontaneous abortion in Ugandan tertiary hospitals: a cross-sectional study	46
The association between dietary, physical activity and the DNA methylation of PPARGC1A, HLA-DQA1 and ADCY3 in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a nest case-control study	46
Association between dietary intakes and pregnancy complications: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis	46
Alternative approach to monitoring labor: purple line	46
Correction: Exploring the potential of cell‑free RNA and pyramid scene parsing network for early preeclampsia screening	46
Uptake of antepartum care services in a matrilineal-matrilocal society: a study of Garo indigenous women in Bangladesh	46
Life after medicalised conception: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study exploring the experiences of pregnancy and transition to parenthood	45
How to estimate the probability of a live birth after one or more complete IVF cycles? the development of a novel model in a single-center	44
Validating the use of the revised childbirth experience questionnaire in Hong Kong	43
Examining provider practice-level disparities in delivery outcomes among patients with a history of Cesarean Delivery	43
The associations of gestational weight gain and midpregnancy lipid levels with placental size and placental-to-birth weight ratio: findings from a chinese birth cohort study	42

Non-coding RNAs as diagnostic biomarkers for preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Non-adherence to WHO’s recommended 8-contact model: geospatial analysis of the 2017 Maternal Health Survey	40
Cervical length of preoperative cervical cerclage prognostic impacted the effect of cervical insufficiency	40
Incidence and risk factors for early pregnancy loss in women with first pregnancy undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer	39
Late antenatal care booking and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: evidence from 2019 performance monitoring for action data analysis	39
The yield of SNP microarray analysis for fetal ultrasound cardiac abnormalities	38
Prenatal diagnosis of a severe form of frontonasal dysplasia with severe limb anomalies, hydrocephaly, a hypoplastic corpus callosum, and a ventricular septal defect using 3D ultrasound: a case report	38
Association of epidural analgesia during labor and early postpartum urinary incontinence among women delivered vaginally: a propensity score matched retrospective cohort study	38
‘I was ‘only’ seen as a birthing woman:’ the pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences of women with refugee backgrounds in Norway	37
Health of singleton neonates in Switzerland through time and crises: a cross-sectional study at the population level, 2007-2022	37
Development and validation of a machine learning model for predicting intrapartum fever using pre-labor analgesia clinical indicators: a multicenter retrospective study	36
Optimization of programmed intermittent epidural bolus volume for different concentrations of ropivacaine in labor analgesia: a biased coin up-and-down sequential allocation trial	36
The relationship between parity, delivery mode, maternal age at delivery, and bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study	36