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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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	139
Antepartum risk factors and outcomes of massive transfusion for elective cesarean section: a nationwide retrospective cohort study	85
Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be referred to an obstetrician during pregnancy and birth: results from a cohort study	82
Escherichia coli induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and type IV collagen degradation is regulated by progesterone in human maternal decidual	69
Effect of antenatal use of high energy nutritional supplements on cardio metabolic risk markers in underweight primi gravidas; a randomized controlled trial	66
Rare spontaneous monochorionic dizygotic twins: a case report and a systematic review	62
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) associated with pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report	58
Revisiting fertility regulation and family ties in Tunisia	57
Quality newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: measuring early newborn care practices and identifying opportunities for improvement	55
Measurement of maternal morbidity during postpartum with the WHO-WOICE tools in Morocco	54
Exploring the implementation of an educational film within antenatal care to reduce the risk of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: A qualitative study	53
The indicators for early blood transfusion in patients with placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death: a retrospective review	53
Predicting the effect of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake by pregnant women on birth weight using a generalized ordered partial proportional odds model	51
Marginal cord insertion in the first trimester is associated with furcate cord insertion	50
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	50
The degree of risk factor and accumulation effect for large niche in individuals after cesarean section	50
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	47
Ghanaian women’s experiences of unsuccessful in-vitro fertilisation treatment, unravelling their meanings: a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study	46
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	43
Life after medicalised conception: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study exploring the experiences of pregnancy and transition to parenthood	42
Factors associated with the intention of pregnant women to give birth with epidural analgesia: a cross-sectional study	42
Validating the use of the revised childbirth experience questionnaire in Hong Kong	42
Alternative approach to monitoring labor: purple line	41
Association between dietary intakes and pregnancy complications: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis	41
Uptake of antepartum care services in a matrilineal-matrilocal society: a study of Garo indigenous women in Bangladesh	41

Antibiotic susceptibility and risk factors for listeriosis in women with spontaneous abortion in Ugandan tertiary hospitals: a cross-sectional study	41
Examining provider practice-level disparities in delivery outcomes among patients with a history of Cesarean Delivery	41
Complications in hospitalized neonates born to mothers with HDP subtypes: a retrospective cohort study and mediation analysis	40
Effect of obsessive compulsive behavior and breastfeeding self-efficacy on maternal satisfaction in the postpartum period: a case-control study	40
Women’s use of non-conventional herbal uterotonic in pregnancy and labour: evidence from birth attendants	40
Knowledge and practice of community pharmacists regarding the safety of drugs during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from a developing country	40
What influences women’s decisions to participate in trials for prevention of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium: a qualitative study	38
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	38
“Stop, pause and take a break”: a mixed methods study of the longer-term outcomes of digital emotional wellbeing training for perinatal women	37
Optimization of programmed intermittent epidural bolus volume for different concentrations of ropivacaine in labor analgesia: a biased coin up-and-down sequential allocation trial	37
Social support and subjective assessment of psychophysical condition, health, and satisfaction with quality of life among women after pregnancy loss	36
Labor induction with randomized comparison of cervical, oral and intravaginal misoprostol	36